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Junaid Alam MemonAssistant ProfessorPakistan Institute of Development Economics (www.pide.org.pk)

Islamabad PakistanEmail:memon@pide.org.pk &memon@gmx.us

Phone: +92-51-9248060, +92-51-4861525

Mobile: +92-321-3731708

Short Profile:

Junaid Alam Memon is an Assistant Professor of Development Studies at Pakistan Institute of

Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad. Currently, he chairs the department of EnvironmentalEconomics and had been the founding chair of the department of Development Studies at PIDE during2011-2013. He has a doctorate in Regional and Rural Development Planning from the Asian Institute ofTechnology, Thailand. He had been a medalist during his Masters in Rural Development from Sindh

Development Studies Centre Jamshoro. He has also possessed a four years degree in businessadministration from the Institute of Business Administration, Jamshoro. Since the last two years, he hasbeen serving the International Society of Environment and Rural Development (ISERD), Japan as theRegional Vice President. Besides, he had the honor of serving as a member of scientific committees andsession chair at various international conferences in Southeast Asia and Europe. More recently, theISERD council nominated him to represent the Society in the 4thInternational Symposium Agrosym 2013

organized by the University of East Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Junaids research interestsrevolve around the themes related to the nexus between society, environment and natural resources.Currently, he is supervising researches related to non-market valuation, rural livelihood and natureconservation. Junaid has published on water and forest policy issues in reputable scholarly journals. Hisarticle titled The Indus Irrigation System, Natural Resources, and Community Occupational Quality in the

Delta Region of Pakistan was featured at the cover-page of Environmental Management a highly

prestigious journal published by Springer Verlag, New York. He has presented his research, in variouscountries of Asia, Europe and Africa. Junaid visions for a placement where he can engage himself in

policy oriented, relevant in time and space and impartial research.

Awards and achievements:

- Founding Head, Department of Development Studies at PIDE, Islamabad- HEC, Pakistan approved supervisor for MPhil and PhD- Awarded HEC Overseas merit scholarship for PhD 2007-2011- Governors medal for securing 1st Position in MSc Rural Development in 2005

Professional activities:

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Member Scientific Committee of "Agrosym 2013", Bosnia and Herzegovina (October 2013)

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- Regional Vice President International Society of Environment and Rural Development, Japansince 2012www.iserd.net

- Chaired a session on "Rural Development" in the 4thInternational Conference on Environmentand Rural Development, Siam Reap (January 2013)

- Co-chaired a session on Rural Development in the 3rdInternational Conference on Environmentand Rural Development, Khon Kaen, Thailand (January 2012)www.iserd.net

- Member Editorial Board, International Journal of Environmental Protectionhttp://www.ij -

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- Reviewer for the International Journal of Environment and Rural Development and Pakistan

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Education:

- PhDin Regional and Rural Development Planning from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand(2007-2011)

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Masterin Rural Development (distinction) from Sindh Development Studies Centre, Jamshoro(2003-2005)

- Bachelor(3 years) and Masters (1 year) in Business Administration from Institute of BusinessAdministration, Jamshoro (1997-2000)

Experience

- Assistant Professor at PIDE, Islamabad (August 2011to date)

Current Head, Department of Environmental Economics (July 2013to date)

Founding Head, Department of Development Studies (November 2011July 2013)

- PhD Scholar, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (August 2007August 2011) PhD Thesis: Memon, J. A. (2011).Management, utilization and status of mangroves in the

Indus River Delta of Pakistan.(PhD Dissertation), Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok.(RD-11-03)

- Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Sindh Rural Development Program, Local GovernmentDepartment, Government of Sindh (June 2004August 2007)

- Social Mobilizer, Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority (February 2003 June 2004)- Stakeholder Consultant, Agricultural and Rural Management Services, Hyderabad (2000

February 2003)

Published Research

Memon, J. A., & Mari, F. M. (2014 forthcoming). Factors influencing equity in farmer-managedirrigation distribution in Sindh, Pakistan.International journal of Environment and Rural

Development, 5(1), accepted.

Memon, J. A., Mustafa, U. (2012). Emerging issues in the implementation of Irrigation and Drainagesector reforms in Sindh Province of Pakistan.Pakistan Development Review, 51(4), 289-301.

Memon, J. A. (2012). Preliminary Social and Environmental Assessment of Zulfikarabad: a New CoastalMega City Project in Pakistan.International journal of Environment and Rural Development,3(1), 78-84.

Memon, J. A., & Thapa, G. B. (2011). The Indus Irrigation System, Natural Resources, and CommunityOccupational Quality in the Delta Region of Pakistan.Environmental Management, 47(2), 173-187. doi: 10.1007/s00267-010-9569-0

Memon, J. A., & Chandio, A. A. (2011). Critical Appreciation of Restoration and Conservation of

Degraded Mangroves in Thailand.International journal of Environment and Rural Development,2(1), 124-129.

Memon, J. A., & Thapa, G. B. (2010). Impacts of Upstream Irrigation Development on DeltaicLandscape, Resources and Livelihood-A Case of Indus Delta in Sindh Province, Pakistan.

International journal of Environment and Rural Development, 1(2), 67-72.

Unpublished Research

Three papers under review in Water Policy, Land Use Policy and Journal of Coastal Conservation

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