Syed Salman Hassan, PhD
(Work) Deputy Director ORIC, Virtual University of Pakistan, 54 – Lawrence
Road, LHR. 042-99201505 Ex 8962 Email: [email protected]
(Home) H. No. 125-B, Punjab University, EHS Town-1, Abdul Sattar Edhi
Road Lahore, Ph: 0300-4182265 Email: [email protected]
Education
– PhD Development Planning & Management
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, 2014
– Master of Public Administration
University of the Punjab, Lahore, 1997
– B.A. (Hons.)
University of the Punjab, Lahore, 1995
– F.Sc. (Pre-Medical)
Lahore Board, 1992
– Matriculation (Science)
Lahore, 1988
Employment Experience
2018 to date – Deputy Director ORIC, Virtual University of Pakistan (VU).
Major responsibilities:
Planning, development and execution of plans to develop a strong research
culture in the University
Planning, development of SoPs and execution of VU Internally Funded
Research Projects (VUIFRP)
Evaluation, approval and progress monitoring of VUIFRPs
Developing Academia – Industry linkages
Commercialization of University services like TV Production, software
development, examination system, University LMS.
Registration of Patents.
Conducting seminars, conferences, symposium, trainings, workshops,
webinars, etc.
Managing Business Incubation Center (BIC) and Student Start-up Business
Center (SSBC) of the University.
2015 to 2018 – Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences, Virtual
University of Pakistan.
Major responsibilities:
Courses taught; Strategic Management, Qualitative Research Methods,
Advanced Research Methods.
Planning and development of new degree programs; MS Public
Administration (MSPA), Master of Human Resource Management
(MHRM)
Supervised and managed whole domain of BS HRM & BS Public
Administration courses.
Planning and engagement of Academic Ambassadors for student’s counseling
in Management Sciences Department
Academic Management of 1000 Students; Moderated Discussion Boards
(MDB), Graded Discussion Bords (GDB), Assignments, Semester activities,
Grading on Curve (GoC), etc.
2014 to 2015 – Assistant Professor (Additional Charge), Department of
Management Sciences, Virtual University of Pakistan.
2011 to 2014 – PhD Research Work, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang,
Malaysia.
2009 to 2014 – Regional Campus Manager, Virtual University of Pakistan.
To plan and establish VU Own Campuses in different cities of the region.
To manage and supervise all campus affairs and requirements in a region.
To oversee the management of campus accounts.
To market VU programs and to liaise with the civil administration in the
region.
To liaise with private campuses of VU in the region.
2006 to 2009 – Manager Operations, Punjab Vocational Training Council,
Government of the Punjab, Lahore.
To plan, establish and manage Vocational Training Institutes (VTIs) in the
region.
To liaise with provincial, district and local Zakat Committees for funds
Planning and development of District Boards of Management
Feasibility studies for developing new trades w.r.t different areas.
Financial and employability audits of VTIs.
2004 to 2006 – Manager Embellishment, Angora Textile Ltd.
Planning, execution and monitoring of daily, weekly and monthly plans to
achieve production targets with quality assurance.
Planning for optimal utilization of production capacity of in-house embroidery
and printing units.
Planning for out-sourcing printing and embroidery over and above in-house
capacity.
2004 to 2004 – Production Manager, Style Textile Pvt. Ltd.
Managing a production unit of 2000 garments per day.
Planning, analysis and re-planning for timely execution of production work-
orders.
1998 to 2003 – Production Manager, Ammar-Sarah Group.
Managing a production unit of 6000 garments per day.
Planning, analysis and re-planning for timely execution of production work-
orders.
Teaching Experience
Institute of Administrative Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore. (MPhil
Level)
1. Social Research Methods
2. Public Management & Organizations
3. Multivariate Data Analysis
Imperial College of Business Studies (ICBS), Lahore. (PhD & MPhil)
1. Organization Theory & Design
2. Seminar in HRM
3. Research Methods
Adjunct Faculty Member – ICBS, Imperial University, Lahore. (2015-16)
Institute of Communication Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore (Master
Level) (2008)
1. Development Studies
Projects
Establishment of Information Access Center (IAC) at Virtual University of
Pakistan through Ministry of Science & Information Technology (MSIT), South
Korea (2021-22)
Won a Project of worth USD 300,000/- from Ministry of Science &
Information Technology, South Korea and established Information Access
Center (IAC) at Davis Road Campus Lahore.
