Dr. Adil Najam an alumnus of the UET Lahore and is the inaugural Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. He is also a Professor of International Relations and of Earth and Environment. Earlier, Prof. Adil Najam served as Vice Chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Lahore, Pakistan and as the Director of the Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. In addition to Boston University, Prof. Najam has taught at MIT and at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. Professor Najam was a co-author for the Third and Fourth Assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); work for which the scientific panel was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing the public understanding of climate change science. His research focuses on issues of global public policy, especially those related to global climate change, South Asia, Muslim countries, environment and development, and human development.
iENGINEERING is drafting a collaboration with Dr. Adil Najam to provide exceptionally brilliant and deserving young students with the opportunity to pursue an undergraduate degree in engineering at the University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore, Pakistan. iENGINEERING will be funding one student per year, making that a total of four students at any given time of the academic calendar. iENGINEERING seeks to enable these students to access the highest quality of education that UET offers in engineering to foster an affinity for technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship among the youth.
The youth are the future of the world, but they are certainly the future of Pakistan. – Dr. Adil Najam.