SZABIST University Islamabad

Guest lecture on “Project Management in Supply Chain"
2022-11-11
Guest lecture on “Project Management in Supply Chain”

The MSPM program of SZABIST Islamabad aims to furnish the students with real industrial exposure besides formal knowledge. In continuation, a guest session was organized on the 11th of November 2022. The guest speaker Mr. Muhammad Kashif Siddiqui (CGEIT, COBIT, PMP, CISA, Senior Vice-President Khushali Microfinance Bank) graced the occasion and teach the student about the latest Supply Chain practices in project management and how these practices are helping in real life. Dr. Muhammad Saeed Shahbaz makes all the necessary arrangements and moderates the session.

#SZABIST #islamabad

Experiential Activity - Presenting Yourself as a Brand
2022-11-03
An experiential activity – Presenting Yourself as a Brand of BSAF-1 was conducted on 3rd November 2022.

One’s introduction happens to be one of the most important first touch points with the audience, and it should be rock solid. It should come out naturally. And should stick to someone’s brain the moment they hear it. The problem with long, imprecise, and unconfident introductions is that they just don’t stick. They are very likely to receive a polite response like “Oh, sounds interesting”, or “That’s great!”, but chances are they will leave the audience totally unclear as to what it is that you are actually good at.

So, the students of BSAF-1 were first trained to introduce themselves in a variety of settings. Later, they were made part of the exercise where they introduced themselves as powerful brands keeping in consideration their verbal, vocal, and visual communication.

Guest lecture on Negotiation and Contract Management
2022-10-30
Guest lecture on Negotiation and Contract Management

A guest lecture was organized by SZABIST Islamabad on October 30th, 2022. Mr. Muhammad Haroon Malik, CEO of IAS Trade Zone, graced the occasion with his presence. He taught the student about the latest Supply Chain practices and how these practices are being followed in the industry.

The session was organized & moderated by Dr. Muhammad Saeed Shahbaz.

#SZABIST #islamabad #supplychain

Mental Health Day
2022-10-27
Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day is celebrated all over the globe on the 10th of October. Following that, Class BBA 1-B and 1A of SZABIST Islamabad organized a social experiment and activity for Mental Health Awareness on the 27th of October 2022 as part of the Sociology Class.

The event was very inductive and full of learning. Many of the students in the class had not done such artistic work before, so it gave them a platform to express their abilities and ideas. It also was helpful to spread awareness of mental issues in a very positive manner, one that was very accepting and welcoming in nature.

Seminar on Strategy Formulation
2022-10-24
Seminar on Strategy Formulation
To be successful in a world of rapid and turbulent change, MBA graduates need to have real-
world application in their studies through experiential learning. Real-world application allows a
better grasp of concepts, theories, models, strategies and processes which may not be as easy for
the business students in traditional type of lecture based learning.
Taking the real-world application as a need of time Dr. Iffat Rasool Associate Professor and Ms
Saima Saleem Lecturer at Department of Management Sciences organized the seminar on the
topic of “Strategy Formulation” for the students of MBA (36) Eve -2 / MBA (72) Eve – 4 and
MBA (72) Eve -1 on Monday 24 th October, 2022.
The speaker Mr. Muhammad Younus Awan, Territory Manager Marketing at Shaukat
Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre shed the light on the process of strategy
formulation in the real world organizations. He further described the process that brings
education and personal development together with workplace experience.

Earning and Entrepreneurship - AZAD CHAIWALA
2022-10-20
Earning and Entrepreneurship – AZAD CHAIWALA

Experiential learning provides the opportunity to the students to learn and grow their actions and their thought processes. It prepares students for the workplace and helps them make major life choices, improve their personal relationships, and addresses their emotional needs.

Keeping in view the importance of experiential learning, a seminar on “Earning and Entrepreneurship” was held at SZABIST Islamabad Campus on Thursday 20th October 2022 for the graduating students of Department of Management Sciences BBA 6 , BSAF 7 and Department of Media Sciences BSMS 2.

