Dr. Mohammad Bashir Khan

Dr. Mohammad Bashir Khan did his 1st master degree from Gomal UNIVERSITY, Pakistan and joined the same UNIVERSITY as a Lecturer immediately after his graduation. Dr. Bashir took a scholarship to join the University of Leeds (U.K.) School of Business and Economics and completed his 2nd master degree in the area of Management Studies in 1984. He was selected to join New York University; (USA) where he completed his 3rd master degree with specialization in the area of Comparative and International Administration in the year 1993. Dr. Khan joined Graduate School, University of Santo Tomos, Manila (Phillippines) and completed his doctorate in 1996. He had completed his PhD with distinction (94% marks) and got Mega-cum-Laude award in recognition of his outstanding performance in his PhD studies. He topped PhD comprehensive in the same university and awarded a special certificate in this regard.

Dr. Khan has a total experience of teaching, research and administration at university level for about 34 years. During this period of time Dr. Khan served Gomal University for about 25 years and remained a Lecturer, Assistant Professor and Associate Professor there. He also worked as a Chairman of the department of Public Administration for about five years and took early retirement as Associate Professor in 2007 from the same university. He joined International Islamic University, Islambad (IIUI) and established the Deptt. of Higher Studies and Research (MS/Ph.D. program) and became the founding Chairman of the same Department for about three years (2007-2009). He joined Iqra University, Islamabad Campus as a Professor and Director, Research of BBA and MBA PROGRAMS for two years (2010-2011). After completing a full term of two years at Iqra University, he was requested in 2011 by university authorities to join International Islamic University, Islamabad as a Professor and Dean. Since then serving the Faculty of Management Sciences with same position. Dr. Khan is an approved Higher Education Commission, Pakistan Ph.D Supervisor in the area of management sciences and presently five Ph.D. students are working with him for their DOCTORAL DEGREES/research dissertation.

Dr. Khan also served in International Islamic UNIVERSITY/, Malaysia for three years (2001-2003), where he taught undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students and trained the executives of Celcom, a multi-national organization in the areas of Management, MARKETING and Human Resource Management. He also served School of Social Sciences in University of Science Malaysia as a foreign faculty member for more than one year (2005-2006). Dr. Khan has published twenty two articles in national and international journals. He also has five articles accepted for presentation in various international conferences in Pakistan and abroad.

 

Balachandra S. Sayapathi (Ph.D)

Dr Balachandar S. Sayapathi is a Senior Principal Assistant Director of Occupational and Environmental Health Section at the Sarawak State Health Department. Dr Balachandar initially attained the bachelor degree, MBBS. Subsequently, he obtained his degrees on Master (MPH) and Doctoral (DrPH). He also attained MFOM from Ireland. He was then inducted to the Academy of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Malaysia. He also acquired Fellowship (FAGE) and Certified Medical Independent Assessor (CMIA). He is registered as an Occupational Health Doctor with the Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Human Resources, Malaysia. In 2008, in recognition of his services, he was conferred the Excellence Service Award by the Sarawak Health Department. He also attained the Best Session Presentation Award from the International Conference on Global Trends in Academic Research 2014 and International Conference on Innovation Challenges in Multidisciplinary Research & Practice 2013. He had also chaired sessions in the International Conferences. He has affiliations to various organizations such as the Royal College of Physicians Ireland, Malaysian Society of Occupational Health Physicians, Malaysian Society of Hypertension, Malaysian Medical Association and also Malaysian Diabetes Association (Serian Division).

During his earlier stint, he served at various government hospitals. He previously held office as the Director of Hospital Serian, Chairman of Safety and Health Committee of Hospital Serian, Chairman of Infection Control Committee included Needle Stick and Sharp Injury Committee of Hospital Serian, Chairman of Ethical Committee of Hospital Serian and also Chairman of Quotation Committee of Hospital Serian. His areas of expertise are Occupational Medicine, Medical Review Officer, The effectiveness of applying different permissible exposure limits in preserving hearing threshold level among automobile industry workers and also Public Health Medicine. Dr Balachandar has published numerous academic papers in ISI-cited journals and as Conference papers. He has also presented several oral and poster presentations at the International Conferences.