Author Information

Dr. Khan has a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. He is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST). He is a founding member of Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering (CASE) and CEO of Center for Advanced Research in Engineering (CARE). CASE is a primer engineering institution and runs the largest post graduate engineering program in the country, whereas CARE has risen to be one of the most profound High Technology Engineering organizations in Pakistan. Dr Khan is actively involved in research and development and has 5 awarded US patents and 160+ international publications. Dr Khan has more than 17 years of industrial experience in companies like Scientific Atlanta, Picture Tel, Cisco Systems, and Avaz Networks. His most renowned engineering work was when he established and then headed a team that executed a pioneering work of System on Chip (SoC) design in Pakistan. He with his team designed the world highest density media processor for carrier class voice processing system. He has been awarded Tamgh-e-Imtiaz, the Presidential Award for his contribution in the field of Engineering. He has also been a recipient of National Education Award 2001 in the category of “Outstanding Services to Science and Technology”, NCR National Excellence Award in the category of IT Education, prestigious Cisco System research grant, ICT R&D and PTCL R&D research funding beside executing on multi-million US dollars worth of projects. This year CARE made history by winning PASHA ICT awards in four different categories and then winning three APICTA Merit awards in Malaysia in three different categories.