WORK
Chief Research & Initiatives Officer
SPADES: Pakistan’s Largest Student STEM Society
Lead ambitious engineering projects including an FPV Drone, Rocketry, Raptor Jet, and a Robotic Arm 3D Printer; spearheading Pakistan’s first student rocketry project to compete internationally by 2027, with first test launch planned for March 2025. Strategically drive society’s external relations, partnerships, and collaborations with industry leaders to elevate SPADES’ visibility and outreach. Oversee major society events delivering high-value experiences: LUMS Science Symposium (LSS) — a 5-day research-based event hosting 500+ high school students from across Pakistan; PSIFI — society’s flagship high school olympiad with 1,500+ participants; HackX — university hackathon with 200+ participants. Oversee Techstars Startup Weekend LUMS (TSWL), Cosmos 101 (astronomy course), the Observatory, and other society initiatives. Secured an invitation for PSIFI’s top-performing team to represent Pakistan at the Asian Physics Olympiad (Saudi Arabia), strengthening SPADES’ national academic recognition. Organized a month-long initiative teaching coding and mathematics to 100+ underprivileged students. Collaborated with environmental organizations to distribute smog detectors across 10 schools in Lahore, raising air-pollution awareness. Hosted Pakistan’s first NASA engineer talk, highlighting the James Webb Space Telescope project to 300+ attendees. Partnered with UPLIFT AI (US-based) to organize internships for 33 students; mentored on RAG, APIs, and custom RAG systems to build applied AI projects. Supported UPLIFT AI in collecting native-language data for Pakistan’s first GPT-based WhatsApp voice bot for low-literacy users (voice banking, agriculture guidance, bill payments).
•Lead ambitious engineering projects including an FPV Drone, Rocketry, Raptor Jet, and a Robotic Arm 3D Printer
•Spearheading Pakistan’s first student rocketry project to compete internationally by 2027, with first test launch planned for March 2025
•Integrating gyroscope and accelerometer sensors for real-time flight stabilization and telemetry data logging
•Strategically drive society’s external relations, partnerships, and collaborations with industry leaders to elevate SPADES’ visibility and outreach
•Oversee major society events delivering high-value experiences: LUMS Science Symposium (LSS) — a 5-day research-based event hosting 500+ high school students from across Pakistan
•Oversee PSIFI — society’s flagship high school olympiad with 1,500+ participants
•Oversee HackX — university hackathon with 200+ participants
•Oversee Techstars Startup Weekend LUMS (TSWL), Cosmos 101 (astronomy course), the Observatory, and other society initiatives
•Secured an invitation for PSIFI’s top-performing team to represent Pakistan at the Asian Physics Olympiad (Saudi Arabia), strengthening SPADES’ national academic recognition
•Organized a month-long initiative teaching coding and mathematics to 100+ underprivileged students
•Collaborated with environmental organizations to distribute smog detectors across 10 schools in Lahore, raising air-pollution awareness
•Hosted Pakistan’s first NASA engineer talk, highlighting the James Webb Space Telescope project to 300+ attendees
•Partnered with UPLIFT AI (US-based) to organize internships for 33 students
•Mentored on RAG, APIs, and custom RAG systems to build applied AI projects
•Supported UPLIFT AI in collecting native-language data for Pakistan’s first GPT-based WhatsApp voice bot for low-literacy users (voice banking, agriculture guidance, bill payments)
Key Achievements
→Leading Pakistan’s first student rocketry project with a roadmap to international competition by 2027
→Targeting March 2025 for the first test launch focused on high-fidelity post-flight data logging and telemetry analysis using IMU sensors (gyroscope, accelerometer)
→Developing the Raptor Jet project with a primary engineering focus on maximizing top speed and aerodynamic efficiency
→Winner of CERN Beamline Competition (2023) out of 367 teams globally
→Secured invitation for PSIFI’s top-performing team to represent Pakistan at the Asian Physics Olympiad
→Organized month-long initiative for 100+ underprivileged students
→Partnered with UPLIFT AI to organize internships for 33 students
→Winner of CERN Beamline Competition (2023) out of 367 teams globally
→Secured invitation for PSIFI’s top-performing team to represent Pakistan at the Asian Physics Olympiad
→Organized month-long initiative for 100+ underprivileged students
→Partnered with UPLIFT AI to organize internships for 33 students
→Targeting 100 m/s top speed for the Raptor Jet project through aerodynamic optimization
FPV DroneRocketryRaptor JetRobotic Arm 3D PrinterRAGAPIsGPT-based WhatsApp voice botIMU SensorsGyroscopeAccelerometerTelemetryData Logging
