Touqeer Ahmed received his B.E degree in Electrical Engineering from Quaid-E-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology, Pakistan, in 2010, his M.E in Energy Systems Engineering from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan in 2016 and his Ph.D. in Swarm Intelligence based Microgrid Controls from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia in 2020. He joined the Faculty of Engineering at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan in January 2012 as Lecturer. He was promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor and Assocaite Professor in 2016 and 2022 respectively in same department. Dr. Touqeer has led the Department of Electrical Engineering Mehran University of Engineering and Technology as Chairperson for the two years from September 2022 to September 2024. He joined A’Sharqiyah University, Oman in October 2024 as Assistant Professor in department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. He is a reviewer of several ISI-indexed journals and published about 40 journal and conference articles. His research interests include swarm intelligence-based optimization methods for microgrid controls, Machine learning based classification and prediction methods and applications of artificial intelligence and evolutionary algorithms in different control schemes.