Mr. Wasif Rizvi

President, Habib University, and CEO, Habib University Foundation
M.Ed., Harvard University

As CEO of Habib University Foundation, Mr. Wasif Rizvi is leading the conceptualization, design, and management of Habib University. Under his leadership, Habib University has initiated several youth development projects from the Foundation’s platform.

Before joining the Habib University Foundation, Rizvi served as general manager at Aga Khan Education Services Pakistan, where he was in charge of conceptualizing, designing and implementing educational development programs in various schools. He also helped found the Institute for Development Studies and Practices in Quetta, and Shikshantar, an institute set up in India to rethink the foundations of education and development in South Asia.

Mr. Rizvi holds a master’s degree in International Education from Harvard University. His special interests include religion and indigenous philosophies, and their influence in shaping social, political and economic processes in Middle Eastern and Indian cultures.