Asad Raza Assistant Professor/Chairman Department of Tourism & Hospitality, Abdul Wali Khan University, Garden Campus, Mardan Office Land line: 092-937-843332, Cell # 092-333-929-5360 Email: asadzaib@yahoo.com Area of Interest Experience Heritage Tourism & Community Development Chairman: Department of Tourism & Hospitality, AWK University (Garden Campus), Mardan, KP, Pakistan (01 Nov 2015 till date) Assistant Professor: Department of Tourism & Hospitality, AWK University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan (01 Sep 2015 till date) Head of the Department: Department of Tourism & Hospitality Hazara University (Garden Campus), Mansehra, KP, Pakistan (08 October, 2008 till 31 August 2015). Coordinator: National Vocational & Technical Education Commission NAVTEC, Prime Minister s Secretariat Pakistan Senior Instructor: National Vocational & Technical Education Commission NAVTEC, Prime Minister s Secretariat Pakistan Link Coordinator: British Council (SfE Project) Lecturer: Department of Cultural Heritage & Tourism Management (CHTM), Hazara University (Garden Campus), Mansehra, NWFP, Pakistan. (10 October 2006 till 07 August 2008). Lecturer in Civilization/Assistant Librarian: Hazara University, Mansehra, NWFP, Pakistan. (04 July, 2006 till 09 October, 2006). Team Leader: Cultural Resource Mapping of Kaghan Valley (Joint venture of UNESCO & Hazara University) Coordinator Advance Studies and Research Board: Centre of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Management, Hazara University, Mansehra (26 July 2006). Coordinator: Board of Advisors for the Museum of Cultural Heritage and Natural Resources, Hazara University, Mansehra (26 July 2006). Child Protection Officer: Battgram, BEST-UNICEF (Earthquake Response Program)-(01 February 2006 till 30 June 2006) Field Coordinator: Muzzafarabad (AJK) & Battgram, BEST-UNHCR (Camp Management), (Earthquake Response Program)-(01 November 2005 till 31 January 2006).
Research Associate & In-charge Numismatics Section (PMU) (Directorate of Archaeology & Museums, Government of NWFP, Pakistan)-(09 April 2002 till 30 October 2005). Awards & Honors Convener: Committee for the purchase of Ethnological Objects for the AWK University Museum (13-10-2015) Guest Speaker: World Tourism Day celebrations at Institute of Cultural Heritage, Tourism & Hospitality Management, University of Swat, KP (30-09- 2014) Member: Board of Faculty of Arts, Hazara University Subject Expert: 29 th meeting of Selection Board AWKUM Presiding Officer: General Elections May 11-2013, Mansehra I Member: Board of Studies, Department of Tourism & Hotel Management, University of Malakand (16-11-2012) Member: Arrangement Committee of 11 th Foundation Day of Hazara University (1-10-12) Member: Board of Studies: Department of Tourism & Hospitality, AWKUM, Mardan Coordinator & Co-Opted Member: Board of Studies, Department of Tourism & Hospitality, Hazara University, Mansehra (2-5-2012) Certificate of Recognition/Experience of Participation: Archaeology and Heritage Management in Chitral, Pakistan (2009-2012), British Council s INSPIRE Project. Member: Board of Faculty of Arts, Hazara University, Mansehra (18 June 2011). Member: 1 st Decade Celebration Committee, Hazara University, Mansehra (28 Sep 2011). Letter of Appreciation: from Prof. Dr. Syed Sakahwat Shah, Vice Chancellor, Hazara University, Mansehra (26 Feb 2010). Patron: Tourism & Hospitality Society, Hazara University, Mansehra (22 May 2009). Co-opted Member: Board of Studies of Conservation, Hazara University, Mansehra (4 Jan 2009).