Project was submitted to Ministry of IT & Telecom Islamabad. Presentation
was made to Director International Coordination.
Total 04 projects were submitted from Virtual University and I presented and
defended all for the University.
With strong advocacy and negotiation skills, I was able to win IAC Project
instantaneously, three are still in pipeline.
Planning and development of the project was done in collaboration with
National Information Society Agency (NIA – South Korea).
Worked as the first IAC Administrator for more than one and half year.
British Council’s Project: Undergraduate STEM Education in Pakistan (2021-
23)
Won a Project of worth PKR 05 Million from British Council offered in
collaboration with HEC.
Planned, drafted, submitted, presented and defended the project in front of
joint team of HEC and British Council.
VU’s Project was declared best by the evaluating team among seven project
winners.
Planned and conducted training workshops of Life Sciences, Mathematics and
Computer Science faculties were conducted followed by two conferences
under British Council’s Project.
Academic & Research Interests
Management, Spiritual Intelligence, Spiritual Leadership, New Public Management &
Governance, Public Policy & Governance, Research Methods, Data Analysis
(Quantitative & Qualitative using SPSS and NVivo).
Research Papers/Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals
1. 2020 Measuring Impact of Positive Youth Development Initiatives on Youth
in Lahore, Pakistan. Review of Applied Management & Social Science, 3(3),
303-310. ISSN: Print 2708-2024 Online: 2708-3640 (HEC Y Category)
2. 2020 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment: Valid Predictors of
Turnover Intentions. Review of Economics and Development Studies, 6(4).
931-939. ISSN (Print): 2519-9692 (Online): 2519-9706 (HEC Y Category)
3. 2020 Impact of Vocational Training on Economic Empowerment of Youth in
Rural Areas of Punjab. Review of Education, Administration & LAW, 3(2),
341-350. ISSN Print: 2708-1788 Online: 2708-3667 (HEC Y Category)
4. 2020 Community-Based Management Strategies in Sustainability of Rural
Water Supply Schemes. Review of Applied Management & Social Science,
3(2), 271-278. ISSN: Print 2708-2024 Online: 2708-3640 (HEC Y Category)
5. 2020 Open Innovation: From Understating to Future Prospects and
Perspectives. Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, 57(2). 45-51. (HEC
X Category) ISSN:0034-5431
6. 2020 Gender Responsive and Child Sensitive Disaster Management in
Pakistan. Review of Economics and Development Studies, 6(3),727-738. ISSN
(Print): 2519-9692 (Online): 2519-9706 (HEC Y Category)
7. 2020 Exploring the role of organizational spirituality in improving
employee’s ethical behavior and performance. Pakistan Journal of Social
Sciences. 40(2). 1033-1042. (HEC Y Category)
8. 2020 An Analytical Study on Brand Engagement in Self-Concept: A
Perspective of Pakistan’s Consumer Market. Pakistan Vision. 21(1). 284-294.
(HEC Y Category)
9. 2019 Development-centered Mainstreaming of the Marginalized: Re-defined
Landscape of Social Policy in Pakistan. Pakistan Vision. 20(2). 316-325.
