Kishmala is currently pursuing Master's in ‘Sustainability Engineering’ from Heriot Watt University, to fulfil the ambition of playing an active role in transitioning the energy sector towards more reliable, resilient, and sustainable framework.
With experience of five years in energy sector, she has worked on business development along with project execution of flag-ship projects at K-Electric limited based in Karachi, Pakistan. Being associated with the only vertically integrated utility company of Pakistan, she has worked with cross-functional teams which made her more conscious about energy sector challenges while implementing cost-effective and environment friendly solutions.
She has gained diverse experience of devising technical proposals and feasibility studies, evaluation of bids, conducting EIAs, tariff modelling, performing network studies, detail technical design reviews, root cause analysis of power plant and transmission network faults, project planning and management.
She has been in the core technical team of K-Electric’s state-of-art 900 MW project from inception to completion, which led her to gain project management acumen like never before. She has also worked in oil and gas sector, as planning engineer at Engro Vopak & Elengy Terminal based in Karachi, Pakistan, where she had an exposure to implementation of major digitalisation projects.
The experience so far has led her to work with vendors from around the world like SIEMENS, GE, HEI, Mott Macdonald, Vopak, etc., which has served as a platform to learn about intriguing technologies and advancements.
Moreover, she has exceptional cross-cultural communication and leadership skills and has also been the cultural ambassador of Pakistan at Mississippi State University, USA.
