Awards & Honors
2023 Shortlisted as Top 2 TED SPEAKER at VINUNIVERSITY
2022 VinUniversity Faculty of the Year Award.
2021 VinUniversity Nomination for Excellence in Teaching Award
2020 VinUniversity Excellence in Teaching Award.
2019 Improving Gender Equity in Health Professions Education: ANZAHPE Research Grant
2019 Ronald Harden Innovation in Medical Education
Shortlisted for Project EnEx: Capacity development of students in research.
2018 Peers Learning Together: A Community of Practice in Assessment and Feedback: Funding received from Educational Enhancement Unit at the University of Western Australia.
2018 Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching: Nomination for outstanding contribution to Student Learning
2017 Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching: Nomination for outstanding contribution to Student Learning
2017 Community Award for the Top 25 Migrant Professionals in Western Australia.
2016 Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching: Nomination for outstanding contribution to Student Learning
2016 Centre for Education Futures, UWA Scholarship for Innovation in Education
2015 Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching: Nomination for outstanding contribution to Student Learning
2014 Ronald Harden Innovation in Medical Education
Shortlisted for the online magazine on Assessment for Health Professions Education titled Assessment Zone. It is a magazine created by a group of students completing unit on Principles in Assessment and Evaluation at the University of Western Australia. Available at
https://www.academia.edu/5085725/Assessment_Zone_Issue_1_2013
2014 Providing the Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) students with authentic simulated hands-on oral surgical exposure prior to their clinical teaching with patients. Improving Student Learning Grant, UWA
2013 Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching: Nomination for Postgraduate Coursework
2011 Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching: Recipient in Postgraduate Coursework
2008 Promoting Reliable Assessment in Student-centred Environments (PRAiSE) Faculty Teaching and Learning grant, UWA
2007 Towards authentic assessment: Improving Student Learning Grant. UWA
2004 Principal Grantee, (2004) National Academy of Higher Education, Project approved for Pak Rs. 39 million grant from Higher Education Commission Pakistan.
2003 Principal Grantee, (2003) Faculty Development Program: Phase II. Received Pak Rs.16 million grant from Higher Education Commission Pakistan. Introduced First Postgraduate Certificate Course in University Teaching in Pakistan.
2002 Co applicant, (2002) Change in learning dimensions, Funding received from The Aga Khan University Research Council
2000 AusAID Scholar at Adelaide University Developed the framework for introducing a Continuous Professional Development Program for Medical doctors in Pakistan
1999 Sir Charles Wallace Trust and British Council Fellowship to observe trends in Medical Education in the United Kingdom. (Dundee, Nottingham, London)