Maisam Hyder Ali
Class of 2019
BSc (Honors) Social Development & Policy
Aspiration Statement
My aim is to complete my PhD in Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages from UoC, Riverside, USA.
Academic Awards / Achievements
- Dean’s List, Habib University, Spring 2016
- Habib University Yohsin Scholarship
- Stanford Summer IHP Full Scholarship, 2017
- Impact Challenge Winner
- Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations, 2018
Experience
Leadership / Meta-curricular
- Habib University Student Government, Treasurer
- OMICRON, Habib University Science Olympiad, Treasurer
- Habib University Student Funding Committee, Chair
- Library Advisory Board, President
- Habib Reading Circle Club, Co-founder
Internship / Volunteer Work
- Indus Earth Trust, Intern, 2016
- Pakistan Society for Training and Development, Volunteer, 2017
- Aga Khan University, Intern, 2017
- The History Project, Trainer, 2018-2019
Final Year Project
Project Title
Jam Vs Qazi: Mapping Out the Historical Contribution and Contemporary Influence of Sacred and Royal Authority of Bela, Baluchistan
Description
My research is on the evolution of authority in Bela using historical, ethnographic, and network analysis research methods. I have created a narrative to understand the historical contributions and contemporary influence of the two families – Jam and Qazi- to show the contributions of sacred and royal authority in Baluchistan.