SZABIST University Islamabad

Scope and Opportunities in Media
2020-05-20
Scope and opportunities in Media:

The Executive Development Centre (EDC) organized the Online Corporate Finesse Workshop on “Scope and Opportunities in Media” on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 for the graduating class of Mr. Muhammad Abdullah Tariq of BSMS.
The guest speaker Dr. Wajid Zulqarnain shared his views that opportunities for the media are not LIMITED only extensive research is required. Just make the gap as an opportunity. Media can be high paying but also bring in a great deal of job satisfaction and expression of creativity

Importance of Emotional Intelligence for Career growth
2020-05-20
In order to provide the best opportunity for students of SZABIST during this crisis, another international speaker has been invited. The guest speaker was, “Alexander Tristan Davey” Country Director Norwegian Refugee Council-South Sudan.
The session was on “Importance of Emotional Intelligence for Career growth” arranged by Ms. Sana Mukhtar for the students of BSAF 2 Introduction to Psychology and BSSS Developmental Psychology.
Alexander Davey is the Country Director of the Norwegian Refugee Council. He has worked in relief and development since 2001 in East Timor, Indonesia, Pakistan, the UK, Cameroon, Senegal, and South Sudan. He has worked at Country Director and COO level for NGOs the past 8 years. Alexander is most interested in supporting a leadership model that is an antidote to ego-based, dominating models of the past and encouraging participatory, collaborative leadership. He focuses on supporting gender equality in the workplace and on providing space for national staff development.

How to live in Present with mental wellbeing?
2020-05-19
How to live in Present with mental wellbeing?
The Executive Development Centre (EDC) organized Online Corporate Finesse Workshop on “How to live in Present with mental wellbeing?” on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 for the graduating class of Ms. Sana Mukhtar of BSSS.
The guest speaker Dr. Fuwad Bashir gave tips & strategies to students that how they can do to look after their selves and manage feelings of stress, anxiety, or distress during this time of the pandemic, and helpful resources and support.

Oral Communication & Presentation Skills
2020-05-18
Oral Communication & Presentation Skills:
The Executive Development Centre (EDC) organized Online Corporate Finesse Workshop on “Oral Communication & Presentation Skills” on Monday, May 18, 2020 for the graduating class of Dr. Muhammad Bilal Qureshi of BSCS.
The guest speaker Ms. Rabia Basri Malik advised students how to improve their oral communication & presentation skills as these skills are vital for a student’s academic success and future career prospects. The session was very interactive judging by the student’s interest and questions stemming from intellectual curiosity

An approach to holistic well-being through awareness and connection
2020-04-29
A virtual session by an International speaker Abhilash Acharya on “An approach to holistic well-being through awareness and connection” has been organized by Ms. Sana Mukhtar, Lecturer Social Sciences department on 29th April 2020 for the students of Developmental Psychology.
The speaker was “Abhilash Acharya” who has worked with thousands of people in the areas of leadership, leadership communication, and communication through approaches that mainly include Emotional Awareness and Mindfulness as strategies for personal change. Abhilash has facilitated individuals and groups in this fluid yet powerful of the practice of mindfulness that focuses on mindful, emotionally aware, and resonant ways of connecting in day to day as well as in leadership roles. The goals of his work include enhanced openness, authenticity, inclusiveness, and inspirational ways of thinking and behaving.
He envisions a greater level of peace and compassion through these processes that have the potential to catalyze deep shifts in personal attitudes and improved quality of life and leadership.

Financial Risk Analysis
2020-04-25
During the COVID-19, SZABIST is trying to deliver the best to its students by using the latest available ICT tools. The faculty is taking every measure to provide the best knowledge at students’ doorstep. Keeping this in view an online guest speaker session was arranged by Mr. Muhammad Irfan Kasana for the students of Financial Risk Analysis BBA-255A on 25th April 2020.
Mr. Muhammad Shahzeb, A certified FRM professional was the guest speaker. He is currently working as Senior Manager ERM, Strategy and Corp. Affairs at 1LINK (Pvt) Ltd. Before joining 1Link, he served PMEX at different levels including Chief Risk Officer (CRO).
Mr. Shahzeb has expertise in the development and implementation of Risk Models. He shared his experience with the students. The session was remained highly interactive.

