Prof. Dr. Adnan Sohail

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Prof. Dr. Adnan Sohail

Associate Professor

PhD (Engineering Sciences and Information Technology) from the Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.

MS (Computer Science) from Bahria University, Islamabad

About

Dr. Adnan Sohail has completed his PhD studies in Engineering Sciences and Information Technology from the Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria in 2012. Prior to that, he received his Masters in Computer Science degree from Bahria University, Islamabad. Dr. Adnan Sohail joined Iqra University’s Computing and Technology Department on 1st November 1, 2015.
He has overall more than 20 years of experience in industry, research and academia. During his academic career he has supervised many PhD, MS theses and undergraduate projects. He is also an active member of curriculum committee, Board of Studies and Board of Faculty to design and revise the curricula of BSCS, BSSE, BSAI and postgraduate programs according to NCEAC/HEC guidelines. In addition to Head of Computer Science Department he is also serving as a Director Research of the same department. He also contributing to other universities by giving valuable insight to evaluate 7 PhDs and 54 MS dissertations.
With a strong foundation in both theoretical and applied aspects of computer science, Dr. Sohail’s research interests span Performance Modeling and Evaluation, Operations Research, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Network Security. Dr. Sohail has 21 research publications in reputable journal with an overall more than 47 impact factor. His research profile comprises of four international conference publications as well. He is an approved HEC PhD supervisor and produced four PhDs and still four PhD scholars are conducting research work under his supervision. His dedication to academic excellence and his innovative approach to technology make him an invaluable asset to our institution and the broader academic community.

Area of Expertise

Performance Modeling and Evaluation

Operations Research

Cloud Computing

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning

Network Security

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.