Farmancus
Apr 30, 2017
Scholarship / STATEMENT OF PURPOSE FOR OFID SCHOLARSHIP AWARD - PAKISTAN RISK [4]
@bilal_engineer
thank you dear bilal. I have modified it totally now, looking at the suggestions made by you people. Can you check this!
A nation's prosperity and development lies in a well-equipped and educated human resource. No nation can achieve sustainable growth without having skilled and professional personnel. Higher education has always played an essential role in achieving development for developing countries like Pakistan. It is this concept that motivates me to apply for OFID scholarship award. With the OFID scholarship award, I will be able to learn and work with a highly reputable and skillful team of international reputation at postgraduate level. It will also enable me to put help put Pakistan on the path of sustainability.
Almost 12 years ago, on 8th October 2005, Pakistan was hit hard by an earthquake causing loss of thousands of lives and other economic as well as physical damage. This earthquake created an alarming situation in the entire country. As a high school student at that time, I still remember the timing of the earthquake. While we were listening to our first class of the day, the sad incident happened so quickly that we were unable to respond quickly. Alternately this leads to the delays in our academic schedule and our entire academic year was badly disturbed. In a similar passion, the severe floods in August 2010 also disturb our preparation for university entrance exam. The 2010 flood lasts for 48 days surpassing the previous damages done by the 2005 earthquake. In all my lifetime so far, these two phenomenon had played a crucial part in my choice for choosing disaster management as my future career.
In my opinion, for Pakistan to be a resilient nation against disasters, it needs to have skillful and professional people in the field of disaster management. To be an asset for Pakistan in a larger sense, I have long dreamed of joining academia. In this way I will be able to make strong linkages between the academia, the authorities responsible for disaster management in Pakistan and the general masses through many initiatives such as workshops, research initiatives and studies, training courses, campaigns, guidelines etc. Consequently, we will be able to change the current reactive role of rescue, relief and rehabilitation by the government as well as non-government organizations working in the field of disaster management to a proactive role of preparedness, prevention and mitigation in order to equip people with latest knowledge and skills.
With a bachelor degree already in hand in disaster management, the master degree in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation at the Lund University will further enhance my educational career as a research fellow in the academia in Pakistan. My role in this new area of study in Pakistan will be to serve my country in confronting natural as well as man-made disasters by creating awareness and working with different stakeholders. My future goal is solely focused on to work for capacity building of my fellow Pakistanis in dealing with such phenomenon. This is because currently, unprofessional people are working in making policies, plans and guidelines on behalf of the entire nation.
@bilal_engineer
thank you dear bilal. I have modified it totally now, looking at the suggestions made by you people. Can you check this!
A nation's prosperity and development lies in a well-equipped and educated human resource. No nation can achieve sustainable growth without having skilled and professional personnel. Higher education has always played an essential role in achieving development for developing countries like Pakistan. It is this concept that motivates me to apply for OFID scholarship award. With the OFID scholarship award, I will be able to learn and work with a highly reputable and skillful team of international reputation at postgraduate level. It will also enable me to put help put Pakistan on the path of sustainability.
Almost 12 years ago, on 8th October 2005, Pakistan was hit hard by an earthquake causing loss of thousands of lives and other economic as well as physical damage. This earthquake created an alarming situation in the entire country. As a high school student at that time, I still remember the timing of the earthquake. While we were listening to our first class of the day, the sad incident happened so quickly that we were unable to respond quickly. Alternately this leads to the delays in our academic schedule and our entire academic year was badly disturbed. In a similar passion, the severe floods in August 2010 also disturb our preparation for university entrance exam. The 2010 flood lasts for 48 days surpassing the previous damages done by the 2005 earthquake. In all my lifetime so far, these two phenomenon had played a crucial part in my choice for choosing disaster management as my future career.
In my opinion, for Pakistan to be a resilient nation against disasters, it needs to have skillful and professional people in the field of disaster management. To be an asset for Pakistan in a larger sense, I have long dreamed of joining academia. In this way I will be able to make strong linkages between the academia, the authorities responsible for disaster management in Pakistan and the general masses through many initiatives such as workshops, research initiatives and studies, training courses, campaigns, guidelines etc. Consequently, we will be able to change the current reactive role of rescue, relief and rehabilitation by the government as well as non-government organizations working in the field of disaster management to a proactive role of preparedness, prevention and mitigation in order to equip people with latest knowledge and skills.
With a bachelor degree already in hand in disaster management, the master degree in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation at the Lund University will further enhance my educational career as a research fellow in the academia in Pakistan. My role in this new area of study in Pakistan will be to serve my country in confronting natural as well as man-made disasters by creating awareness and working with different stakeholders. My future goal is solely focused on to work for capacity building of my fellow Pakistanis in dealing with such phenomenon. This is because currently, unprofessional people are working in making policies, plans and guidelines on behalf of the entire nation.
