Nishit Sahay

Nishit Sahay is Senior Advisor-External Relations at Institute of Immigration Research (IIR) He leads IIR’s external relations efforts that build and sustain IIR’s expertise and offerings to the wider audience nationally and globally. He works closely with faculty, staff and key persons in the university to enhance academic and research collaborations of the center with Universities, public and private institutions, donor organizations and philanthropic groups. Sahay also assists center’s leadership in wide range of fundraising activities, including providing stewardship, identifying new prospective donors, developing solicitation goals, objectives, and strategies that cultivate support for public service education with a focus on immigration policy & welfare through IIR.

Sahay uses his training as Experimental Nuclear Physicist, professional experiences in international trade, higher education & training and public policy in understanding and finding quantitative description of a broad class of collective dynamical phenomena within society.

At the center, he works on issues concerning social, political and economic contributions of immigrants and their integration into the United States. His interests and expertise throw light on American ingenuity in social, economic and technological innovations that help US maintain its leadership role in the world.

Sahay holds M.S. in Transportation, Policy, Operations & Logistics (TPOL) from George Mason University; M.Sc. in Experimental Nuclear Physics from the department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi; Master’s in International Business from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) and Bachelor’s in Science with honors in Physics from Ranchi University, India

Tehmina Faisal

Dr. Tehmina Faisal is associated with the Department of Public Administration, University of Karachi as Asst. Professor since 2012. She has earned her PhD in the year 2019 under the title “Social Entrepreneurship; A Pathway to Social Change – A case of Pakistan”. She has published quite a few articles on topics related to social policy, youth engagement, women empowerment, encouraging entrepreneurial tendencies and managing human resources in organizations. Her work shows her enthusiasm and commitment towards the preservation and progression of ethical and social norms and trends; embracing social change and development of social capital, specifically in Pakistan. Dr. Tehmina was also associated with the GMU-UoK project on “Managing Megacities – A case of Karachi (2014-2016)”, as a research scholar and lead organizer for the project conference held at Karachi in Sept, 2016. She is a certified British Council trainer for SAP; and is currently associated with multiple research projects at national and international level.