{{Short description|Pakistani academic and media person}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Third-party|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person | image = PurusehChaudhary2.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|1|26|df=yes}}{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}} | birth_place = Lahore, Pakistan{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}} | alma_mater = Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies | occupation = Futures researcher, media development practitioner | organization = Agahi | title = President, Agahi }} '''Puruesh Chaudhary''' (born 26 January 1983) is a Pakistani futures researcher and media development practitioner.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chaudhary |first1=Puruesh |title=Where is the planning for the future? |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1053622/where-is-the-planning-for-the-future/ |access-date=13 April 2026 |work=tribune.com.pk |publisher=The Express Tribune |date=24 February 2016 |language=en}}</ref> She is the founder and president of Agahi, a non-governmental organisation focused on media capacity building in Pakistan. Chaudhary is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad.<ref>{{cite web |date=9 February 2018 |title=Puruesh Chaudhary |url=http://issi.org.pk/?author=164 |website=issi.org.pk}}</ref>
== Career == Chaudhary holds a master's degree in International Negotiation and Policymaking from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Executive Master in International Negotiation and Policy Making |url=http://graduateinstitute.ch/home/executive/masters_executive/negotiation-policy-making.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121061244/http://graduateinstitute.ch/home/executive/masters_executive/negotiation-policy-making.html |archive-date=21 January 2016 |access-date=4 February 2016 |website=graduateinstitute.ch}}</ref>
Her professional work has included research and consulting for multilateral organisations, government entities, media institutions, and private-sector organisations in Pakistan.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}} Through Agahi, she has overseen projects including the Pakistan Foresight Initiative, which develops frameworks intended to support public policy and strategic planning.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}} She has contributed to foresight research, including a compilation examining possible futures for Pakistan to 2060,<ref>{{cite web |author=Puruesh Chaudhary |title=Live Challenge: The Future of Pakistan to 2060 |url=https://www.academia.edu/8237957 |website=academia.edu}}</ref> and co-authored a chapter in ''The Future of Business''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Future of Business |url=http://fastfuturepublishing.com/main/books/the-future-of-business/ |website=fastfuturepublishing.com}}</ref>
She co-founded the Agahi Awards, an annual journalism recognition programme in Pakistan,<ref>{{cite web |title=Agahi Awards launched for journalists |url=http://agahiawards.com/2018/ |website=pakistanpressfoundation.org}}</ref> and has been involved in the development of tools including the Media Credibility Index and the Ethical Media Audit.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}} She has collaborated with the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies at Quaid-i-Azam University on foresight research fellowships,
<ref>{{cite web |title=QAU, Agahi team up to promote research |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/islamabad/14-Oct-2015/qau-agahi-team-up-to-promote-research |website=Daily Times}}</ref> and has served as Pakistan ambassador for the Centre of International Media Ethics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Members |url=http://pakmediaethics.org/members/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311111711/http://pakmediaethics.org/members/ |archive-date=11 March 2016 |access-date=4 February 2016 |website=Pakistan Coalition for Ethical Journalism}}</ref>
Her other affiliations have included advisory roles with the Centre of International Media Ethics<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqz5qjWKi_U&list=PL2D92751451A7D14A&index=27 |title=CIME Forum 2012 Bhutan |date=30 April 2012 |via=YouTube}}</ref> and the UN-Habitat Youth Fund Programme.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}} She is an alumna of the National Defence University<ref>{{cite web |title=National Defence University, Islamabad |url=http://www.ndu.edu.pk/issra/alumni_nsw12.php |website=ndu.edu.pk}}</ref> and has been associated with the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers community,<ref>{{cite web |title=Puruesh Chaudhary |url=https://www.globalshapers.org/shapers/puruesh-chaudhary |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215185748/http://www.globalshapers.org/shapers/puruesh-chaudhary |archive-date=15 February 2016 |access-date=4 February 2016 |website=globalshapers.org}}</ref> the Aspen Institute, the World Futures Society, and the Millennium Project's planning committee.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Millennium Project Planning Committee |url=http://www.millennium-project.org/millennium/plancom.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104004926/http://www.millennium-project.org/millennium/plancom.html |archive-date=4 November 2016 |access-date=4 February 2016 |website=millennium-project.org}}</ref>
In 2012, Chaudhary presented the work of Agahi at a TEDxNUST event in Islamabad.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=TEDxNUST – Puruesh Chaudhary – Agahi |date=17 January 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivrNtIrAZ6w |via=YouTube}}</ref>
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