Former Dean Faculty of Commerce, Law and Business Administration of Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) Multan Prof. Dr. Hayat Muhammad Awan has joined Air University as Director Multan Campus. Dr. Awan has also served as the Acting Vice Chancellor of BZU on various occasions. Dr. Awan has over 35 years of teaching, research and leadership experience. After earning PhD and MS degrees from University of Toronto, Canada, Dr. Awan jointed University of Wisconsin, Madison as Assistant Professor. He re-joined Bahauddin Zakariya University as Assistant Professor in 1982. Over the next thirty years, besides teaching, he served BZU in various administrative posts, including Director Sub-Campus DG Khan;

Chairman, Board of Faculty of Commerce, Law and Business Administration; Director Institute of Management Sciences; Chairman, Board of Studies Business Administration; and Chairman Department of Statistics. Dr Awan is author of numerous research publications and has attended various conferences and workshops around the world. He has also supervised research thesis of over twenty students working towards PhD and MS degrees.