CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL
Name
Prof. Munir Akhtar Ph.D. (U.K.), Fulbright Alumni.
Present Position
Advisor, COMSATS Institute of Information
Technology, Wah Campus, Wah Cantt., Pakistan
Phone; 051-927Z2614-5 Ext.276,
Email: munir_stat@comsats.edu.pk
Previous Position
Director, CIIT, Attock Campus / Wah Campus
Permanent Address
122-F, Street 21, Phase-I, Officers Colony, Wah Cantt,
Pakistan, Phone: 92-51-4511338
EDUCATION
Highest Degree
PhD (UK). Senior Fulbright Fellow (USA)
M.Sc. Statistics (Punjab University, Lahore).
Field of
Specialization
Design and Analysis of Experiments particularly “Response
Surface Designs Robust to Missing Observations” (Also did
courses in Multivariate Analysis, Time Series Analysis).
Computer Language/ FORTRAN, GENSTAT, GLIM, MINITAB, SPSS, BMDP,
Packages used
MSTAT,GINOF, CONTOUR, WORD, SAS, etc.
Special course
Attended
A course on Planning and Appraisal of Education Sector Projects
at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad
Pakistan, Dec. 1980 to Jan.1981.
Distinctions/Awards ISOSS-PSA Award 1999 for the Outstanding Contribution to
Statistics in Pakistan.
Senior Fulbright Research Award, 1995-96 for teaching and
research at
The University of Memphis, Tennessee, USA, from February 03,
1996 to August 04, 1996.
Charles Wallace Trust Award for PhD studies in UK, 1982.
Institutions Attended University of Memphis, Memphis, TN. USA, 1996, (Post doc).
University of Southampton, UK 1982-85 for Ph.D.
University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, 1968-70 for M.Sc.
Govt. Emerson Degree College, Multan 1964-68 for F.Sc./B.Sc.
Nusrat-ul-Islam High School, Multan Cantt. 1963-64 for S.S.C.
RESEARCH PROFILE
Area of Interest:
Statistics : Design and Analysis of Experiments.
Area of Research:
Response Surface Designs Robust to Missing Observations.
Research Papers:
62 Research Papers published in International Journals in
Pakistan, India, Canada, Holland, Australia and USA.
Research Projects:
Co-author of three reports of research projects completed for
consultants.
Referee:
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Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, USA
Pakistan Journal of Statistics, Lahore, Pakistan
J. of Engg. & Applied Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan.
J. of Statistics, G.C.U., Lahore.
Expert:
For the assessment of Applications for Professors/Assoc.Prof.,
Karachi University, Karachi., University of Sindh, Hayderabad.
B.Z. University, Multan, Peshawar University, Peshawar,
Univ. of Agriculture Faisalabad, & Univ. of Punjab, Lahore.
Ph.D. Students:
(Degree Awarded)
Dr. Muhammad Akram
Dr. M. H. Tahir
Dr. Rashid Ahmed (HEC)
Dr. Muhammad Nawaz(HEC)
Dr. Tanvir Ahmad (HEC)
Dr. H. M. Arshad (HEC)
Ph.D. Students:
(Thesis Submitted)
1.
2.
Ms Sabra Sultana
Ms Fareeha Yasmin
PhD. Awarded
PhD. Awarded
PhD. Awarded
PhD. Awarded
PhD. Awarded
PhD. Awarded
(HEC funded)
(HEC funded)
(1997 to 2002)
(2003 to 2010)
(2005 to 2010)
(2004 to 2011)
(2004 to 2011)
(2005 to 2011)
(Jan. 2005)
(Jan. 2005)
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
For the last thirty years, actively involved in the development of
curriculum of different subjects particularly M.Sc., M.Phil. & Ph.D.
Statistics courses, developed by HEC/UGC for different Universities of
Pakistan.
COURSES TAUGHT
M Phil / Ph.D. (Statistics)
M Sc. (Statistics)
M.A. (Economics, Psychology
& Social Work)
BBA, MBA, MBA(IT)
MBA(Banking & Finance)
BS, BS(CS) & BS(IT)
Design of Experiments
Design and Analysis of Experiments, Econometrics,
Demographic Techniques, Multivariate Analysis.
Statistics
Business Statistics & Mathematics
Statistics & Statistical Inference.
Statistics & Probability
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
More than 40 years experience of post-graduate teaching and research in different
Institutions in Pakistan and abroad.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
More than 20 years administrative experience in different
Educational Institutions.
positions in different
EXPERIENCE AS RESOURCE PERSON IN TRAINING COURSES
Training Course on Statistical Applications in Agricultural Research, University of
Agriculture/NARC, Faisalabad, Oct.11-23, 1986.
