Hamdard University, Islamabad convocation 2012
156 graduates receive degrees
Islamabad, April 25: As many as
156 graduates of Hamdard University, Islamabad Campus, were awarded with
degrees in its 9th Degree Awarding Ceremony 2012 held here on Tuesday. Ambassador
of Republic of Cuba Zenen Buergo Concepcion was invited as the chief
guest on the occasion. Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan was also invited on the
occasion. The convocation began with the recitation of the Holy Qur'aan. Hamdard
University Vice Chancellor Professor Nasim A. Khan, while speaking on
the occasion, said that faculty development environments are very
conducive in Hamdard University as currently 16% i.e. fifty-nine faculty
members are undergoing various stages of training or education either
MPhil or PhD. All programmes of Hamdard University are formally
recognised by relevant regulating bodies that include Pakistan Medical
and Dental Council, Pakistan Engineering Council, Tibb Council, Pakistan
Bar Council, Pharmacy Council of Pakistan and above all Higher
Education Commission. In the field of research, Hamdard
University has made decent contribution by producing 87 PhD research
thesis, 31 originally authored books in different fields, produced 75
MPhils and published 299 papers in journals of international repute
since its inception. Dr. Nasim A. Khan, a respected name
in the sphere of alternative resources of energy, said: "The Hamdard
University has chosen to focus on one of key areas of economic
development of the country i.e. energy. The university has thus
established a Department of Energy Engineering with state-of-the-art
engineering laboratories and project sciences." Director
General of Hamdard University (Islamabad Campus) Dr. Nazeer Ahmad said
that Hamdard University, Islamabad Campus, has three institutes in
disciplines of Engineering, Management and Pharmaceutical Sciences. "At
present, we have more than one thousand students; whereas, so far more
than two thousand and three hundred students have graduated. Today 156
graduates are being awarded with degrees: 47 in Business Administration,
38 in Engineering and IT and 71 in Pharmaceutical Sciences." He said
that their alumni are very well placed in public and private sector. Hamdard
University Chancellor S.M. Zafar paid tribute to Shaheed Hakim Mohammed
Said, one of the eminent physicians of eastern medicine, philanthropist
and the founder Chancellor of Hamdard University. He said that Hamdard
University, Islamabad Campus, is making a perceptible progress in
academic and extracurricular activities. Cuban Ambassador
Zenen Buergo Concepcion said that in education, Pakistan and Cuba
relations are exemplary. Between 2007 and 2008, as part of a scholarship
programme offered by the Government of Cuba, the Higher Education
Commission (HEC) sent around 1,000 youngsters to Cuba to study medicine.
Today more than 900 Pakistanis are studying medicine, out of which
around 300 will obtain their General Doctor degree next year. The rest
will graduate in 2014. While describing Pak-Cuba relations the Cuban
Ambassador said that our beloved countries established diplomatic
relations 56 year ago. It has been a friendly relation during all these
years and touched new heights in 2005, in the aftermath of the
unfortunate and devastating earthquake that hit Pakistan on October 8,
2005. President Hamdard Foundation Pakistan Sadia Rashid
said Cuban Ambassador Zenen Buergo Concepcion does us great honour by
gracing this occasion - and, thereby, shows us his love of learning and
his country's encouragement for the cause of education. It is perhaps
the single most important ingredient for progress. Founder-Chancellor,
Shaheed Hakim Mohammed Said, is a constant reminder to us all of what
one man can do. His two rented rooms is Aram Bagh, Karachi, have
developed into today's national network and multinational product reach.
And why? I believe the answer lies in his pure motives, and that magic
wand we can all wave, since it is in all our hands: Simple hard work! Later,
degrees were awarded to graduates by the chief guest. Gold medals were
awarded to Amrozia Fayyaz (MBA), Raja Mehtab Zahir (BE-EE)), Umbreen
Iftikhar (Pharm. D) and Qurat ul Ain (Pharm. D). The news
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Roots College G-8 Campus holds annual convocation
Islamabad: Roots College International G-8 Metropolitan Campus held its
annual convocation and high achievers' ceremony at the Jinnah Convention
Centre to commemorate the triumph of the graduating students. Rounds
of applause from students and parents rocked the hall when chief guests
Federal Minister for Science and Technology Mir Changez Khan Jamali,
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira and
Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistani Farooq Sattar, and the guest of
honour, PM's Task Force on Islamabad Chairman Faisal Sakhi Butt entered
the hall. Roots School System Executive Director Walid Mushtaq
commended the untiring efforts of Rootsians who got acceptances on
scholarship from opulent universities of the world. He praised
the acceptance of Najib Ishaq, a student of A Levels, who got
acceptances from Brown University with 100 percent scholarship of
$226,560, Ohio Wesleyn University with a scholarship of $ 110,000,
University of South Carolina with 100 percent scholarship, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill with 100 percent Scholarship; Ali Naeem,
who got acceptances from New York University on 100 percent scholarship
of $247,840, Rochester University on 100 percent scholarship of
$220,200, Florida Institute of Technology with a scholarship of $76,000,
Massachusetts College of Health Science with a scholarship of $52,000,
Syracuse University on 100 percent scholarship of $200,600 and from
Hartford University; Aroosa Batool, who got acceptances from Canisius
College, Buffalo, NY, with an international scholars' award of $60,000
and from Mary Mount Manhattan College; Aazar bin Nouman, who got
acceptance from Florida Institute of Technology with a scholarship of
$48,000; Hassan Ejaz, who got acceptances from Florida Institute of
Technology with a scholarship of $40,000, from Drexel University; Daraab
Kiani, who got acceptances from Grinnel College, Iowa, USA, with a
scholarship of $104,000, University of Western Ontario, Ohio, Wesleyn
University with a scholarship of $ 90,000 and York University; Raza
Jaffery, who got acceptance from Florida Institute of Technology with a
scholarship of $60,000, and more than 100 students who got acceptances
from the top universities across the globe, including University of
Aberdeen, University of Warwick, Durham University, University of Leeds,
Loughborough University, University of Sussex, University of
Northampton, Cardiff University, University of Birmingham, University of
Leicester, University of Manchester, University of Edinburgh, Lancaster
University, Bangor University, University of Derby, Staffordshire
University, University of West London, Teesside University, London South
Bank University, University of Bradford and University of Liverpool. Another
round of applause thundered across the hall after the speeches of chief
guests and the guest of honour, who eminently brought the significance
of education into the limelight and its impact towards serving humanity.
Changez Jamali also accredited the distinguished gumption and
vigour of Walid Mushtaq, and announced the names of graduating students
and congratulated them for their successful completion of A-Levels. pr
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KESC conducts training seminar for NED faculty
Karachi: A seminar
for training and practical demonstration of high voltage power
distribution was arranged by the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC)
on Tuesday for the faculty members of the NED University's Electrical
Engineering Department. Several groups of students
from the university had been attending such sessions in the past, but it
was the first time any training seminar was organised for the teachers,
a KESC statement claimed. As many as 30 faculty members
attended the seminar - organised at the KESC's Training Centre – where
Pervez Ahmed delivered an extensive lecture on technical advances and
modern processes being implemented by the power utility. An
on-load demonstration of the functioning of high voltage was also
carried out for the visitors, supervised by Abdul Qadeer Memon, who
briefed the faculty on technical details of it. One of the teachers said
the faculty would like to continue the process of learning as "the KESC
had better lab facilities than the university itself". The news
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