Corporate & Social Impact
Dr. Shagufta Jabeen (PhD)
Learning & Organizational Development Strategist · Startup Strategy & Validation Mentor
Founder and CEO, Next-Gen Impact (NGI) Consulting · Chairperson, Sukh Saanjh Foundation
LinkedIn · NGI Consulting · Sukh Saanjh Foundation
Biography
Dr. Shagufta Jabeen is a learning and organizational development strategist, consultant, education policy contributor and social-impact leader with more than 20 years of experience, as described in her profile submission. As Founder and CEO of Next-Gen Impact (NGI) Consulting, she advises organizations on human capability, learning systems, institutional transformation, education reform, entrepreneurship and women’s and family development. She also works as a startup strategy and validation mentor.
She reports serving as the first woman Country Director of Fazaia Teachers’ Training Institute, where she led teacher-development, assessment and values-education reforms and contributed to the professional development of more than 7,000 educators and academic leaders. She contributed to the National Curriculum Council Secretariat’s work on the Single National Curriculum. Her consulting experience spans banking, academia, public-sector institutions, business incubators and executive leadership. Her background includes linguistics, law and entrepreneurship.
As Chairperson of Sukh Saanjh Foundation, she leads initiatives supporting women’s leadership, skills and entrepreneurship, including the WELSA (Women’s Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Skills Advancement) Center. She also promotes parenting education through Samajhdar Maan aur Ghrana (SMG), also known as Smart Moms & Families. She has authored Kids’ Artland, a six-book children’s series that she reports has been adopted by various school chains.
Areas of expertise
- Learning and organizational development
- Leadership development and competency frameworks
- Education policy, curriculum reform and implementation
- Teacher professional development, appraisal and learning assessment
- Monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment
- Organizational transformation and performance improvement
- Startup strategy, validation and entrepreneurship mentoring
- Women’s economic participation, leadership and skills development
- Parenting education, family capability and community development
- AI in education and future-ready human capital
Selected experience and achievements
- Contributed to the Single National Curriculum through work with the National Curriculum Council Secretariat.
- Founded and leads NGI Consulting, advising organizations on human capability, learning systems, institutional effectiveness and impact studies.
- Leads Sukh Saanjh Foundation initiatives including the WELSA Center and SMG / Smart Moms & Families.
- Mentors startup founders within the NICAT ecosystem on founder capability, customer discovery and problem-solution validation.
- Received a Fulbright FLTA scholarship for Johns Hopkins University–SAIS in the United States.
- Completed a leadership certificate through Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE).
- Received the ICCI Women of Excellence Award (2023) and ICCI Innovation & Entrepreneurship Award (2024), presented by the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
- Authored Kids’ Artland, a six-book children’s series.
Engagement interests
Speaker · Panelist · TV / Radio · Podcast / Webinar · Mentor · Trainer