Resume Writing and Interviewing Tips
2020-04-15
On 15th April 2020, a virtual session was arranged for the students of Organizational Psychology on “Resume Writing and Interviewing Tips” by Miss Sana Mukhtar, Lecturer Social Sciences.
Guest Speaker, Mr. Annan Sohail with diverse experience in the field of HR presented the following tips to students for effective resume writing and interviewing skills.
• An engaging resume represents competencies, talent, and passion.
• Portray the university projects in resume.
• Do not apply for every vacant position. Apply to positions aligned with your degree, projects, passion, interest, future goals.
• Get enough hands-on experience through internships and volunteer work.
• Preparation before an interview is key to success. Go through the employer’s website, get market intelligence about the company, its culture, values, product, customers, etc.
• Practice the most common worldwide interviewing technique, STAR (Situation, Task, Actions, and Results).
• Relate your experience with the STAR technique. What was the situation, what tasks were executed, what actions were taken and what the result was?.
• Use your free time to learn new skills, attend online training programs. Doing extra miles makes your profile stand out.
• Go out, make business contacts, and expand your network.
• Find a mentor from industry and seek advice.

Poster Competition
2020-04-14
Announced on April 14, 2020, the ” ” by ORIC and Y.E.S Club on COVID 19 encouraged students to explore their creative side. The First prize was won by Mr. Mahir Kareem (Karachi campus), second prize was won by Abdullah Nawaz (Islamabad campus) and 3rd prize was won by Ms. Laraib Faheem (Islamabad campus).

Child Safeguarding
2020-04-06
During this pandemic, SZABIST is trying its best to facilitate students virtually by inviting professionals from different walks of life.
On 6th April 2020, a session on “Child Safeguarding” was arranged for the students of BSSS-1 Community Services by Miss Sana Mukhtar, Lecturer Social Sciences. The purpose of the session was to introduce the issues relevant to safeguarding and to develop skills, knowledge & understanding of safeguarding in relation to community work.
The guest speaker was Mr. Itfaq Khaliq Khan, a passionate professional with 15 years’ experience working in the development sector. His work entails program management, advocacy, research, capacity building, creative writing, and public speaking.

Job Fair 2020
2020-03-03 | SZABIST University Islamabad, Plot No 67، 4 Street 9, H 8/4, Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
EDC organized the Job Fair 2020 in which students got the opportunity to connect with the public, private and development sector through which they offered their services as volunteers, internees, or full-time jobs depending upon the requirement of the organization.
This year, on 3rd March 2020, approximately 50 companies came for recruitment which was attended by the graduating students of Computer, Management, Social and Media Sciences.

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Welcome Party of EMBA/PMBA/MHRM
2020-03-01 | SZABIST University Islamabad, Plot No 67، 4 Street 9, H 8/4, Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
1st March, 2020
A Welcome party was arranged on 1st march 2020 at Islamabad Club, Banquet hall for the students of EMBA/PMBA/MHRM programs of Szabist Islamabad. The event proved to be a huge success as a large number of students participated in the event.
The students were really enthusiastic and took an active part in various activities arranged by the senior students. They won prizes for their talent displayed in the form of poetry, singing competition, sharing of their passions and useful career tips for the audience.
The party ended with a vote of thanks by the Program manager Dr.Shazia Akhtar to the top administration of Szabist, Islamabad for providing such a progressive and enabling environment where all co-curricular and extracurricular activities are encouraged and supported leading to the overall personality development of the Executive students. Moreover, she thanked all the students for actively participating in the event and gave special appreciation to the organizing students Ms. Sadaf Noor and Mr. Ghulam Anbia Madni for their untiring efforts in arranging such a wonderful evening.
These kinds of activities improve the morale and ownership of the professional students who can become the brand ambassadors’ for the Executive weekend programs and spread a positive Word of Mouth and image of the university amongst other stakeholders including industry, academia and corporate sectors which will enhance the outreach of EMBA/PMBA/MHRM programs in future.

