Dr. Akash Jamil

Lecturer

Education: B.Sc. (Hons). Agriculture (Forestry) (B.Z.U)
M.Sc.(Hons) Agriculture (Forestry)  (B.Z.U)
Ph.D. Forestry and Rangeland Management (B.Z.U)

Contact: +92-305-7877647
Email: Akashjamil2@live.com, Akashjamil@cuvas.edu.pk
Office Address: Academic Block 2, Department of Rangeland Forestry and Wildlife, CUVAS, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Linkedin / Researchgate / Orcid ID
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Akash-Jamil
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0198-9327


Biography

Dr. Akash Jamil received his BSc. (Hons) in forestry and Rangeland sciences in 2016 from Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan. He secured his MSc (hons) forestry and Rangeland management in 2018 with distinction (Gold Medal) from the same university. He obtained his Ph.D. Degree in 2024 in the field of Rangeland Management from B.Z.U. Meanwhile he joined Paksitan Agriculture Council as a Scientific Officer in 2022. Dr Jamil recently (March 2024) joined as a lecturer in the department of Rangeland, Forestry and Wildlife, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animals Sciences, Bahawalpur. He has published about 14 peer-reviewed articles in well-known SCI international journals. Dr Jamil has performed excellent research work on Rangeland biodiversity, Traditional ecological knowledge, Medicinal plant biodiversity/ecology, and carbon sequestration and climate change related studies. Dr jamil was keenly involved in two major research projects funded by Agriculture linkages program and HEC NRPU related to Rangelands and medicinal plant ecology/diversity respectively.

Areas of Interest

  • Rangeland ecology/Biodiversity
  • Rangeland Rehabilitation
  • Ecological and Cultural Anthropology
  • Medicinal plant ecology/biodiversity
  • Natural Resource Management
  • Carbon sequestration

Trainings/Courses/ Workshops/Seminars

  • Seminar on “Rangelands in Pakistan: Status, Potential, Opportunities & Tools/Measures for its Improvement” at Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan. 28-29 April, 2015.
  • Training on Grant Proposal Writing by The Doer Trust at Boland Hall- Caritas Multan 28-30May, 2019.
  • Participation in International conference on Climate Change and Biodiversity at The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan 2-4 May, 2020
  • Participation in National Symposium on Moringa oleifera: Recent Trends and Challenges in Processing and Product Developments at University of Sargodha, Pakistan on 9-10 April 2021.
  • Participation in National Training Course on Watershed Management and Soil Conservation at Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar, Pakistan on 9 -12 April, 2021
  • Attended Review of Progress on Pakistan Food system transformation pathway for UN food system Summit in Marriot Islamabad June 13 2023
  • Workshop on Climate Resilient High yielding And quality rice development at NARC Islamabad on September 2023
  • Participated in an international training course on Sustainable Agriculture and Food security with BCG Model conducted by Thailand international Cooperation Agency and Burapha University on 11 March- 20 March 2024

 

Publications:

 

  1. Jamil, A., Zubair, M., & Endress, B. A. (2023). Influence of Pastoral Settlements Gradient on Vegetation Dynamics and Nutritional Characteristics in Arid Rangelands. Sustainability, 15(6), 4849.
  2. Jamil, A., Zubair, M., Manzoor, S. A., Wali Muhammad, M., Yasin, G., Ur Rahman, S., ... & Abd_Allah, E. F. (2022). Impact of Human Settlements on Diversity of Range Vegetation. Sustainability, 14(1), 519.
  3. Jamil, A., Zubair, M., & Manzoor, S. A. (2022). A Herder's eye view: Traditional ecological knowledge based indicators for monitoring rangeland conditions in Thal, Pakistan. Environmental Development, 42, 100699.
  4. Zubair, M., Yasin, G., Qazlbash, S. K., Ul Haq, A., Jamil, A., Yaseen, M., ... & Guo, W. (2022). Carbon Sequestration by Native Tree Species around the Industrial Areas of Southern Punjab, Pakistan. Land, 11(9), 1577.
  5. Zubair, M., Jamil, A., Hussain, S. B., Ul Haq, A., Hussain, A., Zahid, D. M., ... & Abd_Allah, E. F. (2021). Diversity of Medicinal Plants among Different Tree Canopies. Sustainability, 13(5), 2640.
  6. Zubair, M., Mohsin Ijaz, R., Bilal Hussain, S., Jamil, A., & Khan, I. (2021). Understanding NWFPs Utilization, Marketing and Transportation in AJK, Pakistan.
  7. Zubair, M., Imran, M. S., Hussain, S. B., & Jamil, A. (2020). Perceptions of the Impact of Biogas: A Case Study from Pakistan’s Southern District Muzaffargarh. Journal of Energy Research and Reviews, 17-24.
  8. Zubair, M., Jamil, A., Lukac, M., & Manzoor, S. A. (2019). Non-Timber Forest Products Collection Affects Education of Children in Forest Proximate Communities in Northeastern Pakistan. Forests, 10(9), 813.
  9. Muhammad, Z., Akash, J., Din, M. Z., Syed, B. H., & Kashif, A. (2019). Vegetation resource inventory of NWFPs in the state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 28(11A), 8591-8600.
  10. Zubair, M., Khan, S., Hussain, S. B., Haq, A. U., & Jamil, A. (2019). Ethnobotanical Study Of Pakistan’s Southern Punjab Tehsil Of Dunyapur. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Studies, 2(09), 40-52.
  11. Manzoor, S. A., Jamil, A., Ansari, A. N., Siddique, S., Javed, J., Khan, Z., &Ijaz, M. (2016). How do we perceive climate change? Digging deep in to the public climate change awareness and beliefs in the urban community of Southern Punjab, Pakistan. Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 53(5).

Books edited, Book chapters or monographs published

  1. Azhar, M.F., Jamil, A., Ali, E., & Aziz, A. (2023). GHG Management Implications for Developed and Developing Nations. In Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture: Concepts, Issues and Policies for Developing Countries (pp. 135-157). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
  2. Azhar, M. F., Qadir, I., Shehzad, M. M., & Jamil, A. (2022). Changing Climate Impacts on Forest Resources. Building Climate Resilience in Agriculture: Theory, Practice and Future Perspective, 111-130.

Awards or Distinctions

  1. Earned First position Gold Medal in Msc.(Hons) Forestry and Rangeland management for year 2016-2018 by securing highest CGPA