About – NEST

About us

Who We Are ?

National Endowment Scholarships for Talent (NEST) (“The Company”) is a non-profit organization, whose mission is to identify and develop unserved and under-served areas for providing the quality education throughout the country.

The main objective of the NEST is to provide scholarships to needy cum talented students, who do not have enough resources to continue their studies.

“Poverty alleviation through nesting education”

“Our youths’ bright future should not be victim of circumstances”

How We Operate

NEST generates revenue from its Endowment fund to achieve its objectives. So far Endowment Fund of Rs 5.2 Billion invested and realised the profit over 1559 Million for scholarships and operational expenditure. We invests in Term Deposit Certificates (TDR), which is considered the safest available investment at competitive rates provided by top banks of Pakistan.

Endowment Fund

Generate profit through Investment

Disburse 90% profit in Scholarship

Objectives

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mr. Madad Ali Sindhi	Hon. Minister FE&PT (Chairperson)
Mr. Waseem Ajmal Chaudhry	Secretary – Ministry of FE&PT
Mr. Muhammad Saleem Ahmad Ranjha	Global Tech and Social Entrepreneur
Mr. Imdad Ullah Bosal	Secretary (or representative) – Finance Division
Mr. Syed Junaid Akhlaq	Additional Secretary - FE&PT
Dr. Shaista Sohail	ED HEC
Mr. Irfan Iqbal Sheikh	President – The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry
Mr. Jawad Amin	President (or representative) – Pakistan Nursing and Midwifery Council
Mr. Arshad Mahmood	Artist
Ms. Hina Tayyaba Khalil	VC PIFD

Audit Committee

Scholarship Committee

HR Committee

NEST CORE TEAM


CEO	Federal Secretary M/o FE&PT / Acting CEO NEST
Hajra Sohail	General Manager
Mr. Hameed Khan Niazi	CFO
Mazhar Amir	Manager MIS