Syed Muhammad Shahzad Hasan Rizvi

CURRICULUM​ ​VITAE​ ​(CV) NAME: PROFESSION: SYED​ ​M.​ ​SHAHZAD​ ​HASAN​ ​RIZVI SOCIAL​ ​EXPERT​ ​|​ ​RESEARCHER​ ​|​ ​DATA​ ​ANALYST DATE​ ​OF​ ​BIRTH: OCTOBER​ ​04,​ ​1983 CONTACT​ ​#: - LOCATION: KARACHI,​ ​PAKISTAN PASSPORT​ ​#: GF- EMAIL: - SKYPE: SHAHZAD-RIZVI K​EY​ ​Q​UALIFICATIONS: During my experience, I have worked/participated in several mega projects of national as well as international prestige including but not limited to formulation of Policies, Training of Professional Capacity Building Program, and Environmental & Social Impact Studies etc. During my experience I have worked with different international development organisations i.e. The World Bank, Asian Development​ ​Bank​ ​(ADB)​ ​and​ ​United​ ​States​ ​Agency​ ​for​ ​International​ ​Development​ ​(USAID). My experience also encompasses the Research Writing, especially the academic research writing, blog writing, content writing, proofreading, paraphrasing as a freelancer writer. I have an experience of writing standardized stuff contributing in the journal articles along with the academic and business writing such as dissertation and white papers etc. I have thorough expertise in different international writing styles like ​Harvard ​and ​APA ​along with the referencing and citation style in ​Harvard, APA, MLA and Chicago. ​During this experience, I have been involved in​ ​producing​ ​plagiarism-free​ ​content. Apart from that, I have also worked in different news channels as News copy editor/researcher i.e. Dunya TV, Geo News and Din News. My experience in media was on part time or short term basis. It is also pertinent that I am highly capable of working in different PC based environment as mentioned in​ ​my​ ​CV. P​ROFESSIONAL​ ​C​APABILITIES Academic and Business Research Writing ​| Development of Framework and Supervision of Socio-economic Studies ​| Report Writing ​| Drafting Environmental Brochures ​| Designing of Questionnaires ​| Conducting and Supervising Social Surveys ​| Public and Stakeholders Consultations | Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) ​| Designing Titles for Reports ​| Formatting and Reviewing of Documents ​| Data Interpretation and Analysis ​| Facilitation and Coordination during Training Projects ​| Verbal and Written Professional Correspondence ​| Data Controlling/Handling and Management as per the ISO requirements ​| Development of Presentations ​| ISO Compliance for Audits​ ​etc.​ ​|​ ​Supervision​ ​of​ ​GIS​ ​Maps​ ​for​ ​Reports​ ​|​ ​Proofreading​ ​and​ ​Editing C​OMPUTER​ ​S​KILLS MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Inpage, Outlook, Internet) ​| Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) ​| Multimedia Designing (3D Max development and nonlinear editing tools) ​| Graphic Designing and Animation (Corel, Adobe etc.) ​| IELTS (7 Bands, expired in 2013) ​| TOEFL (86/120, expired​ ​in​ ​2010)​ ​|​ ​GRE​ ​(Expired​ ​in​ ​2013) E​DUCATION ● ● ● Masters​ ​of​ ​Arts​ ​in​ ​Sociology,​​ ​(CGPA-3.51/4), Institute​ ​of​ ​Social​ ​and​ ​Cultural​ ​Studies,​ ​University​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Punjab,​ ​Lahore-Pakistan,​ ​2004-06 Bachelors​ ​of​ ​Arts​ ​(Journalism,​ ​History), University​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Punjab,​ ​Lahore-Pakistan,​ ​2002-04 Intermediate​ ​in​ ​Computer​ ​Sciences, Punjab​ ​College​ ​of​ ​Information​ ​Technology,​ ​Lahore,​ ​2000-02 C​OURSES​ ​S​TUDIED Sociology of Development | Sociological Theory | Social Statistics | Research Methods | Criminology | Social Psychology | General Sociology | Medical Sociology | Social Thoughts | Web Survey and Data Analysis | Gender and Human Rights | Social Demography | Cultural Anthropology​ ​|​ ​Computer​ ​Applications​ ​(SPSS) T​RAININGS​ ​/​ ​W​ORKSHOPS​ ​A​TTENDED ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ISO​ ​9001:2008​ ​Quality​ ​Management​ ​System​ ​(QMS),​ ​NESPAK,​ ​2014 Environmental​ ​Impact​ ​Assessment​ ​(EIA),​ ​Pakistan​ ​Engineering​ ​Council​ ​(PEC),​ ​2014 Introduction​ ​to​ ​Presentation​ ​Skills,​ ​NESPAK,​ ​2013 Professional​ ​Capacity​ ​Building​ ​Program,​ ​World​ ​Bank,​ ​NESPAK​ ​and​ ​BRAC​ ​University,​ ​2012-13 USAID​ ​Environmental​ ​Compliance​ ​Procedures,​ ​USAID,​ ​2011 Introduction​ ​to​ ​Writing​ ​Skills,​ ​NESPAK,​ ​2011 Information​ ​Handling,​ ​NESPAK,​ ​2011 Introduction​ ​to​ ​Project​ ​Management,​ ​NESPAK,​ ​2011 Effective​ ​Time​ ​Management,​ ​NESPAK,​ ​2010 Document​ ​Management​ ​System,​ ​NESPAK,​ ​2009 E​MPLOYMENT​ ​R​ECORD From Experience Employer Position​ ​held April​ ​2017 To Current Continuing FreelanceWriting Executive​ ​Research​ ​Writer From Experience Employer Positions​ ​held June​ ​2015 To January​ ​2017 01​ ​year​ ​07​ ​months Environmental​ ​Management​ ​Consultants​ ​(EMC)​ ​Pakistan​ ​Pvt.​ ​Ltd. Senior​ ​Sociologist From Experience Employer Positions​ ​held July​ ​2009 To June​ ​2015 06​ ​years National​ ​Engineering​ ​Services​ ​Pakistan​ ​(NESPAK)​ ​Pvt.​ ​Ltd. Sociologist From Experience Employer Positions​ ​held February​ ​2007 To January​ ​2009 02​ ​years Dunya​ ​TV,​ ​Geo​ ​News​ ​and​ ​Din​ ​News News​ ​Copy​ ​Editor S​ECTORS​ ​OF​ ​W​ORK​ ​E​XPERIENCE Academic Research Writing | Power Plants (Hydro, coal, thermal, wind and Solar) ​| Strategic Studies | Cement Factories ​| Sugar Mills ​| Housing Schemes ​| Roads and Highways ​| Flyovers and Bridges ​| Oil​ ​and​ ​Gas​ ​|​ ​Buildings​ ​|​ ​Power​ ​Transmission​ ​Lines​ ​|​ ​LNG​ ​Terminals​ ​|​ ​Airports​ ​|​ ​NEWS​ ​TV​ ​Channels C​OUNTRIES​ ​V​ISITED: United​ ​Arab​ ​Emirates L​ANGUAGES: English​ ​(Excellent)​ ​|​ ​Urdu​ ​(Native)