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HEC Chairman Visit
2020-02-28 | SZABIST University Islamabad, Plot No 67، 4 Street 9, H 8/4, Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
Chairman HEC, Dr. Tariq Banuri, live session on “Ehsaas Scholarship Program” Friday, 28th Feb-2020 at SZABIST Islamabad Campus.

Workshop on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
2020-02-27 - 2020-02-28
Two day training Workshop on “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy” was conducted at the National Institute of Psychology Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad on 27th& 28th February 2020 by DR. SYEDA RAZIA BUKHARI (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) Assistant Professor & Student Counselor.
The main objectives of this workshop are to learn the fundamentals of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for depression through an experiential workshop. Participants will learn how to conceptualize depressed clients, plan treatment based on an individualized conceptualization, establish the therapeutic relationship, instill hope, and use effective cognitive and behavioral strategies to motivate clients to complete homework, modify their maladaptive thinking and behavior, and solve problems on their own. Learn how to elicit and respond to clients’ feedback, measure progress, and prevent relapse.

Preparing the Centennial - The Future of work
2020-02-26
A seminar “Preparing the Centennial- The Future of work” was arranged on 26th February 2020 for the students of BBA and MBA. Country head SAP Mr. Saquib Ahmad was the key speaker of the seminar. He very impressively deliberated the skills required for the firms in the future. The session ended with the thank you note from the PM BBA Dr. Shumaila Zeb.

Clean Green Walk
2020-02-26
CLEAN GREEN WALK – 2020

SZABIST, Islamabad strives and motivates its students to be responsible citizens towards the environment and its society. In order to familiarize students with the sensitivity of the current environmental issues, ‘CLEAN GREEN WALK’ was organized on 26th Feb, 2020 with an aim to link the impact of different sociological factors on our environment.
Students of (BS-AF) and Faculty of Management Sciences participated in this walk for raising awareness regarding this issue. Students made a number of banners based on following messages while participating in this walk e.g. plant more trees, walk more, drive less, maintain clean and green vehicles, save water, save energy, recycle and reuse, save animals and keep the environment and surrounding clean be a corporate citizen.
Mr. Syed Shahwar shared his views regarding the essence of the environment and how students can play an active role in dealing with such issues. The faculty member reminded the students that everyone should involve green practice to her daily life to reduce environmental issues existing in the world, such as climate change and air pollution especially with the growing influence of science in our daily lives.
Students accompanied by their faculty member Mr. Syed Shahwar Hussain initiated this cleanness drive at Salina Park Islamabad’. Most of them carried wastepaper bin bags along with them and cleaned the route as well. The campaign served as a moral reminder to the students on campus and the community as a whole to play an active role in protecting and keep their environment clean and green.

Clean-up Drive
2020-02-24
SZABIST, Islamabad organized a clean-up drive at the Salina Park H-8/4 Islamabad on Monday 24th February, 2020 with BBA-4 students.
Faculty and students joined hands together in collecting litter that was harmful to the environment and community. SZABIST, Islamabad organizes this kind of drive on a regular basis to create the awareness of its stakeholders for environmental sustainability and establish their sense of stewardship in the community.

Shehr-e-Tabassum
2020-02-22
Social Sciences department organized a screening of an Urdu animated/hand-painted short movie ‘Shehr-e-Tabassum’ set in 2071.
This movie has been successfully toured England during January, visiting universities like Cambridge, Oxford, King’s, and are now touring within Pakistan.
The movie was aimed at the understanding of political and social imbalance, focusing on a terrifying look at what the country’s future might hold if we don’t take courage to fight for our rights and betterment of the coming generation.
The session was enlightening and thought-provoking for youth. All of the attendees appreciated the efforts and hard work of team Shehr-e-Tabassum.

