Dr. Arif ud din

Assistant Professor

arif.uddin@cust.edu.pk

PROFILE SUMMARY

Dr. Arif ud din is Assistant Professor and currently a Post-Doctoral fellow at Universita ”Mediterranea” di Reggio Calabria in Italy. He completed his PhD in Management Sciences from IBL, AWKUM, and holds MS in Project Management from COMSATS. With extensive experience of 14 years, he has managed projects and programs with international, national, and grassroots level organizations. Additionally, he has taught project management courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in various universities in Pakistan. He has published several research papers in renowned international and national journals and serves on the editorial boards of local and international indexed journals. He possesses hands-on experience with research-based packages such as SPSS, AMOS (CB), SMART PLS-4, Primevera and NVivo. His research interests lie in the areas of Project & Program Management, Sustainable Entrepreneurship, and Social Entrepreneurship. Furthermore, He has taken on the role of Deputy Team Lead/Co-PI in the project titled ”Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Universities Capacity Building Project on Research, Pedagogy, and Curriculum Tuning.” This project was funded by the US Embassy and administered by USEFP.

QUALIFICATION
Post Doctorate Fellow	Project & Human Rights	Universita Mediterranea, Italy	Continue
PhD	Project & Program Management	Institute of Business Studies & Leadership, AWKUM	2021
MS	Project Management	COMSATS	2015

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad	Since – 2024
Assistant Professor	Abasyn University, Peshawar	2022 – 2024

RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS
1.	Project and Program Management
2.	Entrepreneurship
3.	Social Entrepreneurship
4.	Resources

SR.	JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS	YEAR
1	S. H. Farooq, A. U. Din, I. A. Soomro, and A. Riviezzo, “Unveiling the path to sustainable poverty alleviation in Pakistan: Investigating the role of microfinance interventions in empowering women entrepreneurs,” Scandinavian Journal of Management, vol. 40, no. 2, p. 101331, 2024.	2024
2	A. Uddin, “Opportunities and challenges in implementing a rights-based approach to community development projects in Pakistan: A social responsibility and human rights perspective,” Bridging Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility: Pathways to a Sustainable Global Society, pp. 255–282, 2024.	2024
3	M. Ilyas, A. Uddin, M. Haleem, and I. Ahmad, “Digital entrepreneurial acceptance: an examination of technology acceptance model and do-it-yourself behavior,” Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, vol. 12, no. 1, p. 15, 2023.	2023
4	A. Uddin, S. H. Awan, F. Sultan et al., “Impact of critical factors on entrepreneurship development: Evidence from business incubation center of Pakistan,” International Journal of Social Science & Entrepreneurship, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 72–95, 2022.	2022
5	A. Uddin, Project Manager’s Competencies in Nonprofit Projects of Pakistan, vol. 11, no. 8, 2022.	2022
6	A. U. Din, S. M. A. Shah, H. El-Gohary, R. Ur Rahman, M. Haleem, M. Jehangir, S. H. Khalil, and Sayyam, “A mixed-method study of programme management resources and social enterprise sustainability: A developing-country context,” Sustainability, vol. 14, no. 1, p. 114, 2021.	2021
7	F. Khan, M. Jehangir, S. M. A. Shah and A. ud. Din, impact of market & technology orientation on product innovation performance of Pakistani manufacturing SMEs: mediation role of innovation capability. vol. 20, no. 3, 2021.	2021
8	A. Uddin, S. Shah, M. Jahangir, F. Sultan, H. Khalil, M. I. Khan, and A. Hussain, “Enterprise environmental factors affecting program management resources in social enterprises of Pakistan: A mixed methods approach,” vol. 14, p. 2020, 10 2020.	2020
9	A. Uddin, S. M. A. Shah and M. Jahangir, Impact of Knowledge-based Program Management Resource on Social Enterprise Sustainability: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach, vol. 06, no. 1, pp. 166-181, 2021.	2021
10	A. U. Din, “Evaluation of project failure causes in a community based organization (CBO): A case study of Pakistan,” PM World J, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 1–9, 2016.	2016

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