Pakistani scholar completes double doctorates from France in Record Time
| 30th January, 2011
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Based on his education and experience, Kashif Mahmood secured admission in MS programme at the University Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) that is ranked among the best universities in the world. – Photo courtesy University Pierre et Marie Curie (www.upmc.fr)

ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commision (HEC) scholar Kashif Mehmood has made the nation proud by successfully completing two PhD degrees from France within a period of four years.

He is among those few fortunate researchers in the world who have secured double doctorates in two different disciplines (Business Administration and Computer Science) from two leading universities, says a press release issued here.

Dr. Kashif Mehmood completed four postgraduate degrees (PhD in Computer Science, PhD in Business Administration, M.Phil in Business Administration, MS in Computer Science) within the last five years.

He was awarded HEC scholarship under Overseas Scholarship Scheme for PhD in Selected Fields (Phase-1) in 2004.

Based on his education and experience, he secured admission in MS programme at the University Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) that is ranked among the best universities in the world.

During his research internship, Dr. Kashif impressed his supervisor with his technical, analytical and managerial skills for which he was offered a PhD thesis in Computer Science.

After starting PhD in Computer Science, Dr. Kashif applied for an M.Phil (Business Administration) in a leading French business school, ESSEC Business School. Getting into ESSEC was a difficult task and securing full fees waiver (worth 10,000 Euros/Year) was almost impossible.

But Dr. Kashif secured an admission along with a full fees waiver for the first year (renewable each year). He completed his MPhil (Business Administration) within two years along with working on his Computer Science thesis. After MPhil, he was offered to continue towards PhD in Business Administration from ESSEC.

Dr. Kashif defended both of his PhDs in front of a jury consisting of eight senior and eminent professors/researchers. Dr. Kashif received exceptionally good reviews for his dissertation and was highly praised during his defense presentation.

He was offered a full-time tenure track position in a leading university in Canada that he turned down to return to Pakistan and serve his country.

Selfless intellectuals like Dr. Kashif Mehmood are a true inspiration to our youth and a pride to our nation.

COMMENTS

  1. weldone Dr. Kashif proud to be a pakistani

  2. Dr Kashif is teaching me @ iqra university and i feel very lucky to be taught by a great intellect…

  3. We are really proud to have you in IQRA UNIVERSITY!

  4. I am proud to have a teacher like you teaching me.

  5. Well i feel very lucky that Dr.Kashif Mahmood is teaching us HRM at Iqra university. He is such a brilliant man with the sense of thinking out side the box. Which he always told us that try to think out side the box. We are very proud to have a teacher like him.

  6. ASalam o Alaikum. Congratulations. Thanks to Allaha SBT that he selected you for this honor.This Doctorates should promote the skill in Pakistan
    Regards.

  7. Excellent. Excellent! So PROUD of you Dr Kashif

  8. Fabulous…………………., My Dear ALLAH give him more more sucess..Amin.

  9. what a great achievement
    For Pakistan it's the dawn of new era

  10. DR Kashif is just awesome. Hes teaching us management courses in our university! I have only one word for him AWESOME

  11. Dear Dr Kashif Well Done and Congrats
    We hope that we will keep hearing your name in future wth your success stories and finding new solutions to to the Nation's problem in your own field
    Great work
    Saeed Z Khan

  12. Great day today just finished reading Ibrahim Shaihid first Pakistani to set a new O level record of achieving 23 A graders out of 24 .
    Weh have such a beautiful country – Dr you make us all proud and we are lucky to have you we are proud to be Pakistanis.

    My sincere reagards

  13. Dr. Kashif endeavor you have shown is a true inspiration for all pakistanis. I salute you sir.

  14. well done !!!!! Hats off to the parents who bred a gentleman like you and wow to yr brave decision ….may you succeed always.Bless you:)

  15. DEAR DR. KASHIF,
    The whole Pakistani nation prouds on u and we salute u.

  16. Welldone sir but my thinking s that it is better to do one phd instead of two but do the work which is unique in nature will help others and creat a bench mark, because at this time we need research work instead of degrees. please forgive me if you hurt by my words and pray for me because i also want to do some thing whicih is benifical for mankind

  17. Well done but not a smart move coming back…you will be disappointed.

  18. Dear Dr. Kashif,
    Its people like you that keeps the Pakistan flag up waiving. Good on you to return to Pakistan.

  19. Dear Dr. Kashif. You done a great. Left us to pray Almighty's blessing for you and your parents.

  20. Splendid Work Dr.Kashif.Wish you best of luck for your future endeavours.Your inspirational figure definitely help other HEC scholars and young Pakistanis in future Insha-Allah.

  21. Nice work….. uve made the nation proud especially by returning to serve your country

  22. bundle of congrats dr kashif. we r proud of ur abilities and decision of serving the nation. God bless u.

  23. love to have people like you well done pakistan

  24. That is we needed that someone great in technical field whio could help our young kids in the technical field.

  25. Excellent work
    An inspiration to a lot of people…Something we can all celebrate.

  26. Congrats Kashif bhi, great inspiration for us.

  27. A good news at last! Thanks for making this desperate nation so proud of you!!

  28. Great work, we all are proud of you.

  29. Whole nation is proud of you Kashif bhai. people like you have kept our heads high.

  30. Well done Kashif.
    May Allah makes things easy for you. You are setting an example for our youth.

  31. Well done Dr. Kashif. You have made us feel very very proud where leaders of Pakistan have let us down badly.

  32. Welldone – Dr. Kashif, you have made all Pakistanis so proud, we salute you

  33. Dr Kashif,

    You are the solid pakistani blood….Your decision of backing home country is real inspiration for us….

    Unfortunately we have very corrupt democratic govt right now who is cutting the HEC budget instead of minimizing the useless/corrupt number of ministers in federal cabinet.

    God bless Pakistan !!!

  34. People like you really makes us proud …. GOD bless you

  35. Great Pakistan zindabad