Qualifications

  • PhD in Development Economics from University of Heidelberg, Germany
  • MS in Finance from Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS) Quetta, Pakistan
  • BBA in Business Administration from Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS) Quetta, Pakistan

Educational Details

04/2013 – 06/2017
Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
PhD in Development Economics
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Klonner and Jun. Prof. Melanie Arntz
Dissertation Title: Essays on Infrastructure, Firm Productivity, Natural Disaster and Life Course Transition in South Asia. View Dissertation
04/2013 – 08/2017
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany
Guest Research Scholar
Co-supervisor: Dr. Christian Rammer
2007-2008
Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering & Management Sciences, Quetta, Pakistan
Master of Business Administration MBA (Finance)
2003-2007
Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering & Management Sciences, Quetta, Pakistan
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA- 4 Years)

Professional Records

Academic Experience
2021 – Now
University of Turbat, Turbat, Pakistan
Director (Acting) Quality Enhancement Cell
2015 – Now
University of Turbat, Turbat, Pakistan
Assistant Professor at the Department of Management Sciences
2017 – 2019
University of Turbat, Turbat, Pakistan
Dean Research
2013 – 2015
University of Turbat, Turbat, Pakistan
Lecturer at the Department of Management Sciences
2009 – 2013
University of Balochistan Sub-Campus Turbat, Turbat, Pakistan
Lecturer at the Department of Management Sciences
Subject Taught
  • Management Sciences Department: Development Economics, Advanced Research Methodology, Business Mathematics, Business Statistics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Financial Management
  • Commerce Department: Business Mathematics, Business Statistics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics
  • Economics Department: Econometrics, Introduction to Logic
Thesis Supervision
Supervised seven theses of MS Students at the department of Management Sciences
Banking Experience
2008 – 2009
Bank Alfalah Limited (BAL) Turbat Branch, Turbat, Pakistan
Operation Officer and IT Officer at the Department of Operation and IT
Responsibilities included: collection and clearing of OBC and IBC, accounts opening, remittances, staff record maintenance, networking, installation, troubleshooting, processing different modules (i.e. day starting, day ending, backups, interest calculation, and ATM transaction).
Other Experience
04/2017 – 08/2017
Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim Germany
Research Assistant
Measuring Competitiveness and comparing the competitiveness of Member States over time and across Member States (European Union).
08/2008 – 09/2008
National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Quetta, Pakistan
Internship at the NBP Sariab Branch
Assist customers in account opening procedures, analysis of branch monthly and annual expenses, and assist pensioners.
08/2006 – 09/2006
Gwadar Development Authority (GDA), Gwadar, Pakistan
Internship at the given departments; Finance and Accounts, HR, and Town & Planning
Responsibilities included: studying financial statements, recruitment and selection procedure, and procedure for the issuing NOC's, towns planning, and the master plan of GDA.

Membership in Statutory Bodies

  • Member (as Director) of the Senate of University of Turbat
  • Member (as faculty member) of Board of Studies, Management Sciences Department, University of Turbat
  • Member (as Director) of all Departmental Board of Studies, University of Turbat
  • Member (as Director) of the Academic Council, University of Turbat
  • Member (as Director) of the Syndicate, University of Turbat
  • Member (as faculty member) of Advance Studies & Research Board, UoT
  • Member (as Director) of Finance & Planning Committee, University of Turbat

Contribution to The Establishment of UOT (Since 2009)

  • Founding Member, University of Turbat
  • Involved in curriculum development for BBA, MBA, MS, and PhD programs in Management Sciences
  • Contributed to the formulation of Graduate and Undergraduate Rules and Regulations at the University of Turbat
  • As Director QEC, accredited various degree programs of UoT
  • As Director QEC, facilitated the affiliation of 10 colleges with the University of Turbat
  • Conducted analysis and prepared reports on QEC surveys, including student evaluations of teaching, course evaluations, and graduate program assessments

Awards

2021
Obtained University of Turbat Best Teacher Award 2021
Also nominated and shortlisted for the Higher Education Commission National Best Teacher Award 2021
2021-2022
Competitive Research Grant (as PI) with a budget of Rs. 2,500,000/=, RASTA, PIDE, Islamabad
An Impact Evaluation of Government of Pakistan Scholarships on Students’ Academic Performance
2013 – 2017
PhD Scholarship, HEC (Pakistan) and DAAD (Germany)
2008
Gold Medalist, MBA (Finance- Batch Fall 2007), BUITEMS Quetta, Pakistan

