Dr. Tariq Rahim Soomro holds a B.Sc. (Hons) and M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan, and a Ph.D. in Computer Applications from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Notably, he is the first Pakistani to have earned all three degrees in the field of Computer Science.
With over 29 years of diverse and extensive experience, Dr. Soomro has distinguished himself as an academic administrator, computer programmer, researcher, and educator. He has held several key administrative positions, including Coordinator, Head of Department, Dean of Faculty, and Head of Academic Affairs. His expertise in academic accreditation spans globally recognized frameworks such as ABET (USA), NBEAC, NCEAC, HEC Pakistan, KHDA Dubai, and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, UAE.
Dr. Soomro has published more than 100 peer-reviewed research papers and remains actively engaged in the academic community. He has been a member of IEEE since 2000 and was elevated to Senior Member status in 2005. Currently, he serves as the Chair of the IEEE Karachi Section (2024–2025) and as the IEEE Computer Society R10 Southern Area Coordinator (2020–2025).
He has contributed to numerous committees and editorial boards, including the Task Force on Arabic Script IDNs under ICANN’s Middle East Strategy Working Group (MESWG), and serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals. Additionally, he has been a Technical Program Committee member for various national and international conferences.
Dr. Soomro’s contributions have been recognized with several prestigious accolades, including the ISOC Fellowship to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for its 68th meeting. He is affiliated with several professional societies such as the Computer Society of Pakistan (CSP), the Sindh Graduate Association (SGA), and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
He is the first Pakistani to be recognized as an IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor (2021–2023) and the only Pakistani to be honored as a Distinguished Contributor in the inaugural class of IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributors (2021).
As Chair of the IEEE Karachi Section, Dr. Soomro represented not only the Karachi Section but also the Lahore and Islamabad Sections at the 2025 IEEE Region 10 Meeting, held from February 22–23, 2025, in Incheon, South Korea.
Dr. Tariq Rahim Soomro
Professor of Computer Science and Rector at the Institute of Business Management (IoBM), Karachi
