This curriculum vitae outlines the experience and qualifications of Dr. Ikram Ur Rahman. He has over 24 years of experience working in public health, natural resource management, and community development projects. His roles have included project management, training, research, and consulting. He has extensive experience designing and delivering trainings, as well as writing reports and proposals. He holds degrees in pharmacy, zoology, botany, and homeopathic medicine. His work has focused on improving livelihoods through sustainable use and value addition of medicinal plants.

1. Curriculum Vitae Dr. Ikram Ur Rahman
S/o Syed Ali Ahmad Mohallah Qazi BaBa
Village Kanju Swat.
Contact No: 03468552213
e.mail: nrspmaps@gmail.com
Academics 1. Degree in Pharmacy (Pharm-D) with distinction from
University of Peshawar (Session 1985-1989) specialized in
Pharmacognosy, Pharmacology.
2. Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) with Zoology, Botany and
Geography in 1984, University of Peshawar Pakistan.
3. Doctor of Homoeopathic Medical System specialized in
Materia- Medica (organic medicinal botanicals).
Mission Healthier and prosperous society, social uplift based on
participatory approach through activation and stake mobilization
keeping in view gender, social, cultural and ethnical resource
utilization to ensure proper implementation of the policies at gross
root level which ascertain the achievement of target goals.
Strengths 1. Adapted to work under pressure.
2. Committed & Devoted for assigned tasks.
3. Working experience in Multi donor projects and NGO’s.
4. Belief on doing best for humanity.
5. No professional jealousy
6. Time and commitment restricted
Weaknesses 1. Workaholic.
2. Perfectionist.
3. Occasionally emotional.
Communication
skill
Good Ability to Listen, Speak, Read and Write in
PUSHTO, URDU, ENGLISH, PERSIAN, Fair in ARABIC.
Experience 24 years
Jobs History
March 2015
Ministry of Climate
Change-UNDP-
GEF-GoP
Working as Marketing/Enterprise Officer in Mountains & Markets
Project (Continued).
July 2014- Feb 2015 Worked as Training Coordinator in South Asia WASH Results Program

2. NRSP Mardan & Swabi. The project is funded by DFID, Plan-International and
implemented by National Rural Support Program (NRSP).
GIZ-BKP Project Opinion consultant and Resource Person with GIZ Biodiversity Project
(BKP) Khyberpukhtunkhwa Pakistan.
Sep 2011- June 2014
NRSP
Worked as Technical Specialist in USAID-Entrepreneurs Project on
Medicinal Plants Value Chain Development Swat, implemented by NRSP
since September 2011-June 2014.
Responsibilities:
1. Provision of technical trainings to 9000 MAPs collectors on sustainable
harvesting, resource management, post collection processing, value
addition, quality packing and storage practices.
2. Development of collectors practical Manual in Urdu language and
pictorial catalogue of nomenclature.
3. Technical reporting to USAID, MEDA and NRSP.
4. Development of pictorials, training, publicity and awareness materials.
5. Linkages development with line departments, organizations and
institutions.
6. Provision of training on product development from MAPs.
7. Linkages development with herbal processing units/manufacturers and
local and national markets.
8. Establishment of in-house NTFP/MAPs demonstration room.
9. Arranging and managing MAPs products exhibition/ seminars, symposia
and enterprise development initiatives.
10. Arranging exposure visits for collectors in local, national markets and
herbal processing units.
11. Establishment of economic value MAPs cultivation plots.
12. Introduction of value added MAPs products to herbal processing units
and research institutions.
13. Organizing conferences, seminars and workshops and creating best
working relationship with line agencies, departments and relevant
stakeholders.
14. Development of presentation material on PP for USAID-Entrepreneurs
Project.
15. Capacity building and awareness of communities on conservation of
Environment.
16. Arranging social mobilization meetings, FGD’s between communities
and relevant stakeholders.
May 2014 to Dec 2014
Directorate of
NTFP forest
department KP
Worked as Consultant with the Directorate of Non- Timber forest
products/ Forest Department Government of KP on sustainable
management of Minor forest produce and formulation of policy
document for NTFPs.
Responsibilities:
1. To arrange and conduct PRA’s and FGD’s with forest owner
communities in KP including Hazara Kohistan and northern areas.
2. To provide capacity building trainings on survey of minor forest
products to NTFP staff and community leads
3. To provide a comprehensive report to NTFP Directorate/ forest
department for future NTFP policy and regulations.
2003-2008 Worked as Director Quality Control as approved by Federal Ministry of

