By: Muhammd Ibrahim Bhatti
Slow and steady wins the race. This maxim fits finely in the instance of Dr. Ghulam Ali Buriro, Assistant Professor, Institute of English Language and Literature, University of Sindh, Jamshoro; who has emerged as “Pride of Pakistan” in the world academic arena on account of his enviable contribution as international speaker, teacher-trainer, academic advisor and research consultant. Besides presenting as Keynote Speaker at international conferences, Dr. Buriro also extends counsel, voluntary consultancy services and expertise towards the making and development of various international academic and research organizations. He also offers assistance to the world societies, associations and academies in hosting and conducting of international conferences, and also in evaluating as Member/Convener Board of Judges mutiple events featuring presentation of posters, research papers and demonstration teaching festivals at a global level. This welcome progress has come obvious in form of the fact that Dr. Buriro has been successful in grabbing ” Three Pride of World Class Excellence Awards 2021″ at a stretch : i) Iconic Teacher of the Year Award ii) Iconic Educational Consultant Award and iii) Iconic Research Consultant Award.
The above awards were announced in September 2021 by the International Society of Teachers, Administrators, and Researchers, Inc. (ISTAR) Global Thailand to reward the best teachers, speakers, researchers, research consultants and academic advisors for the year 2021, as it invited contestant nominations for the ” 1st Pride of World-Class Excellence Awards” in 7 categories. This Award System aimed to honor teachers for their exceptional commitment to service and unparalleled demonstration of dedication and love for the profession, institutions, students and the cause of dissemination of education despite the apparently insurmountable odds erected in the way by Covid-19. And this way to honor, celebrate and award the teachers who have made significant positive impact on the lives of learners and the communities across continents.
The aspirant candidates were subjected to an intensely rigorous process to compete with the scores of other competitors to qualify for the coveted prizes, involving the mandatory steps of registration, submission of forms along with supportive evidence justifying candidature and competence for the awards, initial scrutiny of application forms for validation of claims, shortlisting, screening, interviewing and final selection by a highly accomplished international panel of experts through open, fair, transparent, merit-based and punctilious process.
Dr. Buriro’s clinching of the given topnotch excellnce accolades is widely regarded as a matter of profound pleasure here and overseas for all his compatriots, a cause of immense pride for his beloved homeland Pakistan, his blessed Alma Mater University of Sindh, Jamshoro, his institute, colleagues, students, friends and family.
These awards were virtually conferred upon Dr. Buriro in acknowledgement of his expertise, experiences, insights, skills, knowledge, motivation, inspiration and resources that he has been sharing virtually and in on-site mode with the audiences from Asia and beyond for the last two or so years. These sharings have been phenomenal and have cast transformational impact on well above 5,000 (Five Thousand) educators from around 51 (Fifty One) countries, continentally representing USA, Europe, South America, Russia, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
The awarding outfit that is “International Society of Teachers, Administrators and Researchers, Inc.(ISTAR Global Thailand)” is a globally-reputed non-profit academic organization based simultaneously in the Kingdom of Thailand and the Republic of Philippines with over 500 international members, 27 world chapters/centers and quite an impressive track record of organizing 73 international conferences/webinars/training workshops/TESOL certificate courses to its credit. It is registered with and is recognized by the Department of Business Development in Thailand and the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Philippines. It has of late signed partnership Memorandum of Understanding with International Chamber of English Language Teachers, Mexico. Earlier, it has collaborated teaching, training and research projects with leading international outfits that include 9 professional organizations, 18 universities and 16 basic education learning institutions. So far, around 8,400 educators, students, scholars and researchers from 64 countries have benefitted from the international events organized by ISTAR Global, Thailand/Philippines.
Dr. Ghulam Ali enjoys wide acclaim as an inspiring classroom teacher, social development mentor, student upskilling trainer, academic and research guide, certified international teacher-educator and youth motivator.