Ahsan Basir Sheikh,is a retired BPS-21 officer and currently the Pro-Rector of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology.
Education
He has a sound and excellent academic and professional record. He did Masters in Commerce (Master of Commerce) with distinction, after getting B.Com (Honours) degree from Punjab University, Hailey College of Commerce, Lahore. He graduated from the prestigious National Defence University, Islamabad (NDCourse) in the session 2003-2004 leading to the master"s degree in defence and strategic studies from Quaid-i-Azam University.
Professionally, he is a qualified cost and management accountant from Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan having been admitted as FCMA (Fellow Cost and Management Accountant) since 1975.
Career
He is a retired BPS-21 officer who joined Postal Group on the basis of Federal Competitive Examination Civil Service of Pakistan 1974 (2nd Common Batch). He has the 34 years experience of unique distinction of having worked on Command, Staff and Instructional appointments in the Pakistan Post, in addition to United Nations Consultant to several Foreign Postal Administrations in the field of Financial Management, Costing & Rate-Fixing and Commercial Accounting. His important appointments include Post Master General (PMG), General Manager, Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) for Sindh & Balochistan, Director, Postal Staff College, Islamabad and Additional Director General of Pakistan Post.
United Nations Consultants’ Missions were carried out with the governments of Malawi, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Afghanistan and in the Universal Postal Union Regional Advisor Office, Bangkok, Thailand.
Also being a FCMA, he has been enrolled as visiting faculty in many esteemed institutions of Pakistan for teaching and giving lectures on Cost Accounting and other Management subjects. Having worked on top level administration and finance positions, he is now the Pro-Rector(Administration & Finance) of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology since August 2012.