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We haven't been able to get an official confirmation yet, but the news from Twitter is that Dr. Adil Najam has been appointed as the next Vice Chancellor of LUMS. For those of you who are not aware of Adil Najam, he holds two Masters Degrees and a PhD from MIT and is a Professor at Boston University. In Pakistan, he is probably best known for his blog All Things Pakistan. You can find out more about him here. LUMS recently celebrated it's 25th anniversary. Adil Najam's move to Pakistan and LUMS comes at a critical time and it's important to not only look back and celebrate how far we've come, but also think hard about where we are heading. Dr. Ahmad Durrani's single most important contribution during his time as VC, in our view, was providing better governance structure to LUMS and moving it towards becoming an institution that has a life of it's own and is not dependent on specific individuals for survival. It will be very interesting to see what Adil Najam's vision is for LUMS and what will he initially focus on when taking over as VC in July 2011. A big thank you to Ahmad Durrani for staying away from his family for this long and for all the hard work he put in -- his contribution to the evolution of LUMS will be remembered. |
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