Honour for Vice Chancellor of Pakistan’s Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)

Honour for Vice Chancellor of Pakistan’s Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)

Gulf Today, The Academy of International Business (AIB), the premier global organisation of international business and management scholars, has named Vice Chancellor of Pakistan’s Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Dr. Arshad Ahmad, the AIB International Educator of the Year for 2022. Dr. Ahmad will be inducted into the AIB Fellowship on July 8, 2022, at AIB’s annual international conference in Miami, USA. Established in 1959, AIB’s membership spans more than 70 countries worldwide. AIB fosters excellence in education by advancing the highest professional standards in international business and management. Dr. Ahmad is the first recipient from a South Asian university to receive this prestigious award. He joins eminent colleagues from Europe, North and South America, Australia, and China who have previously received this high distinction. These high-impact centres collaborate with industry and government to offer practical solutions to some of the grand challenges facing Pakistan and the region. For example, Pakistan’s Electric Vehicle Policy was designed at the LUMS Energy Institute and adopted by the federal government. Based on the policy, the government will save $2 billion annually in the power sector for the next 10 years. Similar innovations in smart agriculture, digital heritage preservation, and child protection services