Dr. Athar Osama is the  Member of the Planning Commission responsible for science and technology and one of the leading science and innovation policy advisers to the Government of Pakistan. He also the founder of Pakistan Innovation Foundation (PIF)and the Muslim World Science Initiative. At PIF, Dr. Osama has spearhead fundraising and executive responsibility for developing and delivering several innovation programmes including a National Innovation Grand Challenges (NIGC) initiative, an annual Conference (Pakistan Innovation Forum), and National Innovation Awards. Prior to this, Dr. Osama was the Director of Middle East and Asia for Angle Plc. - a UK-based technology commercialization consulting, management, and venture capital firm that specialized innovation programmes, incubators, and research parks in Europe, North America, and the Middle East. From 1999-2006, Dr. Osama worked at the RAND Corporation - one of the world's leading public think tanks where he helped develop US Army's Venture Capital Fund. Dr. Osama is the Fellow of the New York-based World Technology Network (WTN) and a Young Global Leader (2013-18) for the World Economic Forum (WEF). Dr. Osama graduated with a PhD in public policy from the Pardee RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica, CA and has a Bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Pakistan Airforce Academy where he won the coveted 'Sword of Honor'.