Dr. Karamat Ali

Dr. Karamat Ali is an economist by profession, with a wealth of knowledge in development economics and sociology. He pursued his Bachelors in Economics at the Punjab University; Masters in Economics and Sociology at the Vanderbilt University, and PhD in Economic Development at Vanderbilt University United States.

His areas of expertise encompass economic development in developing countries, rural support programmes, strategies for education in developing countries, and development and political economics.

He has worked with the Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan at various capacities including Meritorious Professor Economics. In addition, he has also served as Chairman Department of Economics at the University of Bahawalpur.

Presently, Dr. Karamat is associated with NUML Multan Campus as the Professor of Management Sciences. He is a consultant with SEBCOM Pakistan and HTSPE United Kingdom.

He is the Member of Board of Directors and twice elected Chairperson of SPO (Strengthening Participatory Organization) a leading Pakistani rights-based civil society organization having countrywide presence outreach and support from 3500 partner entities dealing with matters related to human rights, democracy and good governance, justice, peace and harmony, and strengthening of public institutions; both, at policy as well as implementation levels.

Dr. Karamat is an author of forty-one research papers published in National and International Journals.  His two books published are titled as (i) Pakistan: The Political Economy of Rural Development, and (ii) Pakistan: The Political Economy of Human Resource Development. He has also written several unpublished papers and research reports.