Arshad Ali is Professor of Information Technology and he holds the current post since June 2023. He specializes in the area of Wireless Sensor Network.

He was born in Punjab, Pakistan, most of his early education from local city. He finishes his BSc in Mathematics and Statistics from University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan in 2000 and completed his Masters in Computer Sciences from Iqra University, Lahore, Pakistan. After completing his Masters, he worked as Lecturer in Private College in Pakistan. In 2005, he moved to Birmingham, UK for further studies. He joined Aston University, Birmingham, UK and obtained his MSc Telecommunication Technology in 2007. In 2007, he joined Geotechnical Group, Department of Engineering, and University of Cambridge as Research Ass. (2007- 2009). In 2009, he was awarded a PhD (2009- 2012) scholarship from Lancaster University, UK and he awarded PhD in 2012.

He worked on the UK-NEES project and designed communication systems for live experimentation between UK Universities (Cambridge, Oxford, and Bristol). He was also part of the project at University of Cambridge “Installing Wireless Sensors in London Underground Tunnels” and it was collaborated with Imperial College, London. He is currently working as Assistant Professor and the Head and key member of various committees at Faculty of Computer and Information System, Islamic University of Madinah, Al Madinah Al Munawarah, KSA.