Department of Economics

Bushra Mushtaq

Bushra Mushtaq
Bushra Mushtaq

Lecturer

Department of Economics
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Academic Qualification

M. Phil. Economics 2010-2012(CGPA 3.60/4), University of the Punjab, Lahore

Thesis Title: “Human resource, technology and economic development  (A Case Study of Pakistan)”

M.Sc. Economics               2006-2008 (CGPA 3.09/4), University of the Punjab, Lahore

B.A                                         2004-06 (First Division), University of the Punjab, Lahor 

F.A                                          2002-04 (First Division), Minhaj College for Women, Lahore

Matriculation                        2000-02 (First Division), BISE, Lahore


Experience

Date

Title

Institute

25-3-2015 to date

Lecturer

LCWU

28/09/2012 To 24/03/2015

Instructor

Virtual University of Pakistan

13/10/2008 To 31/08/2010

Lecturer

Minhaj University Lahore

Graduate Students/ Postdocs/Undergraduate Students/ Honour Students

Thesis Supervised

Years                    Degree                           Name

2018-20              MS                         Yasmeen Akhtar

2014-16               MS                        Shaheen Akhtar

2014-16               MS                        Sadia Abbas

2017-21               BS                         Maryam Javed

2017-21               BS                         Narmeen Sajid

2017-21               BS                         Alishba Fatima

2017-21               BS                         Isha Arif

Service Activity

  • Teaching of BS-I, BS-II, BS-III & Intermediate classes.
  • Supervision of BS students for internship report writing.
  • Supervision of MS students.
  • Paper setting, Checking & invigilation duties.
  • Coordinator of BS self-support Admission (2021-2025)
  • In-charge scholarship affairs
  • Member Alumni committee
  • Member Discipline Committee Convocation
  • Member Cleanliness Committee
  • Coordinator Quran translation
  • Spokesperson for DFDI, ORIC, CCJP

Brief Statement of Research Interest

Technological spillovers, Innovation, Human development, Industrial Total Factor Productivity, Economic Growth

Publications

  • Afzal, M., Ahmad, H. K. & Mushtaq, B. (2020). National
    innovative capacity and knowledge creation in advanced economies: an
    empirical investigation. Innovation: The European Journal of Social
    Science Research    , Taylor & Francis Group, Manuscript ID-CIEJ1828046.
  • , Mushtaq. B., & Afzal, M. (2014). Human resource, technology and economic development of Pakistan (A Case Study of Pakistan) Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences, ISSN: 2090-4274, 4(9S) 379-394.
  • Mushtaq, B., Batool, S. A. & Afzal, M. (2014) Globalization, technology transformation and economic growth (A Case Study of Pakistan) African Journal of Marketing Management (AJMM) ISSN 2141-2421, Vol.6 (5), pp56-67.

Other Research or Creative Accomplishments

Courses/Workshops/Seminars 
  • Workshop of “Active Citizen Program” launched by British Counsel from 11-10-2021 to 15-10-2021 held by DFDI, LCWU.
  • “Employment pathway into gaming industry” on 3-09-2021 held by Department of Computer Science, LCWU.
  • “Advanced Time Series Data Handling techniques using Eviews and STATA Programs” on 16 & 17 August 2021 held by Economics Dept., LCWU.
  • “GMM IV” on 24-2-2020 held by Economics Dept., LCWU.
  • “Survey Data and Panel Data Analysis in STATA” on 29-1-2020 to 31-1-2020 held by Economics Dept., LCWU.
  • “Common Wealth Scholarships and Fellowship” on 3-12-2019 held by DFDI, LCWU.
  • “Workshop on personal grooming” on 20-11-2019 held by CCIP-WILL, LCWU.
  • “International Environmental Issues and Climate Change” on 21-11-2019 held by Economics Dept., LCWU.
  • “How to correspond to international universities” on 29-10-2019 held by DFDI, LCWU.
  • “Project Appraisal & Management in Pakistan” on 22-10-2019 held by Economics Dept., LCWU.
  • “Handling of Primary Data” on 14-12-2016 to 16-12-2016 held by LCWU.
  • “Analysis of a Moment Structures” on 22nd to 6th Dec, 2016 held by DFDI, LCWU.
  • “China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)”on May 25, 2016 held by Faculty of Management and Administrative Sciences, LCWU.
  • “SPSS Advance Level” on 20-9-15 to 25-9-15 held by LCWU.
  • “Quality Assurance Outcome Based Education” on 31-8-2015 to 22-9-2015 held by DFDI, LCWU.
  • “Teaching Gen Y Creating” on 1-4-2015 held by DFDI, LCWU.
  • Have presented in the Seminar on the various articles of “Aurora” on 2-1-2015 held by Department of Management Sciences, Virtual University of Pakistan.
  • Have attended 1 week training on “Test Development Item Writing and Banking” from 30 September - 3 October, 2014 held by Department of Management Sciences, Virtual University of Pakistan.
  • Seminar on “Self Reliance” under Prof. Qazi Muhammad Fareed Memorial Society on Thursday, 24th June 2010 at Department of Economics, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
  • Seminar on “World Trade Organization and Human Resource Development, UNDP and Ministry of Commerce” at Department of Economics, University of the Punjab, Lahore.

Selected Professional Presentations

  • “Linkages among technological spillovers, human resource, emigration and economic development (A case study of Pakistan)” presented at SAICON 2014 organized by COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad Campus.
  • “Globalization, technology transformation and economic growth (A Case Study of Pakistan)” Presented at International Conference on Business and Management (ICOBM) organized by University of Management and Technology (UMT) on Feb 27-28, 2013.
  • “Human resource, technology and economic development of Pakistan (A Case Study of Pakistan)” in 2nd International Conference on Computational and Social Sciences (ICCSS-14) held by Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan & Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Turkey on August 26-28, 2014.