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Dr. YASIR KAMALAssistant Professor

IM/SciencesSector E-5, Phase 7, Hayatabad, Peshawar

Telephone: (m) 0333 555 0855, Email: yasir.kamal@imsciences.edu.pkCNIC: 17101-0353121-7

Domicile: Charsadda, KPK

SUMMARY HEC Scholarship holder with PhD in Management Sciences from SZABIST (Pakistan), MS from SZABIST

and MBA from IMSciences Peshawar. Awarded overall distinction in PhD and MS at Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Butto Institute of Science and

Technology. Working as an Assistant Professor of Management Science in IM/Sciences, Peshawar, taught courses

included Quantitative Research Techniques, Econometrics, Financial modelling, Financial Markets, Portfolio Management & Security analysis and corporate finance.

Worked as a Director Academics in PITAD School of Economics and Trade. Worked as an Assistant Professor of Management Science in SZABIST, Islamabad Campus, taught

courses included Quantitative Research Techniques, Econometrics, Financial modelling, Financial Markets, Portfolio Management & Security analysis.

Worked as a Joint Director Research in the Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development. Topics include International Trade, Competitiveness, IPRs, Financial Markets, Corporate Finance, Management and Social Science Research.

Worked as a Assistant Manager Finance in NDC Worked as a Manager Administration in M/s Karim and Sons (Construction consultants) Over 9 years of experience in corporate sector, teaching, training & development, academic and in policy

research. Good communication and presentation skills and the ability to engage senior officials and international

partners on policy research, academic and capacity building issues. Worked on donor funded projects of CWS, HEC, USAID and STPF. Strong analytical skills and build capacity of researchers, officials and higher education commission

students on Quantitative Research Techniques.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor 2010-till date IM/Sciences

Assistant Professor 2006-2010 IM/Sciences and SZABIST I have taught Quantitative tools for Research with hand-on exercises to different sections of MS students

in SZABIST. The course included theory, hand-on exercises on day to day business, finance and social sciences problems. The uapplication of SPSS & Eviews were taught in this course.

Dean/ Director Academics 2009-April 2010PITAD School of Economics and Trade

Faculty (Visiting)APCOM Taught Business Research Method and Financial Risk Management to two different MBA classes in

APCOM Rawalpindi.

Faculty (visiting)NU-FAST, Peshawar Campus

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I taught various subjects (including Financial Management, Accounting and Corporate Finance) to different classes of BBA programme.

Faculty (visiting)COMSATS, Islamabad Campus I taught Quantitative Techniques, Financial modeling, Market Efficiency & Stock Behavior and SPSS to

MS/PhD students.

TRAINER & FACILITATOR Apr 2006 – Till date

Facilitated and conducted training workshops / courses on

o Action Research Trainingo Applied Quantitative Research Techniques o Econometricso Training on SPSSo Training on Eviewso Finance for Non Finance Managerso Business Research Methods

TRAININGS

Logical Frame Work Matrix (LFM), Work Brake down Structure (WBS) and Performance Measurement Frame Work August 2009

ASSISTANT MANAGER (Finance)-NESCOM Islamabad Oct 2006-2009

Worked as an internal auditor, financing & monitoring various government projects & purchases, authorising and disbursements of payments on behalf of government, supervising budged making and bank liaison.

Joint Director Research – PITAD 2009-April 2010 Worked as Joint Director Research in the Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development. Topics of

research included International Trade, Competitiveness, IPRs, Financial Markets, Corporate Finance, Management and Social Science Research.

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EDUCATION SZABIST 2008-09

PhD (Mgt. Science-Finance) Completed with Distinction(CGPA 3.78/4.0)

Dissertation topic: Stock prices Behaviour and Market Efficiency in Emerging Stock Markets: An Empirical Evidence from Karachi Stock Exchange.

Area of Interest: International Trade, Stock Markets, Stock Prices Behaviour & Crash, Simulation & Modelling of Financial Time Series, Corporate Finance, Higher Education, Econometrics and Quantitative

Research Techniques for Decision making

SZABIST 2005-06MS (Finance) Completed with Distinction

(CGPA 3.78/4.00)

Area of Interest: Public finance, Quantitative research techniques, Poverty, Public Policy, corporate finance, econometrics,

Institute of Management Sciences ( IM/Sciences) 2002-2004MBA (Finance)

(CGPA 3.3/4.00)

Area of Interest: Financial Accounting, Financial Management, Financial Statement Analysis, Research methodology

SUPERVISION (MS level)

Pakistan Bilateral trade: A Gravity model ApproachHammad Mughal & Dr. Yasir Kamal

