Muqaddas Ashiq started her professional career as a summer intern at PRIED in 2023. She is doing a masters in thermal energy engineering at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) where her research project is focused on “Electricity demand forecasting and VRE integration in the power sector of Pakistan”. She graduated from Air university in 2022 with a bachelors degree in applied physics. Her final year project on replacing fuel batteries came second for the campus round of Hult prize 2022. As a part of Shaoor Society Air University, she also worked on a project to create awareness among underprivileged children about sexual abuse and served as a volunteer intern with Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).