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I am a full-time faculty member at the National University of Sciences & Technology at the Karachi Campus. I obtained my PhD from the National University of Sciences & Technology in 2005. Earlier, I had obtained my BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering both from Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States (1988-1996). I have over 15 years of teaching and research experience in various prestigious universities of Pakistan. I am a specialist in implementing Enterprise Information Services using Linux, Information Security and Cryptology, Computer Networks and Internetworking using TCP/IP Protocols, Digital Systems Design and Computer Architectures. My Ph. D. research was focused on “Efficient Hardware and Software Implementations of Elliptic Curve Cryptography” an area in which I have obtained several international publications. In addition to teaching and research, over the last 15 years I have performed IT Consultancy assignments for many reputable organizations in the public and private sectors. These consultancy assignments have included PTCL, Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Peoples' Steel Mills, Institute of Bankers, Pakistan, EFU General Insurance and many others. Being fully involved with both industrial and academic environments allows me to educate, train and mentor student engineers in real-world engineering problem solving.