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AirBlue Crash Takes Away My Dear Friend Farooq Nadeem

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Newsweek Pakistan

Newsweek Pakistan's Debut Issue Cover...calling Pakistan the world's bravest nation in the wake of devastating floods.

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Silicon Valley's NED Alumni Lead Fundraising Efforts For Flood Relief in Pakistan

For every Pakistani hit by floods, there are eight who are still standing and ready to help. That was the theme that guided the recent Silicon Valley Iftar and Fundraiser organized by Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs (OPEN Silicon Valley) at…

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Where do you live?

Silicon Valley, CA, USA

Your real name? (No pseudonyms, please)

Riaz Haq

Which college or university?

NED University and New Jersey Institute of Technology

Any fellow Pakistani Alumni living near you?

Yes, many.

Your graduation date?

1974

Your major?

Electrical Engineering

What do you do for a living?

Start-up business consulting

Any professional affiliations? Memberships in professional orgs?

TIE Charter member, NED Alumni Association of Silicon Valley

What have you done for your alma mater lately?

Organized NEDians Convention 2007. Started NEDians Worldwide.

Tell us about you:

I am the Founder & President of PaAlumni . In addition to being a high-tech executive, I am an entrepreneur, an investor, and an avid watcher of South Asia and financial markets, I have more than 25 years experience in the hi-tech industry. I have co-founded two high-tech startups and managed multi-million dollar business. I am a pioneer of the PC and mobile businesses and I have held senior management positions in hardware and software development of Intel’s microprocessor product line from 8086 to Pentium processors. My experience includes senior roles in marketing, engineering and business management. I was recognized as “Person of the Year” by PC Magazine for my contribution to 80386 program. I have an MS degree in Electrical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. I have two blogs: http://riazhaq.blogspot.com, http://southasiainvestor.blogspot.com

What are your hobbies?

Reading, travel, blogging, community service.

Your favorite books?

1984, Fahrenheit 451, The Long Tail, Wikinomics, Blue Oceans Strategy, The Buffet Way

Website:

http://southasiainvestor.blogspot.com

Favorite Music:

The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, U2, Cat Stevens, Ghazals, Nusrat Fateh Ali

Favorite TV Shows:

60 Minutes, The Simpsons, Aaj with Kamran Khan,Pak Music on Geo & ARY, CNBC Squawk Box.

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Silicon Valley's NED Alumni Lead Fundraising Efforts For Flood Relief in Pakistan

Posted on September 2, 2010 at 9:30am —

Expanded Pakistani Middle Class Helping Flood Victims

A pre-requisite for a responsive and accountable democracy is a substantial middle class population.

An Asian Development Bank report on Asia's rising middle class released today confirms that Pakistan's middle class now is 40% of the population, significantly larger than the Indian middle class of about 25% of its population.

The other significant news reported by… Continue

Posted on August 19, 2010 at 4:58pm —

Pakistan's Glass is Half Full on its 63rd Independence Day

The devastating floods in Pakistan have dampened the spirits of its people on its 63rd independence day this Aug 14, 2010. All official events marking the day have been canceled as the nation mourns the death of at least 1700 of its citizens and finds itself overwhelmed by the monumental relief and rescue efforts aimed at tens of millions of people across three provinces.

As the scope and scale of the disaste… Continue

Posted on August 14, 2010 at 9:48am —

Pakistan Defeat Australia 2-0 in T20 Series

Former T20 World Champ Pakistan have finally reclaimed some of their lost honor by beating Australia in two T20 matches on consecutive days at Edgbaston, England. These convincing 2020 match wins brought an end a long losing streak for Pakistan which was comprehensively beaten by the Aussies in all formats in 12 consecutive matches played in Australia and West Indies.

Although the T20 matches were played far awa… Continue

Posted on July 9, 2010 at 6:33pm —

Globalization or Exploitation of "Cyber Coolies" in India's IT Sweatshops?

India's IT sector business is essentially driven by low-cost call centers, first-line tech support, simple repetitive code writing, and execution of pre-defined test suites. A typical Indian IT worker is increasingly being called a "cyber coolie" or sometimes a "code coolie", the former term having been coined by an astute Indian columnist Praful Bidwai back in 2003.

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Posted on July 3, 2010 at 12:36pm —

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At 1:47pm on April 26, 2010, Ameer Alam said…: I am in the process of collecting information. This is an 18 year old program and has been through several design cycles and test iterations. Failure seems to be due to loss of control and therefore I am trying out find out more about their actuator design and the gimbal system. The second stage cryogenic engine (RL-10) for Delta IV launch vehicles, on which I worked uses an electromechanical actuators.
Another theory is the failure of the cryogenic stage to ignite. ISRO is yet to put out a meaningful statement; it will take them a while to analyze the telemetry. Ignition system for the final stage is designed for multiple ignitions and is very robust.
Cryogenic engines have high Isp (450) and use low temperature materials (-250 degC) @ 45000 rpm. India has been buying Russian cryogenic engines for their geosynchronous launches; failure puts their GSLV launch vehicle at least three years behind (and not one year as they are claiming). Also the Chandrayaan-2 mission will be forced to use a non-Indian launch vehicle because it weighs at least 75% more than Chandrayaan-1 and cannot be launched using the PSLV.
I will write an article as soon I can deduct a possible meaningful conclusion.