FDI inflow and economic growth of Pakistan before and after 12. Oct 1999:Irfan Javed and Dr. Yasir

Impact of Capital expenditure on working capital:Rashid Mahmood and Dr. Yasir Kamal

Portfolio diversification theory and impact of co-movement of Asian Stock exchanges:Wasim Ullah and Dr. Yasir Kamal

Co-integration analysis of five Asian Stock Markets:Waqas Rasool and Dr. Yasir Kamal

The impact of team leader (supervisor) behaviour on employee motivation and performance: A Pygmalion effect:

Khalid Umar and Dr. Yasir Kamal

Using Social Identity Theory to explain the job satisfaction of Early career Police Employee: Akbar Abass and Dr. Yasir Kamal

Acceptance of Mobile marketing among university graduate:Fahim Ashraf and Dr. Yasir Kamal

Risk Tolerance of Individual Investors of Public Sector Organizations of Pakistan:Farhan Jamil and Dr. Yasir Kamal

Pay and job satisfaction: a comparative analysis of different Pakistani banks:Fawad Hanif and Dr. Yasir Kamal

Gender differences in the job satisfaction of university teachers in Pakistan:

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Humayun Shahbaz and Dr. Yasir Kamal

Who is faking more for job? :Syed Imran Raza Naqvi and Dr. Yasir Kamal

Knowledge Management in SME's of Pakistan:Mr. Wasim Mirza and Dr. Yasir Kamal

The impact of Servicing quality, switching barriers and trust worthiness on customer retention: A case of telecommunication and cellular services sector:

Faheem A Khan and Dr. Yasir Kamal

The interactive Effects of program induced mood and tone of the television commercials on the evaluation of commercials effectiveness dimension:

Ayaz Ahmed and Dr. Yasir Kamal

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Research Work (Academic)

Published and Accepted Research Papers/Projects:1. Asif, A. Rasool, W & Kamal, Y (2011) Impact of leverage on Dividend Policy, African Journal of

Business Management, Volume 5 (4), pp (1312-1324)

2. Kamal, Y. Mughal, H & Ghani, U. (2011), Modelling exchange rate volatility: A case of Pak Rupees

against US Dollar. African Journal of Business Management, Volume (), pp ()

3. Ghani, U & Kamal, Y (2010),The impact of in-store stimuli on the impulse purchase behaviour of

consumers in Pakistan, The Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business,

volume 2, no 8, pp. 155-162

4. Ashraf .M. F & Kamal, Y.(2010), Acceptance of Mobile Marketing Among University Students,

Mustang Journal of Business and Ethics, volume: 1, pp 9-30,

5. Kamal, Y & Ghani, U (2011), Day of the week effect: a case of KSE, African Journal of Business Management ,(Accepted in 2010)

6. Kamal, Y & Rehman, K. (2006), Random Walk of Securities Prices in Pakistani Stock Markets:

Evidence from LSE, ISE, and KSE, Journal of Independent Studies and Research，Volume 4(1),

pp.17-23

Working Papers:1. Efficient market hypothesis: A case of KSE (WPS, SSRN)

2. Pay & Job Satisfaction: A comparative Analysis of Different Pakistani Banks (WPS, SSRN)

Upcoming Papers:

3. Who is faking more for a job: A case of Pakistani Job Market

4. Countering counterfeit in Pakistan (not submitted )

5. Pakistani Trade Potential: an estimated gravity approach

Conference Presentation:

RESEARCH CONFERENCES/SEMINARS

Sessions Chaired

Chaired session of 2nd Iqra conference on IT and Business Jan. 2010 Chaired session in 10th National Research Conference SZABIST Jan. 2010 Chaired session in 9th National Research Conference SZABIST July. 2009

Paper Presentation:

1st Iqra conference on IT and Business Apr. 2008

7th SZABIST NRC Jan, 2007Paper presented: Forecasting stock return volatility evidence from KSE 100 index

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5th SZABIST NRC Sep. 2006

Paper presented: The impact of Selected Sectors on Karachi Stock Market Returns a case of Oil & Gas Exploration, Fertilizer, Commercial Banks and Cement Sectors of Pakistani Economy

4th SZABIST NRC May. 2006Paper presented: 1. Daily anomalies in stock return evidence from emerging Asian countries2. What Determines student satisfaction at MS/PhD level A Case of Islamabad based institutions and universities of higher education

3rd SZABIST NRC Jan. 2006Papers Presented: Random Walk of Securities Prices: Evidence from Pakistani Stock Markets

2nd SZABIST NRC Sep. 2005Papers Presented: Weak Form of Market Efficiency evidence from KSE 100 index Day of the week effect on Stock Returns evidence from KSE 100 index

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