He got a PhD degree from the University of Southern California/Stanford University and a MS degree from MIT, both in Electrical Engineering. Published a number of papers, obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics from Karachi University. Was the top student of Karachi University for 1974 and was awarded the Dawood Gold medal and the Quaid-e-Azam Scholarship to do PhD. in USA.
Was working as Director Usman Institute of Technology (UIT) . He was the first to pitch the Idea of MERL and was ready to welcome all the upcoming ideas to promote Semiconductor Industry in Pakistan which is still under taped. He was visionary mentor, he envision and believed on MERL at that time when it's just a plan and Idea. He knew the capabilities of Team. He supports MERL by every mean either it's Monitory Sacrifice, Time, Lab Space and what not.
His dream was to make the MERL such a Platform that it open doors for UIT STUDENTS for higher studies in prestigious universities around the world, and get great job opportunities in a well-known organizations like Google, Intel.
He also witness this dream come true when our graduate Hadir Khan - MERL'S 1ST Alumnus who got the admission in one of the top ranked universities in world , University of California, Santa Cruz USA pursuing his Master leading to PhD on scholarship.
Sadly with deep condolence. On June 11, 2021 - He left this world, but he will always be in our hearts.