3. Ministry Of Health
Islamabad
Health Islamabad Govt of Pakistan for Convell Pharmaceutical
Laboratories Saidu Sharif Swat.
Responsibilities:
1. Developed quality control specification for quality evaluation of
products under Pharmacopoeial standards and WHO guidelines.
2. Developed products formulation catalogue with manufacturing
guidelines.
3. Trained the quality control and production staff on the principles
of cGMP.
4. Developed a curriculum for the quality assurance procedures
needed during product formulation.
5. Trained the workers on first aid and fire extinguishing
techniques.
6. Installed and operated the quality control instruments and
equipments and developed SOP’s for Machinery and
equipments.
7. Documented, computed and maintained record of Raw
materials, in-process quality control, and finished goods quality
control.
8. Performed herbal drugs extractions and new product
development in R&D section.
1998-2010
Provincial Health
Services Academy
Peshawar-KP
Worked as visiting faculty in Saidu Medical College Swat, School of
paramedical sciences Saidu Sharif Swat & School of Nursing Swat after
competitive selection process by Provincial Health Services Academy
Peshawar Government of KP.
Responsibilities:
1. Worked on curriculum development with the expert committee
of provincial health services academy for curriculum
development of Pharmacology and pharmacy courses.
2. Taught Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Nursing Chemistry and
Microbiology.
3. Established a compressive and well equipped pharmacy &
therapeutics department in the School of paramedics Saidu
Sharif Swat.
4. Arranged and managed students exposure and study tours
across the country to relevant institutions, organizations,
universities and departments.
5. Arranged academic seminars and workshops in these
institutions.
6. Managed students groups for practical learning in the Saidu
Group of hospitals.
1995 till date
Pharmacy Council
KP
Training coordinator and facilitator with Pharmacy Council Government
of KP for orientation courses of chemists and dispensers apprentice in
pharmacy.
Responsibilities:
1. Registration of candidate per eligibility criteria.

4. 2. Curriculum development.
3. Facilitator and master trainer during training short courses.
4. Paper setter and head examiner.
1999-1998
SDC-IC
Worked as consultant with SDC-IC on exploration of medicinal flora of
Malakand Division under PHP project.
Responsibilities:
1. Arranged initial workshop of stakeholders at Agriculture
Research Station (North) Mingora Swat.
2. Developed questionnaire for the survey in consultation with
foreign consultant team member.
3. Worked as a team leader during survey of MAPs in Swat, Buner
and Chitral forest range.
4. Collected data of MAPs resource in three Districts of MKD
Division.
5. Worked in compilation of final Report for SDC-IC titled as
“Women’s Indigenous knowledge of folk medicine”
6. Worked as resource person in IPRP project funded by SDC-IC
based on the above study findings and recommendations.
2000-2002
IUCN-UNDP
GEF-GoP
Worked as consultant with IUCN in mountain areas conservancy project
(MACP) funded by UNDP, GEF, GoP and wild life department
Government of KP in Swat and Chitral conservancies.
Worked as consultant with the Ministry of Environment GoP in the
follow-up program (PMAC) of the above project.
Responsibilities:
1. Conducted project staff ToT for capacity building on naturally
occurring medicinal and aromatic plants (MSPs) in Swat and
Chitral.
2. Trained 1200 community development groups in Swat and
Chitral for sustainable harvesting, value addition and
entrepreneurship development in MAPs sector.
3. Developed technical Manuals for MAPs product development in
Urdu and English.
4. Reported the activities to IUCN.
5. Provided seasonal harvesting calendar for collectors.
6. Helped in arranging technical workshops, meeting and seminars
between the project management and line departments.
2003-2002
SWSK Swat
Worked as project manager in social welfare society Kanju (SWSK) for
implementation of health camps project funded by USAID and
implemented by JSI/PAIMAN as sub-grant CBO’s in Swat.
Responsibilities:
1. Organized and managed 12 health camps in Tehsil Kabal Swat.
2. Organized and managed heath team for the camps.
3. Maintained record and reported to JSI/PAIMAN.
4. In each 3 days medical camps provided treatments and referral
services for chronic patients and acute surgical cases.
Continued activity Working as volunteer activist with Social Welfare Society Kanju Swat

