Mohammad Ibrahim

Spearheading the comprehensive translation of Nets of Awareness: Urdu Poetry and Its Critics by Frances W. Pritchett (originally published by the University of California Press). Translating complex critical analyses of classical Urdu ghazal traditions, while ensuring the scholarly integrity of the source material Utilizing extensive linguistic research to adapt specialized terminology regarding South Asian literary aesthetics and colonial-era poetic shifts for a contemporary English-speaking audience.

Freelance Translator at Self-Employed (2025-09 – Present)

• Spearheading the comprehensive translation of Nets of Awareness: Urdu Poetry and Its Critics by Frances W. Pritchett (originally published by the University of California Press).
• Translating complex critical analyses of classical Urdu ghazal traditions, while ensuring the scholarly integrity of the source material
• Utilizing extensive linguistic research to adapt specialized terminology regarding South Asian literary aesthetics and colonial-era poetic shifts for a contemporary English-speaking audience.
• Oversight of the full project lifecycle, including manuscript preparation, comparative text analysis, and meticulous proofreading for stylistic consistency and grammatical precision.

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at TTWF (2024-01 – 2024-06)

• Flagged and corrected major errors in Urdu assessments to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Demonstrated flexibility in undertaking additional responsibilities and tasks as assigned, contributing to various aspects of the program.
• Coordinated the administration of formal baseline and midline learning assessments at more than 40 remote locations in and around Karachi.
• Trained and supervised more than 10 enumerators to ensure proper data collection techniques.
• Ensured accurate recording and management of all collected data.
• Maintained and updated digital databases to support program monitoring and evaluation.
• Monitored and tracked student dropouts to identify and address causes.
• Monitored the implementation of program processes to ensure they align with objectives.
• Conducted on-site visits to verify the quality and progress of program activities.

Field Enumerator at TTWF (2023-09 – 2023-12)

Freelance field enumerator for a TTWF project, helping conduct baseline studies at TTWF locations across Karachi, Pakistan.

Field Associate for an ILO/Better Work Project at CERP (2023-08 – 2023-10)

Helped conduct fieldwork for an ILO/BW senior management-level study at over 60 factory Units in the export textile sector in Karachi, Pakistan, for CERP. Included interviews from over 200 senior management employees and tabulated their insights into labor conditions in the textile and garment sector

Teaching Assistant, Department of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts at Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi (2022-09 – 2022-12)

• Supported Ms. Zahra Sabri in two courses, Language, History, and Politics: The Case of Urdu, Hindi, and Hindustani, and Topics in Historiography.
• Maintained attendance and other assessment instruments and mentored students through feedback on specific research and writing efforts

Volunteer Teacher, Summer School at The Citizens' Foundation (TCF) Pakistan (2015-06 – 2015-07)

Voluntarily taught multiple subjects to two primary-level classes at a summer school organized by the non-profit educational organization TCF Pakistan.

• Successfully enhanced reading skills, DIY skills, and communication skills of the students to overwhelmingly positive feedback from students and guardians.

Research Assistant, Department of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts at Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi (2022-09 – 2023-12)

Assisting Lecturer Miss Zahra Sabri on two projects.

• The first project is an archive of traditional Urdu wedding songs brought over to Pakistan from north India by migrant Urdu-speaking families at the time of Partition. Duties include transcription of interviews, online research for rare wedding songs in close dialects of Urdu such as Braj Bhasha, Awadhi, Bhojpuri, and Dakkani
• The second project is a study of dialectical variance between speakers/users of Persian (including Dari) in Pakistan. Duties include interviews and field research in Sohrab Goth and Hazara Goth, Karachi

Data Collector and Translator, Department of Linguistics at Reed College, USA (2020-03 – 2020-03)

Translated and recorded numerous versions of Aesop's Fables into and from Urdu, Pashto, Hindko, and Punjabi for a Linguistics project conducted by Dr Sameer ud Dowla Khan, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Reed College, Portland, USA

MS in Development Studies – Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi (2022-09)

BSc in Civil Engineering – University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Peshawar (2016-09 – 2021-06)