Mr. Azad Chaiwalla, a renowned motivational speaker and entrepreneur shared his experiences and emphasized on skilled based learning to meet the future challenges.

Seminar on Skilled Based Learning
2022-10-20
Seminar on Skilled-Based Learning

Experiential learning provides the opportunity for students to learn and grow their actions and their thought processes. It prepares students for the workplace and helps them make major life choices, improve their relationships, and address their emotional needs.

Keeping in view the importance of experiential learning a seminar on “Earning and Entrepreneurship” was held at SZABIST Islamabad Campus on Thursday 20th October 2022 for the graduating students of the Department of Management Sciences BBA 6, BSAF 7 and Department of Media Sciences BSMS 2

Mr. Azad Chaiwalla a renowned motivational speaker and entrepreneur shared his experiences and emphasized skilled-based learning to meet future challenges. The event was organized by Dr. Iffat Rasool , MS Saima Saleem, and Ms. Huma Mansoor.

#szabist #islamabad

Seerat-e-Nabvi (PBUH)
2022-10-18
Seerat-e-Nabvi (PBUH)

The month of the Rabi Ul Awal motivates us all to learn about the life of the holy prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Department of Management Sciences arranged a program on Seerat-e-Nabvi (PBUH) on 18th Oct 2022 in SZABIST Islamabad.

Distinguished scholar and Director General, Rahimia Institute of Quranic Sciences, Mufti Abdul Khaliq Azad, gave a lecture on the topic, ‘Seerat e Tayaba Ke Roshni Mei Taleem o Tarbyt Ke Zrurt wa Ahmiyt’. Faculty, staff, and students participated from all the departments at SZABIST Islamabad.

An industrial visit to Cherat Cement Factory, Nowshera
2022-10-11
An industrial visit to Cherat Cement Factory, Nowshera
An industrial visit to Cherat Cement Factory, Nowshera was organized by Mr. Amer Riaz Qureshi on Oct 11th, 2022 for undergraduate students in the BSAF program.
To raise awareness of the importance of one of the mainstay sectors of Pakistani industry, namely the cement sector was the main objective. Exposure to the industry to familiarize the students with various industry options. To focus their sights on sectors that they should be pursuing for their future jobs as well as their internships and how teamwork is done in real-time in a private sector organization.

Breast Cancer Awareness Seminar
2022-10-08 08:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Karachi)
Breast Cancer Awareness Seminar

The Department of Management Sciences arranged the “Pink Lady Breast Cancer Awareness seminar” for the female graduating students of Management Sciences at SZABIST Islamabad
Campus on Tuesday, 4th October 2022, in collaboration with Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCHRC).

Dr. Maria from (SKMCHRC) shared her knowledge about the diagnosis and cure of breast cancer among females in Pakistan. The
seminar’s main objective was to develop students’ awareness and confidence to face the personal and societal challenges.

At the end of the seminar, Dr. Shumaila Zeb, Associate professor and Program Manager for the BBA program presented the souvenir to the guest speaker. The event was organized by Dr. Iffat Rasool Associate professor at SZABIST Islamabad Campus.

#szabist #islamabad #breastcancerawareness

Seminar by Mr. Arif Masood
2022-10-08
Department of BS Accounting & Finance organized a seminar on the October 8th, 2022 at SZABIST Islamabad. Mr. Arif Masood, an Architect of the Pakistan Monument, graced the event with his presence. He explained how this monument was created to symbolize the unity of the Pakistani people.

Studying History and memorizing it can be really stressful for the students. However, when it’s shown through the visuals, it’s easier to grasp.

Dr.Hassan Raza (PM- BSAF) facilitated the seminar in collaboration with Associate Prof Dr.Rashida (PM-BBA) and faculty Mrs. Asma Javed.

Workshop on Fake News
2022-09-29
Media Sciences Department at SZABIST Islamabad arranged a workshop for students on one of the most trending topics, “Fake News” on September 29th, 2022, in collaboration with The Independent – Urdu.

Mr. Haroon Rashid (Managing Director of Independent Urdu) & Dr. Palwasha Marwat briefed about the advanced media techniques used in identifying Fake News and how it can be digitally cross-checked.

