Farah Riaz

PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY:

2008- 2010 Master of Science in Management SciencesSpecialization (Finance) CIIT Scholarship Holder in MS from COMSATS IslamabadCOMSATS Institute of Information Technology Islamabad Campus

2005 -2007 Master of Business AdministrationSpecialization (Finance)

Overall 1st position in MBA Morning ProgramCOMSATS Institute of Information Technology Wah Cantt Campus

2003 –2005 Bachelor of ScienceSpecialization (Mathematics, Statistics and Economics)

1st Division F.G Post Graduate College for Women, Wah Cantt

University of Punjab

WORK EXPERIENCES

Presently working as Lecturer (OG I) in the Department of Management Sciences COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Wah Cant Pakistan since Feb 2011. At present, having 12 credit hours, teaching Bachelor and Master classes.

Worked as Regular Lecturer in Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Islamabad (FUUAST) form Oct 2010 to Feb 2011.

Worked as Regular Lecturer in University of Wah, Wah Cantt from Nov 2007 to Nov 2009.

GUEST/VISITING LECTURERSHIP

Worked as Visiting Faculty in COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Wah Cantt from Feb 2010 to Jan 2011, taught Accounting and Finance subjects to Bachelor and Master Classes.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINNINGS

Training Workshop in collaboration with HEC on “Research Methodology” organized by FUUAST Islamabad in October 2011.

Internship in Bank Alfalah Limited Wah Cantt Branch during July-August 2006. Worked as a Teaching Assistant in COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Islamabad from

Oct 2009 to Feb 2010, taught Financial Management to MBA students, managed their tutorials as well as marked their quizzes, assignments and final projects.

Resident: Lala Rukh Colony, Wah Cantt. Pakistan.

Office Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology,

Wah Campus, Quaid Avenue, Wah Cantt, Pakistan.

Off: +92-51-9272614-5 Ext 268, Fax: +92-51-546850Email:farview03@gmail.com, farview03@yahoo.com

MS THESIS

“Impact of Economic Factors on Capital Structure of the Listed Manufacturing Companies - Panel Data Analysis of Listed Manufacturing Sectors in Pakistan”

PUBLICATIONS/ RESEARCH JOURNALS

1. Farah Riaz and Muhammad Afzal (2011), “Financial Factors in Capital Structure Decisions: Panel Data Analysis of Pakistan’s Major Manufacturing Sectors.” Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research In Business, ISSN 2073-7122, IJCRB May Edition 2011–IJCRB Vol.3, No. 1.

CONFERENCES

1. Farah Riaz (2011) “Macroeconomic Conditions and Firm's Choices of Capital Structure: Evidence from Pakistan's Manufacturing Sectors” 3rd SAICON: International Conference on Management, Business Ethics and Economics (ICMBEE) Lahore, Pakistan.

RESEARCH STUDY WORKSHOPS

1. Workshop on “From Research to Product and to Money”; organized at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad in February 2010.

2. Workshop on “Research Methodology and latest skills”; organized at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad in September 2008.

3. Workshop on “NUS – National University of Singapore”; organized at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad in October 2008.

THESIS SUPERVISED IN MBA (MS DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF WAH)

1. “Comparative study on Financial Performance of Bank before and after Restructuring Era – A case study of National Bank of Pakistan” by Ms. Sadia Kanwal.

2. “The Impact of Corporate Downsizing on Company Performance” by Ms. Asha Simon.