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When he joined Pakistan’s Civil Service, Najam Ahmad Shah was repeatedly told that his engineering and management degrees and skill set was irrelevant to his career as a civil servant. However, in a country that believed that setting up Solar Power was expensive and not feasible, a country where people lacked the specific training, since this hadn’t been done before; this man pioneered the first Solar Power Plant from scratch, and that too a plant with above average capacity. Listen to him talk about his journey from being an engineer and a civil servant, to CEO of Quaid-e-Azam Solar, and sharing the idea of a Solar Pakistan. Mr. Najam Ahmad Shah, a Fulbright Scholar and an Eisenhower Fellow, is an Electrical Engineer and also holds a Masters in Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management, as well as Masters in Public Administration(the latter from Harvard). He has worked for Siemens. Currently, Mr. Shah is the CEO Quaid e Azam Solar Power Pvt. Ltd.; the government’s initiative to help solve Pakistan’s energy crisis. He has been working tirelessly to make it a success and under his leadership, enabling the plant to start exporting 100 MW from the plant with immediate effect. As CEO of the company he believes in the importance of renewable energy, and the urgent need to work toward a better and greener future. Along with his post in QA Solar, he has recently been appointed as Secretary Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education of the Government of the Punjab. In March 2016, he received the “President’s Pride of Performance Award” for his undying efforts and passionate work. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx