Saeed Ahmad Rid

SAEED AHMAD RID
Lecturer
National Institute of Pakistan Studies
Quaid-i-Azam University
Islamabad

Phone #: (92-51) 90644028 (Off)	E-mail: saeedrid@nips.qau.edu.pk
Fax No.: (92-51)-2896004	Cell No.: 92-302-3104574
Mailing Address: House No. 78, Street No. 02, Rawal Town, Islamabad, Pakistan.	Civil Status: Married Nationality: Pakistani

Education

2006	Double M.A. (Foreign) in Political Science and International and Area Studies under Rotary World Peace Fellowship Program 2004-06	University of California, Berkeley, USA.
2002	L.L.B. (Three Years)	Government Law College Khairpur Mirs, Sindh, Pakistan.
1998	M.Sc. in International Relations	Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
1995	1993-1995 B.A. in International Relations	Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur,Sindh, Pakistan.

Final Degree:

Dobuble Masters (Foreign) as a Rotary World Peace Fellow 2004-06, received "M.A. in Political Science" and "M.A in International and Area Studies (IAS)" from the University of California, Barkeley, USA on May 19, 2006.

Master Thesis:

A strategy for removing the deadlock in the peace process between India and Pakistan.

Computer Literacy:

MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power point and Internet.

Awards/Honors:

Won Rotary World Peace Fellowship 2004-06 for University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Selected for the Ph.D. program in Cultural Exchange Scholarship for Russian in 2001-02 by the Ministry of Education in Government of Pakistan but could not proceed because Russian government cancelled the program that year as a result of the 9/11 events.

Won Academic Excellence Award from the Federal Secretary of Education on securing first position in the matriculation examination among all schools students of Sindh Madresah-tul-Islam Karachi, Pakistan.

Professional Experience:

Feb, 2008 to date	Lecturer: National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
July, 2006 to Feb, 2008	Research Analyst: Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), Islamabad, Pakistan; doing research on conflict resolution in South Asia, Missile Proliferation and East Asia; taking minutes of the round table conferences taking place in IRS and putting up reports on regional developments.
May-June 2006	Translation Experience: Freelanced for HW Productions, Los Angeles, California, USA as a translator; transcribed Urdu interviews and dialogue into English; the work was done for a Hollywood documentary feature film in spring 2006.
Jan. 2005 - May, 2006	Program Coordinator: Worked as a Program coordinator at the Program Office of International House, UC Berkeley, from January 2005-May 2006; worked as a lead PC on the lecture series titled, "Paradigm Shifts in a Globalized World" and annual mega event Spring Fest, the festival of cultures.
2004	News paper Columnist: Since October 2004 have written several articles in Sindhi daily "Khabroon" and "Sobh" on political and social issues especially on gender bias in Pakistan.
2000	Teacher Traininer Experience: Master Trainer in Intel Teach to the Future Program (Teacher's Training Program); Trained teachers to use computer technology in their teaching skills according to the course work provided by Intel.
1996-1998	Teaching Experience: Worked as a Lecturer in International Relations at Government Mumtaz Degree College Khairpur (Mir's), Sindh, Pakistan from December19, 2000 to September 18, 2004.

Internship:

Three months internship in summer 2005 with Friends of South Asia (FOSA) - a bay area (West coast of USA) organization of South Asia Community. This internship was focused on Indo-Paki People's Peace March, 2005 from New Delhi to Multan, which was held from March 23 to May 11. As a part of internship also went to Pakistan to interview the peace marchers directly. A direct interaction with peace activists on both sides of the border was established.

Publications

1.	Research article "India's Ambitious Missile Programme and Second-Strike Capability" published in Spotlight, monthly publication of the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), Islamabad, Pakistan, Vol. XXVI, No. 10, October 2007.
2.	Research article "A strategy for removing the deadlock in the peace process between India and Pakistan" published in Proceedings of One day International Seminar on "New Directions of Pakistan's Foreign Policy: Geopolitics, Security and Development" organized by the International Relations Department of University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan on Thursday, February 01, 2007.
3.	Research article titled "Can India and Pakistan mitigate the Prisoner's Delemma over Kashmir?" in Edwin M. Epstein (ed.) "Sources of International and Intrastate Conflict and Possibilities for Resolution in this decade", Rotary Centers for International Studies Monograph Series, Vol. 1, 2006. http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter/pdfs/scholar_rid_article.pdf
4.	Research article "Pakistan's Look East Policy: Opportunities and Constraints" published in "Regional Studies",* Quarterly journal of the Institute of Regional Studies(IRS), Islamabad, Pakistan, Vol. XXV, Nol. 1, Winter 2006-07*

Conference Papers

1.	Presented paper title "Can India and Pakistan mitigate their Prisoner's Dilemma over Kashmir?" on in Rotary World Peace Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, from 14-16 June, 2007.
2.	Presented paper titled "A strategy for removing the deadlock in the peace process between India and Pakistan " in the British Association for South Asian STudies (BASAS) Annual Conference 2006, held in Birkbeck College, University of London, from 19-21 April, 2006.

Social Services

1.	The founding member of Help in Education and Literacy Promotion (HELP), an adocacy group started working in Khairpur (Mir's) from March 2007. This advocacy group is working on career counseling and career development. HELP organized a seminar on "Career Development" on April 19, 2007.
2.	Remained Vice President of Beacon Educational Society Khairpur Pakistan from its inception in 1999 to September 2004. Beacon Educational Society established an English Learning center in Khairpur which is impacting English language literacy to the youth of Khairpur.
3.	Member of Central Executive Committee of a Khairpur based Group of Amnesty International. This group raises its voice against the human rights violations and social evils in the area.
4.	Worked as a General Secretary of Citizens Community Board (CCB) Dabbar and Bhurgari from its inception in 2002 until going to the US in fall 2004. Getting approval for the construction of Govt. Mumtaz College Khairpur library building was major achievement.
5.	Member of Central Executive Committee of Citizens Community Board(CCB) village Mithri, taluka Kot Diji, District Khairpur. This CCB constructed a mosque in village Mithri and repaired compound wall of Boys High School Mithri.

Language Skills

English

Urdu

Sindhi

Punjabi

Siraiki

INTERESTS:

Keen observer of Pak Affairs, Regional Affairs and International Affairs.

Always looking forward to play an active role in the areas of social change especially by working on gender discrimination, education and health

Cricket, Music and reading Books, Newspapers and Magazines.

Enjoys sharing views with others on political and social issues