Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Brief Profile: Engr Z A Nizami

Jumbo Editorial Team

Engr Z A Nizami is acclaimed as one of the leading educationists of the country, having immortalized himself by establishing the Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET), Karachi.

He is the Founding Chancellor of the SSUET besides being the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Aligarh University of Technology, Karachi, and the President of the Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys Association of Pakistan.

He had earlier been the Director General of the Karachi Development Authority (KDA), Additional Secretary, Government of Pakistan, and Advisor/Consultant to the World Bank.

He has attended numerous international seminars and conferences in USA, England, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, India, Iran, Turkey, Malaysia, Kenya and Tanzania. He has made specialized study of housing projects in USA, Canada, England, Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy and Malaysia.

Engr Z A Nizami, having graduated in first division in civil engineering from the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, in 1951, has many research publications to his credit on the subjects of housing, resettlement of squatters, environmental planning and control, transportation problems of mega cities and water supply and sewage projects.

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