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Hira Aslam

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Hira Aslam is a finance graduate from the Lahore University of Management Sciences with keen interest in entrepreneurship and social service. She is currently working as a product consultant at S&P Global Market Intelligence, which aims to power the markets of the future by providing essential intelligence. Apart from her daily tasks she has been involved in equipping herself with technical and interpersonal skills helping her work better in teams both at work and outside. She has also actively led her team at a Design Thinking workshop, presenting ideas for a sustainable environment in the workplace. Her work outside of employment focuses on advocating for the need of developing entrepreneurial personalities with in youth and women for a sustainable livelihood.

Moreover, Hira is a former Steering Committee member of the LUMS Entrepreneurial Society, a student run organization that plans and executes business competitions, workshops and boot camps to foster the entrepreneurial spirit in students all across Pakistan. She, herself has represented her university and country in various business competitions locally and internationally, the most recent one being the Rome Business Game in 2019. She was also part of the team that delivered a training session on Entrepreneurship at the National Youth Summit held in Azad Kashmir in 2019. Furthermore, she led the Pakistani delegation to South Korea for Youth Camp for Asia’s Future in 2016 to participate in a dialogue about youth involvement in current social issues as well as to promote Pakistani culture. Her interests expand to sports as well having led a Varsity Basketball team as captain into several tournaments. Having support from the Salamti Fellowship Program, she has recently started working on a social initiative called Justaju, which aims to highlight women’s right to dream. She envisions a country where women are empowered to follow their dreams and be physically, emotionally and financially independent from the stereotypes of our society against women.