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 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 School of Pharmacy, The University of Lahore, as Lecturer (Basic Medical Sciences), teaching Microbiology, Pathology, Forensic Pharmacy as well as other practical courses to Pharmacy students.
In April 2013, he joined COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) 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 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. 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.
He is currently serving as Assistant Manager at Cubator-1ne, CIIT, Islamabad.
Postal Address:
44000, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology,
Park Road, Chak Shahzad,
Islamabad, Pakistan.