Dr. Hafiz Ghufran Ali Khan
Higher Education Governance and Development Knowledge Management in Higher Education Higher Education Research Studies Higher Education and Teaching Methods Higher Education and Sustainability Cryptography and Data Security Web Applications and Data Management Government, Law, and Information Management Management and Organizational Studies Mobile Health and mHealth Applications E-Learning and COVID-19 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior E-Government and Public Services Financial sector development Elliptic curve cryptography Health information technology Higher education policy Organizational commitment Internationalization of Higher Education Artificial Intelligence Education General Health Professions Information Systems Law Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Political Science and International Relations

Bio

Dr. Hafiz Ghufran Ali Khan is an accomplished academic and researcher with a strong background in computer science and a diverse portfolio of interdisciplinary work. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2002, and has since held positions at several prestigious institutions, including Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, International Islamic University Islamabad, Preston University, and King Faisal University, where he currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science. His research spans a wide range of topics, from e-government challenges and higher education management to financial sector development, agricultural economics, and public health issues such as consanguineal marriages. With 188 published works, over 3,300 citations, an h-index of 25, and an i10-index of 56, Dr. Khan has made a significant impact in his fields of study. His work reflects a deep commitment to addressing real-world problems in Pakistan and beyond, combining technical expertise with a keen understanding of socio-economic dynamics.

Educational Journey

Tokyo Institute of Technology

PhD Computer Science • Computer Science

2002

Experience

Associate Prof

2013 - Present • Department of Computer Science

Tokyo Institute of Technology

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Research

IMPACT OF RISING PRICES OF FERTILIZERS ON CROPS PRODUCTION IN PAKISTAN

Global Journal of Management and Business Research March 15, 2010

Agriculture plays an important and vital role in any economy especially for a country like Pakistan. Basically Pakistan is an agricultural country with the world’s sixth largest population. The current population of Pakistan is more than 160 million which is growing at the rate of almost two percent annually. The major portion of population (67%) lives in rural areas and depends totally on agriculture. Approximately 32% of the population lives below the poverty line. GDP growth depends upon crops production. Industrial sector of Pakistan is also agricultural based. Thus the improvement in industrial sector also depends upon the improvement of agriculture sector. So, if the agricultural production is not satisfactory, the foreign investors shift their capital to other countries where they can get better inputs for their industries. The use of fertilizer in Pakistan has been increased during last five decades. The government of Pakistan imposed a 15 percent GST (general sales tax) on all fertilizers in 2001, thus prices increased. Now prices of major fertilizers, Urea and DAP are 3500 and 700 per 50Kg bag respectively. The main objective of fertilizer use is to improve the efficiency of land and to increase the crop productivity. The overall aim is sustainability and growth in agricultural sector that should match the growing population for food security and the promotion of economic growth. The average farm size in Pakistan is quite small. Farmers have become so dependent on fertilizers for their crop production that they have been left with no other choice without the balance use of fertilizer. With increasing prices the farmers cannot afford to purchase these inputs.

Constraints of Management Dynamics of Higher Education in Pakistan

Global Journal of Management and Business Research March 15, 2010

Financial Sector Development and Poverty Reduction

Global Journal of Management and Business Research March 25, 2011

Financial sector development is an effective instrument that can bring reduction in poverty. Financial sector can be developed by four different ways, by improving efficiency of the financial sector, by increasing range of financial sector, by improving regulation of the financial sector and by increased accesses of more of the population to the financial services.For estimating effect of financial sector development on poverty we divided financial sector into four sectors, Banking sector, Insurance companies, Stock market and Bond market. Gini= f (Banking sector, Insurance companies, Stock market and Bond market) For banking sector, we used variables, central bank assets to GDP, deposits money banks assets to GDP, bank deposits, concentration, overhead costs and net interest rate. For insurance company we used variable non life insurance, to capture the effect of stock market variable stock market turnover ratio used.For bond market both market capitalization to GDP and public bond market capitalization to GDP are used.This study attempts to make analysis of the relationship between financial sector development and poverty for different countries. Growth depends on financial sector development and poverty depends on growth, here the negative relation of poverty and financial sector development tested.