Shahid Ahmad

Board Member

Shahid Ahmad is an entrepreneur involved in businesses for the last 50 years. He has served on the board of a number of public, private organizations, as well as philanthropic institutions.

He has the privilege to be from the first batch of DMSTI Technical School in 1967. He also has a degree in Glass Engineering from Alfred University, New York, B.Ed. from University of Karachi and spent 1 year each towards Master’s degree in Solid State Physics and International Affairs at University of Karachi.

The Hunar Foundation (THF) is a Not-for-Profit Organization (NPO), established in 2008 by a group of like-minded Pakistanis, to empower and enable the marginalized youth of Pakistan with vocational and technical skills. THF’s objective is to act as a catalyst in the field of education for catalytic action and increase the number of youth engaged in productive work, consequently alleviating poverty and making them contributing members of the society.