Dr. Shujaat Farooq, an economist, holds a PhD in Economics from the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE). Currently, he is working as Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences at PIDE. Earlier he served in Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) as the Director Additional Director General Monitoring and Evaluation (on deputation from PIDE) from April 2015 to June 2020 where he designed and strengthened the in-house M&E systems of various operational programs. He has been remained afflicted with research and academic institutes as previously he serviced in PIDE as Senior Research Economist and remained part of faculty in National University of Science and Technology). He also served in the Ministry of Finance and World Bank. Dr. Farooq has extensive experience in research and policy work in the diversified disciplines of economics i.e. poverty, education, health, labor and rural economy. He has been involved in various national policy formulations including rebasing of the official poverty line, vision 2025, and National Socio-Economic Registry up-dating. He is part of various national and international think tanks and policy forums. He wrote several papers, published in well-known national and international journals. He has also supervised numerous students in their MS Dissertations.