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Advisory Board

The minds behind the school's highest standard.

Our Advisory Board brings significant expertise, experience, and strategic insight to CSI, ensuring that the education we offer is, and remains, of the very highest quality.

Convening body

Office of the Founders

Reviewed

Quarterly

The Members

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in counsel

No. i

HonourTamgha-e-Imtiaz

Public ServiceFederal & provincial

SeatCivic action

Akbar Hussain Durrani
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz / Public Service

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Member

Akbar Hussain Durrani

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz recipient and senior public servant with leadership across federal and provincial education systems.

Akbar Hussain Durrani, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, has held senior leadership roles across public service - including Chief Secretary of Punjab, Federal Secretary for Education and Professional Training, and Federal Secretary for Inter-Provincial Coordination.

From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Durrani served as the Provincial Head of Education Sector Reforms Assistance (ESRA), a USAID programme focused on policy and planning, professional development, adult and youth literacy, and public-private partnership. In this role, he contributed substantially to reforms in primary education.

Through his expansive experience of meaningful action, practice, and public service, Mr. Durrani helps CSI shape its programmes so students celebrate civic duty and recognize the importance of action.

Previously

Chief Secretary, Punjab

Previously

Federal Secretary, Education

Programme

Provincial Head, ESRA

Contribution to CSI

Civic duty and action

No. ii

PreviouslyDean, LUMS SOE

DoctorateMcGill University

SeatAcademic needs

Dr. Faisal Bari
Education Researcher

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Member

Dr. Faisal Bari

Former Dean of the School of Education at LUMS, McGill doctorate, and researcher on education reform.

Dr. Faisal Bari has served as Dean of the School of Education at Lahore University of Management Sciences - and as a Board Member of the Punjab Examination Commission. He received his doctorate from McGill University, Canada.

Dr. Bari is a renowned researcher whose interests include gender representation in textbooks, the political economy of teacher recruitment and retention, and the role of the private sector in education reform.

He brings to CSI a profound understanding of the academic needs of students in the 21st century, helping ensure that students develop the cognitive capabilities and habits of thought needed to succeed in today's world.

Previously

Dean, School of Education

Board

Punjab Examination Commission

Domain

Education research and reform

Contribution to CSI

Cognitive capabilities and habits of thought

No. iii

Alumna ofTeachers College

ExperienceTwo decades+

SeatGovernance

Ms. Umbreen Arif
Education Sector Reform Specialist

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Member

Ms. Umbreen Arif

Teachers College, Columbia University specialist in curriculum, teaching, and early childhood education.

Qualified in Curriculum and Teaching, with a special focus on Early Childhood from Teachers College, Columbia University - Ms. Umbreen Arif has more than two decades of experience in education sector reforms, focused on improving teacher quality and student learning outcomes.

She is recognized for system strengthening and improving education governance. Her experience spans Pakistan, India, Zanzibar, Somalia, and Afghanistan, with contributions to early childhood education programmes in Senegal, Indonesia, and Tanzania.

She has also served as an Education Advisor to the Federal Government of Pakistan. Ms. Arif brings international experience, a deep understanding of Pakistan's education sector, and a diverse range of expertise that helps CSI ensure students have a larger view of the landscape in which they and the school exist.

Alma Mater

Teachers College, Columbia University

Previously

Education Advisor, Federal Government

Domain

Teacher quality and learning outcomes

Contribution to CSI

Education sector perspective

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