Muhammad Zakir Shaikh

Engr Muhammad Zakir Shaikh is an accomplished and a young professional, currently serving as the Director of the National Center for Robotics, Automation and Artificial Intelligence at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro. He is doing research on Fault Diagnosis of Rail Wheel Profiles via Deep Learning whose main aim is to reduce Railway Accidents across the globe and to improve the overall infrastructure and system of Railway Transportation. Currently, he is doing...See more

Engr Muhammad Zakir Shaikh is an accomplished and a young professional, currently serving as the Director of the National Center for Robotics, Automation and Artificial Intelligence at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro. He is doing research on Fault Diagnosis of Rail Wheel Profiles via Deep Learning whose main aim is to reduce Railway Accidents across the globe and to improve the overall infrastructure and system of Railway Transportation. Currently, he is doing Cotutella(Joint PhD) after which he will be honored with two PhD Degrees. One in Electronics Engineering by Mehran University and the other PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Energy Efficiency by University of Malaga. He is originally a faculty member of Electronics Engineering and currently also working as a Business Development Manager at the Higher Education Commission's National Center for Robotics and Automation-Condition Monitoring Systems Lab at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro. He is also working as President of QS ImpACT Pakistan to implement United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals along with various Charity and Voluntary works. Under his Leadership as the President of QS ImpACT Pakistan, He won the Overall Biggest Impact Award for the year 2022. Under his Leadership, Pakistan received the award of Best Council for the work on Sustainable Development Goals in the year 2022. Muhammad Zakir Shaikh is also a renowned motivational speaker. He has been a great motivation and a source of inspiration for the youth and many people across the globe. Notably, Muhammad Zakir Shaikh has represented Pakistan on the international stages, earning accolades such as the "I am a Mover, Shaker and Change-Maker" award and also represented the Youth and Pakistan at United Nations HQ in New York. He was the sole Pakistani recipient of the fully funded award to participate and represent Pakistan at the Global Youth Conference 2023 which was held in Casablanca, Morocco. Recently, he has been conferred with the PEC Engineering Excellence Award in the Category of Young Technopreneur for the year of 2023. He was also Honored with the Excellence Award for outstanding contributions and great services towards Technological Research, Modernizing Academic Learning, and Capacity Building in the Higher Education CENTRAL Project at Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand. He has also secured first Position in the International Unity 3D Competition held at the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. He was also Co-PI of the project which has received funding of 1.5 Million from the Sindh Higher Education Commission under the Sindh Research Support Program. Besides that, he has already worked as a Research Associate to complete/implement the project titled "Design and Implementation of Intelligent Energy Efficient Industrial Process Control System Using Conveyor Belts via Robotic Arm", a Fully Funded Project of the Pakistan Science Foundation. He has been declared as the Star Laureate 2011 for outstanding achievements in the field of Science and Technology by South Asian Publications. He has broken the historic record by getting Two gold medals simultaneously in 27 IEEEP All Pakistan Students Seminar for securing 1 position in one research paper and second position in the other paper. He is also working as the Focal Person of PRIDE (Public Relations Image Building for Development and Excellence) for positive image building and to highlight the contributions of individuals contributing towards society. He has expertise in Carbon Literacy training Programs and Actions related to Climate Change. He is also looking after all the media platforms of EU-funded Erasmus Plus Capacity Building... See less