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Khawaja Aftab Qadir Kant

Assistant Professor
Department of Business Administration
The University of Azad J ammu & Kashmir (UAJ &K)
City Campus, Muzaffarabad-13100
Azad J ammu & Kashmir, Pakistan.
Cell: +92-301-5311521
e-mail: aftab.kant@ajku.edu.pk
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Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration (22
nd
J une, 2012 to date), City Campus,
UAJ &K, Muzaffarabad

Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration (22
nd
November, 2009 to 21
st
J une, 2012),
Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Kotli Campus (FoAS), UAJ &K

Lecturer, Department of Business Administration (21
st
February to 22
nd
November, 2009), FoAS,
UAJ &K

Lecturer-Business Administration (15
th
J une to 10
th
November, 2006), The Al-Suffa Institute of
Management Sciences (An approved Centre of Allama Iqbal Open University), Blue Area, Islamabad,
Pakistan.

Lecturer-Commerce (15
th
August, 2005 to 30
th
J une, 2006), Punjab College of Commerce, 6
th
Road,
Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Lecturer-Business Administration (15
th
December, 2002 to 30
th
J une, 2003 and 1
st
February to 31
st

J uly, 2008), Muzaffarabad College for Higher Studies, Old Secretariat, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan

Lecturer-Management Sciences (April to November, 2003), Department of CS&IT, Muzaffarabad
Campus, UAJ &K

Lecturer-Business Administration (1
st
J anuary to 6
th
April, 2003), Government Post Graduate College
for Boys, Eid Gah Road, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan


Administrative Experience

Acting Chairman, Human Resource Management Department (27
th
September, 2011 to 21
st
J une,
2012), FoAS, UAJ &K

Statistical Officer (22
nd
May, 2007 to 20
th
February, 2009), Directorate of Academics, Education
Planning & Research (DAEPR), UAJ &K.

Deputy Director Academics, Education Planning & Research-Acting (10
th
November, 2008 to 8
th

J anuary, 2009), Directorate of Academics, Education Planning & Research (DAEPR), UAJ &K.

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Assistant Director Academics, Education Planning & Research (27
th
September, 2006 to 21
st
May,
2007), Directorate of Academics, Education Planning & Research (DAEPR), UAJ &K.

Planning Officer (10
th
February to 30
th
J une, 2004), Directorate of Academics, Education Planning &
Research (DAEPR), UAJ &K.

Purchase Officer (7
th
April, 2003 to 9
th
February, 2004), Directorate of Finance & Planning, UAJ &K.

Enumerator (5
th
October, 1999 to 30
th
April, 2000), Neelum & J helum Community Development
Project, Muzaffarabad, AJ &K.


Participation in Trainings/ Workshops

i. Participated in Professional Competency Enhancement Program for Teachers(PCEPT)
from Oct. 26 - Nov. 25, 2009 at UAJ &K, City Campus, Muzaffarabad. This training
program was a joint collaboration of UAJ &K & Higher Education Commission of
Pakistan (HEC).
ii. Participated in training sessions on Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Report Writing &
Data Analysis, at UNICEF Field Office, Muzaffarabad, AJ K in 2008.
iii. Participated in workshop on Auxiliary Information in Survey Sampling, at Centre for
Advanced Studies in Mathematics, LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan; 29
th
to 30
th
March, 2008.
iv. Internship at Pakistan International Airlines, Head Office, Karachi; 18
th
J une to 2
nd

August, 2001.
v. Internship at Human Resource Development Section, Neelum and J ehlum Valleys
Community Development Project (NJ VCDP), Muzaffarabad, AJ K; 3
rd
August to 4
th

October, 1999.


International Conference

Presented paper entitled Weak-Form Efficiency: Evidence form Karachi Stock Exchange in 8
th

Annual Hawaii International Conference on Business, Honolulu Hawaii held on 22
nd
to 25
th

May, 2008.


Award

Gold Medal awarded from UAJ &K, for securing 1
st
position in MBA.
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Education

PhD dissertation in progress on Corporate Governance and Earnings Management: A Comparative
Study of Pakistani, Indian and Bangladeshi Commercial Banks, Mohammad Ali J innah University,
Islamabad Campus (MAJ U), Islamabad, Pakistan.

MS-Management Sciences with specialization in Finance, MAJ U, 2007.

MBA-Finance, UAJ &K, Muzaffarabad, 2002.

B.Sc.-Mathematics & Statistics, University of Peshawar, 1997.

Foundation Course, Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Pakistan, Islamabad Campus,
Islamabad, Pakistan. 1999.


Personal

Date of Birth: 14
th
August, 1977
Marital Status: Married
Children: One Daughter (D.O.B 01-01-2010)


References

1. Prof. Dr. Mushtaq A. Sajid
Dean, Faculty of Administrative Sciences
University of Azad J ammu & Kashmir
Kotli Campus, Kotli, AJ &K
Pakistan-11100
Contact No. Off: 0092-5826-960006
Cell: 0092-314-5266289

2. Dr. Khawaja Farooq-Ahmed (Ex-Director, Academics Education Planning & Research, UAJ &K)
Professor Management Sciences
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
Abbotabad Campus
Abbotabad, NWFP, Pakistan
Contact No. 0092-333-5877011.

3. Dr. Zaheer Abbas (PhD Supervisor)
Assistant Professor/ In-charge, Department of Accounting and Finance
Islamic International University, Islamabad
Pakistan
Contact No. 0092-321-5031931