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
- To provide scholarships to needy and talented students
- To provide vertical mobility to the most vulnerable segments of Society and to eradicate poverty.
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 |
CEO – CFO – CIA – Company Secretary – Manager HR & Admin – Manager Scholarship – Manager MIS
