Ashraf Iqbal

Dr. Ashraf Iqbal is a professor at the Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan. He was previously a Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology at the University of Central Punjab, Lahore.
Ashraf Iqbal was a Fulbright research scholar at the University of Southern California from 1992-93. He has also worked as a DAAD research fellow at the Stuttgart Institute of Parallel and Distributed Computing and as a Research Assistant in ICASE, NASA Langley Research Centre, Hampton, Virginia. He started his career teaching electrical engineering at University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore (UET) where he worked for almost 30 years, before moving to Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) where, as the Head of the Computer Science Department, he started the doctoral programme with a focus on theoretical computer science and advanced applied research projects. He is well-known in the computer science community for his lectures on graph theory at the Virtual University. As his interest in the area of design for learning developed, he moved to (NUST) where he set up the MS programme in Innovation, Technology, Education, the first of its kind in Pakistan. Dr. Ashraf Iqbal has also served as the Director of Namal College, Mianwali and the Rector of the Ali Institute of Education.
Presently, his work is focused on understanding how technology can be used to overcome learning problems with the mission “quality education for anyone, anywhere, anytime”. Dr. Ashraf Iqbal is also the author of a book on Graph Theory and Algorithms (Google Books). Currently, he is writing a book on education, pedagogy and technology - exploring how the three blend to make a dramatic change. He is also a poet and a short story writer.

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