Work experience

University of Mississippi (OleMiss), USA.        Aug 2019  - present

Instructor of Economics and Researcher 

• Teaching  Macroeconomics.

• • Conducts empirical research in the areas of institutions and economic growth & development.

Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) July 2022  - Sep 2022

Research Analyst

• Collaborated on a project with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) (World Bank Group), The Swiss Lab for Sustainable Finance (SL4SF), and GFRI focusing on ESG Compliance and Sustainability Measurement.

University of Central Punjab (UCP),  Pakistan Feb.2013 - Aug.2019

Senior Lecturer of Economics

• Taught various courses in both the Department of Economics and the Business School. 

• Supervised undergraduate students' research projects on topics including economic growth, energy consumption, domestic financing, urbanization, foreign aid, and more.

• Prepared MS/MPhil. program Department of Economics launched its MS/MPhil program in 2013, for which I prepared the courses and the program structure.

• Course coordinator for Undergrad Economics Program. 

• Advisor Young Economists Forum (YEF).

• Member of the committee responsible for updating and enhancing the UCP website content.

Lahore Garrison University (LGU), Pakistan Aug.2010 - Sep.2012

Lecturer of Economics

• Taught courses: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Development Economics, Monetary Theory & Policy. 

Awards & Achievements

• TechTalks Guest Speaker at the August 2023 edition of TechTalks: STEM Education, a virtual event hosted by the TechGirls Alumnae Advisory Council.

• Lewis Smith Scholarship 2023, received as an outstanding graduate student in the Economics Department, University of Mississippi.

• Young Scholars Award, received from the Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) for the 47th APEE Meeting, April 2023, held in Cancun, Mexico.

• Ph.D. Fellowship at the University of Mississippi, working for the department and earning hundred percent funds for my Ph.D. studies. 2019 - 2024

• Honorarium for participating in the Second Annual Graduate Economic Freedom Colloquium, June 1-3, 2022 held at Bridwell Institute. Dallas, TX, USA.

• Travel Grant by Higher Education Commission Pakistan to present a research paper at the ‘2016 Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance', July 27-28, 2016 held at East Asia Institute of Management Campus, Singapore.

• Travel Grant by Higher Education Commission Pakistan to present a research paper in ‘International Academy of Business and Economics IABE-2015 Orlando – Winter Conference’, March 22-24, 2015, in Orlando Florida, USA.

• Best Research Publication in Journal Award received from ‘European Journal of Business Research (EJBR)’, Volume 15, Number 1, pp. 45-54, ISSN: 1945-2977, March 2015, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, for the paper “Institutional Governance, Aid and Economic Growth: A case of South Asian Countries”.