KARACHI; Renowned educationist and economic scholar Asif Shamim joins Salim Habib University in Karachi after parting with Bahria University where he taught for almost 15 years. In his joining statement at welcome gathering he observed that Education is the passport to the future; for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” “The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn …and change.”
“Education” comes from the Latin for “to lead.” So when you educate children you are leading them from one place (spiritual, moral, or academic) to another.
Speaking about today’s young generation Dr Asif remarked that those who are being educated have rather a difficult time with their educators and institutes while keeping up with current technological trends around the world while the tide of struggle, anxiety, fear and competition has swept in. They have to face a world that is overpopulated, with undernourished people, a world of war, increasing terrorism, inefficient governments, corruption and the threat of poverty. This threat is less evident in affluent and fairly well-organized societies, but it is felt in those parts of the world where there is tremendous poverty, overpopulation and the indifference of inefficient rulers, the need for innovative teaching inculcates deep.
Mr. Muhammad Asif Shamim PhD in Applied Economics from Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC) University of Karachi. Along with he did MS (Economics) from Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi, he had also done MAS (Masters in Applied Economics) from applied economics research Centre university of Karachi, besides he did Masters of Commerce (M Com) specialized in Finance from university of Karachi and MA (Economics) from university of Karachi. He has published widely in ESCI, ISI index, HEC recognized X and Y category Indexed Journals of internationally repute in the area of Resource Economics, Climate Economics and International Trade and Finance. He is also the editorial board member of reputed International research Journal, the economic Analyst of PTV and member of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. With his teaching career spanning over decades, Dr Asif possesses all the qualities of a best tutor armed with Empathy, Honest, Enthusiasm and confidentiality and enjoys immense admiration among students and respect among his peers and society.
