Executive Director, IBA Dr. Farrukh Iqbal selected as the Chairman NBEAC.

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has appointed the Executive Director, Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Dr. Farrukh Iqbal as the Chairman National Business Education Accreditation Council (NBEAC) for the next four years.

The NBEAC is an accreditation authority which facilitates to increase the quality of business education across Pakistan. The systems, procedures, networks and programs laid out by the NBEAC help to gauge the standards of the educational institutes. It also advises on how public and private institutions can improve their academic programs.

Dr. Iqbal has been associated with the IBA, Karachi as the Executive Director from August 2016. He implemented his vast knowledge of economics in analysis and policy dialogue related to economic policy issues while serving on both technical and senior managerial positions at the World Bank for 33 years. His area of expertise and research includes: fiscal and monetary management, trade and competitiveness, small and medium enterprises, local government development, human development, and poverty analysis and strategy. His work focuses primarily on East Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. He has worked as the World Bank's...