The Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture in Karachi has appointed Dr Faiza Mushtaq as its new Dean/Executive Director. She will start her tenure January 1, 2021, concluding six years as an assistant professor at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi. The positions of Dean and Executive Director have now been combined, having previously been occupied by Dr Asma Abbas and Sameena Raees Khan respectively. Dr Mushtaq’s appointment comes after a year of vacancy for the dean’s position, while the preceding Executive Director’s term had also concluded recently. With a strong academic background in Sociology, Dr Mushtaq spearheaded the growth of social sciences at IBA, serving as an Assistant Professor and the Chairperson of its Social Sciences and Liberal Arts programme.
