Muhammad Javed

Muhammad Javed  is a graduate in Fine Art from National College of Arts and belongs to its first batch passed out in 1962.The first batch got an opportunity to learn from the galaxy of foreign teachers appointed under Colombo Plan to meet with the challenges for the prestigious NCA upgraded in 1958 when M. R. Sponenburgh was the Principal. At that time only the most suitable students were selected to lay the strong foundation of the college. As a result, the first batch made the history. Zahoor ul Akhlaq in Fine Arts, Nayar Ali Dada, Iqbal Hassan and Rehman Khan in Architecture, Mian Salahhuddin in Ceramics and Bashir Mirza and Ahmad Khan in Design were all from the first batch. So was the case of Muhammad Javed. Both Zahoor and Javed studied Art under the able guidance and direct supervision of Prof, Shakir Ali, Head of Fine Art Department and later Principle of the College.
He also did specialization in Urban and Regional Planning from MIT-USA and attended courses in Education Technology, Communication, Planning and Development and Housing at various institutions of different countries and participated in a number of conferences. He is a well- travelled Artist and has visited Art Galleries and Museums of UK, USA, Canada, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and other countries, which helped him to further nurture his artistic faculties.