Wajid Ali has experience in plant breeding and genetics from his M.Phil and Bachelor's degrees from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad in Pakistan. He has worked as a Career-Prep Fellow at AMAL ACADEMY, an education startup funded by Stanford University, where he developed business skills like communication, leadership, and problem solving. Additionally, Ali conducted an internship at the Ayub Agriculture Research Institute where he collaborated on cotton research and trained students. His thesis involved developing drought tolerant chickpea genotypes. He has received multiple academic scholarships and awards for his work.

1. Wajid Ali
+92-304-9442036 • wajipbg@gmail.com • pk.linkedin.com/in/wajid-ali • Age: 23
Education
University of Agriculture Faisalabad (3.7) Faisalabad, Pakistan
M.Phil Plant Breeding and Genetics 2014-2016
Faisalabad, Pakistan
University of Agriculture Faisalabad 2010-2014
Bachelor of Agri. Sciences
Board of Intermediate and secondary education Faisalabad Faisalabad, Pakistan
F.Sc pre-medical 2008-2010
Experience
AMAL ACADEMY Lahore, Pakistan
Education startup funded by Stanford University that teaches professional skills to students and corporations
Career-Prep Fellow: Oct 2016 – Present
 Communication: Completed a competitive written application and interview process to be
selected from over 1600 applicants for intensive 3-month Fellowship funded by Stanford
University
 Skills development: Investing 150 hours in order to develop business skills (e.g., communication,
leadership, problem solving, teamwork, etc.) that will help me make a deeper impact on the job
Ayub Agriculture Research Institute Faisalabad, Pakistan
Internship at cotton research station AARI
Institute deals with the agricultural research
 Hard work: Learned the Production technology of the cotton: (Feb 2014 – May 2014)
 Teamwork: collaborated with the 10 internship fellows in sowing to harvesting and data analysis
of more than 150 genotypes of cotton.
 Coaching: Trained 300 hundred matric students by teaching in six years in an academy.
Academic Activities
THESIS TITLE Faisalabad, Pakistan
Morphologically and NAC-Linked SSR markers based estimation of the genetic variability in desi chickpea
 Initiative: Organized research individually: Sep 2015 – Sep 2016
 Organizational skills: Conducted a research and developed 5 drought tolerant genotypes from
the 50 chickpea genotypes.
Honors and Awards
ACADEMIC SCHOLARHIPS Faisalabad, Pakistan
 Received full merit-based USPCAS- academic scholarship from University of Agriculture selected
from 600 candidates Faisalabad (2014- 2016)
 Internal merit based scholarship from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (2012)
CHIEF MINISTER’S AWARD Faisalabad, Pakistan
 Received merit-based Laptop Award from Chief Minister Punjab (2013)
Additional
 Skills: Microsoft office, Computer software installation, Adobe Photoshop
 Interests: Painting, Book reading, Cricket, Films, Documentaries, Educational seminars