Dr Naveed holds the post of the Director of the Poverty Research Centre at the University of Gujrat, Pakistan. He has 16 years of teaching experience at the University of Gujrat and is renowned for his expertise in researching issues related to poverty, inequality, and human development. His academic journey began with the pursuit of an MSc and MPhil degrees in Economics from the International Islamic University, Islamabad. He furthered his education by earning a PhD from the University of Gujrat, where he investigated into issues surrounding child poverty, economic disparities, and human development. Dr. Naveed embarked on a Visiting Postgraduate Research (PGR) program at the University of Bristol, UK, followed by a post-doctoral experience at the School of Policy Studies, University of Bristol. These experiences provided him with invaluable insights and methodologies to dig deeper into his research interests. His research interests are centered on the construction of reliable and valid measures to assess household-level assets, health, education, and overall human development indices. His research work also particularly focused on constructing rigorous measures for child poverty, consensual poverty, and multidimensional poverty in low- and middle-income countries. Throughout his career, Dr. Naveed has received several honors, scholarships, and awards, highlighting the impact of his contributions. Worth mentioning among these are the Bristol Next Generation Visiting Researcher Fellowship award, the HEC-IRSIP Scholarship for the School of Policy Studies at the University of Bristol, and HEC-Pak international scholarships for esteemed institutions such as the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok, CASS Business School in London, University of Vienna, and the University of Valencia. His dedication to social innovation and educational outreach has been further recognised through awards such as the South Asian Triple Helix Association Award & Gold Medal 2016, as well as the Benazir Excellence Award in 2015, KIPS Gallantry Award 2021 on community outreach projects for Orphan Children. Along with his individual achievements, Dr. Naveed has been involved in research projects on child poverty (funded by UNICEF-Pak), non-income determinants of human development (funded by HEC-Pak), and earthquake aftermaths in Pakistan (funded by UNISDR). As an output, he has authored over 25 peer-reviewed publications, supervised over 30 research theses, and worked as a reviewer for esteemed international journals, including Social Indicators Research and PJSI. He is highly skilful in using statistical software packages such as SPSS, STATA, and EViews; he holds the ability to analyze complex economic phenomena and generate meaningful insights. Dr Naveed is also known for his volunteer charity work; he is the CEO of Cares Pakistan Welfare Society. In Pakistan, millions of children are out of school, suffering from malnourishment, and not having basic child rights. He set up Cares Pakistan Welfare Society in 2010 and raised his voice against the exploitation of children's rights. He is sponsoring the education of orphan children, helping vulnerable girls to complete their education, combating hunger, striving to improve the living conditions of orphans and putting efforts to develop livelihood projects for widows. Thousands of children in district Gujrat have benefited so far from his community outreach projects and initiatives. He has received a Gold Medal from the Triple Helix Association (South Asia Chapter) and a KIPS Gallantry Award for his volunteer work for children.

• Dr. Naveed has a good reputation for research into issues of poverty, inequality and human development. He has published more than 25 research articales on these subjects. His research interests and contributions are to measure valid and reliable education, assets, health and human development indices, and to develop scientifically rigorous measures for multidimensional poverty and child poverty that are applicable in low- and middle-income countries.