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Dr. Rafique is currently working as Associate Professor in Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, Dubai, UAE and has teaching and research specialty in quality management, operations management, Industry 4.0, Quality 4.0, project management, supply chain management, and Public policy & strategy for over 17 years. He is masters from UK in and PhD from The National University of Malaysia which is Malaysian top rated and among top 130 universities in QS Ranking. His PhD work was awarded "Outstanding Scholarship Achievement Award" from Prime Minister of Malaysia and was awarded as "Graduate On Time" from mechanical engineering department UKM. He is recently awarded Best Teacher Award for the year 2023. He was awarded "Best University Research Productivity Award-Eminent Researcher for consecutive years of 2020 & 2021 and he won best university research project winning award for the year 2023 from University based on his publications in recognized journals (like Total Quality Management & Business Excellence” & “Technology Analysis and strategic Management etc.) with Combative Impact Factor- 48 and H index 10. He is Director for Sustainable Operations & Industry 4.0 Lab and recently won research grant of PKR 10 million as principal investigator on “Life Cycle Assessment of Manufacturing Sector for Developing National GHG Inventory" under HEC-NRPU. He also worked as the Senior Principal Consultant/ Principal Investigator for WWF consultancy entitled “Development of Reporting Mechanism on SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production)” from October 2021 till February 2022. He has a vast managerial experience as he is working as Associate HOD and Director Post Graduate Studies and for mechanical engineering department and Higher Education-Pakistan approved PhD Supervisor. He is Domain head for Curriculum Development in his department for management domain. He has been invited to various national forums as an expert in his specialization. He is specialist in industry-academia linkages in the field of management.