Theme: Sparking The Creativity

TEDx BahriaUniversity aims to be the avant-garde bringing visionaries to share their ideas that inspire creativity. These ideas converge in a shared intellectual space and creative collisions happen, lighting a spark. Allowing ideas to diffuse, TEDx BahriaUniversity believes to be the springboard for innovation.

Bahria University Auditorium
Sector E-8، Shangrilla Rd, Islamabad
Islamabad, Islamabad, 44100
Pakistan

Abrar Ul Haq

Artist

Abrar-ul-Haq is a Pakistani musician, philanthropist and politician. Abrar Ul Haq’s voice is an irresistible force that combines the love of pure Punjabi bhangra infused with copious amounts of energy. A student of Social Sciences, and later teaching at the Aitchison College in Lahore, his passion for music and performing live took the driving seat.

Aisha S Alam

Aisha is a lifestyle blogger and a youtuber. She loves to collaborate with new brands and make amazing content. She believe that blogging is one of the most underrated mode of getting your word out. She is all about new ideas and working on different content which is why she don’t like to compromise her quality for anything. She notice things that go unnoticed and talk about things that matter to incite change in the society and ultimately get hated on for saying those things out loud.

Dr Nazir Ahmed Vaid

Nazir Ahmed Vaid is well known in the Pakistan's Business, Health, Services, Telecommunication and IT Industries. He has a Graduate Degree in Science, with Postgraduate work in Management and Telecommunication. While he has also been the head of several large, industrial and commercial establishments, most of his projects are innovative and at the forefront of industry development. Hence, he has been personally involved in all areas of business development, with a special focus on Human Resources. Mr. Vaid has traveled widely, and has developed strong domestic and international relationships with people of influence in the business, industry, health and telecommunication sector. He is exceptionally well versed in Operational Procedures, Technology Integration, Health Related Projects, Telecommunications, IT-related Technology, Financial Management, Telecom Regulations, Market Dynamics and Human Resources. He provided the guidelines to the then Minister of Science and Technology to make the Internet accessible through 131 and nearest POP access from all over Pakistan without any Long Distance/NWD charges. He is also a serial entrepreneur and has created around 110 businesses. Gelco Courier, Callmate, Unicom, Infonet are some of the examples. He develops a business, takes it to the peek and exits by off-loading equity. Once a business if fully developed and there is no room for further innovation. he gets bored and starts developing a new idea.

Dr Noman Naseer

Scientist

Dr. Naseer is a Mechatronics Engineer, who did his Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D. all in Mechatronics Engineering. Dr. Naseer has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers Reference to his contributions in the field of fNIRS-based BCIs, his biography was featured in the 32nd edition of Who’s who in the world, Berkeley, USA as a notable international researcher. He has served as reviewer of above 35 SCI Indexed journals and is serving as Editorial board member of 3 SCI indexed journals.

Fahad Sajid

IEEE Student Section Representative

Fahad Sajid is a graduate in Bachelors of Electrical Engineering (Power Systems). He was enrolled in CUST in 2014 aimed to achieve excellence in engineering and to pursue his career as a professional engineer with enough technical expertise to raise the standards of Innovation in technology for the betterment of humanity. He's always been an admirer of "ASPIRE TO INSPIRE". Under IEEE banner he has worked at different positions to gain an Insight on managerial skills and most importantly leadership. Working in different domains lead him to win a national level award in Pakistan (Best Leadership Award 2017), During his engineering tenure he has learnt different methods to design and solve problems on run time . He's currently researching on Social Engineering and art of deception and his objective is to transcend in this competitive era by learning and improving at every stage of his life and prove himself credible enough to achieve excellence.

Fateh Muhammad Malik

Scholar and Iqbal Chair BU

Fateh Muhammad Malik, is a Pakistani literary critic, linguist and a scholar. He has authored several books including an essay "Iqbal Inspired Humor: A Note on Parodies by Selected Urdu Poets" published in Of Clowns and Gods, Brahmans and Babus - humor in South Asian Literatures

Mahmood Ul Hassan Khalil

Philanthropist

“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision” A senior lecturer at Bahria University who can be titled as perfectionist speaking of his academic achievements besides being visually impaired. A firm believer in lived experience as a legitimate source of knowledge and being the first blind podcaster of Pakistan, Mehmood UL Hassan Khalil is among the few people in Asia who are member of Apple Inc.’s accessibility crew, along with being a pioneer of using technology like “Be My Eyes” for purposes such as experiencing social assistance.

Muhammad Jawad Noon

Medical Researcher

Muhammad Jawad Noon is a medical doctor, researcher and a policy advocate. He was the Noon Scholar at University of Oxford where he studied policy and was recognized as a leader in healthcare. His research has been covered by international authors, researchers and top media outlets including CNN News, Business Insider UK, MSN and Medical Daily. He has worked as a consultant for WHO’s partner organizations and was among the top 4 candidates to receive the award for ‘Outstanding Researcher’ at Innovative Youth Awards 2015. He is also an avid polo player, having represented Oxford University at National Universities Arena Championships in UK.

Muhammad Salman Anjum

Blockpreneur

Being a Technology Futurist, Salman advises corporates, ICOs, senior managers on Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Strategy. He is regularly speaking at global forums on applications of recent tech trends like Blockchain, Big Data & IoT. He’s a results-driven performance and organizational efficiency professional with over 16 years in hybrid corporate & entrepreneurial roles aligning People, Performance and Profit. Efficacious author and public speaker, Salman has been featured as success story in “Soul Beats @ UAE” the book published by Department of Economic Development of Dubai. Salman is trainer of Blockchain & Advance Technologies for PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC). His interventions are full of valuable insights and information that audience can put to use for their personal or professional lives right away. He creates a contemporary presentation with fresh, visual slides to invigorate the material and communicate it more effectively.

Sumaiya Eman

Sumaiya is a student of Hamza Army Public School. She is extraordinary at achieving the highest of all. She is an inter-school badminton champion, an inter-house debate winner, class topper and a canvas painter. Her hobbies makes her life an ultimate source of fun for which she is breaking the barriers. Her observations have come to conclusions that there are some never ending state problems and we have to make a way for future generations to tackle such problems. A child must be groomed in such an environment where it deserves to excel for which society have to change a few perspectives.