Kraysis strongly believes in the research and innovation culture and has developed strong ties in the academic and industrial network. Our board of advisors include

• Mr. Abdul Razzak Dawood
• Mr. Amjad Luna
• Mr. Asad Alam
• Mr. Belal Muhammad Hashmi
• Mr. Jamal Arif
• Mr. Mian Muhammad Awais
• Mr. Waleed Iqbal
• Mr. Zahoor Hassan

Mr. Abdul Razzak Dawood 

Mr. A. Razzak Dawood is the Chairman Pakistan Business Council and Managing Director of Descon Engineering Limited and six other private companies. He has worked as Managing Director of Lawrencepur Textile Mills and Dawood Hercules Chemicals Limited. He is also a Director of United Refrigeration Industries (pvt) Limited. He was a visiting professor of Department of Business Administration at the University of Punjab, Management Association of Pakistan; Member Syndicate, the University of Punjab as well as member Senate, University of Punjab; Member, Board of Studies, Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology and Director of Pakistan International Airlines. He was also the Federal Commerce Minister for four years in the first cabinet of General Pervez Musharraf. Mr. Razzak Dawood has been an active philanthropist and at present he is the Rector, Lahore University of Management Sciences to which his family has donated generously; Vice Chairman, Board of Governors, National Management Foundation; Member, Board of Governors, Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital and Research Centre. Mr. Dawood is a BSc. Mining Engineering from England and MBA Columbia University, USA.

Mr. Amjad Luna, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
Amjad Luna received his B.Sc. degree with honors and distinction from the University of Engineering & Technology (UET) Lahore, and both Masters and Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Luna taught at UET for one year before joining LUMS in 2005. Prior to UET Dr. Luna acquired over six years of research and development experience in the communication industry in the United States. He has authored/co-authored several international journal and conference papers and also holds one US patent to his credit. His research interests are in the areas of Digital Signal Processing and Digital Communications. Dr. Luna is currently teaching at Lahore University of Management Sciences as an assistant professor.

Mr. Asad Alam, CPA, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Asad is Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with extensive knowledge and experience in assurance and business advisory. He did his MBA in entrepreneurship from University of Wisconsin – Madison with specialization in analyzing startups and private equity markets. While at Madison , Asad represented the school at various venture capital investment and business plan competitions and won numerous awards and grants. He was also involved in launching Entrepreneurship Association, a not for profit organization with a mission to create awareness among students regarding entrepreneurial ventures, and acted as the CFO. Asad has considerable experience in the areas of financial audit, business valuation, financial projections and family business planning and has provided a wide range of consulting services to various small and medium sized businesses in the United States.



Mr. Belal Muhammad Hashmi, EE, UET Lahore
Mr. Belal Muhammad is a renowned engineer of the country and has taught at the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore Campus for almost a decade. He has more than 10 years of additional experience in design and development of hardware and software systems and has worked with various top companies of the country. He is also involved as a senior researcher in the Center for Urdu & Regional Languages Processing at the Lahore campus. He has worked on various aspects of computerization of Urdu. His interests are Microprocessor-based design, Multilingual Software Systems and control systems.


Mr. Jamal Arif, MBA, University of Oregon USA
Jamal Arif has a career spanning over 30 years in the field of marketing and sales of electronics and hardware in USA. He has worked with top brands like Sun Microsystems, Fujitsu Electronics, Hynix, Mitsubishi Electronics, AMI and National Semiconductors and Hitachi Electronics. His roles included identifying market opportunities, developing and executing marketing and sales strategies, recruiting and working with channel partners and developing business partnerships. He has a track record of significantly boosting unit sales in fiercely competitive and down market through his strategies. Mr. Arif currently lectures at Lahore University of Management and Sciences as a visiting professor. He holds an MBA from University of Oregon USA, business diploma from Curtin University Australia and undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from UET Lahore. Mr. Arif was also a visiting scholar at Harvard University, USA.


Mr. Mian Muhammad Awais, PhD, University College London
Dr. Awais conducted European Union research and development projects for a UK based SME. His current research interests include development of applications through artificial intelligence techniques, modeling speech and language behaviors, image processing, inverse modeling, and data management. Dr. Awais is currently working as associate professor in Lahore University of Management Sciences.



Mr. Waleed Iqbal, LLM, Harvard Law School USA
Waleed Iqbal graduated from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (B.S.Econ.), University of Cambridge (M. Phil.), University of Punjab (LL.B.) (Gold Medalist) and Harvard Law School (LL.M.). Before joining the firm, Walid Iqbal worked at two leading international law firms, Sullivan & Cromwell (from 1997 to 2001) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (from 2001 to 2004). He specialises in corporate and project finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate restructurings. He is admitted to practice in New York and Pakistan, and is also admitted to the Roll of Solicitors of England and Wales. He is also a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN). He is currently advising Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank in Deutsche Telekom's multi-currency, multitranche global debt offering of US$ 14.6 billion; advising International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in the project financing of the wireless telecommunications service provider Sonic Duo; advising Groupe Danone in its acquisition of Chock & Rolls Company, the Russian manufacturing subsidiary of Chupa Chups S.A., through a combined share and asset acquisition; and advising the Yukos Group in its acquisition of a majority shareholding in Arctic Gas Company from Benton Oil and Gas Company.



Mr. Zahoor Hassan, PhD, Stanford University
Dr. Hassan has played a pivotal role in developing LUMS from an infant to a world class prestigious institute. His research interests include Information systems development methodologies, global software development, information technology utilization effectiveness, and management of technology. He is a strong supporter of new entrepreneurial ventures bringing innovative technology for use of masses. He has an MS, PhD and a management degree from Stanford and is currently acting as a Vice Chancellor of LUMS.