5. SWSK Swat
Responsibilities:
1. Guidance in health related projects and issues.
2. Assistance in conflict resolutions and resolving community
disputes and help in human rights issues.
3. Assistance in arranging awareness campaigns.
4. Grant based project proposal writing.
5. Briefing to national and international visitors.
2002-1998
Udhyana Institute of
Medical Technologies
Worked as lecturer in Udhyana Institute of Medical Sciences Saidu Sharif
Swat.
Responsibilities:
1. Taught coursed to student of health technology and Pharmacy
technology.
2. Organized and Managed Students welfare society.
3. Edited and compiled college prospectus.
4. Internal examiner.
1997-1993
EPS
HUJRA
BENT-E-
MALAKAND
Worked as consultant with local NGO’s on capacity building of
community groups and sustainable management of Medicinal organic
products from mountains. The NGO’s include HUJRA, BENT-E-
MALAKAND, and Environment protection Society Swat.
Responsibilities:
1. Training module designing.
2. Training facilitator.
3. Provision of activity based learning in the field.
4. Reporting.
1995-1993
SHMC Swat
Worked as lecturer in Basic Medical Sciences in Swat Homoeopathic
Medical College Swat.
Responsibilities:
1. Teaching courses per curriculum.
2. Organized and managed student’s welfare society.
3. Established a herbarium of natural medicinal flora in the college.
1994- 1992
ERP-Swat-Buner
Worked as consultant in environmental rehabilitation project of the
forest department funded by the government of Netherland.
Responsibilities:
1. Data collection of traditional knowledge in project communities
in Swat.
2. Establishment of MAPs nurseries under participation of
communities.
3. Arranging and managing workshops and conferences.
Reporting.
1992-1991
SWSK
Worked as team leader in SWSK for implementation of Community
Infrastructure project funded by World Bank.
Responsibilities:
1. Helped the social organizer of CIP project during community
mobilization for cost sharing.
2. Monitoring of work and reporting to SWSK.
3. TBA’s training arrangement under this project.
4. Briefing to donors and PMU staff.

6. 1991-1990
UNICEF-Pakistan
Worked as team leader in EPI coverage evaluation survey (CES) in
Bajawar Agency for UNICEF Pakistan.
1990
GDTL Peshawar
Worked as apprentice for internship in Government Drugs Testing
Laboratories and Pakistan council for Scientific and Industrial Research
(PCSIR) Peshawar to understand Drugs Quality and Standards, Methods
of Test and Analysis of Drugs, official correspondence and legislative
procedures and factors affecting drugs stability, leading factors to
deterioration of the drugs, substandard formulations, spurious drugs,
misbranded drugs, counterfeit drugs, and endangering effect of expired
biologics, antibiotics, vitamin preparations and IV infusions. Also
observed and performed Sterility and pyrogen testing of the life saving
drugs and product development.
Trainings Received 1. Capacity Building Trainings on institutional strengthening and
participatory approach in Projects conducted by social forestry
project Swat.
2. Field Survey and data collection training in SDC-IC, IUCN, and UNICEF.
3. Initial Environmental Impact Assessment Training Ministry of
Environment Govt. of NWFP Pakistan.
4. Training in Rational Drug Use by WHO and Ministry of health
Islamabad.
5. Quality Assurance Trainings arranged by WHO, Ministry of Health
Islamabad.
6. Training on product development from Medicinal plants in HEJ
Research Institute in Chemistry University of Karachi Pakistan.
7. Value Chain Assessment training on enterprise development by
USAID-MEDA in Islamabad.
8. Training on resource inventory survey by ANSAB-Nepal.
9. Natural resources Management Training by WWF People & Plants.
10. Biodiversity conservation training by IUCN.
11. Product Development and standardization of herbal drugs training in
PCSIR Peshawar.
12. Cultivation and crop management training of Medicinal Plants in PFI
Peshawar.
13. Cultivation and Phytosanitation of Herbal materials and products
training at NIFA Peshawar.
14. Project proposals and report writing training in USAID, NRSP.
15. Training on agro techniques of medicinal plants cultivation in NARC
and University of agriculture KP.
16. Pharmaceutical Production and Quality Control trainings on cGMP
(Guidelines for current Good Manufacturing Practices by WHO for
Quality production, Storage, transfer and use of Pharmaceuticals by
Ministry of Health Govt of Pakistan)
17. WASH capacity building training by NRSP-DFID-Plan International.
18. Value Chain Development training in entrepreneurship by GIZ-BKP