Staff Proctor: Hazara University, Mansehra (13 Nov 2008). Presiding Officer: General Elections 2007-08, NA-21 & PF-53, Mansehra (26 Dec. 2007). Education Publications M. Phil (Archaeology) Specialized in Heritage Tourism, Hazara University, Mansehra. MA (Archaeology), University of Peshawar. Research papers: 2006, Ihsan Ali, Asad Raza and Mohammad Zahir: Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coins in the Peshawar Museum, Frontier Archaeology, Vol: IV, Edited by Ihsan Ali, printed by Khyber Mail, Peshawar, Pakistan. 2006, Ihsan Ali, Asad Raza and Shahid khan: Indo-Scythian and Indo- Parthian Coins in the Peshawar Museum, Frontier Archaeology, Vol: IV, Edited by Ihsan Ali, printed by Khyber Mail, Peshawar, Pakistan. 2004, Ihsan Ali, Muhammad Zahir and Asad Raza: Catalogue of Coins in the Peshawar Museum: an introduction Frontier Archaeology, Vol: II, Edited by Ihsan Ali, printed by adman Peshawar Pakistan. 2004, Ihsan Ali, Asad Raza and Shahid Khan: Coins of early Kushans in the Peshawar Museum, Frontier Archaeology, Vol: II, pp 23-101, Edited by Ihsan Ali, printed by adman Peshawar, Pakistan. Certificates & Trainings Certificate of recognition & Presenting paper in National Conference Archaeology & Cultural Heritage of Pakistan organized by Directorate of Archaeology & Museums, Govt. of KP & Department of Archaeology, UoPeshawar, held at Baragali (August 18-20 2015) Certificate of Recognition & Presenting Paper in Seminar on World Tourism Day (27 th September 2013) held at Hazara University. Certificate of Recognition of Presenting a Paper: First National Conference on religious Harmony and Inter faith Dialogue in the Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan held at Hazara University, Mansehra (June 3-5 2013). Certificate of Participation: The Role of Academic Staff Associations in the Promotion of Higher Education. PUTA Golden Jubilee Celebration (June 6-8 2013), Bara Gali Summer Campus, University of Peshawar. Certificate of Attendance: Teachers Training Program Skills for Employability (29 th Nov-2 Dec, 2010) Organized by the Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab & British Council, at Lahore, Pakistan. Certificate of Attendance: Workshop on Effective Teaching and Research in Archaeology at Hazara University, Mansehra on July 28-30, 2009 Organized by HEC. Certificate of Participation: International Workshop Development Issues: Siran Valley, Mansehra (1-4 April 2009), Organized by: Karavan Pakistan Institute of Research and Training (KIRAT) at KIRAT Campus, Heritage Foundation Base Camp, Chattar, Mansehra, NWFP, Pakistan. Certificate of Participation Youth Social Entrepreneurship Workshop at Lahore on 29 th October 2008, Organized by British Council & YES Network Pakistan. Certificate of Training: Presiding Officer at Mansehra on 12th December 2007, Conducted by UNDP & ECP. Certificate of Training: Fieldwork Trainee Archaeological Excavations Harappa, from 3 rd -9th February 2007, Conducted by Harappa Archaeological Research Project (HARP) U.S.A. Certificate of Organizing (Secretary): Cultural & Biological Resources of Pakistan at Bara Gali Summer Camp (University of Peshawar) on 23 rd - 25 th August 2006, Organized by Hazara University, Mansehra, NWFP, Pakistan. Certificate of Attendance: Proposal and Report Writing Workshop at
Battgram on 16 th -17 th April 2006, Organized by RED-R. Certificate of Attendance: Psycho-Social Support Workshop, Organized by BEST at Field Office, Abbottabad, March 2-3, 2006. Diploma of Training: Camp Management at Battgram on 26 th - 27 th January 2006, Organized by NRC & Red R. Certificate of Training: Report Writing and Communication Skills at Abbottabad on 20 th -21 st May 2006, Organized by BEST. Certificate of Organizing: 9 th National Seminar on Pakistan Archaeology at Bara Gali Summer Camp (University of Peshawar) on 27 th -29 th July 2005, Organized by Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Government of NWFP, Peshawar. Certificate of Organizing 7 th National Seminar on Pakistan Archaeology at Bara Gali Summer Camp (University of Peshawar) on 18 th -20 th August 2003, Organized by Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Government of NWFP, Peshawar. Personal Information Father Name: Jehanzeb Raza Nationality: Pakistani Date of Birth: 05.10.1977 Place of Birth: Peshawar, KP, Pakistan Marital Status: Married References Prof. (Dr.) Ihsan Ali, Vice Chancellor, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan. Dr. Abdul Samad Director, Directorate of Archaeology & Museums, Govt. of KP, Pakistan Muhammad Ali Syed General Manager, Events & Information Centers Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtun Khwa, Govt. of KP, Pakistan