Prof. Dr. Tausif Ahmed Rajput

Prof. Dr. Tausif Ahmed Rajput is a senior academic leader with more than two decades of progressively responsible experience across higher education, healthcare, the pharmaceutical sector, and academic/research governance. His professional work lies at the intersection of university governance, academic quality, and institutional system development. He has developed and led large multidisciplinary faculties; contributed to the design and operationalization of university statutes, service structures, academic regulations, and institutional policies; and overseen major academic and infrastructure initiatives from conception to sustainable operation. He is particularly recognized for translating strategic vision into practical, regulator-resilient systems capable of sustaining institutional growth, leadership transitions, and external scrutiny.

As Dean, his leadership has focused on academic integrity, faculty development, curriculum reform, quality assurance, and clinical integration. He has played a leading role in advancing competency-based and integrated approaches to pharmacy education, including the pioneering development of an Integrated Contextual Modular Curriculum for pharmacy education. At the national level, he serves on multiple institutional forums i.e., Higher Education Commission (HEC), Ministry and National Health, Regulation, and Coordination etc.; where he contributes to the evaluation of universities in relation to governance effectiveness, regulatory compliance, academic standards, quality assurance, research performance, etc.

Internationally, Prof. Rajput remains engaged as a consultant and collaborator with OxDrugs, a project of Oxford University Innovation, contributing to technology transfer and capacity-building initiatives for vaccine manufacturing in Pakistan. In a complementary international governance role, he has also served as a WHO Technical Consultant, contributing to the establishment and charter development of King Hamad University of Nursing and Associated Medical Sciences (KHUNAMS – Project of Kingdom of Bahrain), with a focus on drafting its foundational Act, first statutes, academic governance structures, regulatory alignment, and institutional design in the health sciences domain.

Alongside academic leadership, Prof. Rajput brings a strong grounding in research ethics, institutional compliance, and public accountability. His formal training in bioethics, including a Master of Bioethics from Aga Khan University under the NIH Fogarty USA grant, complements his practical experience with ethics review systems, research governance, and responsible institutional decision-making. He remains actively engaged in scholarly work through research publications, postgraduate supervision, academic review, and contribution to national and institutional research development.

Prof. Rajput’s professional philosophy is grounded in the belief that universities are strengthened not merely by individuals, but by sound statutes, resilient systems, ethical governance, and principled leadership. His continuing commitment is to help build institutions that are academically credible, ethically grounded, financially responsible, regulatorily compliant, and socially accountable at both national and international levels.

CURRENT INSTITUTIONAL POSITIONS

• Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical & Allied Health Sciences, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad.
• Principal, Shifa College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad.
• Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shifa College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, STMU.
• Managing Editor, Journal of Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University.
• Consultant, OxDrugs (Oxford University, UK) for Pakistan region.
• Higher Education Commission (HEC) Approved PhD Supervisor.
• Panel Head/Convener for HEC Institutional Performance Evaluation visits/inspections of HEIs by Quality Assurance Agency.
• Project Evaluator, National Research Program for Universities, HEC Pakistan.
• PhD Thesis Evaluator/Examiner and GEC Member, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan.
• Adjunct Faculty for postgraduate PhD program, Riphah International University, Islamabad.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

EMPLOYMENT & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ACADEMIC GOVERNANCE & STATUTORY BODIES

• Member, Senate, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad.
• Member, Syndicate, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad.
• Member, Academic Council, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad.
• Member, Graduate Studies & Research Management Council, STMU.
• Chairman, Faculty Council, Faculty of Pharmaceutical & Allied Health Sciences, STMU.
• Chairman, Board of Studies, Shifa College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, STMU.
• Program Director, Integrated Contextual Modular Curriculum in Pharmacy Education, STMU.
• Chairman, Recruitment Committees for faculty and non-teaching staff, Faculty of Pharmaceutical & Allied Health Sciences.
• Member, University-level Selection, Recruitment and Promotion Board, STMU.
• Member, Integration and Coordination Committee between STMU and Shifa International Hospitals.
• Member (Technical), HEC Medical Research Journals Accreditation/Recognition Committee.
• Member (Technical – Academia and HRD), National Medicine Policy, Ministry of NHSR&C, Pakistan.
• Member, Pharmacy ACT Revision Committee, Ministry of NHSR&C, Pakistan.

RESEARCH & SUPERVISION SUMMARY

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

TECHNICAL & RESEARCH EXPERTISE

• Bioinformatics & Computational Tools: Molecular graphics visualization, protein structure modelling, molecular docking, and sequence-analysis tools including Jmol, PyMOL, RasMol, Modeller, MolSoft-ICM, AutoDock, AutoDock Vina, BLAST, CDTree, Cn3D, CLC Sequencer Viewer, and CLUSTAL W2.
• Molecular Biology & Genetics: DNA extraction, horizontal/vertical PAGE and agarose gel electrophoresis, gel imaging, PCR, RT-PCR, DNA sequencing, and ELISA.
• Biostatistics & Chemical Analysis: SPSS, GraphPad Prism, Excel, EndNote, HPLC, gas chromatography, and extraction procedures.
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Quality Systems: Validation, calibration, QC laboratory development, ISO 9001:2000 preparation, equipment procurement/qualification, and production unit establishment.