Summer School for postgraduate teachers in statistics at Govt. College, Lahore from Jul.
1987 to August 1987.
Advance training Course on Statistical Procedures and Computer Applications in
Agriculture Research, NARC, Islamabad, October 5-17, 1991.
.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ATTENDED
(Attended following 33 conferences and seminars in Pakistan and abroad)
1. Joint meeting of American Statistical Assoc. & Canadian Statistical Assoc. Chicago,
USA, Aug.1996.
2. 150th Anniversary conference of Royal Statistical Society, London U.K.1984.
3. Summer School at Imperial College London, 1984.
4. 10th Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences, Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 2009.
5. 9th Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences, Shah Alam, Malaysia. 2007
6. 8th Pakistan Statistical Conference at Faisalabad 1972.
7. 10th Pakistan Statistical Conference at Islamabad 1982.
8. 12th Pakistan Statistical Conference at Lahore 1999.
9. National Seminar on Econometrics Models & Operations Research, University of
Agriculture, Faisalabad, 1978.
10. 2nd Statistical Seminar, University of Karachi, 1980.
11. 4th Statistical Seminar, University of Karachi, 1986.
12. 6th Statistical Seminar, University of Karachi, 1996.
13. 7th Statistical Seminar, University of Karachi, 1999.
14. 1st Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. 1988.
15. 4th Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, 1994
16. 6th Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, 1999.
17. 8th Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, 2005.
18. 11th Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, Dec. 2011.
19. National Seminar on Statistics for Development, Islamabad, Pakistan, February, 1990.
20. 1st International Research Seminar on Statistics for Islamic Economics, Lahore 1994.
21. 2nd International Research Seminar on Statistics for Islamic Economics, Bahawalpur
1995.
22. First International Research Seminar on Population Census under disturbed Conditions,
Bahawalpur, 1995.
23. First National Seminar on Recent Developments in Statistics, Baragali, 1995.
24. Two-Day Seminar on “Bio-Informatics, Information Technology and Biostatistics”,
Lahore, Dec. 27-28, 2003.
25. First International Conference on Statistics & Operations Research 2006 on April, 03-05,
2006 at Institute of Statistics, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
26. 3rd , 4th , 5th , 6th , 7th and 8th Fulbright Alumni Conferences, at Islamabad, in April 2006,
April 2007, April 2008, April 2009, April 2010 and 2011.
27. Third National Conference on Statistical Sciences, (ISSOS), Lahore May 28-29, 2007.
28. Fourth International Conference on Statistical Sciences, (ISSOS) Univ. of Gujarat, May
2008.
29. 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th International Conference on Statistical Sciences, (ISSOS), NCBA&E,
Lahore 2009. 2010, 2011.
MEMBER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Vice President:
Member:
Member:
Islamic Society of Statistical Sciences, Pakistan Chapter, 1989.
Fulbright Alumni Association of Pakistan.
Pakistan Statistical Association.
M.Sc. THESES SUPERVISED
1. Production Function Analysis of Fertilizer Trials for Cotton Crop.
2. Detection of Outliers in Statistical Data (1992-1994)
RESEARCH PROJECTS COMPLETED
1.
2.
3.
Derivation of Fertilizer Crop Response and Optimum Levels of Fertilization for
Wheat crop in different Areas of Punjab (1973).
Feasibility Report of SCARP-V, Pilot Project Area (1974).
Farm to Market Road Study of Larkana and Sanghar Districts (1975).
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS SURVEYS CONDUCTED
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Socio-Economics Survey of SCARP-V Pilot Project Area. (Shorkot-kamalia).
Socio-Economics Survey of SCARP-VI (Kasur Area).
Socio-Economics Survey of SCARP-VIII (Shuja Abad Area).
Farm to Market Road Survey of Larkana District.
Farm to Market Road Survey of Sanghar District.
Different brands of Pesticides used by Farmers in Bahawalpur Division.
Future needs of Fruit Juices and Tomato Sauce in R.Y.Khan.
Needs for Electricity in Kohistan District.
LIST OF RESEARCH PAPERS
(Prof. Munir Akhtar Ph.D.)
Total Impact Factor = 7.174
1. Rashid Ahmed, Farrukh Shehzad and Munir Akhtar (2013). Minimal Neighbor Designs in
Linear Blocks. Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computation. (DOI
10.1080/03610918.2012.691195). Published as Accepted author Version March 15,
2013. (USA). [ Impact Factor = 0.343 ]
2. Fariha Yasmin, Rashid Ahmed and Munir Akhtar (2013). Construction of Balanced
Incomplete Block Designs Using Cyclic Shifts. Communications in Statistics –
Simulation and Computation. (In Press). (USA). [ Impact Factor = 0.343 ]
3. Rashid Ahmed, Ijaz Iqbal and Munir Akhtar (2013). Universally Optimal Designs Balanced
for Neighbor Effects. Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods. (in press)
(USA). [ Impact Factor = 0.406 ]
4.
