Executive Director (Vice-Chancellor Designate), Fatimiyah Higher Education System (FHES)
Meritorious Professor, University of Karachi.
Meritorious Prof. Dr. Syed Jamil Hasan Kazmi is an internationally recognized geographer, academic leader, and senior researcher with over 38 years of teaching, research, administrative, and consultancy experience in Pakistan and abroad. A Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow (USA) and DAAD Senior Research Fellow (Germany), he is widely known for pioneering contributions in Remote Sensing, GIS, environmental studies, climate change research, and urban ecology.
Dr. Kazmi has held several prestigious positions including Chairman, Department of Geography (University of Karachi), Director, Quality Enhancement Cell, Director, Institute of Space & Planetary Astrophysics, and Project Director for multiple World Bank–funded GIS initiatives. He currently serves as Executive Director & Vice-Chancellor Designate of FHES, where he leads institutional development, academic quality enhancement, strategic expansion, and research capacity building.
A Meritorious Professor, he has been honored with numerous national and international awards such as the HEC Pakistan Best University Teacher Award, Indus Conservation Award (WWF), ESRI GIS Excellence Award (USA), Scientific Contribution Award (Tehran), and recognition among the 150 Global Muslim Scientists (2023).
Dr. Kazmi has authored and edited major publications including the International GCSE Series of Pakistan Studies (Human and Physical Geography of Pakistan) and Oxford School Atlas for Pakistan (5th Edition), published by Oxford University Press and several other books & book Chapters. In addition, he has published over 145 peer-reviewed research papers published in HEC recognized W, X, and Y-category journals and international scientific outlets. His research impact includes 1780+ citations, H-Index 22, and i10-Index 46 (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=x8U7vlcAAAAJ ). Prof. Kazmi has been associated as Faculty/PI and Co-PI/Research Associate with various international organizations such as University of British Columbia (Canada), University of Georgia (USA), Humboldt University (Germany), Nagasaki University (Japan), World Bank, UNDP, World Food Programme, FAO, ADB, EU, HEC, Ministry of Climate Change, SEPA, WWF, IUCN etc
Internationally, he has served as Fellow, Advisor, or Committee Member for United Nations agencies, World Bank projects, Oxford University Press, WWF, IGU, AAG, and numerous academic councils and selection boards. As a Professor he has produced 40 PhDs and 19 MPhils in Geography, Ecology, Environmental Studies and Space Sciences.
At FHES, Dr. Kazmi is leading the transformation of the institution through strategic planning, quality assurance, digitization, Values enrichment academic reforms, and fostering a culture of research and innovation.