![Habib Ur Rahman](https://iranianstudies.macmillan.yale.edu/sites/default/files/styles/people_thumbnail/public/rahmanhabib-10.jpg?itok=_QMw6H9-)
Yale World Fellow (Afghanistan), 2011-12;
Senior Researcher and Analyst, Hambastagi Consultancy Group
An influential policy maker, Rahman is currently a Senior Researcher and Analyst for Hambastagi Consultancy Group. He previously served as a senior policy advisor to Minister Mohammed Haneef Atmar in several government ministries, including Education, where he played a pivotal role in developing the first National Educational Strategy for the post-Taliban education of 6.2 million boys and girls across Afghanistan. Following his Yale World Fellowship, Rahman plans to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.