Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui

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Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui (Urdu: قاضى ذوالقدر صديقى) (born June 21, 1952) is the Chief Executive Officer of the Techcorp Group of Companies, which are spread out over Pakistan, Bangladesh, the UAE and China. The group is currently involved in engineering services and construction business aimed primarily at the telecom sector, structures, and institutional corporate buildings. In addition, the group is involved in the security services business.

Mr. Siddiqui is an accomplished senior executive in corporate management, international business, marketing management, industrial management, and business development in the fields of information technology/services, technology systems and services, and industrial and construction products and systems, with an impressive track record during a thirty year career in Saudi Arabia, USA, Canada and Pakistan. He has successfully led several major corporations and businesses in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Bangladesh in various areas of technology including information services, chemical industry, electrical distribution and civil construction.

In addition to his business accomplishments, he has been deeply involved in academic activities, primarily with universities in Pakistan. He has also demonstrated his leadership in social sector development and relief activities through NGOs. He is the founder chairman of the Petarian Foundation, and a director of the Metupak Foundation. Both of these organizations are involved in improving the standard of education in Pakistan.

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[edit] Education

Mr. Siddiqui is a graduate in Chemical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Mass, USA. He pursued his graduate studies in at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Montreal Canada. Prior to his studies at MIT, he also studied at the Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey for 3 semesters.

His high school years were spent at Cadet College Petaro, one of the premier institutions in Pakistan, from where he completed his Matriculation and Intermediate (FSc). Cadet College Petaro is located around 160Km from Karachi, the main port city of Pakistan. This college has produced many prominent Pakistanis who have excelled in every field in Pakistan.

Mr. Siddiqui is proficient and fluent in English and Urdu (his native language). Besides, he has a good command over Arabic and Turkish as well.

[edit] Academic Experience

For the past several years, Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui has also been a professor of Ethics, History and Religion at various universities in Pakistan. Currently, he is Professor of Civilization Studies and Medical Ethics at the Shifa College of Medicine (Bahria University) under the "Physician and Society" program. Previously, he has taught at the Hamdard University, Islamabad Campus and the Women's Institute of Science and Humanities (Riphah University, Islamabad).

He has lectured extensively on various subjects related to civilizational studies, ethics, religion and technology in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Canada.

[edit] Voluntary Activities

Mr. Siddiqui is currently on the Board of Governors of the following academic institutions:

  • Cadet College Petaro, Sindh, Pakistan
  • Women's Institute of Science & Humanities, Islamabad, Pakistan

In addition, he is an Honorary Advisor on Technology at the Islamic Research Institute of the International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan.

Since its inception in 2003, he has been the Chairman of the Petarian Foundation, which offers scholarships to needy and meritorious students at Cadet College Petaro, and runs their teacher training programs. The devastating earthquake in the northern areas of Pakistan on 8 Oct 2005 brought the Petarian Foundation to offer relief programs, medical relief programs and reconstruction and rehabilitation programs. To date, the Petarian Foundation has disbursed nearly US$ 2.5 million worth of relief and reconstruction services in Bagh, AJK in cash and kind.

Mr. Siddiqui is also an Education Counselor for new undergraduate applicants to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA. He has also been a Member of the Nomination Committee for selection of candidates from Pakistan for the Eisenhower Foundation Fellowships, Washington, DC.

[edit] Publications

Mr. Siddiqui has authored a number of articles on history, religion, ethics and technology published in the Journal of Pakistan Historical Society, Islamic Studies, Al-Hawliyah, Arc, and other journals. He was the editor of a number of journals during his student days at MIT and McGill University. Some of his books are expected to be published during the current year.

Some of his articles that have been published are as follows:

  • "The Theory of Knowledge: Epistemological Typologies of Some Major Mutakallimun", Journal of Pakistan Historical Soceity, vol. XXXVI, part III, July 1988, pp.225-242.
  • "A Bibliography of Writings By and About Mawlana Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi", published in Islamic Perspectives, edited by K. Ahmad and Z.I. Ansari, Leicester, UK, 1979.
  • "Islam - the Balanced Path", in Arc (quarterly journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, Montreal), Spring 1979, Vol. VI:2.
  • "The Problem of Historical Distortion", in Hawliya – Annual Journal of International Islamic University, Islamabad, Vol. IX (2001), pp. 23-39
  • "The Problem of Similarities in Ancient Near Eastern Religions: A Comparison of the Hymn to Aton and Psalm 104" in Islamic Studies, Vol. 40:1 (Spring 2001), pp. 67-88
  • "Women in the Early Christian Church", in Hawliya – Annual Journal of International Islamic University, Islamabad, Vol. X (2002)
  • "The Prophetic Movement in Ancient Israel: with a case study of the Book of Amos", in Hawliya – Annual Journal of International Islamic University, Islamabad, Vol. XI (2003)
  • "The Directory of Petarians 2007", Islamabad, February 2007 (576 pp)
  • "Petaro and Petarian over 50 years", Islamabad, February 2007 (180 pp)
  • "Col. J.H.H. Coombes - The First Principal of Cadet College Petaro - including his wartime memoirs 'Banpong Express'", Islamabad, February 2007 (207 pp)
  • "The Directory of METU Pakistanis 2006", June 2006 (91 pp)
  • "The Directory of Petarians 2002", Karachi, September 2002 (400 pp)
  • "The Directory of Petarians 2000", Karachi, May 2000 (270 pp)

[edit] Professional Affiliations

  • Registered Professional Engineer, Pakistan Engineering Council
  • Member, All Pakistan Contractors Association
  • Member, Management Association of Pakistan
  • Member, Marketing Association of Pakistan
  • Member, Institution of Engineers, Pakistan
  • Member, Instrument Society of America (ISA), USA
  • Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA
  • Member, Internet Society of Pakistan
  • Life Member, Pakistan Historical Society, Pakistan
  • Member, Medical Ethics Research Council, Pakistan
  • Founder Chairman, Petarian Foundation
  • Director, Metupak Foundation
  • Life Member, Petarian Association

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