(HEC Y Category)
10. 2019 Factors affecting Organizational Commitment and its impact on Core
Employees’ intention-to-stay: An empirical investigation in the textile industry
of Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan Business Review (PBR) 20(4). 998-1010 (HEC
X Category)
11. 2019 An integrated framework for organizational performance enhancement
through spirituality. Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan. 56(2). 233-
243. (HEC X Category)
12. 2019 Workplace Violence against Female Nurses in Public Sector Hospitals
in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan Vision. 20(1). 1-10. (HEC Y Category)
13. 2019 Islamic Work Ethics: An Antecedent for “Sustainable Motivation” and
“Effective Employee”. Al-Adwa. 51(34). 1-16. (HEC Y Category)
14. 2017 Mediating Role of Internal Locus of Control and Job Stress between
Spiritual Intelligence and Job Performance, Pakistan Journal of Commerce
and Social Sciences, 11 (2), 623-643. (HEC Y Category)
15. 2016 An Islamic Perspective of Corporate Social Responsibility. Al-Adwa,
46(31), 77-90. (HEC Y Category)
16. 2016 Implications of Managerial Perception, Employee Voice and
Organizational Commitment in Telecom Sector of Pakistan. Science
International (Lahore), 28(2), 1389-1393. (HEC Y Category)
17. 2016 Knowledge Exploration and Exploitation in “Virtual Teams” using the
concept of “Fractal organization”. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences. 36(2),
781-795. (HEC Y Category)
18. 2016 Caste and Entrepreneurial Abilities: A Contextual Study of Sialkot
City, Pakistan. Science International (Lahore), 28(2), 1427-1429. (HEC Y
Category)
19. 2016 New Knowledge Creation and Crisis Management Team’s
Performance. Science International (Lahore), 28(3), 2831-2836. (HEC Y
Category)
20. 2016 Consumer’s Social Influences towards Compulsive Buying Behavior:
A Structural Approach. Science International (Lahore), 28(3), 2789-2794.
(HEC Y Category)
21. 2015 Spirituality and Workplace Stress Management. Al-Adwa. XXX
(XLIV) 44:30, 55-64. (HEC Y Category)
22. 2014 Islamic Based Microfinance: A Tool for Sustainable Development, Al-
Qalam. 19(2). 59-74. (HEC Y Category)
23. 2014 ‘Socio-Economic Profile of Mountain Communities and its
Implications on the Sustainable Forest Resource Management in Hindukush-
Himalayan Region: A Case Study of Darel and Tangir Valleys of Northern
Pakistan’, Science International (Lahore). 26(3). 1351-1359. (HEC Z
Category)
MS / MPhil Theses Supervision
Presently, supervising the work of six MSBA students in the fields of
Knowledge Management, Spiritual Intelligence and HRM in Virtual
University of Pakistan.
05 MSBA students from VU have successfully pass out under my supervision
(Rehmat Ali, Faiza Mariam, Tariq Mehmood, Erum Rehman, Syed Kamal
Abid).
From Institute of Administrative Sciences, University of the Punjab, I served
as External Examiner for 04 students (Saif Aslam, Rimal Fatima, Yashfeen
Qasim, Zara Mirza)
Administrative Skills
Additional charge of Deputy Director Administration (twice) and then as Director
Administration in Virtual University of Pakistan was given due to my strong
managerial acumen.
Other Facts
Remained Chairman Disciplinary Action Committee / Committee on Unfair Means,
Virtual University of Pakistan for two years
HEC Approved PhD Supervisor
Curriculum Development for Punjab Public Service
Commission
Advisor (Subject Specialist), Punjab Public Service
Commission
Member, Research Projects Evaluation Committee,
Virtual University of Pakistan
General Secretary, Falah-e-Darain Trust
Trainings & Workshops
Participated in Faculty Development Workshop Series 1997, as Program
Assistant, arranged by Academic Staff Association, University of the Punjab,
Lahore.
Participated in Total Quality Management Program designed for Management
of Ammar Textile in Nov. 1998 at Lahore University of Management Sciences
(LUMS).
Participated in training on Performance Management System in 1999 at
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) conducted by
Renaissance Training and Consulting.
Attended seminar on Audits and Auditing Techniques in ISO 9000 in 2000.
Attended five days intensive training of “Project Management” arranged by
PMI Lahore Chapter in collaboration with Punjab Information & Technology
Board and Planning & Development Department, Punjab in April 2008.
Participated in three days Managers Training Course “Leadership and
Management” held at Staff & Teachers Training Institute, Punjab Vocational
Training Council, Lahore in 2009.
Attended 06 Professional & Personal Development Workshops on “Doing
Qualitative Research, Academic Writing, The Turbulence of Writing Research
Proposal, Literature Review, Introduction to Research Methodology, &
Introduction to SPSS” in Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2011-2012.
Attended a training on “Human Resource Management in Public Sector”
conducted by Pakistan Planning and Management Institute, Ministry of
Planning, Development and Reform, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad from
9 th August to 12 th August, 2016.
Attended a National Workshop on “Patent Database Searches and
Development of Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) in
Pakistan” held on 20 & 21 February, 2019 organized by World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO), Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan
(IPO) and Higher Education Commission.