At 12:26pm on April 3, 2010, Syed Dayab Hussain said…: assalam-o-alaikum
Sir Riaz,
you must be doing something for our exhibition.kindly give us a reply in support of this event, as 16 days are left and we have to do arrangements.

At 12:39pm on March 21, 2010, Syed Dayab Hussain said…: Thanks a lot sir for this co-operation.Like every year, we are waiting for your keen consideration in this exhibition. we have got some sponsors but still our main event sponsors are undecided.

At 10:40pm on March 17, 2010, Syed Dayab Hussain said…: Assalam-o-Alaikum

Respected Sir,

This is to kindly draw your attention and cordially invite you to the 5th annual all Pakistan Student's Project Exhibition and Competition (SPEC), organized under the proficient supervision of the electronics department of one of the most reputed and alleged engineering universities of Pakistan, the NED university of Engineering and Technology. This year SPEC 2010 is being held on 19th April, 2010.

Last year your contribution was of tremendous help for us in organizing such a successful event. This year along with all the competitions held last year we have come up with a new competition named as "Alternate Energy Competition" which will provide innovative and feasible solutions for the current energy crisis in Pakistan. The event will serve as a platform for all the undergraduates to showcase their technical skills and will surely enhance their abilities for a better performance in their future careers. We have Express News as our media partners this year.

Your generous contribution and sponsorship would be of great assistance and would certainly add to the success of our event. We await your support and look forward to extending our sincerest gratitude for lending the needed support.

Regards,

Dayab Hussain,

Marketing Manager SPEC 2010

Contact info :
dayab_hussain@hotmail.com
+92-334-3018438

At 3:02pm on September 7, 2009, Ameer Alam said…: Thank you very much Riaz Bhai. Please feel free to use my comments with or without my name anywhere. ISRO is not coming upfront with actually what happened to the spacecraft. It is a great set back to their space program. I am sure they are busy analyzing the data and will put out a report in six months (available only to the top govt officials). We will find out more in the coming days.
Ramazan Mubarak to you and the family.
Allah Hafiz
Ameer Alam

At 7:25am on June 10, 2008, Haad-Bin-Tariq said…: Respected Sir Riaz,

Your prompt response reflected your ruly, kempt and neat disposition. It indeed gives me an alloyed emotion of pride and mirth to have earned the honor of interviewing a man of your stature. Certainly, it would add a new moon to our magazine. Thank you for granting us the access.

Afterwards, I would like to brief to you a little about the magazine I have been working for, for the last four years.

Sir, in my mail prior to this, I mentioned that the name of the magazine is 'The Watt'. It is the sole annual official magazine of the department. It has had four previous editions which were all acknowledged in good esteem. In the past, the magazine was a mere 30 page magazine. But this year, owing to the insistence of the pupil and preachers, we have set to work on a 80 page edition. Obviously, it is no trifling errand to materializing our dream. The magazine is not only floated in the department of Electrical Engineering but is also circulated in the department of Telecommunication Engineering, the daughter branch of Electrical. It is an annual magazine and every year we go with as many as 800-1000 copies, hinging upon our fiscals. The printing cost, as we have been told by the official printers of NED, is around 150,000 PKR. Our current monetary figure rests at 120,000 PKR all of which wad accumulated by visiting a lot many sponsors. We are far from our target and neither are there any more hopes from any other company to stand with us in good stead in our time of need.

If you could show us a little glimmer of hope in the vast desert of deprivation and despair, our long-woven dream would no longer be a mirage. I should only be too glad to apprise you with any other information that you may want to know regarding the tabloid.

I shall soon post you the questions that we have worked-out for your interview. We are all conducive to suggestions and counsel so do let us know should a find something amiss with our queries.

Regards,

Haad-Bin-Tariq
Editor, The Watt
(0333-3060925)

At 10:05pm on May 25, 2008, Arif Zaman said…: Thanks Riaz - look forward to hearing from you.
Arif

At 10:33pm on April 27, 2008, Aamir A. Farooqui said…: Dear Riaz sahib;
Asalam alaikum,
No problem, I am jsut posting my finidngs about NED please support the cause to improve NED standard. I do not have any personal rivalry against anyone. I am just against corruption.
Thanks,
Aamir

At 1:31am on April 8, 2008, Faisal said…: You "Riaz Haq", doing a great job. As, we Pakistani always lacking behind from major technologies. Now, lacking behind in Social Networking where other people are catching it so well.

Your, great effort to making hi-tech Pakistani people unite and together on central platform is appreciated.

At 9:10am on March 5, 2008, Jamshid Dastur said…: Thankyou sir for referring SPEC to CISCO, CISCO have agreed to sponsor the prizes only, and they'll mail the details within this week...well a tension regarding prizes removed...still the arrangements are left...
thanks for coordination.