My passion for Electrical Engineering began when I was 10 years old. At the time, I was living in Lahore, Pakistan. There is a serious energy crisis in Pakistan, and while living there I experienced this first hand. Even though we had access to electricity, we experienced massive blackouts for up to 12 hours a day. Some places, like my village (shown in picture), had no electricity at all. I wanted to learn more about the energy crisis and developed an interest for Electrical Engineering.

Pakistan's energy crisis is very complex and has a lot to do with poor energy management. But by establishing micro grids in Pakistan, I believe that the rural areas of Pakistan can become free from the corruption in the large scale electrical grid. There is also huge potential for renewable energy in Pakistan. My goal and motivation for learning and pursuing a career in Electrical Engineering, is to one day be able to help improve Pakistan's energy grid, and be able to establish reliable micro-grids in many rural parts of the world. Electricity is a necessity and has the potential to boost economies and improve the living conditions of the 1 billion+ people in the world living without electricity.