Syed Atiq ul Hassan Honored for Excellence in Events, Media & Social Services

    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA,October 16, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Syed Atiq ul Hassan was recently named a VIP member of Worldwide Branding. This special distinction honors individuals who have shown exceptional commitment to achieving personal and professional success.

Syed Atiq ul Hassan is CEO of Knobin Consulting, an Australian company that organises large multicultural, community, media and educational events. He also serves as Director of the very famous annual multicultural Islamic event called Chand Raat Eid Festival (CREF) in Australia, and is the Founding Director of Halal Expo Australia. Additionally, he serves as Editor-in-Chief of Tribune International (Australia), the first multicultural English newspaper started in 1997.

Syed Atiq ul Hassan is a multi-professional. He is a senior journalist, media Analyst, IT consultant, event organiser, educator, motivational/life coach and community leader. Mr. Hassan is an excellent communicator and radio & online TV program producer and presenter. He is a campaigner of multiculturalism in Australia. Mr. Hassan is the author of 'Australia for Pakistanis' - the first book which stunningly investigates the genealogy of Pakistani migration to Australia. It was published in 2003 and became popular internationally. Mr. Hassan has introduced the Australian ethnic communities in the international media as a foreign correspondent (journalist) by writing a weekly column in the Urdu language for Akhbar-e-Jehan - the world's largest and oldest Urdu weekly magazine of Jang Group of Pakistan.

Mr. Hassan is actively involved in South Asian and Islamic communities' affairs, organising forums on important issues of the day. As the President of Pakistani Australian Federation, he represents Pakistani Australians in multicultural Australia. Mr. Hassan teaches IT, business and media courses in local colleges in Sydney on a part-time basis.

Mr. Hassan holds a Master's Degree in Computer Technology, a Master's Degree in Economics, a Bachelor's Degree in Physics, a Bachelor of Law (LLB), a Graduate Diploma in Journalism, an Advanced Diploma in Marketing, an Advanced Diploma in Management, and a Diploma in Life Coaching.

Mr. Hassan has worked for many international companies and government departments in the United States, Middle East, and Australia. They include the New South Wales Police Services (Australia), Marcus Evans (Australia), Colonial First State Investment (Australia), MLC (Australia), Macquarie University of NSW (Australia), Colonial Bank (later merged to Commonwealth Bank Australia), CIBER (USA), Ryerson Steel, Chicago (USA), Software A.G. (USA), Wrigley (USA), Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (USA), Ministry of Finance, National Economic, (Saudi Arabia), and Karachi Port Trust (KPT), Pakistan.

Some of Mr. Hassan's professional work credentials are:
*1991 - Awarded Justice of Peace
*1997 - Introduced 'Tribune International' - the multicultural English newspaper
*1998 - Launched the first 'Chand Raat Eid Festival,' which is now held every year
*1998 - Started a community radio program for Urdu and Hindi listeners
*1999 - Organised forum on 'Kashmir - A Global Flashpoint' where active community leaders, parliamentarians, writers and journalist participated
*2000 - Published multicultural English magazine in celebration of the Sydney Olympics in 2000. The magazine was launched by The Honourable Morris Imma, the 40th Premier of New South Wales at the premises of NSW Parliament House
*2000 - Conducted a forum on 'Child Labour in South Asia' in Sydney
*2001 - Travelled to India (from Sydney) to cover the Agra summit and visit General Pervez Musharraf, former President of Pakistan representing the Australian media
*2001 - Conducted a forum on 'Terrorism' held in Sydney
*2002 - Wrote the book 'Australia For Pakistanis', which was largely acknowledged in Australia and abroad
*2003 - Invited by Thailand Authority of Tourism as a special guest to witness the First Golden Kinnaree Awards and to attend the Bangkok International Film Festival
*2003 - Covered peace rallies held in Sydney as a part of international coverage for international media agencies
*2003 - Received Best Spot Journalism award from Victory News
*2005 - Conducted workshop on 'Media and Mass Communication' for the faculty members of the Department of Mass Communication at Sind University (Pakistan) as a guest speaker
*2005 - Covered the visit of the President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, for international media
*2005- Moderator at the forum on Community Unity & Harmony organised by Tribune International in Sydney
*2005 - Guest speaker at a Writing Festival organised by the New South Wales Writers' Centre. The topic was 'Journalism a first draft of history'
*2005 - Guest speaker at the forum on "Impact of anti-terror laws on journalists, writers and publishers (in Australia)" organised by the New South Wales Writers' Centre in Sydney, Australia.
*2006 - Elected member of the Executive Board of the Foreign Correspondents' Association of Australia
*2006 - Guest speaker at a writing festival organised by the NSW Writers' Centre. The topic was 'Australia in Foreign Eyes'.
*2007 - Delegate to attend and cover the 5th World Conference of Science Journalists
*2007 - Covered different events of APEC 2007 held in Australia
*2008 - Covered World Youth Day 2008 staged in Sydney
*2008 - Received 'Community Services Award 2008' from New South Wales Community Relations Commission (Australia)
* 2010 - Received 'Community Services Acknowledgement Award 2010' from Community Relations Commission (NSW)
*2011 - Brought Chand Raat Eid Festival (CREF) 2011 to Auburn City from Liverpool and held a successful event at Sydney Olympic Park which is now an annual event in Sydney Olympic Park
*2012 - Started free motivational workshops as an internationally certified life coach for community members in order to motivate people to take part in community development projects
*2013 - Launched CREF in Melbourne and delivered a successful event attended by over 10, 000 people in Melbourne and over 20,000 in Sydney
*2014 - Received Premier's 'Multicultural Harmony Award 2014' from Multicultural NSW, Australia.
*2014 - Received 'Citizen of the Year Award 2014' from Auburn City Council, New South Wales.
*2015 - Introduced the first Australian Halal Exhibition, held in Sydney where over 10,000 people attended.

Mr. Hassan a man of courage, commitment and passion. Throughout his live he has worked hard for his achievements. He was born in the underprivileged city of Hyderabad in the Sindh province of Pakistan. His parents were teachers who gave him vision. As he states on his website, 'Knowledge is power that dictates your term.'

Worldwide branding is proud to have him as his valuable member among its many high profile international celebrities.

For more information about Syed Atiq ul Hassan, visit http://www.sauhassan.com.

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