Research and Discussion Papers

  • Ahmed, R., Sarwar, K., Yasmin, F., Ayyoub, M., & Barkat, W. (2025). Children’s Health at Risk: Impact of Flooding on Measles Vaccination in Pakistan. Global Social Welfare, 1-13. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40609-025-00418-1
  • Ahmed, A., Ahmed, R., Nasir, A. M., & Barkat, W. (2025). Blue Economy for Sustainable Development: A Conceptual Study on Coastal Balochistan. Progressive Research Journal of Arts & Humanities (PRJAH), 7(1), 1–10. Retrieved from https://prjah.org/index.php/prjah/article/view/380
  • Ahmad, R., Waris, I., & Ayyoub, M. (2025). Manipulating Grades and Evaluations: Unpacking the Power Dynamics Between Students and Teachers in Higher Education. Journal of Educational Psychology and Pedagogical Sciences, 5(1), 15-38. JEPPS,_113-5i0225-15-38.pdf
  • Nasir, A. M., Ahmed, A., Barkat, W., & Ahmed, R. (2025). The Role of Stock-Based Compensation in Determining the Effect of Financial Revenues and Net Financial Payouts on Investment Efficiency. Center for Management Science Research, 3(5), 213-242. https://cmsrjournal.com/index.php/Journal/article/view/422
  • Tahir, M., Ibrahim, H., Khan, B., & Ahmed, R. (2025). Foreign Earnings Repatriation: The Effect of Exchange Rate Volatility and the Risk of Expropriation. Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, 41(2), 527-539. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEAS-04-2022-0092
  • Ullah, R., Ahmed, R., Tahir, M., Nasir, A. M & Muhammad, M. (2024). Optimizing Agricultural Growth: Targeted Farm Credit Allocation Strategies for Sustainable Crop Yields in Pakistan. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, 40(4): 1344-1353. https://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.sja/2024/40.4.1344.1353
  • Nasir, A. M., Ahmed, R., Ayyoub, M., & Tahir, M. (2024). Withholding Tax and Financial Inclusion: A Time-Series Analysis of Pakistan's Fiscal Policy. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 44(3), 443-457. Withholding-Tax-and-Financial-Inclusion-A-Time-Series-Analysis-of-Pakistans-Fiscal-Policy.pdf
  • Nasir, A. M., Ahmed, R., Ayyoub, M., & Muhammad, M. (2024). Impact of Financial Revenues and Net Financial Payouts on Investment Efficiency: Evidence from US Non-Financial Firms. iRASD Journal of Economics, 6(2), 529-554. https://doi.org/10.52131/joe.2024.0602.0222
  • Ahmed, R., Nasir, A. M., Ayyoub, M., & Ahmed, A. (2024). Post-Flood Challenges to Polio Eradication in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 12(2), 1804-1816. https://doi.org/10.52131/pjhss.2024.v12i2.2327
  • Saleem, M., Jan, M., & Ahmed, R. (2024). The Effects of Income of Foreign Workers on Families’ Consumption and Savings Pattern Behaviors in District Kech, Balochistan. Journal of Social Sciences and Media Studies, 8(1), 126-133. https://jossams.smiu.edu.pk/index.php/JOSSAMS/article/view/346/125
  • Waris, I., Iqbal, A., Ahmed, R., Hashim, S., & Ahmed, A. (2024). Values and Information Publicity Shape Tourists' Intentions to Visit Green Hotels: An Application of the Extended Value-Belief Norms Theory. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 35(4), 780-798. https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-04-2023-0130
  • Rashid, S., Ahmed, A., Waris, I., Ahmed, R., & Barkat, W. (2024). The Effect of High Involving Human Resource Practices on Employee Wellbeing and Performance: A Moderating Role of Psychosocial Safety Climate. Pakistan Business Review, 25(4), 374-394. https://doi.org/10.22555/pbr.v25i4.934
  • Barkat, W., Waris, I., Ahmed, R., & Dad, M. (2024). Transformational leadership and frontline managers work engagement, innovative work behavior, organizational citizenship behavior, and employee sustainability in the hotel industry in Pakistan. Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality & Tourism, 23(2), 315-336. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332845.2024.2282217
