Rahat Shamim did her B. Pharmacy from University of the Punjab, Lahore. She did her Masters in Business Administration with specialization of Marketing from Bahaudin Zakia University, Multan. She completed M.Phil (Pharmaceutics) with two gold medals for securing overall first position in all disciplines of M.Phil Pharmacy. She started her teaching career by joining PUCP as Lecture and thereafter, selected as the Assistant Professor. She teaches subjects like Pharmaceutics, Microbiology and Marketing Management to the Pharm. D and M.Phil students. She enjoys teaching because, according to her it is an opportunity to share enthusiasm and passion for her subject area with the students and she finds it incredibly rewarding to watch students develop their own ideas and grow in knowledge and confidence. When she teaches, she aims to perpetuate knowledge and inspire learning by creating an atmosphere that encourages lots of interaction between herself and the students, and between the students themselves. She likes to make each session as interactive as possible to engage students in the learning process.
Rahat's research interests include new drug formulation and its design, development and evaluation, and the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of innovative drug delivery systems. To satisfy her research experience and passion, she has attended national and international conferences and workshops. Apart from teaching and Research, she has been assigned several managerial and administrative responsibilities in the PUCP. She is Class Tutor, In charge of Pharmacy Health Club, active member of the College's Job Placement and Career Counseling Cell.