#SZABIST #islamabad #media

Research Proposal Writing Training
2022-09-27
Research Proposal Writing Training
The Department of Management Sciences at SZABIST Islamabad organized a “Research Proposal Writing Training” on September 27th, 2022. Dr. Shumaila Zeb (PM) conducted the training session for the final year students of BBA.
The main objective of the training session was to help the students in defining the contents, and planning & executing a business research project for their professional development and graduate degree requirements.

Case Study Writing Workshop
2022-09-20 08:00 - 17:00
Case Study Writing Workshop
The Case Method is a powerful teaching approach based on theory and practical application that
focuses on the day-to-day business issues of managers. Department of Management Sciences
SZABIST Islamabad conducted one day Case Study Writing workshop under the faculty
development program on Thursday, September 15, 2022, at SZABIST Islamabad Campus to
equip the faculty with the necessary tools and techniques for writing business case studies in the local
context. Dr. Atif Bilal, Dr. Iffat Rasool, and Dr. Shumaila Zeb from the faculty of Management
Sciences conducted the session. During the workshop, faculty shared their past experiences
related to framing a case and creating outlines for graduate and post-graduate level classes.

Ms. Alicia Dean visited SZABIST Islamabad
2022-09-16
Ms. Alicia Dean visited SZABIST Islamabad

Ms. Alicia Dean visited SZABIST Islamabad, on September 16, 2022, to discuss her experience working in Pakistan. She is also a founder of the ATX+PAK Entrepreneurship Program which drove economic growth in the US and Pakistan by connecting Austin Entrepreneurs with Pakistani Businesses. She also discussed various areas of collaboration and ideas with our faculty that can help promote an entrepreneurial mindset among our students.

It was wonderful to have her at the campus & learn about her stories and, especially her love for Lahore.

#SZABIST #Islamabad #austintexasthings #entrepreneurship

Emotional Intelligence amongst Educationists
2022-09-09
Emotional Intelligence amongst Educationists
A Seminar on “Emotional Intelligence amongst Educationists” was organized by Ms. Sana Mukhtar (Lecturer-Dept of Social Sciences) on Friday 09th Sept 2022
Honorable Guest “Prof Dr. Mowadat Hussain Rana” (Sitara e Imtiaz) MBBS, MCPS, FCPS, MCPS-HPE, DCPS-HPE, MRCPsych (UK), FRCPsych(UK), D-CBT(Oxford), Chief Editor, Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society and Chairman, The Healing Triad graced the event. Dr. Mowadat enlightened the participants with his great command of EQ. The points highlighted by him were:

Emphasizing Development of EQ in Students
Explaining the algorithm of EQ
EQ as a predictor of future success
Solution-oriented approach as a sign of High EQ

Respected “Head of Campus-Mr. Khusro Pervaiz Khan” concluded the session with a note of thanks and how SZABIST shares the same vision of developing EQ in students through culminating experiential learning.

SMEDA visits SZABIST Islamabad
2022-09-07
SMEDA visits SZABIST Islamabad
Mr. Muhammad Asghar Nasar (Regional Business Coordinator- SMEDA) visited the Faculty of Management Sciences SZABIST- Islamabad on Wednesday 07 September 2022. Faculty members had a detailed discussion with Regional Business Coordinator on exploring SMEs’ challenges and providing solutions through students’ projects that will be supervised by faculty members. This would ensure industry-academia linkage as well as scientific-based applied research that would provide solutions to emerging problems of SMEs.

Workshop on Power BI
2022-08-30 - 2022-09-01
Workshop on Power BI
A 3 days workshop on Power BI was conducted through interactive discussion with the faculty and hands-on practice using various data sets on how to use Power BI to obtain insights from data in a visual fashion and, most importantly, predictive analytics to build the capacity of the faculty to gain expertise on it. Power BI hands-on training covered topics such as creating compelling dashboards, accessing data from multiple sources, creating visualizations, and performing predictive analytics. This faculty development training program on Power BI was led by Dr. Saqib Mahmood from the faculty of management sciences.
Learning Outcomes:
The following skills were specifically developed through this hands-on training program for faculty development.

