Biography:
Abdul Majid Qureshi earned his Bachelors in Pharmacy (2008) from Hamdard University, Karachi (Islamabad Campus) securing overall 3rd position, and later Masters (M.Phil) in Virology and Immunology (2011) from the NUST Center of Virology and Immunology (NCVI), Islamabad. He is currently pursuing his Masters in Business Administration (MBA).
Abdul Majid served the Oral Production Department of Scotmann Pharma. Pvt. Ltd., Islamabad, and Injectable Production Department of AMSON Vaccines and Pharma Pvt. Ltd., Islamabad, as Production Pharmacist in 2008. During July 2009 - 2011 Mr. Qureshi was engaged in teaching undergraduate Toxicology and Biosafety Courses at NUST Centre of Virology & Immunology (NCVI), where he was also a part of several specialized teams including the Corporate Advisory Council (Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals), and Laboratory Animals House.
In October 2011, he joined the School of Pharmacy, University of Lahore, as Lecturer (Basic Medical Sciences).
In April 2013, he joined COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad and was deputed to the Secretariat of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), where he served as Research Scholar for the office of Executive Director COMSATS, till September 2016. He coordinated International capacity building programmes on National Innovation System (NIS) and Intellectual Property, ICT4D, Biosafety and Biosecurity as well as Science Communication & Journalism, Science Diplomacy and Science Popularization, engaging with partner and subsidiary organizations of COMSATS Secretariat, including UNESCO, ISESCO, ECOSF, PAS, PSF, TWAS, CIS, INIT and CIIT among others. During his experience at COMSATS Secretariat, he gained experience with engaging in programmes of bilateral/multilateral S&T cooperation, Science diplomacy and organizing scientific capacity building events in Pakistan, Tunisia, Jordan and Morocco. He is also an alumnus of the AAAS-TWAS Summer Course on Science Diplomacy (2015), Trieste, Italy.
Abdul Majid Qureshi joined the Centre for Professional Development, Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC) in September 2016, where he designed and implemented several programs of professional and executive development, particularly forging strong linkages with the pharma sector.
He was posted as Assistant Manager, Cubator-1ne, in August 2017, where he continues to serve to date.
Postal Address:
44000, University,
Park Road, Chak Shahzad,
Islamabad, Pakistan.