Nassar Ikram

Rear Admiral Nassar Ikram
Vice-Chancellor University of Central Punjab
Incumbent
Assumed office April 2021
Vice President NSTP
In office December 2019 – April 2021
Succeeded by	AVM Rizwan Riaz
Pro Rector NUST
In office April 2017 – April 2021
Succeeded by	AVM Rizwan Riaz
Commandant Pakistan Navy Engineering College
In office July 2015 – April 2017
Preceded by	Cdre Zahid Iqbal
Succeeded by	Vice Admiral Imran Ahmad
Personal details
Born	Nassar Ikram
Awards	Hilal-i-Imtiaz (military) Sitara-i-Imtiaz (military) Sword of Honour
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Navy
Years of service	1981 - 2019
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands	Deputy Director General Inter-Services Intelligence Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (C4I) PNS Jauhar Director Inter-Services Intelligence
Battles/wars	Kargil War Operation Parakaram 2008 Indo-Pakistan standoff War in North West-Pakistan 2015 India-Pakistan border skirmishes 2016 India-Pakistan Standoff 2019 India–Pakistan standoff

Nassar Ikram, HI(M), SI(M) was a two-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy, who is currently serving as Vice chancellor of University of Central Punjab.^[1]

Career[]

He joined Pakistan Navy in 1979 and was commissioned Weapon Engineering branch in December 1983 winning the coveted sword of Honor. He graduated in Electrical Engineering from Pakistan Navy Engineering College with distinction in 1985, then affiliated with NED University, Karachi. Admiral did his Weapon Engineering Application Course from UK in 1989 with distinction. He obtained Masters in Electronics Systems Engineering from Cranfield University, UK in 1995 winning the best student award. He is a graduate of National Defence University, Islamabad in National Security and War Studies. and holds Master's degree in National Security & War Studies from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad and Doctorate Degree in Cryptography from Bradford University, UK in 1999 during which, his 2 papers won the best IEEE paper wards in US.^[2]

He served onboard PNS Tughril, PNS Dacca, PNS Shamsher and PNS Munsif as Weapon Engineering Officer / Deputy Weapon Engineering Officer. He also served at PN Dockyard. He was an instructor at Electronic Warfare Training Centre, PNS Bahadur. His distinguished appointments include Deputy Director General Inter-Services Intelligence, Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff at Naval Headquarters (NHQ) and Commandant Pakistan Navy Engineering College.^[3] He served as Pro-Rector, Research Innovation and Commercialization at NUST and played a pivotal role in the establishment of Pakistan’s first Science and Technology Park the .^[4] He served as NSTP's founding Vice-President. He is currently serving as Vice-Chancellor at University of Central Punjab.^[5]

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