Rashid Ahmed and Munir Akhtar (2013). Neighbor Balanced Designs in Circular Block of
size seven. Journal of Statistics. 20, 1-8 [HEC recognized, Category Y]
5. Rashid Ahmed and Munir Akhtar (2012). Computer Generated Neighbor Designs.
Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computation. 41:10, 1834-1839. (USA).
[ Impact Factor = 0.343 ]
6. Tanvir Ahmed, Munir Akhtar and S.G. Gilmour (2012). Multi-level Augmented Pairs
Second-Order Response Surface Designs and their Robustness to missing Data.
Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods. 41; 3, 437-452. (USA). [ Impact
Factor = 0.406 ]]
7. Hafiz M. Arshad, Munir Akhtar and S.G. Gilmour (2012). Augmented Box-Behnken
designs for fitting third order response surfaces. Communications in Statistics -Theory
and Methods. 41:23, 4225-4239. (USA). [ Impact Factor = 0.406 ]
8. Rashid Ahmed and Munir Akhtar (2012) Designs partially-balanced for neighbor effects.
Aligarh Journal of Statistics, Aligarh Muslim University, India. Vol. 32, 41 – 53.
International, (HEC Recognized)
9. Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Zafar-Yab and Munir Akhtar (2012). "Economical
balanced designs for greenhouse experiments on artificial light". World Applied Science
Journal, 18(11): 1487-1494. (HEC recognized, Category X)
10. Rashid Ahmed and Munir Akhtar. (2011) Designs Balanced for Neighbor Effects in
Circular Blocks of Size Six. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference. 141(2), 687691.USA. [ Impact Factor = 0.725 ]
11. Rashid Ahmed and Munir Akhtar (2011). Construction of Neighbor Balanced Designs in
Linear Blocks. Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 40:17, 3198-3205.
USA. [ Impact Factor = 0.406 ]
12. Rashid Ahmed, Munir Akhtar and Fariha Yasmin (2011). Brief review of one dimensional
neighbor balanced designs since 1967. Pak. J. of Commerce and Social Sciences. 5(1),
100-116. (HEC recognized, Category Y)
13. Rashid Ahmed, Munir Akhtar and Farrukh Shehzad, (2011). Designs Balanced for
Neighbor Effects in Circular Blocks of Size Ten. Pak. J. of Commerce and Social
Sciences. 5(2), 266-272. (HEC recognized, Category Y)
14. Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Zafar-Yab and Munir Akhtar, (2010) Construction of
Variety Competition Cyclic Balanced Designs on a Square Lattice. Australasian Journal
of Combinatorics, (47) , 177 - 187. International,
15. Munir Akhtar, Rashid Ahmed and Farrukh Shehzad, (2010) Generalized Neighbor Designs
in Circular Blocks. World Applied Sciences Journal, 8(2): 161-166.
(HEC recognized, Category X)
16. Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Zafar-Yab and Munir Akhtar (2010). "Some new secondorder balanced designs on square lattice for observing variety competition" World
Applied Science Journal, 11(11), 1481-487. (HEC recognized, Category X)
17. Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Zafar-Yab and Munir Akhtar (2010). Some new balanced
designs for two-component competition experiments on square lattice. World Applied
Science Journal, 10(5), 513-515. (HEC recognized, Category X)
18. Munir Akhtar, Rashid Ahmed and Fariha Yasmin (2010) A catalogue of nearest neighbor
balanced designs in circular blocks of size five, Pakistan Journal of Statistics, Vol. 26(2),
397-405. [ Impact Factor = 0.156 ]
19. Rashid Ahmed, Munir Akhtar and Fariha Yasmin (2010). Neighbor Balanced Designs in
Circular Blocks of Eight Units. World Applied Sciences Journal 8(1): 43-49.
(HEC recognized, Category X)
20. M.H. Tahir, I.Iqbal, Munir Akhtar and J. Shabbir (2010) Cyclic Polygonal Design with
Block Size 3 and lambda = 1 for Joint Distance Alpha= 6 – 16. Journal of Statistical
Theory and Practice, Vol. 4, No.2, 204-220. International, (HEC recognized)
21. Rashid Ahmed and Munir Akhtar (2010). Some new methods to reduce the number of
blocks required for neighbor designs, Aligarh Journal of Statistics. Vol. 30, 55-59.