Organized and participated in “Project Formulation Workshop” held on 13-14
November 2019 organized by Virtual University of Pakistan in collaboration
with Pakistan Science Foundation Islamabad.
Organized & participated in “Project Formulation Workshop” held on 28-29
January 2020 organized by Virtual University of Pakistan in collaboration
with Pakistan Science Foundation Islamabad.
Seminars & Conferences
Participated in 2 nd International Conference on Research in Education
(ICORE) held on November 18 th to 20 th , 2014 in the Institute of Education and
Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
Delivered lecture as Resource Person on “Managing Service Quality in Higher
Education Institutions” in “Indigenous on Campus Training” under Modern
University Governance Program, sponsored by Higher Education
Commission, Pakistan in Nov. 2014.
Delivered lecture as Resource Person on “Managing Service Quality in Higher
Education Institutions” in “Indigenous on Campus Training” under Modern
University Governance Program, sponsored by Higher Education
Commission, Pakistan in Dec. 2014.
Attended a Seminar on “Experiential Learning: Theory to Practice” held on
March 13, 2015 in Virtual University of Pakistan organized by Department of
Management Sciences. Resource person was Professor Dr. Nauman Farooqi,
Mount Allison University, Canada.
Participated and chaired a session in the field of Management Sciences at the
5 th International Multidisciplinary Conference convened by Science
International (Lahore) in collaboration with Imperial College of Business
Studies, Lahore held on 29 to 31 October, 2015.
Participated in 3 rd e-Learning and Distance Education Conference held on
March 14-15, 2016 at Virtual University of Pakistan.
Presented a research paper in Islamic Finance Banking & Business Ethics
Global Conference (IFBBE) held on 26-27 March, 2016 in Suleman Dawood
School of Business, LUMS, Lahore.
Participated in 1 st National SME Conference held on May 25, 2016 organized
by SMEDA and University of Management & Technology in collaboration
with University of Lahore and AMDIP at Pearl Continental Hotel Lahore.
Participated in a seminar on “Producing Effective Graduates: A Challenge for
Quality Assurance in Higher Education” held on December 28, 2016 at Virtual
University of Pakistan in collaboration with University of Education. Dr.
Cosrow J. Dubash, Vice Rector, Forman Christian College was the Keynote
Speaker.
Participated in 2 nd National SME Conference held on March 15-16, 2017
organized by SMEDA and University of Management & Technology in
collaboration with University of Lahore and AMDIP at Pearl Continental
Hotel Lahore.
Participated in 3 rd National SME Conference held in 2018 organized by
SMEDA and University of Management & Technology in collaboration with
University of Lahore and AMDIP at Al-Hamra Lahore.
Participated in Two Days International Conference on “Mevlana Rumi &
Hadrat Sultan Bahoo: Message of Love and Co-existence in the Light of
Mysticism” organized by University of the Punjab, Higher Education
Commission and Muslim Institute held on 19 & 20 February 2019.
Participated in “Leaders in Islamabad Business Summit – Imagining the
Unimaginable” organized by Martin Dow and Nutshell Conferences held on
13 & 14 March 2019 at Serena Hotel Islamabad.
Participated in The 33 rd Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Open
Universities – Open Distance Learning: 2020 and Beyond as “Session
Moderator” held on 14-16 October 2019 organized by Virtual University of
Pakistan.
Contributed as “Organizer” in The 33 rd Annual Conference of the Asian
Association of Open Universities – Open Distance Learning: 2020 and
Beyond held on 14-16 October 2019 organized by Virtual University of
Pakistan.
Organized and Moderated a Webinar on “Impact of COVID-19 on Pakistan’s
Economy: Current & Future Implications” held on 23 July 2020; organized by
ORIC in collaboration with Department of Management Sciences, Virtual
University of Pakistan.
Organized a Webinar on “US State-Funded Scholarships (USEFP)” held
on 4 th February 2021, organized by ORIC Virtual University of Pakistan.
Internships
State Bank of Pakistan, Central Directorate, Karachi, in 1997.
Oxford University Press, Lahore, agents in Pakistan for Ginn & Co. Ltd., John
Murray (Publishers) Ltd., Puffin Books, World Bank Publications, in 1996.