7. Project.
19. Value Chain Development training by GIZ-BKP
20. WASH-CLTS-PATS Training Plan-International
Trainings Delivered 1. TBA, s Training in Community Infrastructure Project (CIP).
2. ToT on technical training on Medicinal & Aromatic Plants in MACP,
EPS, HUJRA, NRSP, USAID, and MEDA.
3. Community Skill Development Trainings in MACP, EPS, SWS.
4. Rational Drug use in DHDC Swat.
5. WASH-CLTS Training in Mardan and Swabi
6. MAPs technical training Forest department Gilgit-Baltistan.
7. MAPs Technical training NTFP Department KP.
8. Report Writing Training NRSP Project Staff
9. Quality assurance of MAPs products training USAID project on MAPs.
10. Fruit and vegetable processing training in NRSP communities Swat.
11. Mushroom Production training in NRSP communities Swat.
12. Apple baggage technology training in Swat.
13. Pharmaceuticals cGMP training Shaheen Pharmaceuticals Swat
14. MAPs cultivation training in GIZ-PKP project
15. MAPs cultivation training in NRSP communities Swat.
Reports  Author in the Report on “Women’s Indigenous Knowledge of folk
Medicine” for SDC-IC. (This report is the foundation of IPR
Project in Malakand Division)
 Author of “Medicinal Plants Collectors Practical Manual”
published by IUCN/UNDP both in English and Urdu languages.
 Author of Project Concept Paper on medicinal plants research
and development for LASOONA (NGO), HUJRA, BENT-E-
MALAKAND.
 Author of multiple Reports on community Skill Development
Trainings as a consultant in MACP (IUCN) and EPS, NRSP, USAID.
 Author of the Project Progress Report for NRSP Swat.
 Author of collectors Practical Manual value chain development
for MAPs by NRSP-USAID.
 Project completion Report of the USAID-ENT project for NRSP.
 Trainings on WASH to SO’s and CRPs.
 Multiple Reports on WASH project activities Mardan and Swabi.
Participation Many workshops, seminars, and symposia on Health, Education,
Environment and Social sector development, Pharmaceutical
Manufacturing/GSP/SOP’s, Human rights and gender capacity building,
Project Management, Report writing, NRM, HRD.
Linkages Many organizations, institutions, Departments and individuals.
References 1. Mr. Agha Ali Jawad GM - NRSP Islamabad Ph#
03009706553.
2. Mr. Shah Zaman PM MAPs VCD-P Swat 03468552205.
3. Mr. Iqmail Hussain Shah ex-Project Director MACP, PMAC-
PFI Peshawar. Ph# 03459849671

8. 4. Mrs. Shamim Akhtar Director Program MEDA-USAID
Entrepreneurs project on MAPs value chain development.
Ph # 03055551925
5. Mr. Raj Muhammad Director NTFP Department Govt of KP.
Ph# 0342-7767776
6. Dr. Muhammad Ibrar Chairman Department of Botany
University of Peshawar. Ph # 0302-8827730
7. Dr. Muhammad Arif Asst. Professor Department of
Agronomy Agriculture University KP. Ph # 03339348849
Acronyms SDC-IC: Swiss Agency for Development-intercorporation.
IUCN: International Union for Conservation of nature.
MACP: Mountain Areas Conservancy Project funded by UNDP, GEF
and GoP.
EPS: Environmental Protection Society.
HUJRA: Holistic understanding for justified research and action.
LASSONA: An NGO on social development and environmental
rehabilitation.
TBA’s: Traditional Birth Attendants.
SWS: Social Welfare Society.
CIP: Community Infrastructure Project.
ToT: Training of Trainees.
DHDC: Divisional Health Development Center Saidu Sharif Swat.
GEF: Global Environment Facility.
IPRP: Innovations for Poverty Reduction Project funded by SDC-IC.
PIMT: Paramedical Institute of Medical Technologies.
PMAC: Project for Mountain Areas Conservation.
MEDA: Mennonite Economic Development Associates-Canada
USAID: United States Agency for International Development.
ANSAB: Asia Network for sustainable Agriculture and Bio-resources.
Nepal
HEJ-RI: Hussain Ebrahim Jamal Research Institute in Chemistry Karachi
NRSP: National Rural Support Programme.
ERP: Environmental Rehabilitation Project.
WWF: World Wildlife Fund.
PFI: Pakistan Forest Institute Peshawar.
PARC: Pakistan Agriculture Research Council.
SWS: Social Welfare Society Kanju Swat.
UNDP: United Nation Development Program.