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By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi, has established a Students Guidance Centre to facilitate the future engineers.  “Guidance and counselling of students is an integral component of the educational mission of the university as they promote the personal, social, educational and career development of all students,” Siraj Khilji, Honorary Advisor of the Counselling and Guidance centre of the Career Planning department, remarked.  According to him the focus of career counseling is generally on issues, such as career exploration, career change, personal career development and other career related issues and it supports individuals in understanding their situations, so as to take the issues towards solutions.   “The main functions of the department are to explore career options and guide the students broadening their horizon to choose the field of their ...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The President of Pakistan, Mamnoon Hussain has conferred prestigious awards on two senior professors at the Aga Khan University (AKU) in recognition of their outstanding services to the profession. Professor Syed Ather Enam, Chair of the Department of Surgery at AKU, has been awarded Pakistan’s third highest civilian award, the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, for his work in the field of medicine.  Professor Zulfiqar Bhutta, Founding Director of the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health at the University, has been honoured with a Pride of Performance Award for his contributions to healthcare education. The announcement was made on Independence Day, August 14, 2016, where the President conferred awards on a number of Pakistani citizens and foreign nationals for demonstrating excellence in their respective fields.  Speaking about the awards, Farhat Abbas, Dean of the Medical College at AKU, said: “Th...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Inter-University Jashn-e-Azadi Cricket Tournament was inaugurated by the Vice-Chancellor of the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Prof. Dr Jawaid H Rizvi, at the Naya Nazimabad Lawai Stadium in Karachi on August 17. Hosts SSUET and the Pakistan Marine Academy were set to lock horns in the opening fixture.  Earlier in a media briefing, the SSUET Director Sports, Mubashir Mukhtar, observed that the T20 tournament will provide a boost to sports in educational institutions.  He pointed out that SSUET had celebrated the Independence Day with an unprecedented zeal and fervor and this tournament was being organized in the same context as part of the independence celebrations.  Mubbashir Mukhtar informed that Karachi’s best universities were participating in this tournament, having been divided into two groups.  He stated that there will be two matches daily,...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Independence Day was celebrated at the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi, with unprecedented fervor and zeal, on August 14. At the campus, Chancellor Jawaid Anwar, accompanied by Vice-Chancellor, Prof Dr Jawaid H. Rizvi, and Registrar, Syed Sarfraz Ali, performed the flag hoisting ceremony which was largely attended by the heads of various departments, faculty members, prominent Aligarhians, staff members and students.  Addressing the ceremony Chancellor Jawaid Anwar said that the cherished objective behind the creation of a separate homeland for the Muslims of South Asia was to provide them a land where they could lead their lives in accordance with the tenets of Islam.  He advised that this day should be celebrated with a renewed commitment to continue to work for the progress and prosperity of the homeland. He observed that the country was created ...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The innovators at Pakistan’s first-ever medical hackathon at the Aga Khan University, Karachi, have proposed new ways of tackling challenges facing Pakistan’s emergency rooms (ER). HistorER, the winning team at the Hackathon, came up with a unique QR (quick response) code system to address a persistent challenge faced by ER doctors.  Patients are often brought to emergency by family members or by bystanders who are not aware of their medical history. In the absence of critical information, doctors face delays in performing life-saving procedures.  The HistorER team has suggested that every person carry a medical card with a QR code with vital details: blood group, allergies, current medication and previous operations. Scanned, the QR code would provide doctors immediate access to information and the ability to initiate treatment promptly.  Speaking about the winning team’s solution, t...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The first-ever Hackathon at the Aga Khan University (AKU) has brought together a variety of experts to solve pressing problems in the city’s emergency room facilities. The hospital’s Emergency Room (ER) is often the first point of call for citizens whenever a disaster or public health outbreak hits Karachi.  Hence the challenges arising from the prevailing situation, infrastructure failings and resource shortages are acutely felt in the ER as medical staff rush to treat a surge of patients facing life-threatening conditions.  In order to find innovative solutions to these daily challenges, the AKU will be hosting a three-day medical hackathon.  The event, from August 13 to 15, will see professionals from all walks of life, nurses, doctors, businessmen, engineers and designers, pool together their knowledge and ideas to find unique solutions to issues facing emergency departments in Pa...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), as a part of its policy to facilitate the youngsters, has decided to lay astro-turf at here the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET).  This was announced by Olympian Naved Alam, Director, Development & Domestic, PHF, during the seminar entitled ‘State of Sports in Pakistan’ organized by the Sports Journalists Association Sindh (SJAS) with the collaboration of the SSUET, held at the university campus on August 9.  “Indeed it’s a tragedy that Pakistan’s hockey team is not playing in the ongoing Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Without blaming those responsible for the catastrophe we have decided to get on with it. We have the capacity to regain the lost glories in hockey. India had also not qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games but their team is playing now. There seems no reason why, with so much talents, we could not bounce back at the ...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi, in collaboration with the Sports Journalists Association Sindh (SJAS), will be organizing a seminar on the topic of ‘state of sports in Pakistan’ on August 9.  The seminar is scheduled to be held at 12 noon at the SSUET campus in Gulshan-e-Iqbal with Mohammed Rashid, Secretary, Sports and Youth Affairs to the Government of Sindh, to be the chief guest.  The SSUET Chancellor, Jawaid Anwar, will be the guest of honour on the occasion with Amjad Aziz Malik, Secretary AIPS Asia, being the special guest.  The key speakers on the occasion would include Olympian Shahbaz Ahmed, who is also the Secretary of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), squash legend Jahangir Khan, also a former President of the World Squash Federation (WSF), and Rashid Latif, a former Pakistan cricket captain.

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi, has decided to award degrees in the architecture’s five-year programme as B-Arch instead of BS-Arch.  The matter came under discussion at a meeting of SSUET’s Academic Council which met here under the chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Jawaid H Rizvi. The recommendation of the university’s Board of Studies to have architecture degrees awarded as B-Arch was upheld.  After deliberations the Council approved that in future B-Arch degree will be awarded in Architecture programme and not BS-Architect in order to align with the requirements of accreditation of Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners (PCATP).  Meanwhile the Academic Council reviewed the curriculum of various engineering disciplines in the light of recommendations of PEC and normal annual upgrading.  The meeting also reviewed the conten...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi   (Pakistan News & Features Services) The usual hustle and bustle at the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi, returned on August 1 as the institution reopened after seven-week semester break.  The university students, after attending classes, were observed roaming around at the campus in Gulshan-e-Iqbal as they exchanged pleasantries in the overcast conditions, enjoying the weather.  Meanwhile, the Vice-Chancellor of the SSUET, Prof Dr Jawaid H Rizvi visited the various blocks and went around class to class in order to review the resumption of academic activities.  The SSUET faculty members had already joined their duties on July 25 for advance preparations for starting of classes.