MUHAMMAD ZAHID IQBAL

Lecturer
PhD Scholar, MS, MBA
m.zahid@uvas.edu.pk
Office Hours: 2pm to 4pm

Biography

Muhammad Zahid Iqbal has been serving as a lecturer in Finance in UVAS Business School since 2015. He completed his MPhil (Finance) with distinction from University of Central Punjab Lahore. Currently he is pursuing a PhD in Finance from University of Management and Technology, Lahore. He has vast experience of working both in corporate sector and academia. He served on managerial position in PESPI for four years. In order to gain international experience, he worked in London United Kingdom for six years in various multinational companies. To fulfil his urge to learn, Mr. Iqbal is currently perusing CFA and has passed level 1 exam. In UVAS Business School, he is also acting as program coordinator, QEC focal person, PM laptop scheme focal person, convenor of accreditation committee, member of FBOS & DBOS, member of semester implementation committee, member of admission committee, sports coordinator at department level, mentor for students competing in different competitions etc.

Area of Specialization

Finance

Research Interests

  • Financial Management
  • Business Finance
  • Corporate Finance
  • Risk Management

Publications

Accepted for publication in “Pakistan Journal of Social Issues” titled as “Interpreting Investor Behavioral Biases: A Qualitative Study” ( HEC recognized Y-category journal)

Conferences

 

Paper presented on “Earnings Management and Tail Risk: A story of Shariah and Non-Shariah firms” in 6th ICIBM, be held on Feb 06 & 07, 2020 at University of Central Punjab Lahore, (won best paper award)  

 

Trainings and Workshops

  1. Participated in a training on “Dynamics of NBEAC Accreditation and Re-accreditation”  held on 25th-26th September 2017  organized by NBAEC, Islamabad  
  2. Participated in a training on “Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)” held on July 13, 2017 organized by Department of Environment Sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore.
  3. Participated in Faculty Development Program entitled as “Train the Trainer Seminar on Financial Planning and Investment” held on May 10 & 11, 2017 Organized by Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan
  4. Attended a training entitled as “The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Academia” held on March 01, 2017 organized by ORIC, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore
  5. Participated in a training entitled “Advanced Training on Policy Research in Livestock” held on 30th and 31st May 2016 organized by UVAS and USAID PEEP at UVAS Business School, Lahore
  6. Participated in a “Basic training on Policy Research in Livestock” held on 1st and 2nd April 2016 organized by UVAS and USAID PEEP at UVAS Business School, Lahore
  7. Participated in “Campus Outreach Program”  held in September 2012, organized by Lahore Stock Exchange under Financial Literacy Initiative of South Asian Federation of Exchanges