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NIBAF Trainer Prole

of the Quarter

Shahnaz is a social entrepreneur enterprise and social enterprise
and development professional, development; management,
with 32 years experience of leadership and institutional
Shahnaz
leading projects that promote development; governance, Shahnaz
sustainable socio-economic inclusion and gender
Kapadia Rahat
development. She has worked at mainstreaming; and Kapadia Rahat
policy, planning and development of local
implementation levels, with the governments. Shahnaz has led Uganda, USA, Uzbekistan. She is
government, international large scale rollouts for federal, a team player, able to
agencies, NGOs and the private provincial and local strategically handle challenging
sector. She has led national and governments, outreaching situations and diverse
international projects, supervising hundreds of thousands of colleagues.
design, inception, beneficiaries. She is recognized
She has a Master's in Business
implementation, monitoring and for her capacity development
Administration from the Institute
evaluation. interventions, especially in the
of Business Administration,
area of experiential module
As an instructional designer, Karachi, and a Master's in Public
design and training of trainers.
Shahnaz has developed Administration Harvard Kennedy
experiential and visualized Shahnaz has worked in School, USA. She is currently the
learning material for target Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chief Executive Officer, Mera
audiences ranging from senior Canada, China, Egypt, Iran, Maan Pvt. Ltd, a training and
professionals to those at the India, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, consulting firm based in
grassroots level. Her areas of Pakistan, Philippines, Senegal, Islamabad, Pakistan.
thematic interest include Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey,
Training Matters!
Tell us about your association and experience as a trainer with NIBAF ??

Since August 2016, Mera Maan (Pvt) Limited has trained 125 Trainers and 75 Master Trainers for NIBAF
through various workshops like 5-day Instructional Design and Train the Trainer for in-house SBP senior
officers so that they can design and conduct more experiential training; 5-days Training of Trainers
workshop for NFLP Master Trainers for selected BSC staff; 3-day Training of Trainers workshop for 90
commercial bankers from 23 banks.

Training Matters!
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What specic skills do you bring to the trainer position and what do you consider the key criteria for
training to be effective? Also, what special skills are required for an effective trainer in an adult
learning environment?

I have been passionately involved with the teaching and training profession for nearly 30 years! I entered it
through a fortunate accident, and committed my life to it because it became a beloved occupation, more a
hobby than work. My company, Mera Maan (Pvt) Limited, is built around this passion, where my prime aim is
to develop people and institutions so that I can 'Build Capacities to Build Capacity'. For me, a trainer is really
a CHANGEMAKER. A person who aims to positively affect the hearts and minds of those s/he engages with.
Development of knowledge and skills cannot be accomplished without inspiring a simultaneous mindset
change.

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