Puruesh Chaudhary

Puruesh Chaudhary (born 26 January 1983) is a Pakistani futures researcher, development and strategic narrative professional.^[1] She has a master's degree in International Negotiation and Policymaking from Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.^[2] She is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad.^[3] Chaudhary is the founder and president of the non-governmental organization Agahi, a media development and capacity building initiative in Pakistan.

Puruesh Chaudhary
Born	(1983-01-26) 26 January 1983 (age 42) Lahore, Pakistan

Chaudhary is on the World's top female futurists as of January 2018.^[4] She has worked with multilateral donors and aid agencies,^[5][6][7] governmental sectors, news organizations^[8] and multinationals in Pakistan. The Pakistan Foresight Initiative is a project part of AGAHI developing frameworks that improves policy making and strategic narratives and structures enabling legislators, strategists, academicians and the community to develop shared understanding for effective implementation of decisions. Chaudhary has produced foresight research compilation on the Future of Pakistan up to 2060^[9] and is the co-author of 'The Future of Business,'^[10] an insight on the rapidly changing world.^[11] Championing "shaping the future of journalism",^[12] Puruesh has also co-founded Pakistan's annual journalism awards (The Agahi Awards);^[13] content analysis framework (Media Credibility Index and Ethical Media Audit);^[14][15] and has created foresight research fellowship opportunities with the Department of Defense and Strategic Studies of Quaid-e-Azam University.^[16] The Center of International Media Ethics’ hired her to serve as its Ambassador to Pakistan campaigning for journalism in the country.^[17]

Chaudhary is currently a Member Board of Advisors for CIME^[18] and a Mentor for UN-Habitat Youth Fund Program.^[19] She trains and mentors journalists all across Pakistan on values and ethics.^{[20][21][22][23][24][25]} Chaudhary is an alumnus of the National Defence University^[26] and is a Committee Member on Media and Outreach. She is recognized as a Global Shaper by the World Economic Forum, an ASPEN alumni,^[27] and a member of the World Futures Society. Chaudhary is on the Planning Committee of the Millennium-Project (Global Futures Studies and Research) representing the Pakistan Chair.^[28][29]

In 2012, Pruruesh Chaudhary gave a talk about the first steps of Agahi at TedxNUST^[30] in Islamabad, Pakistan.