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Sundas Waqar

Lecturer

MSc (Finance and Investment)

BBA 

Diploma  (Higher Education)

About

Sundus Waqar is a dedicated finance educator and researcher, holding a Master’s degree in Finance and Investment from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. Currently serving as a University Lecturer at Iqra University, Karachi, Sundus brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the academic realm. With a keen focus on academic excellence, she imparts her expertise to undergraduate and graduate students, nurturing their understanding of finance-related subjects. Sundus actively engages in curriculum development, ensuring relevance and rigor in course offerings. Her commitment to student growth extends beyond the classroom as she supervises research programmes, guiding aspiring scholars in their academic pursuits.
Beyond teaching, Sundus is deeply invested in her professional development, regularly participating in workshops and conferences to stay abreast of the latest trends and advancements in the field of finance. Her research contributions, featured in esteemed journals like Defence and Peace Economics and Global Business Review, underscore her proficiency across various domains of finance. Through her passion for both teaching and research, Sundus inspires students and contributes significantly to the ongoing evolution of finance education.

Area of Expertise

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.