Tahir Syed Naqvi Abbas is a Pakistani-born British mechanical engineer, environmental consultant, and energy executive. He has led CINAR Ltd in London since the 1990s, working on combustion, energy efficiency, alternative fuels, emissions reduction, waste-derived fuels, and environmental technologies for industrial and cement-sector applications.
Background
Tahir Syed Naqvi Abbas was born on November 8, 1960, in Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, to Hassan Nasir Naqvi and Surriaya (Jabeen) Naqvi. His early professional and academic life developed in Pakistan, where he studied mechanical engineering and worked in Lahore before undertaking postgraduate education in the United States and the United Kingdom.
He moved to England in 1989. His later career has been based principally in London, where his work has combined mechanical engineering, energy conversion, environmental consultancy, industrial research, and business management.
Education
Abbas received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, in 1984. The institution began in 1921 as Mughalpura Technical College, became Maclagan Engineering College in 1923, and developed into Pakistan's University of Engineering and Technology during the country's post-independence expansion of engineering education.
He earned a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Washington State University in Pullman in 1988. He then completed doctoral study in mechanical engineering at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, part of the University of London, receiving his PhD in 1993. Imperial College's engineering tradition and its research environment provided the setting for his subsequent work in combustion, energy systems, and environmental technology.
Abbas began his professional career in Lahore as an adviser to Millat Tractors from 1982 to 1984 and as a technical consultant to Brothers Steel Ltd. from 1984 to 1986. He also worked as a project manager for Samsonite in Lahore from 1984 to 1986. These assignments placed his early engineering work within Pakistan's manufacturing and industrial sectors.
From 1986 to 1990, he worked as a researcher with Pakistan's Ministry of Science and Technology while completing postgraduate education in the United States. He later served as a researcher at Imperial College in London from 1990 to 1993, during the period in which he completed his doctoral studies. He also consulted on renewable wind energy for Lamda in Athens from 1990 to 1996 and on waste minimization and recycling for Iref in Lahore from 1993 to 1998.
Abbas became managing director of the Environmental Study Group in London from 1993 to 1994 and subsequently became managing director of CINAR Ltd., an energy and environmental consultancy. CINAR's work has included combustion engineering, energy conversion, alternative and waste-derived fuels, emissions control, process modelling, and environmental efficiency. Abbas has been associated with the company since the 1990s and has represented it in technical conferences and industry publications concerning cement pyroprocessing, biomass substitution, carbon reduction, and computational fluid-dynamics modelling.
His documented technical interests include the stability, efficiency, and pollution characteristics of energy-conversion systems; techno-economic assessment of energy from waste-derived fuels; and the design and development of clean-energy technologies. He has also advised industrial and engineering organizations and served as an environmental adviser in London.
Achievements
Abbas has contributed to industrial energy and environmental engineering through work on combustion optimisation, alternative and waste-derived fuels, energy efficiency, emissions reduction, and process modelling for industrial and cement-sector applications.
As managing director of CINAR Ltd., Abbas has represented the company in technical presentations and professional publications addressing biomass substitution, carbon reduction, computational fluid-dynamics modelling, alternative fuels, and cement-process efficiency.
(Technical contribution by Tahir Abbas of CINAR Ltd. conce...)
2017
Membership
Abbas has been associated with the Pakistan Engineering Council as a fellow and professional engineer. He has also been a member of The Combustion Institute, an international professional organization that promotes research, education, and technical exchange in combustion science and engineering.
Fellow and professional engineer.
Pakistan Engineering Council
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Pakistan
Member; also associated with board and environmental-program activities.
The Combustion Institute
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United States
Personality
Abbas has been described by a professional colleague as knowledgeable in combustion aerodynamics and numerical simulation, highly intelligent, professional, and pleasant, with business ability complementing his technical expertise.
Quotes from others about the person
A colleague who worked with Abbas at Imperial College described him as highly knowledgeable in combustion aerodynamics and numerical simulation, exceptionally intelligent and professional, and notably strong in business as well as technical judgment.
Interests
History
Sport & Clubs
Squash; cricket
Connections
Abbas married Mudasira Rizvi Sajid on January 1, 1996. Their children are Ali Jafar Abbas, Muhammed Qaim Abbas, and Kisa Batool Abbas. His parents were Hassan Nasir Naqvi and Surriaya (Jabeen) Naqvi.
Father:
Hassan Nasir Naqvi
Mother:
Surriaya (Jabeen) Naqvi
Spouse:
Mudasira Rizvi Sajid
child:
Ali Jafar Abbas
child:
Muhammed Qaim Abbas
child:
Kisa Batool Abbas
References
CINAR Ltd., Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Tahir Abbas
Professional curriculum vitae documenting Abbas's nationality, professional specialization, education, employment as managing director of CINAR Ltd., and technical qualifications in energy conversion, waste-derived fuels, and clean-energy technologies.
World Cement, September 2017
Industry magazine contents identifying Abbas and Michalis Akritopoulos of CINAR Ltd. as contributors on cement-sector environmental and efficiency technologies.
