Mr. Nazir Ahmed Shaikh is an academician by profession. He has done his M.Sc in Statistics and B.Sc in Mathematics and Chemistry from the University of Sindh. He has over forty years of experience in the areas of Academic Administration, Academic Policies & Procedures, Rules & Regulation, Assessment & Evaluations, Teaching/Training, and Curriculum Development.

After completing his Masters in 1978, he started his career from the Education Department, Government of Sindh. He has worked with renowned academic institutions like IBA Karachi, Institute of Business Management (CBM), Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Hamdard University as Registrar and Controller of Examinations, and at Iqra University as a visiting faculty when it was first established. He also worked as Head of Department Computer Science /IT at BeaconHouse – informatics, Karachi and Islamic English School, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He was the founding member of the team that instituted Bahria University, Karachi Campus and also served as its first Head of Department, Computer Science

Mr. Shaikh has also served at the State Bank of Pakistan (Institute of Bankers Pakistan) as Director Examinations for almost eight years and also has a Diploma in Supply Chain Management. Most recently, he was associated with the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology (SZABIST), as Registrar.

Mr. Nazir Ahmed Shaikh is an ardent reader, with special emphasis on Urdu literature. His personal collection of books varied from classics to modern day poetry, novels, collection of short stories, biographies etc. He is also an avid writer and his articles on diversified topics are published regularly in Pakistan & Gulf Economist. He was a debater during his school and college days and now takes part in technical discussion programs at TV channels and FM radio.