Wajiya

Lab Instructor

  • MS, (Computer Science and Information Technology), NED University of Engineering and Technology.
  • BS (Computer Science), Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari.

About

Wajiya is an accomplished computer science professional and educator with a strong background in data analytics and software development. Holding an MS in Computer Science from NED University, where she earned a Gold Medal. Her technical skills include Python, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, and tools like Jupyter Notebook, RStudio, and GitHub.

Throughout her academic and professional journey, Wajiya has contributed to several impactful projects. Notably, her final year project, D-Agri: A Smart Farming Solution, achieved a 97% accuracy rate in crop disease detection, showcasing her expertise in AI and data science. She also completed a capstone project under Google’s Data Analytics certification, applying data visualization and predictive modeling. In addition to her technical work, she’s contributed as a web developer and project manager at KG Software House and has interned with The Sparks Foundation and KPMG, honing her skills in data analysis and visualization.

A recognized leader, Wajiya led the Cisco community at Indus University, guiding classmates to earn over 17 certifications collectively. Recently, she was selected for the prestigious Aspire Leader Program at Harvard University, marking her as a standout in both leadership and academic excellence.

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.