Dr. Muhammad Farooq is currently serving as Directing Staff (T&C) SMC at NIPA Lahore. During his professional career spanning over 30 years, he has held various academic and administrative assignments in NSPP and its constituent units including NIPA Lahore and NIPA Islamabad. He has also served at CSA.  Among other positions he has served as Addl. Directing Staff CSA, Additional Directing Staff NMC, Directing Staff NIM Islamabad & Directing Staff NIPA Lahore. The officer has imparted trainings in the Civil Services Academy, National Institute of Management Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar and Queta Pakistan

He has Master’s degree in Statistics with distinction and Master’s degree in Economics from Punjab University, MPhil in Applied Economics and PhD in Economics. He has attended number of training program from abroad and Pakistan including Training of Trainer’s program from Harvard Kennedy School, USA, Mid-Career Management course, Senior Management Course and 119th National Management course from National School of Public Policy, Lahore. He has also participated in programs on leadership, case study method, personal styles and managerial grid conducted by LUMS, Singapore  university, NIPA and British Council. Recently he has attended course on Government Innovation Using Digital Technologies in the Post-Covid-19 era (online) from NIA Republic of Korea. His main areas of interest include Data Analytics, Research Methodology and International Trade.