Profile:Akhtar Ali

Profile: Akhtar Ali

(Independent Energy and Environment Consultant)

Education

• BE (Mechanical, 1971, NED, Karachi). MS (1974, METU, Turkey).
• Research Fellow Harvard University, 1988-89.

Positions held

• General Manager, Production, Heavy Mechanical Complex, Taxila.
• Managing Director, Karachi Pipe Mills, Karachi.
• Chief Executive Officer, Proplan Associates (Pvt) Ltd.
• Independent Energy and Environment Consultant.

Books Authored by Syed Akhtar Ali;

·         Pakistan: Issues in Energy Policy (2010) Forthcoming

·         In the aftermath of floods (2010) Forthcoming

·         Pakistan’s Development Challenges: Federation, Security

and Governance (2010)

·         Pakistan’s Energy Development: the Road Ahead (2010)

·         Nuclear Politics and Challenges of Governance (1998)

·         Political Economy of Pakistan; An agenda for reforms (1994)

·         South Asia: Nuclear Stalemate or Conflagration (1987)

·         Pakistan’s Nuclear Dilemma; Energy and Security Dimensions (1984)

Thrust Areas in consulting

·         Energy projects development

·         Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA); cost and tariff studies

Recent assignments completed

·         Evaluation of coal power plant project (Client: NEPRA)

·         Rental Power Tariff determinations methodologies (Client: NEPRA)

·         DISCOM Tariff application procedures (Client: NEPRA)

Past experience in consulting

·         QMS: ISO 9000, feasibility studies, sectoral studies, strategy consulting,

      Corporate Planning and Management

Sectoral Focus

·         Engineering industries; Energy

Subjects taught:

·         Production & Operations Management

·         Project Management

·         Quality Management

New Courses (to be offered to prospective schools)

·         Energy Management

·         Environmental Management

·         Pollution Control

·         Risk Management

·         Environmental Management Systems (ISO-14000)