Member EPC-MPDR visits UET Peshawar

Tahawar Hussain, Member Energy Planning Commission, Ministry of Planning, Development & Reforms (EPC-MPDR), visited University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Peshawar on Sunday to give a thought provoking inspirational speech to the students of MS in Energy Management and Sustainability (MSEMS) on 'Sustainability and Complex Decision Making in the Public Sector'.
Tahawar Hussain is a visionary icon and a youngest Member Energy, Planning Commission and is serving public sector. He is a progressive energy sector professional and a qualified mechanical engineer also holding Master's degree in sustainability possessing over a decade long experience of working in Pakistan and the USA.
Tahawar Hussain appreciated launching of MSEMS and mentioned that, it is timely and important initiative which will help equip the prospective students with skills and knowledge to tap Pakistan's energy sector and to create managers who can construct and manage mega energy projects.
Foreseeing future challenges, Hussain endorsed and stressed for investing in capacity building of youth through this high level Master's Degree Program, a platform initiated jointly by UET, Peshawar & Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Company Limited (KPOGCL) at US-Pakistan Center of Advanced Studies-Energy (UPCAS-E). He added that capacity building of future energy managers is the need of hour and proactive approach to deal with future national and global sustainability issues in public sector.
Hussain highlighted the current challenges of public sector complex system decision making and policy issues. He added that public sector should shift towards sustainability and system dynamics based on need assessment. Highlighting the importance of bridge between industry, academia and public sector to deal with growing gap between quality human resources and mega energy projects and we need to grow wider unless immediate steps are taken to bring these variables at par.
Tahawar said, "Through MSEMS program, we will get energy managers who will manage future mega projects. MSEMS will have a multiplier effect on the development of the energy sector of Pakistan, especially Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to cater to the energy and industry need of qualified professionals."
Tahawar stressed on how to manage Pakistan's socio-economic development in a strategic and sustainable manner.
He guided the students about how to make sustainable and complex decisions while being a part of public sector organization. He added that in shaping the industry on a sustainable basis we need to get prepared to face the challenges.