Dr. Tariq Rahim Soomro, Professor of Computer Science, and Rector at Institute of Business Management, has received BSc (Hons) and MSc degrees in Computer Science from University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan and his PhD in Computer Applications from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China and became the first Pakistani to receive all three degrees in the field of Computer Science.  He has more than 29 years of extensive and diverse experience as an administrator, computer programmer, researcher, and teacher.  As an administrator, He served as Coordinator, Head of Department, Head of Faculty, Dean of Faculty, Head of Academic Affairs and having wide experience in accreditation related matters, including ABET USA, HEC Pakistan and Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, United Arab Emirates (UAE). He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers.  He is Senior Member of IEEE since 2005 and IEEE Member since 2000.  He is currently serving as Chair IEEE Karachi Section and IEEE Computer Society R10 Southern Area Coordinator of Computer Society. He is member Task Force on Arabic Script IDNs by Middle East Strategy Working Group (MESWG) of ICANN, Member Editorial Board of several research Journals and also served as Technical Program Committee Member of several national and international conferences. He also received the ISOC Fellowship to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for 68th Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Meeting.  He is also IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor (2021-2023) and become the first Pakistani to be selected by the IEEE Computer Society to the ‘Inaugural Class of IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributors’.