PARTICIPATION IN THE FOREIGN SEMINARS/AWARDS (selected)
2019 Jan
Jury member to the inaugural cycle of ADA awards: an initiative of ADA-Architecture Design Art a publication from Pakistan. Biennial Awards in the discipline of Architecture, Design and Art, 16-18th January 2019.
2019 Sept
26th Annual ICOMON conference meeting in Kyoto, Japan, 2019, presented a paper entitled" the experience of Diversity of Numismatic Museums, A case study of State Bank Museum", 3-5th september 2019.
2019 Dec
Participated in the 4th Shangai Archaeology Forum(SAF) in Shangai, China titled" Archaeology of Urbanization and Globalization: The Past for the common future of Humankind" and presented a paper entitled" Recent discoveries in the Indus Delta Area of Sindh",14-17th December 2019.
PARTICIPATION IN THE FOREIGN SEMINARS/AWARDS (selected)
2018 Sept.
Presented a paper entitle "Rethinking the Role of Museums in Pakistan" A case Study of State Bank Museum in the Eleventh International conference on the inclusive museum at the university of Granada, Spain 6-8th sept.2018
2018 Oct.
Presented a paper entitled, "A case History of State Bank of Pakistan Museum and its role in Education" at the XXV Annual icomon Meeting-Numismatic Museum, Athens GR 3-6 October 2018
2017 Sept.
Participated and presented a paper as a keynote speaker in the 5th World Forum in Madrid/Spain titled" Lifelong Learning and Education for Sustainable Development" a conference jointly by the World committee for lifelong learning(CMA) and the National University of Distance learning in Hamburg(UIL), UNESCO-UNEVOC center in Hong Kong and the International Council for Adult Education(ICAE), 24th Sept- 27th sept. 2017
2017 Sept.
Got selected for the Experts from Central Bank Museums panel for Money Museums, Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, 5th-7th September, 2017
2017 May
Participated and read a paper in a conference about the migration issues" the impact on culture and religion because of migration during the independence, at a conference of Commonwealth Association of Museums, Toronto, Canada
2016 March
Presented a paper entitled "Re Adaption of State Bank Building as a Museum and making it accessible for Physically challenged for the first time in Pakistan" at the workshop on "Access in Museums in South Asia- held by Commonwealth Association of Museums(CAM) and Maharaja Sawi Man Singh II Museum (MSMS II M), 25th-28th March, 2016
206 April
Invited by the NRW KULTURsekretiat International Visitors Program: Museums in NRW: Research trip on Museums in NRW-Organization and Structures of Art Museums and Exhibition Spaces, 12th to 16th April 2016
2014 Oct.
Presented papers on 16th & 17 Oct. during a pre-conference Session and Conference of South Asia, arranged by American Institute of Pakistan Studies, USA, Wisconsin entitled "The Archaeological Excavations at the Site of Banbhore, and "The Scientific analysis of Glass from Banbhore, preliminary results" respectively.
2014 April
On the invitation of Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, Participated and presented a paper entitled" Ancient port of Banbhore and its connections with Oman, at the Conference on Shared Cultural Heritage of Oman, India and Pakistan held in Oman, from 1st to 11th April, 2014
2014 May
Presented a paper at a conference held by Common Wealth Association of Museums, entitled "Community Participation in Museums" held at Glasgow,
2014 April
Attended 10 days' workshop on shared Heritage of Pakistan, India and Oman, on the invitation of Ministry of Culture & Heritage, Government of Oman, and US Education Islamabad, presented a paper on "Recent Archaeological excavations at Banbhore and the Forts of Indus Delta".
2013 Aug.
Getty Foundation for ICOM conference at Brazil, Rio de Janero, "Readapting of historical building as Museum and its sustainability".
2009
Nominated by IMLS to participate in the Salzburg Seminar, "Connecting the Collections".
2008
Attended 15th Triennial conference, ICOM-CC Conference 22-26th Sept. New Delhi.
2007
Invited by Deutsches Institute of Archaeology Berlin, to work on skeletal remains excavated from Nal (Baluchistan).
2006
Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
2006
Two days' conference on 'Towards a cultural Management Initiative for Punjab' jointly organized by the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, and the Anandpur Sahib foundation, Chandigarh, June 14-16th.
2005-2006
Series of lectures delivered at Wisconsin University, Uni. of Illinois, and University of North Carolina.
2001
Invited by the Institute of Deutsches Institut of Archaeology Berlin, Germany for the compiling the report of the excavations at Nal.
2001
Invited by the USA State Department, for the participation in the Program of Preservation of Cultural Heritage, under their exchange of scholar's program From Sept.28th to 20th Oct. 2002.
2000
Participated in a Seminar "Mural Ceramics in Asia" held at Tokyo "center for Conservation.
1999
"Conjugate busts on Indo-Greek coins- an analysis & a new dimension for the Cultural and social Study ", in a meeting of Indian Society of Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan (19th Nov.) To be published in June, 2000 in the Journal of Indian Archaeological Studies No 21-2000-2001. INDO-KOKO-DENKYU
PAKISTAN SEMINARS / CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS (selected)
2019 April
5th All Museum conference at Islamabad, 10-11th April 2019.
2019 Jan.
Presented a paper entitled" Coins of Kashmiri Queens (in the State Bank Museum) and their role in the Politics of Kashmir, at 1st Kashmir Archaeology conference (opportunities and challenges, Mirpur, Azad Jammu & Kashmir. 4th to 6tth January, 2019.
2018 Jan.
Part of an international Experts panel to review the prototype intervention on a high segment of western wall of Picture wall, Lahore Fort, to arrive at a course of action for conservation of the whole wall, held by Aga Khan Trust for Culture/Aga Khan Cultural services Pakistan(AKTC/ADCSP) 15th-7th January, 2018
2018 March
Participated in the 4th All Pakistan Museums conference at Lahore, 17-18th March, 2018, Lahore, to foresee the future 30 years and setting the goals for future museums leadership.
2018
Presented a talk at 1st Congress of Student Experience, Parwaz,, at Aga Khan University of Medical Science, 23rd to 25th November, 2018
2017 Feb.
Rearranged the refurbishment of site Museum display and writing panels, Mohenjodaro Museum at the occasion of Conference on" The issues pertaining to the studies & research on Indus Valley Civilization and possible courses to further the efforts" By Government of Sindh, Antiquities and Culture department. 9th to 111h February, 2017,
2017 April
Keynote Speaker, Habib University, "A visual journey of Money from 3000 BC to the present" in workshop on 8th April, 2017
2017 Oct.
Conference "The Archaeological Heritage of Pakistan, challenges, Potential and Way Forward" organized by HEC, Embassy of France in Pakistan, British Council, Walled City of Lahore Authority, University of Punjab, National History and literary Division and UNESCO. 20-23th October, 2017, presented a paper" Provenance of Glass from the historic site of Bhambore with the help of scientific analysis."
2017 Nov.
Faiz Festival, a talk given at the session titled" The City-A site for History and Identity", 18th November 2017
2016 Sept.
Part of a Panel to discuss Museums in Pakistan: State of Play and What's next as part of the International Museums and Heritage Conference organized by British Council and Walled City of Lahore Authority. 1st-3rd Sept.2016
2016 Nov
Presented a paper at the Lahore Museum and the Inheriting Harappa Project, entitled "Study of human remains from Punjab with the help of strontium isotopes" 21st November, 2015
2016 Feb.
Presented a talk as a Guest speaker at the Pakistan institute of Fashion Design, PIFD, Lahore,13th Feb.2013