FCCU research centre renamed to honour Dr Saeed Shafqat

On 27th October 2020, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University Lahore) held a ceremony to honor Dr. Saeed Shafqat for his meritorious services to FCCU. The FCC Public Policy Research & Resource Centre has now been named ‘Dr. Saeed Shafqat Research Centre for Public Policy and Governance’.

Dr. Saeed Shafqat is an eminent social scientist of international repute. He joined FCCU in 2007 as a Professor and founding Director of the Centre for Public Policy and Governance (CPPG). Besides designing and developing postgraduate academic programs in Public Policy, he launched the publication of Research and News Quarterly. In 2018 he was awarded the TamghaeImtiaz in recognition of his services as a distinguished Social Scientist in the field of education, research and teaching. In 2019 he was awarded the Chevalier des Palmes Académiques for his contributions to the advancement of culture and education. Dr. Shafqat is member BOG, National School of

Public Policy and a regular guest speaker at the National Defence University and National Management College. He has been QuaideAzam Distinguished Professor and Chair (March 2001 – May 2005), Pakistan Center at the School of international Affairs and Public Policy (SIPA), Columbia University and continued to be Adjunct Professor at SIPA until 2010. For Spring 2012, he was Visiting Professor South Asian Studies, at the College of Wooster, Ohio. He has been Chief Instructor Civil Services Academy of Pakistan, Lahore (1988 – 2001) and was Executive Director, National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) 2005 2007.

CPPG has three academic programs: MPhil, Executive Masters and PhD in Public Policy. While, pursuing academic programs, the Centre has also concentrated on securing projects and enhancing its Think Tank functions. Since 2009, it has won and successfully completed 12 projects, no less than one a year. Besides conducting actionable research on issues confronting policy makers in Pakistan; since 2013, the CPPG China Cell has been exploring research on China Pakistan relations. At the FCCU, The CPPG has the distinction of being a program, which is also a Publisher, publishing peer reviewed Monographs, Discussion Papers, Policy Briefs and Positions Papers regularly. Since 2018, the CPPG is also part of Global Think Tank network. This is an initiative and global out reach program stemming from the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the Lauder Institute for Management and International Studies, University of Pennsylvania. Post COVID19, the CPPG is planning on collaborative online teaching and research with our international partners. At this point we are working on three initiatives; one pertains to online teaching and other on collaborative research with institutes such as the University of Buffalo, New York, Observers Research Foundation (ORF) India and George Mason University, USA.