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SYED ALI ARSHAD
Aspiration Statement
My interest lies in identifying gaps and problems within the development sector using a participatory and transdisciplinary approach, combining knowledge of social sciences with design research methodologies. Upon graduation, I want to do master's in Urban Planning with a concentration in climate change resilience and mitigation.
Core Skills
- Qualitative Research (with tools like Atlas TI, Power BI)
- Quantitative Research (With MS Excel, Stata and SPSS)
- Mapping (With Mapbox and OpenStreetMap)
- Adobe Design Tools
- Project Planning and Management
Academic Awards / Achievements
- Dean’s List - Fall 2018, Spring 2019 and Fall 2019
- Academic Excellence Scholarship for Fall 2018
- Meritorious Award for Academic Excellence Habib University
Experience
Leadership / Meta-curricular
- Public Speaking Club - Vice President
- HUMUN 2017 - Executive
Internship / Volunteer Work
- YPay Financial Services (Pvt. Ltd.) - Associate Product Manager
- Ticketwala Pakistan - Editor-In-Chief
- Playground Design Research Lab, Habib University - Design Researcher
- US Mobile - Product Experience Associate
- USAID, US Consulate General Karachi - Research Intern
- Charter for Compassion - Research Intern
Publications / Creative Projects
- Sacred Geography of Bela: My team explored the functional role of the religious family of Qazis, at Lasbela (Balochistan), through extensive field research, photo studies, archive documents and network analysis tools.
- Cities and Market: The fate of the historic Empress Market: My team conducted qualitative research on impacts of the anti-encroachment drive demolitions at the historic Empress Market, using interviews, observations, and mapping techniques.
Final Year Project
Project Title
Shape of Water: How does the Water Supply Infrastructure Contribute to a Manmade Crisis?
Description
Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change. In addition to the hydrological cycle becoming seriously disturbed and resulting in resource depletion, cities are grappling with their own water supply shortage problems. The study is on how the water supply infrastructure in the city is configured in a way that contributes to a situation of crisis in different parts of the city, and that, research objectives are to assess the water supply status in Karachi, especially in townships of Lyrai and Defence, to identify all those factors that may cause water shortages and potentially spur a crisis situation in different neighbourhoods, and finally, to examine water consumption patterns of households in Lyari, and Defence and their connection to modalities of water distribution. (Group Project-Interdisciplinary)
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