  • Iltaf, J., Ahmed, R., & Ayyoub, M. (2023). Economic Shockwaves: Examining Stock Market Behavior in Pakistan Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic. Annals of Social Sciences and Perspective, 4(2), 487-513. https://doi.org/10.52700/assap.v4i2.340
  • Ahmed, R. Ayyoub, M., Iqbal, M. and Barkat, W. (2023). “Investment in Human Capital and Manufacturing Enterprise Productivity: Evidence from Pakistan”. Journal of Asian Development Studies, 12(3), 1349-1363.
  • Ahmed, R., & Ayyoub, M. (2023). The Nexus between Power Outages and Business Enterprise Sales Performance: A South Asian Perspective. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 43(3), 399-412. The-Nexus-between-Power-Outages-and-Business-Enterprise-Sales-Performance-A-South-Asian-Perspective.pdf
  • Murtaza, M., Ayyoub, M., Riaz, A., & Ahmed, R. (2023). Examining Linkages between Poverty Alleviation and Macroeconomic Performance in Pakistan. Journal of Policy Research, 9(2), 665-678. https://zenodo.org/records/8331494
  • Ahmed, A., Barkat, W., Ahmed, R., & Khalil, S. (2022). The Nexus Between Employability Skills and Economic Well-Being in the Context of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Pakistan Business Review, 24(3). https://pbr.iobm.edu.pk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Paper-5.pdf
  • Ahmed, R., Ahmed, A., Barkat, W., & Ullah, R. (2022). Impact of Scholarships on Student Success: A Case Study of University of Turbat, Pakistan. Pakistan Development Review, 61(2), 231-258. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27262044
  • Ahmed, R., Barkat, W., Ahmed A. Tahir, M. & Majid, A. (2022). The Impact of Flooding on Education of Children and Adolescents: Evidence from Pakistan. Water Economics and Policy, 8(03), 2240009. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2382624X22400094
  • Ahmed, R., Ahmed, A., & Barkat, W. (2021). Behavioral limitations of individuals for coping with COVID-19: A terror management perspective. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 31(1-4), 97-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2020.1835778
  • Ahmed, A., Jan, G., Barkat, W., Ahmed, R., & Mahmood, A. (2021). The Impact of Spirituality on Resilience and Engagement During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion, 18(5), 400-424. https://doi.org/10.51327/NAEU8792
  • Bashir, L., Ahmed, R., Ahmed, A. & Barkat, W. (2019). The Role of Family Settings on Female Participations in Labor Force: Evidence from Pakistan. Balochistan Review, XLI(2), 30-49. 30-49 The Role of Family Settings on Female Participations in Labor Force Evidence from Pakistan, Lakki Bashir.pdf
  • Ahmed, R. (2018). The impact of flooding on marriage: evidence from Pakistan. Disaster Prevention and Management, 27(1), 115-128. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-05-2017-0094
  • Barkat, W., Beh, L. S., Ahmed, A., & Ahmed, R. (2018). Impact of intellectual capital on innovation capability and organizational performance: An empirical investigation. Serbian Journal of Management, 13(2), 365-379. https://doi.org/10.5937/sjm13-16997
  • Rammer, C., Ahmed, R., & Behrens, V. (2018). Long data series on innovator quotas: short study commissioned by the Commission of Experts on Research and Innovation (No. 15-2018). Studies on the German innovation system. https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/175557/1/1015317650.pdf
  • Ahmed, R. (2017). Essays on Infrastructure, Firm Productivity, Natural Disaster and Life Course Transition in South Asia (Doctoral dissertation). http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/23249/.
  • Ahmed, R. (2016). Social Infrastructure and Productivity of Manufacturing Firms–Evidence from Pakistan. ZEW-Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper, (16-038), Mannheim Germany. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2774235

