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DR. Salman Ashfaq Ahmad

Assistant Professor

  1. PhD Pharmaceutics (2018 – To date): University of Karachi
  2. MPhil Pharmaceutics (2013 – 2018): University of Karachi
  3. Pharm. D (2007 – 2011): University of Karachi
  4. Intermediate (2005 – 2006): Aga Khan Higher Secondary School
  5. O Levels (2002 – 2004): The City School

 

About

I have an extensive experience in pharmacy, focusing on education and industry roles. Since February 2021, I have been associated with the Department of Pharmacy at Iqra University, where my responsibilities include teaching various Pharm. D courses and performing different departmental activities. Moreover, my authorship in ten research articles in various national and international journals is proof of my robust research capabilities. Previously, I have served as an Assistant Professor at a private university for five years where, besides teaching, I was engaged in administrative and organizational duties. My industry experience includes roles in the Department of Quality Operations, which consists of both Quality Control and Quality Assurance, in national (AGP and Macter) and multinational companies (Bayer Pakistan). My pharmacy career, encompassing academia and industry, reflects a diverse and comprehensive skill set that benefits my students when facing professional challenges.

Area of Expertise

  1. Drug formulation development
  2. Pharmaceutical Technology
  3. Drug Delivery
  4. Nanotechnology

Publications & Research Work

Dr. Muhammad Shahnawaz Adil

Dr. Muhammad Shahnawaz Adil is an Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Management at Iqra University, Karachi. He holds more than 17 years of full-time university teaching, research, mentorship, and graduate thesis supervision experience. Additionally, he has been serving as the Cluster Head (Management) since January 2020 at the Main Campus. He is currently a member of the advisory and review boards of 18 national and international scholarly journals. 

He has presented various research ideas at international conferences abroad and has published over 25 research papers in national and international journals with 700+ Google citations. He has also authored a monograph on Leadership and Strategy published in Germany. He is an HEC-approved PhD supervisor and five Ph.D. candidates are going to complete their doctoral thesis under his sole supervision. In addition to supervising several industrial projects, 32 MPhil and hundreds of MBA students have successfully passed their research thesis in the Management discipline under his sole supervision. His research interests include the dark side of leadership, workplace mistreatment, multilevel modeling, and creative performance in higher education. He completed a ten-day comprehensive Training of Trainers conducted by Sindh HEC in May 2023.

Dr. Shahnawaz earned his Ph.D. degree in Management from an AACSB and AMBA-accredited business school of Malaysia in 2021. Earlier, he received his MPhil from Iqra University, a ‘triple-crown’ (AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS-accredited) MBA from Newcastle University (UK), Postgraduate Diploma from Stratford College London (UK), and B.Sc. (Honours) with Distinction from London Metropolitan University, UK. He has secured seven consecutive distinctions in his academic career and has clinched First Class First Position at Sindh Board of Technical Education. He has been associated with Iqra University as a permanent faculty member in the Department of Business Administration since August 2008. His main hobbies include horse-riding, playing scrabble, cooking, bird-farming, and long driving.

  • Sahar, T., Hasan, S. M. F., Ahmad, S. A., Bushra, R., Rehman, A., Noor, R., … & Hassan, F. (2024)
    Formulation of sumatriptan succinate orodispersible tablets using chitosan and sodium starch glycolate for immediate migraine relief.
    Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 37(1).
  • Imran, M., Ahmed, Z., Ishaqui, A. A., Bafail, D., Ahmad, S. A., Farooq, J., … & Maqsood, M. B. (2023)
    COVID-19 booster dose acceptance, hesitancy, and concerns among the elderly population: A cross-sectional study.
    The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 17(11), 1529-1536.
  • Ishaqui, A. A., Murad, S. A., Bufail, D., Sahar, T., Faraz, S., Lodhi, M., … & Ahmad, S. A. (2023)
    Evaluation of Completeness of Information in Patient Information Leaflets of Registered Medications: A Comprehensive Review.
    Lat. Am. J. Pharm, 42(11), 2343-9.
  • Ahmad, S. A., Razvi, N., Ahmed, S., Rehman, F., Ishaqui, A. A., Imran, S., … & Ahmed, Z. (2023)
    Prescribing trends of amoxicillin, ceftriaxone, and moxifloxacin across different districts of Karachi, Pakistan.
    LIAQUAT MEDICAL RESEARCH JOURNAL, 5(03).
  • Jawed, B., Ahmed, S., Abbas, S. Q., Ahmed, Z., Andleeb, S., Ahmad, S. A., … & Ishaqui, A. A. (2022)
    Assessment of empagliflozin add-on therapy to metformin and glimepiride in patients with inadequately controlled type-2 diabetes mellitus.
    Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 35.
  • Iqbal, A., Najam, R., Simjee, S., Ishaqui, A. A., Ahmad, S. A., Ahmed, Z., … & Imran, M. (2022)
    Cepharanthine action in preventing obesity and hyperlipidemia in rats on a high-fat high-sucrose diet.
    Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 30(12), 1683-1690.
  • Iqbal, A., Najam, R., Simjee, S., Khan, S. S., Ishaqui, A. A., Ahmed, S. A., … & Jawed, B. (2022)
    The Potential of Sorafenib in Preventing Metabolic Syndrome in Rats Fed a High-Fat High-Sucrose Diet.
    Journal of Hunan University Natural Sciences, 49(8).
  • Akhtar, M., Jahan, N., Imran, M., Ahmad, S. A., Naqvi, S., & Huzaifa Shah, S. M. (2022)
    Development of Potent SARS-CoV 3CL Protease Inhibitors: In silico Analogues Designing of Darunavir, Molecular Modelling and Molecular Dynamic Simulation.
    Asian Journal of Chemistry, 2343-2350.
  • Jaweed, L., Ahmed, Z., Ahmad, S. A., Imran, M., Faraz, S., Sahar, T., Jaweed, J., Maqsood, M. B., Ahmed, S., Iqbal, A., & Khalid, A. (2022)
    Assessment of COVID-19 vaccine booster dose acceptance, reluctance, and concerns among elderly diabetes patients in Pakistan.
    Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 35(4 (Special)), pp.1269-1274.
  • Akhtar, F., Gul, S., Ashfaq, S., Rehman, I., & Mirza, A. Z. (2020)
    UV Spectroscopic Method for Optimization and Determination of Glibenclamide in Bulk, Pharmaceutical Dosage Form and its Application for In Vitro Interaction Studies.
    Journal of Analysis and Testing, 4, 281-290.