Javaid Laghari
Born	Pakistan
Residence	Islamabad, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Fields	Electrical Engineering
Institutions	State University of New York National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States Air Force (USAF) IEEE International Conference on High Voltage Engineering Higher Education Commission Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology State University of New York
Alma mater	State University of New York, United States
Known for	Aerospace Technology
Notable awards	Tamgha-e-Imtiaz

Dr. Javaid Laghari
Member Senate_of_Pakistan
Political party	Pakistan Peoples Party

Dr. Prof. Javaid Laghari is Chairperson of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. He is an academic, an aerospace scientist and an electrical engineer^[1]. He was previously Senator of Pakistan from the Pakistan Peoples Party. He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in 2006 for a six year term^[2] and resigned in July 2009. He was also the President of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology^[3]. Prior to joining SZABIST, he was the Director of Graduate Studies and tenured Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the ^[4] State University of New York at Buffalo.

He specializes in Energy and Power, Higher Education, Information Technology, Space Power Technology and Leadership and has published over 120 research papers in refereed journals and presented over 70 papers at International Conferences. He is also the author of two books, "Reflections on Benazir Bhutto" and "Leaders of Pakistan".

Contents 1 Sponsored Research for NASA, USAF and U.S Navy 2 Public Service 3 Awards/Honorships 4 Bibliography 5 References

[edit] Sponsored Research for NASA, USAF and U.S Navy

Previously, Dr. Laghari has performed sponsored research for National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Naval Research Lab (NRL), the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA), the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO), the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), Hughes Aircraft and the Boeing Aerospace Company. He was Chairman of the 1992 IEEE International Conference on High Voltage Engineering, USA, and has organized numerous International Conferences and chaired a large number of Sessions and Workshops in the United States.

He was also the Chairman of the Technical Standards Committee on Radiation Effects, and Representative on the United States Activities Board on Man and Radiation. Dr. Laghari has attended the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Space Systems (UK, 1991) and the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Fast Electrical and Optical Diagnostics (Italy, 1983). Dr. Laghari was also the Chairman of the National Conference on Emerging Technologies 2004 (NCET2004) held in Pakistan in December 2004.

[edit] Public Service

Dr. Laghari has been a Member of the Ministry of Science and Technology Human Resource Development Committee, Private Export Software Board (PSEB), Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST) and The Sindh Information Technology Board (SITB). He is a Member of the ACM (USA) and the Chairman of the ACM (Karachi Chapter), Senior Member of the IEEE (USA), Member of the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), the Executive Committee of the Asia University Federation (AUF), and the Executive Committee of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW).

He is the recipient of the Distinguished Leadership Award, 1987, the International Cultural Diploma of Honor, 1988, the IEEE Award for Leadership and dedicated Services, 1994 and the coveted national award "Tamgha-e-Imtiaz" conferred by the President of Pakistan in 1999. Dr. Laghari is listed in the American Men and Women of Science, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in the East, and Who's Who in the World.

[edit] Awards/Honorships

• Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (1999)
• International Cultural Diploma of Honor (1988)
• IEEE Award for Leadership and dedicated Services, (1994)
• Distinguished Leadership Award (1987)

[edit] Bibliography

• Reflections on Benazir Bhutto

• Leaders of Pakistan

[edit] References