CV of Dr. RAJA MUHAMMAD IKRAM AZAM, (`ndc’); C.D.; Ph.D.; D.Litt.
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Dr. R.M. Ikram Azam is the Co-Founder and Hony. Co-Chairperson of The PFI: Pakistan Futuristics Foundation and Institute, Islamabad. He is a free-lance writer, researcher and author of over 125 books in English, ranging from fiction and verse to research work in Futuristics: Islam, Pakistan, Creativity, Literary Studies, Research Methodology, Education, Basic: Life, Education and Language Skills, Moral Values Education and Integrated Family Studies, Interfaith Interaction, Social Change, Geosociology: Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, Geostrategy, International Political Economy, and Peace Studies. Dr. Azam has also edited and contributed to, additionally, another over 25 books. He has higher education degrees from Pakistan, the USA and U.K., as follows: Pakistan: (i) B.A. (Hons. in English) from the Gordon College, Rawalpindi. He passed out as the All-Round Best Male Student Valedictorian of the year; (ii) M.A. (English) from the Govt. College, Lahore; (iii) M.A. (Political Science) from the Punjab University, Lahore; (iv) M.S. (Defence and Strategic Studies) from the NDC: Quaid-eAzam Univ., Islamabad. USA: (i) M.S. in Futures Studies (Futuristics) from the UH-CLC-TX; (ii) CD (Futuristics Philosophy) from the WUR, Arizona. UK: (i) Ph.D. (IR: Futuristics) form the AUL, London; and: (ii) D.Litt. (Futuristics) also from the AUL, London. Dr. Azam is the conferee of several distinctions: literary awards and academic honours. He is a Fellow of the WFSF (World Futures Studies Federation), USA; and a Life Member, and Member of the Global Advisory Council of the WFS (World Future Society), USA. Dr. Ikram Azam is a recipient of the Warner Bloomberg Award, USA, for “Excellence in Futures Studies” (1998), and the Cultural Doctorate (C.D.) in “Futuristics Philosophy”, from the World University (Roundtable), USA (2000). Dr. Azam is a graduate ( ‘ndc’) of the NDC (National Defence College), Pakistan (1979-80) --- now the NDU: National Defence University, Islamabad. Being the Pioneer Founder of Futuristics in Pakistan, he is the Hony. Chairperson of The PFI: The Pakistan Futuristics Foundation and Institute, an NGPI: Non-Governmental Peace Institute (started in July, 1986), and its literary-educational predecessor peer wing, the Margalla Voices, Islamabad (1976), Pakistan. As an Educator, he is associated with some local-national institutions and universities as a Visiting Professor. He has supervised the research work of several Graduate, and Post-Graduate (M.A.; M.Phil. and Ph.D.) students and scholars. His focus is on Preferable Peaceful Normative Social Change engineered through Creativity: Human Integrated Holistic Development by means of Creative Education As “Irfan”: Enlightenment, Moral Values Education, Basic Life, Language, Education and Communicative Skills and Integrated Family Studies. Dr. Azam conceptualized and introduced “Advanced Integrated Studies” in