Professional Training and Scientific Events

06/2026
Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology Khuzdar, Khuzdar, Pakistan
Expert and external member in the Review of Institutional Performance and Enhancement (RIPE) as per the HEC PSG 2023 Quality Assurance Framework
04/2026
Baqai Medical University Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
Presented a paper, titled “Operationalization of Continuous Quality Improvement in Pakistan’s Higher Education: A Practical and Policy Framework” in the 6th International Conference of PNQAHE
05/2025
University of Gwadar, Gwadar, Pakistan
Presented a paper, titled “Manipulating Grades and Evaluations: Unpacking the Power Dynamics Between Students and Teachers in Higher Education” in the 5th International Conference of PNQAHE
04/2025
Forman Christian College University, Lahore, Pakistan
Presented a paper, titled “Manipulating Grades and Evaluations: Unpacking the Power Dynamics Between Students and Teachers in Higher Education” in the 5th International Conference of PNQAHE
04/2025
Forman Christian College University, Lahore, Pakistan
Attended the Pre-Conference Workshops titled “Stakeholders Engagement in Quality Assurance – Shaping Higher Education with Inputs from all Relevant Voices”
12/2024
BACT and QEC-UoT, Turbat, Pakistan
Resource Person: Conducted a three-day workshop titled "Enhancement of Quality Education and Institutional Practices in Affiliated Colleges
11/2024
NTNU, Gjovik, Norway
Visited NTNU, Gjovik, Norway for a week-long workshop through the RAPID Project (Erasmus Funded Project). The goal of the initiative was to revolutionize the E-learning landscape in Pakistan.
03/2023
BRC, Turbat, Pakistan
Resource Person in a Career Council Event, “Shaping Tomorrow (Foreign Scholarship)”
03/2023
UoT, Turbat, Pakistan
Training Session (as Resource Person) with Faculty Members on “Quality Assurance and Enhancement of Higher Education”
05/2022
NED University, Karachi, Pakistan
Presented a paper, “The crude scores of teacher evaluation survey mislead universities: A case study of University of Turbat”
03/2022
PIDE, Islamabad, Pakistan
Presented a paper in the 1st RASTA Conference, “Impact Evaluation of Government Scholarship On Students Success: A Case Study of University of Turbat”
03/2022
Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Pakistan
Participated a conference “the 3rd International Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education”
04/2017
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Participated a workshop, “Writing Articles in the Humanities and Social Sciences”
07/2016
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Participated the workshop, “Geospatial Analysis of Disasters: Measuring Welfare Impacts of Emergency Relief”
06/2016
Development Economics and Policy 2016: Annual International Conference of the Research Group on Development Economics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Presented a poster presentation, “Social Infrastructure and Productivity of Manufacturing Firms – Evidence from Pakistan”
05/2016
MIRDEC 2016-Conference on Social, Economics, Business and Educational Science Budapest, Hungary
Presented a paper, “Social Infrastructure and Productivity of Manufacturing Firms: Evidence from Pakistan”
10/2015
Hotel Jezero, Lake Bohinj, Slovenia
Participated the 8th International Annual Liberty Seminar
05/2015
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Attended the international Conference, “2015 European meeting of the Economic Science Association”
07/2015
ZEW, Mannheim, Germany
Participated the international conference titled, “6th ZEW/MaCCI Conference on the Economics of Innovation and Patenting”
05/2015
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Participated the workshop, “How to avoid Plagiarism”
03/2015
Stube, Weil der Stadt, Germany
Participated the seminar, “Education in Globalization Challenge: What Kind of Education Do We Want?”
12/2013
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Participated the workshop, “Entrepreneurship in Action”
10/2013
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Participated the workshop, “Analyzing Personal Potential for Your Career”
07/2013
ZEW, Mannheim, Germany
Participated the workshop titled, “15th ZEW Summer Workshop 2013 on the Current Fiscal Policy Challenges in Europe”
06/2013
ZEW, Mannheim, Germany
Participated the international conference titled, “5th ZEW/MaCCI Conference on the Economics of Innovation and Patenting”

Other Knowledge and Skills

Computer Skills
STATA, QGIS, EndNote Library, MS-Office: Word, PowerPoint, Spreadsheets
Language Skills
English (Fluent), German (Basic), Balochi (Mother Tongue), Urdu (Excellent)

PRESENT ADDRESS

Faculty of Business and Economics

University of Turbat

M 8 Ginnah, Turbat Balochistan

Pakistan

Office No.: +92 (0) 852 400507

Cell Phone: +92 (0) 313 8240691

Email: riaz.ahmed@uot.edu.pk


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