Aimed to promote policy-oriented research, dialogue and human development in Pakistan in an ‘indigenous’ framework, and building a policy research community, IPS has taken another initiative to launch a Non-Resident Fellowship (NRF) program with effect from December 2020.

The program seeks to take on-board 10-12 senior academicians and research supervisors from various universities from across Pakistan and connect them with the government to bridge the policy-research gap. These NRFs will remain associated with IPS for a renewable period of one year. They would also be engaging their research students to work on themes and research topics decided in consultation with the relevant stakeholders in the policy circles.

The esteemed academics who have so far joined the Institute’s NRF program include: Dr Tughral Yamin, associate dean, Centre for International Peace and Stability Studies, National University of Science and Technology (CIPS-NUST); Dr Abdul Saboor, professor and HoD, department of economics, Pir Meher Ali Shah University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi; Dr Maliha Zeba Khan, assistant professor, department of international relations, National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad; and Dr Faisal Javaid, assistant professor, department of international relations, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST), Karachi.