International, (HEC Recognized)
22. Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Zafar-Yab and Munir Akhtar, (2009) Computer Aided
First- and Second-Order Triangular Balanced Designs. World Applied Science Journal,
7(12): 1591-1596. (HEC recognized, Category X)
23. I. Iqbal, M.H. Tahir, Munir Akhtar, S.S.A. Ghazali, Javid Shabbir and N.S. Bokhari, (2009)
Generalized polygonal designs with block size 3 and lambda=1, Journal of Statistical
Planning & Inference. 139(9), 3200-3219. (USA). [ Impact Factor = 0.725 ]
24. Jamal Abdul Nasir, Munir Akhtar and M. H. Tahir, (2009) Levels of Recent and Targeted
Determinants of Fertility in Pakistan. Proc. Pakistan Academy of Sciences. 46(1):23-28.
(HEC recognized, Category X)
25. Munir Akhtar and Rashid Ahmed (2009) Circular binary block second and higher order
neighbor designs, Communications in Statistics – Simulation & Computation. 38(4), 821828. [ Impact Factor = 0.343 ]
26. Rashid Ahmed and Munir Akhtar (2009) On construction of one dimensional all order
neighbor balanced designs by cyclic shifts, Pakistan Journal of Statistics. Vol. 25(1),
121-126. [ Impact Factor = 0.156 ]
27. Jamal Abdul Nasir, Munir Akhtar and M. H. Tahir. (2009) Re-productivity and AgeSpecific Fertility rates in Pakistan after 1981, Pakistan Journal of Statistics. Vol. 25(3),
251-263. [ Impact Factor = 0.156 ]
28. Rashid Ahmed, Munir Akhtar and M. H. Tahir (2009) Economical generalized neighbor
designs for use in Serology, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. Vol. 53(12),
4584-4589. [ Impact Factor = 1.228 ]
29. Rashid Ahmed, Munir Akhtar and Hafiz M. Arshad (2009). Designs Balanced for Neighbor
Effects in Blocks of Size Nine. World Applied Sciences Journal. 7(4), 498-505. (HEC
recognized, Category X)
30. Rashid Ahmed and Munir Akhtar (2008) Construction of neighbor balanced block designs,
Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice (USA). Vol. 2, No.4. 551-558. International,
(HEC Recognized)
31. Rashid Ahmed and Munir Akhtar (2008). An algorithm to generate neighbor balanced
binary block designs, Journal of Statistics. Vol. 15. 1-6. (HEC recognized, Category Y)
32. Jamal Abdul Nasir, Munir Akhtar and Ramsha Salim (2007) Measuring and Modeling the
Domestic Empowerment of Rural Women in Pakistan, Journal of Statistics 14, 20-30.
(HEC recognized, Category Y)
33. M. Akram, M. Akhtar and M.H.Tahir (2004) Structure of Loss-sensitive Combinations of
Three Missing Observations in Central Composite Designs J. Pure & Applied Sciences
23(1), 7-17.
34. M. Akram and M. Akhtar (2003) Replicated Influential Points in Central Composite Designs
Robust to Three Missing Observations. J. Pure & Applied Sciences 22(2),11-17.
35. M. Akram and M. Akhtar (2003). Central Composite Designs Robust to Three Missing
Observations. J. Pure & Applied Sciences 22(1), 137-146.
36. M. Akram, M. Akhtar and M.H.Tahir (2003). Comparison of Different Central Composite
Designs. International J .Agri. & Bio. 05-4,571-575.
37. M. Akhtar (2001). Five Factor Central Composite Designs Robust to A pair of Missing
Observations. J. Research (Science) 12(2) 105-115.
38. M.Ashraf Ch. and M. Akhtar, (2000). Estimating Repeated Measures Logistic Regression
Models in Medical Research Using Generalized Estimating Equation. Science
International, 12 (1), 51-52.
39. J.Shabbir and M. Akhtar, (2000). Study of Whole-Plot and Sub-Plots for Estimating the
Production Estimates. Sarhad J. Agri. 16(1), 105-109. (HEC recognized, Category X)
40. J.Shabbir and M. Akhtar (1999). Crop-cut Method to Evaluate Production Estimates And its
Improvement. Sarhad J. Agri. 15(5), 505-511. (HEC recognized, Category X)
41. M. Arshad, A.R. Rao, G. Akbar and M. Akhtar (1999). Eco-physiological Adaptability
Potential of sporobolus iocladus in Cholistan Desert. Pak. J. Bio. Science, 2(4), 1604 1607.
