About BARYA · Afghanistan's first PMI® ATP · ID 4181

Senior practitioners. Afghan realities. Since 2012.

Afghanistan's first PMI® Authorized Training Partner (ATP ID 4181, since 2020). Founded in Kabul in 2012, we combine globally licensed PMI content with senior local judgment. Since then we have trained more than 3,800 professionals and advised 200+ organizations — government, NGOs, UN agencies, and the private sector.

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By the numbers

A practice built on work in Afghanistan since 201214 yrs

Active since 2012

A snapshot of who we are, what we hold, and who we serve. Plain answers to the questions visitors and crawlers ask first.

Who we are
A leadership and strategic management consulting firm in Kabul — blending PMI-aligned frameworks with Afghan organizational reality.
Where we are
Headquartered in Kabul. Serving clients across Afghanistan and remotely worldwide.
Since
Training professionals and advising organizations in Afghanistan since 2012.
Credentials
Afghanistan's first PMI® Authorized Training Partner (ATP ID 4181, since 2020 — formerly Registered Education Provider since 2015). Consultants certified in PMP®, PRINCE2, Prosci, and more.
Who we serve
Private companies, NGOs, international organizations, and government — from 10-person startups to 500+ employee enterprises.
Languages
English, Dari (دری), and Pashto (پښتو). Arabic available on request.

Our story

Since 2012. One practice.

2012 — Today

A short timeline of how the firm grew into its shape. Each milestone reflects a deliberate shift, not a rebrand.

  1. Founded2012

    BARYA founded in Kabul

    Started as a small consulting practice helping Afghan organizations apply global management frameworks to local realities.

  2. Training2014

    First public training class

    Ran our first open-enrollment program. Demand quickly outpaced bespoke client work, and training became a standing practice.

  3. Recognized2015

    PMI® Registered Education Provider

    Recognized by the Project Management Institute as a Registered Education Provider — formal alignment with PMI's standards and curricula.

  4. Authorized2020

    PMI® Authorized Training Partner (first in Afghanistan)

    Designated Afghanistan's first PMI® Authorized Training Partner (ATP ID 4181). PMP® training is now delivered using PMI-developed and PMI-licensed materials.

  5. Evidence2022

    M&E and research practice

    Stood up a dedicated monitoring, evaluation, and research practice to serve donor-funded programs operating in Afghanistan.

  6. PresentToday

    Senior practitioners, 200+ organizations

    Working across UN agencies, INGOs, ministries, and the private sector — in Kabul and online — with a senior bench you actually meet.

How we work

A senior bench you actually meet — start to finish.

Four practical steps from first conversation to lasting change. Same people end-to-end. No silent handoffs.

  1. Listen first

    Every engagement starts with hearing the goal — not the assumption about the goal. We ask, we read the room, we sit with the constraints before proposing anything.

  2. Plan plainly

    We write the plan in plain language with milestones, owners, and trade-offs. If a slide needs jargon to look smart, we leave the slide out.

  3. Deliver with seniors

    Senior consultants lead delivery. You do not get sold by a partner and handed off to an analyst — the people who scope are the people who deliver.

  4. Embed the change

    We stay engaged through adoption. Insight without execution is entertainment, so we measure the difference the work made before we step out.

What we believe

Four beliefs that shape every engagement.

These are not posters on a wall — they are the trade-offs we make under pressure. When a client asks us to choose, this is what we choose.

  • Clarity over complexity

    A plan people can act on beats a plan that looks impressive. We optimize for the room that has to use it on Monday.

  • Context matters

    Global best practice only works when it fits local reality. We bring the framework, then we adapt it to where you actually work.

  • Follow-through is everything

    Insight without execution is entertainment. We stay engaged through adoption and measure the difference the work made.

  • Long-term trust

    We measure success by how long clients keep working with us. Repeat engagements are our scoreboard.

Leadership

Two decades at the intersection of strategy, leadership, and reform.

A founder shaped not only by formal roles, but by close, hands-on engagement with decision-makers. During growth, crisis, reform, and institutional change.

Qudratullah Hiwadpal, Founder and CEO of BARYA Consulting Services

Mr. Qudratullah Hiwadpal

Founder, CEO & Lead Consultant

26+ years advising government, development partners, NGOs and business

Credentials

  • PMP®, Project Management Professional
  • PfMP®, Portfolio Management Professional
  • CCMP™, Certified Change Management Professional
  • CompTIA Data+
  • Google Business Intelligence
  • PMI-vetted PMP® trainer
  • Certified Agile and Scrum coach

Mr. Qudratullah Hiwadpal is the Chief Executive Officer of BARYA Consulting Services. Over more than two decades, he has worked at the intersection of strategy, leadership, reform, and transformation — advising ministers and deputy ministers, boards, entrepreneurs, business owners, CEOs, senior executives, and leaders of large companies, NGOs, and public institutions.

His experience is shaped not only by formal roles, but by close, hands-on engagement with decision-makers during periods of growth, crisis, reform, and institutional change. This national and international exposure — across government, private sector, civil society, and international organizations — has given him a deep understanding of how leadership actually works in complex environments, where theory meets politics, culture, systems, and human behavior.

At BARYA he has trained and mentored thousands of professionals and worked with more than two hundred organizations on the design and implementation of their projects and strategies. Alongside this work, he writes at hiwadpal.com — a personal space for reflection, analysis, and informed opinion grounded in experience rather than slogans, and in thinking rather than trends. Most of the writing is published in Pashto, out of a belief that serious ideas deserve serious language.

Particular focus is given to

  • Leadership through Islamic, Eastern, and contextual lenses
  • Change and reform in fragile and transitioning systems
  • The human and ethical dimensions of power and responsibility
  • Technology and AI as forces shaping work, leadership, and society
  • Helping organizations break growth barriers and compete in international markets

Also leading BARYA

  • Najib Asmaty

    Leadership team

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  • Sebghatullah Malakzai

    Operations Manager

    Runs BARYA’s operations and field delivery, including the asset verification and monitoring assignments the firm carries out for clients. He brings more than 20 years of work with donors, government and NGOs across Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Team

The people you actually meet.

No silent handoffs

Engagements are led by senior practitioners — not by junior staff with a senior cover. Same people from first call to final review.

  • Saeed Ahmad Malakzai

    IT Systems Development Manager

    At BARYA since 2016

    Leads BARYA’s technology work: the firm’s own systems and the information systems and web platforms built for clients, from requirements and design through to deployment and support.

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  • Abdul Wahid Sahak

    Senior Finance Officer

    10+ years in finance and administration

    Runs BARYA’s finance and day-to-day administration, from budgets and accounts to tax compliance. He is the firm’s contact for financial queries and coordinates training registrations and operations.

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A 30-minute conversation with a senior consultant. No slides, no sales script — just an honest discussion about what you are trying to change and how we have helped others get there.

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  • Sharpen delivery and leadership across your projects, programs, and people.
  • Build internal capability with training your teams will actually use, not shelve.
  • Get practical advice from a partner who has worked across UN, INGO, government, and private sector.