Concepts and ETL – Consuming and Transforming Data By Using Power BI Desktop (20-25%)
Modeling and Visualizing Data, descriptive, prescriptive, and predictive analytics (45-50%)
Configure Dashboards, and Reports in the Power BI Service (25-35%)

Trainer: Dr. Saqib Mahmood

Workshop on Systematic Literature Review
2022-08-27
Workshop on Systematic Literature Review
A workshop on Systematic Literature Review (SLR) was organized on August 24, 2022, for faculty and graduate students. The trainer Dr. Muhammad Saeed Shahbaz shed light on types of literature review, how to conduct systematic literature and how to analyze and synthesize the literature, and most importantly how to report in your thesis/dissertation.

ZABIST Entrepreneurship Society - Capacity Building Workshop
2022-08-11 08:00 - 17:00
ZABIST Entrepreneurship Society – Capacity Building Workshop

Shahid Jahangir Raja, Teaching Faculty at the Department of Management Sciences, SZABIST, Islamabad campus, organized a 1-Day Capacity Building Workshop on Entrepreneurship in collaboration with the EDC Department on 11th August 2022. Four Resource trainers shared their knowledge with students in the following areas for any entrepreneurial startup.

1. Mr. Humayun Shuja – CEO (Worthwhile Investment Consultant)

Module Covered – Idea Generation & its Validation

2. Mr. Muazzam Yazdani, Co- Founder – FOWRRY.Com

Module Covered – Team Building & Operations of Your Venture

3. Syed Shahwar Hussain – (SZABIST Faculty Member)

Module Covered – Marketing Research & Strategy
4. Shahid Jahangir Raja – SZABIST Teaching Faculty Member
Host of Workshop & Module Covered – Basics & Financial Concepts of Entrepreneurship.
This workshop was fully sketched to uplift the knowledge about entrepreneurial startups. As the head of the Entrepreneurship Society, I (Shahid Jahangir Raja) would like to thank our workshop resource individuals & every participant for making this workshop successful.

Hands-on Training on Software Tools in Project Management
2022-07-19 - 2022-07-27
Hands-on Training on Software Tools in Project Management

Malik Aizaz Ahmad, a teaching faculty at the Department of Management Sciences, SZABIST Islamabad campus, organized a 4-Day Hands-on Training on Software Tools in Project Management on July 19 & 20 and July 26 & 27, 2022. The core focus of the hands-on training was the usage of agile project management software owing to its rising significance in the industry.
The training consisted of 4 modules, starting from coverage of fundamentals of any project management software and progressing towards the advanced tools, techniques, and concepts, especially in agile project management. Collectively these modules not only enhanced the understanding of essential PM concepts through modern tools but also provided a firm grasp of practical usage of agile PM software in diverse project settings.

SZABIST Islamabad Celebrated Cultural Diversity Day
2022-06-30
The Social Sciences Department celebrated under the supervision of Ms. Aliya Abdul Hayee (Program Manager BSSS) and Ms. Attieya Iqbal (Lecturer Anthropology) for creating understanding about the culturally diverse and peaceful environment for all. Students prepared and displayed their native cultural and sub-cultural thematic objects from Gilgit Baltistan, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtoon khwa and Punjab. The event was inaugurated by the Head of Campus in the presence of the Social Sciences faculty.

This event helped the audience to recognize and respect “ways of being” that they necessarily do not own, and interact with others to build bridges to trust respect, and understanding across cultures.

National IP & Brand Protection Summit
2022-06-27
National IP & Brand Protection Summit

Faculty of Management Sciences at SZABIST Islamabad, Prof. Dr. Shazia Akhtar, and Ms. Saima Saleem were invited as esteemed guests to National IP & Brand Protection Summit. The team connected with the Management Sciences and Industrial Design Department of NUST in which they agreed to work in collaboration. It was a great platform for both universities to exchange their ideas. The MBA team at SZABIST Islamabad is working on this partnership and has decided to use a Design-centric approach while developing ideas for real-world problems for the second phase of the Innovation Challenge.