42. J.Shabbir and M. Akhtar (1999). Estimating the Area under Crops for Intercrop in
Bahawalpur Division, Science International, 11(4), 409-412.
43. J.Shabbir and M. Akhtar (1998). Improvement over Ratio and Ratio Type Estimator. J.
Statistics, 6(1), 23-32. (HEC recognized, Category Y)
44. M.A.Chaudhary, M. Akhtar and M.N.Sajjad (1997). Statistical Methods for the Analysis of
Aggregate Data on Fertility Differentials. J. Statistics, 5(1), 25-36. (HEC recognized,
Category Y)
45. M. Arshad, A.R. Rao, M. Akhtar and G. Akbar (1995). Potential Genetic Adaptability of
Cymbopogon Jwarancusa (Jones) Schult. from Cholistan Desert, Pakistan. Sarhad J.
Agri., .XI (1), 63-69. (HEC recognized, Category X)
46. A. Ali, S. Muhammad, M.I. Makhdum and M. Akhtar (1995). Comparison of CalciumContaining and Calcium-Free Nitrogen & Phosphorus Fertilizers for Crop Production in
Saline Sodic Soils. J. Pure & Applied Sciences. 14(1), 11-15.
47. M. Akhtar (1993). Three Factor Central Composite Designs Robust to a pair of Missing
Observations. J. Engg. & Appl. Sciences, 12(2), 117-125.
48. M. Akhtar (1993). Two Factor Central Composite designs Robust to a Pair of Missing
Observations. J. Statistics, 1(1), 1-16. (HEC recognized, Category Y)
49. M. Akhtar (1993). Six Factor Central Composite Designs Robust to a Missing Observation.
J. Pure & Applied Sciences, 12(2), 7-19.
50. M. Akhtar (1991). Five Factor Central Composite Designs Robust to a Missing Observation.
J. Indian Society Agricultural Statistics, 43(2), 172-185. (Not confirmed)
51. M. Akhtar (1989). Robustness of Four Factor Box and Behnken Design. J. Research
(Science), 2(2), 31-34.
52. M. Akhtar (1988). Missing Observations in Three Factor Box and Behnken Design. J.
Natural Sciences & Math.., 28(2), 231-237.
53. A.M. Herzberg, P. Prescott and M. Akhtar (1987). Equi-information Robust Designs: Which
Designs are Possible. Canadian J. Statist., 15(1), 71-76. [ Impact Factor = 0.689 ]
54. M. Akhtar and P. Prescott (1987). A review of Robust Response Surface designs. Pakistan.
J. Statist., 3(3) B, 11-26. (HEC recognized, Category W)
55. M. Akhtar (1987). Central Composite Designs Robust to Outliers. Pakistan J. Statist., 3(1)A,
41-47. (HEC recognized, Category W)
56. M. Akhtar (1987). One or Two Missing Observations in Five Factor Box and Behnken
Design. J. Engg. & Appl. Sciences, 6(1), 87-89. (HEC recognized, Category X)
57. M. Akhtar (1987). Three Factor Central Composite Designs Robust to a Missing
Observation. J. Pure & Appl. Sciences, 6(1), 45-53.
58. M. Akhtar (1987). Two Factor Central Composite Designs Robust to a Single Missing
Observation. Punjab Univ. J. Math. XX, 23-32. (HEC recognized, Category X)
59. M. Akhtar and P. Prescott (1986). Response Surface Designs Robust to Missing
Observations. Communications in Statistics – Simulation & Computation. 15(2), 345363, USA. [ Impact Factor = 0.343 ]
 [Citation: Khuri, A. I. and Cornel, J.A., ‘Response Surfaces: Designs and Analysis Marcel
Dekker Inc. 1st. Ed. (1987) 387-388 & 2nd Ed.(1996) 441-443

Inhof, L.A. et.al. Statistica Sinica, (2002), 12, 1145-1155.
 Heavlin, W.D. & Finnegan, G.P., Statistica Sinica, (1998), 8, 185-206.]
60. M. Akhtar (1986). Missing Observations in Six Factor Box and Behnken Design. Gomal
Univ. J. Research., 6(1 & 2), 103-106. (HEC recognized, Category Z)
61. M. Akhtar, M.A. Chaudhary, and G.N. Khan. (1985). On Statistical Methods for Finding
Optimum Levels of Inputs. Gomal Univ. J. Research., 5(1 & 2), 79-83. (HEC
recognized, Category Z)
62. M. Akhtar (1982). Comparative Study of Analysis of Variance and Analysis of Covariance
for Cotton Yield Trials. J. Pure & Appl. Sciences, 1(1), 57-60.