Abiha Batool

Master’s in City and Regional Planning & Certification in Global Development

2021 - 2023

Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, Fulbright Scholarship

BA Hons Communication and Design

2015 - 2019

Habib University, Pakistan

Summer International Honors Program

2018

Stanford University, USA

• Designed a course for Habib University students around the waste management crisis in Karachi. The course is an amalgamation of design, journalism and planning, and is approved to be taught in Spring 2025.
• Conducted a session for Habib University students to help them identify their paths after graduation, giving them the necessary resources to navigate each path, be it finding a job, applying for grad schools or becoming an entrepreneur (2024).
• Invited to conduct a two-day workshop at Habib University with Dawlance, one of the biggest home appliance brands in Pakistan. The workshops were a part of Habib University’s Industry Training Series (2023).
• Designed and conducted a workshop at Habib University named “UX Design for Better Cities” (2023).
• Conducted workshops with the various underprivileged, climate-vulnerable communities in Savannah and helped them identify how they could utilize the government funding to improve their climate resiliency (2022).
• Conducted multiple workshops with clients at Designist, where my role was to ensure that different departments and stakeholders collaborated and came up with solutions for their products together, through a mutual consensus (2019-2021).

• Elected President of Fulbright Student Association at Georgia Tech (2022).
• Awarded Fulbright Scholarship to pursue Masters in the USA (2021).
• Awarded Dean’s Medal for scoring the highest CGPA in C&D class of 2019, Habib University (2019).
• Selected to participate in Women Leaders Fellowship Program by Nest.io, an intensive 3 month training for women leaders in Pakistan (2024).

Manager Undergraduate Education

2023 - Present

Habib University, Karachi, Pakistan

• Spearheaded and strategized initiatives aimed at enhancing the university's four-year graduation rate through intensive research and innovative methodologies.
• Worked directly with the Dean to develop and implement a comprehensive academic governance system and policies, ensuring seamless university-wide flow of knowledge and efficient decision-making processes.
• Contributed to the University's pursuit of NECHE Accreditation, actively participating in the accreditation committees.
• Oversaw and managed events within the Dean's department, including the coordination and execution of the final year capstone showcase event.
• Led efforts in strategizing and evaluating enhancements to Habib's liberal core curriculum, fostering academic excellence and adaptability, and an overall good student experience.

Community Engagement Intern/Project Lead

May 2022 - Aug 2022

Smart Sea Level Sensors, Savannah, USA

• In collaboration with the City of Savannah and The Harambee Foundation, worked with vulnerable communities in Savannah to help them become climate resilient.

Service Designer/Business Consultant

Jul 2019 – Jun 2021

Designist, Experience Design Consultancy, Karachi, Pakistan

• Designed the end-to-end experience of Fujifilm’s home X-ray service RemoteCare.
• Designed Online Banking Platforms for Meezan Bank using UI/UX methods.
• Improved the existing designs of Bank Al-Habib’s Online Banking Platforms.
• Redesigned and improved the customer experience and services being offered by the biggest blood bank of Asia, Hussaini Blood Bank.
• Conducted UX research for Careem, a ride-hailing services company.

Intern

Jun 2017 – Jul 2017

Marvi Mazhar Associates, Architecture Studio, Karachi, Pakistan

• Contributed to the Spoken History Project, Field Mapping, and operational tasks for opening a community center in one of Karachi's oldest neighborhoods.

Workshop Facilitator

Sep 2017 – May 2018

Playground, Centre for Transdisciplinarity and Design, Student Employment

• Helped organize and conduct transdisciplinary workshops for students.

• Elected member of Curriculum Review Committee, Habib University (2018-19).
• Elected Senator for Communication and Design, Batch of 2019 (2017-2018).
• Founder and Chairperson of Sustainability Committee, Habib University (2017-18).
• Orientation Leader at Habib University for the batch of 2020 (2016).

• Invited as a speaker at the 17th Annual Conference on Climate Change in Islamabad, Pakistan (January 2024).
• Selected to participate in HPAIR (Harvard College Project for Asian and International Relations) Conference at Harvard University, February 2019.
• Project Playground was selected to be presented at UNRH (Undergraduate Network for Research in Humanities) at Wooster University, February 2019.
• Represented Habib University at COP in My City Conference organized by Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan (and won award for best delegation).
• Presented an academic paper in a seminar on Social and Spatial Organization of Religious and Cultural Heritage in Sindh, at NED University.

• Member of Design Team for Tedx Habib University (2017).
• Worked with OPP (Orangi Pilot Project, an NGO) for field mapping in Orangi, one of the biggest slums of Asia (2017).
• Won first position in Sustainability Competition at Habib University (2017).
• Held the position of Secretary for the designing club Digitalato (2016).
• Organized events as a member of the Events Committee for PAC (Physics and Astronomy Club)(2016).

• Negotiation and Conflict Management, Georgia Tech, 2023.
• Persuasive Communication for Entrepreneurs and Environmental Scientists, Stanford University, 2028.