BBA Experiential Activity
2022-06-27
BBA Experiential Activity
A project simulation was conducted by the students of BBA 4 (A & B) as a part of their semester-long project on Retail Management under the supervision of Dr. Arusa Khalid. Students welcomed their evaluators, Mr. Syed Shahwar Hussain and Ms. Saima Saleem, and briefed them about their sustainable and eco-friendly retail plans and appreciated their feedback. Program Manager Dr. Shumaila Zeb showed full support, and worthy HOC Mr. Khusro Pervaiz Khan appreciated the students’ efforts.

Buyer-Centered Marketing
2022-06-09
Students of BBA-6B conceived business ideas and developed business plans to transform their ideas into start-ups. Furthermore, they developed their product prototypes and tested their products in real markets. The purpose of the project was to cultivate their business acumen, develop enterprise skills and explore their career options. Not only did they gain valuable experience but some of the teams were able to make good sales as well.

Webinar - Reshaping the Supply Chain
2022-06-04
Department of Management Sciences organized an International Webinar with the title “Reshaping the Supply Chain” on June 4, 2022. Dr. Rozita Husain, Associate Professor & Director, Academic Development Centre, National Defense University of Malaysia grace the occasion and shed light on new horizons for research. Dr. Muhammad Saeed Shahbaz moderate the session and made all the necessary arrangements.

SOCIAL SERVICES EXPERIENCE LEARNING VISIT
2022-06-02
SOCIAL SERVICES EXPERIENCE LEARNING VISIT

Under the supervision of Mr. Asfandyar Khan, visiting faculty at Department of Management Sciences organized a Social Services experience learning visit for the student of BBA 6A to Local Support Organization Union Council Charah. The purpose of the visit was:

 To give an opportunity to students to witness the actual operations of community organizations and their operations.
 To illustrate some of how community services are being delivered
 To understand how societal and communal issues have affected the lives of people
 To get an understanding of organizing community, community engagement, community development, and sustainable development.

Webinar on Academic Journal indexing
2022-06-01
Webinar on Academic Journal indexing and publishing platforms
SZABIST Research Center (SIG: Entrepreneurship & Marketing) organized a training-webinar
on “Academic Journal indexing and publishing platforms” for faculty members and graduate
students of management sciences department. Dr. Qasim Ali Nisar (Senior Lecturer) Taylor’s
University Malaysia was the guest speaker and he trained the participants on the use of credible
research data base. This session was moderated by Dr. Saqlain Raza on June 01, 2022.

“Only one Earth”
2022-06-01
Environment plays an important role in healthy living and the existence of life on planet earth. Earth is a home for different living species and we all are dependent on the environment for food, air, water, and other needs. Therefore, it is important for every individual to save and protect our environment. On 1st June 2022 Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) organizes an exhibition on the theme “Only one Earth”. Students of the SZABIST Islamabad campus participated keenly under the supervision of Shahid Jahangir Raja (Faculty Member of Management Science) for a positive contribution to making this planet a safer place to live.

A seminar on “Financial regulation of Financial Intermediaries in Pakistan”
2022-05-27
A seminar held on the topic “Financial regulation of Financial Intermediaries in Pakistan” for the class of BSAF-4 and BSAF-7 on Friday, May 27th. Ms. Nayyab Javed supervised the event. Mr. Tayyab Ali, conducted the seminar who is the In-charge of the ABL verification desk and is involved in different dealings with SBP.
In conversation with the audience, he elaborated on the role of the State Bank of Pakistan as the regulatory body- protector of public interest, monitor of compliance with contractual obligations, and more. Along with this, the functions of the State Bank of Pakistan were also discussed which included issuer of currency, last resort lender, clearing house, and more. He brought to the attention of the audience the ramification of the misuse of the State Bank of Pakistan’s power to issue currency with strict penalty costs.
Also, how the State Banks further prevent misuse of currency amongst the public through currency updates.
