A Pakistani with two PhDs in four years
January 31st, 2011 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANSIslamabad, Jan 31 (IANS) A Pakistani national has startled his peers and countrymen by completing two PhDs in just four years.Kashif Mehmood has done his PhDs in Business Administration and Computer Science from two leading universities in France.
Higher Education Commission (HEC) scholar Kashif Mehmood has made the nation proud by successfully completing two PhD degrees from France within a period of four years, APP reported Monday.
He was awarded HEC scholarship under Overseas Scholarship Scheme for PhD in Selected Fields (Phase-1) in 2004. Based on his education and experience, he secured admission in MS programme at the University Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), ranked among the best universities in the world.
During his research internship, Kashif impressed his supervisor with his technical, analytical and managerial skills for which he was offered a PhD thesis in Computer Science.
After starting PhD in Computer Science, Kashif applied for an MPhil (Business Administration) in a leading French business school, ESSEC Business School. Getting into ESSEC was a difficult task and securing full fees waiver (worth 10,000 Euros/Year) was almost impossible.
But Kashif secured an admission along with a full fees waiver for the first year (renewable each year). He completed his MPhil (Business Administration) within two years along with working on his Computer Science thesis. After MPhil, he was offered to continue studying for PhD in Business Administration from ESSEC.
Kashif defended both PhDs before a jury consisting of eight senior and eminent professors and researchers. Kashif received exceptionally good reviews for his dissertation.
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