Dr. Junaid is an Associate Professor and currently heading the MS (Project Management) Program at Mohammad Ali Jinnah University (MAJU), Karachi. He is also the CEO & Lead Knowledge Management Consultant at Knowledge360. He has more than 15 years of national & international experience that spreads across multiple industries as Federal Govt Officer, Academic, Project Manager, Researcher & Consultant. Dr. Junaid completed his PhD on a fully-funded Australian government RTP scholarship. While previously serving as Director (ORIC) at MAJU, he conceived and introduced first of its kind concept called “ORICOMETER”, a performance monitoring & showcasing tool/dashboard for University ORICs.
He is a HEC & British Council Certified Research Grants Management Specialist and ORICs Trainer. He was also appointed as HEC Approved National Trainer/Resource Person for Capacity Building of the Faculty and Staff in the Universities of Pakistan and HEC. Previously, he served at HEC-Pakistan in different departments and also as the Head of Research Journals/SSHRCP (during 2013-2014), where he facilitated scientific research through research journals & thematic grants and policy regulations in the universities of Pakistan. At University of Technology (UTS), Sydney, he served as a Casual Academic and taught Technology Management and Research Writing subjects at the postgraduate level.
Dr. Junaid has travelled to more than 30 countries for the purpose of international exchange & research collaboration and has presented his research at leading international conferences held in Japan, USA, UK, Australia, Poland & Italy. He has 32 publications which include 2 books, 2 book chapters and 28 research papers in journals and A-ranked conferences. During the past 5 years, he has attained a cumulative WoS impact factor in excess of 40, with one of his papers published in a high-impact factor journal (International Journal of Information Management, WoS I.F: 21, QI). He is also a Reviewer in leading Q1 journals. Besides, in recognition of his academic achievements, he was conferred upon “Star Laureate Award”, “Accomplish Award” and “SSA Australia Academic Excellence Award”.