Inter-University Debate competition
2020-02-15
Inter-university debate competition was organized between students of SZABIST Islamabad and FAST University on 15th February, 2020. The topic of discussion in this debate competition was ‘The positive and negative impact of collectivism on Pakistan’. SZABIST Students discussed the positive impacts, while students from FAST university discussed the negative impacts of collectivism on Pakistan.
Mr. Taqi Jawad and Mr. Syed Athar Shah were the judges of the event. At the end of the session, judges decided the winning team, as well as the participants, who stood first, second and third in this competition. Students from SZABIST Islamabad won this debate competition. Mustaghees Irfan from the management sciences department stood first in this competition.

MoU signing ceremony with Pakistan Agile Development Society
2020-02-13
The MoU signing ceremony between Pakistan Agile Development Society and SZABIST was held on 13th February 2020 at SZABIST Islamabad Campus.

BBA Class
2020-02-13
A series of workshops were conducted by the BBA Program Manager Dr. Shumaila Zeb on 13th February 2020 for the BBA students about the code of conduct, academic guidelines, Academic and Batch Counseling, and Business Research proposal.
The main objective of the workshops was to once again reiterate the need to maintain personal space, revise anti-sexual harassment policy guidelines, and most importantly how to write an effective Business research proposal.

Seminar on Digital Marketing
2020-02-10
It is shared with immense pleasure that a seminar on “Strategies to be used in digital marketing” was held on 10th February 2020. Mr. Haris Maqsood was the Guest Speaker. He has a vast experience of Managing Technical Support; Customer Success & Customer Service for USA based companies in Pakistan. He has built a fully operational Support Center in Pakistan for one of the fastest-growing Silicon Valley startups. He is Specialized in offshore IT Outsourcing, Skilled in Management, Leadership, Digital Marketing, Microsoft Excel, Forecasting and Strategic Planning. The purpose of this event was to learn how to build different strategies in order to motivate people to work as an entrepreneur. Also, he gave real-life marketing examples to incorporate in the corporate process.

Learning Outcomes

To commence, strengthen and stimulate international and cross-cultural cooperation in the field of entrepreneurial learning of young people.
Equip with a range of tools and frameworks to help in dealing with uncertainties related to innovation and entrepreneurship.
Provide an opportunity to work on real-life entrepreneurship related issues.
Embrace the tools and techniques required to succeed in the digital age.
Learn to develop and execute digital marketing plans strategies, including aspects such as the development of media content, use of social media, advertising e.t.c.in entrepreneurial process.

Currency Awareness Session
2020-02-07
Event write-up: Currency awareness session
A currency awareness session was arranged by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for students of the management sciences department on 7th February, 2020. Ms. Attiya, along with her team from SBP provided guidance on how the incorporation of a number of strong security features in banknotes aimed at facilitating the general public.
Furthermore, she enhanced awareness and understanding of the currency notes’ security features, so that students can easily distinguish between genuine and fake notes.

(CCI) ANNUAL UNIVERSITY FAIR
2020-02-06
SZABIST Islamabad campus participated in THE CITY SCHOOL CAPITAL CAMPUS ISLAMABAD (CCI) annual UNIVERSITY FAIR on February 6th, 2020. Our representatives facilitated students with information about different programs according to their field of studies and provided career counseling for their bright future.

Faculty Orientation
2020-02-01
Faculty orientation was conducted for the new faculty members of BBA and MBA Program By Dr. Atif Bilal and Dr. Shumaila Zeb on 1st February 2020. The basic aim of the orientation was to equip the new faculty with the academic guidelines, policies, and code of conduct of SZABIST Islamabad Campus.

Anti-Sexual Harassment Session
2020-01-28
Student Advisory and Anti-Sexual Harassment Session

A Student Advisory and Anti- Harassment session for BBA-1& 2 was held on 28th January 2020 at SZABIST Islamabad Campus.

The main objective of session was to provide the students a channel for course-related communication and develop their understanding for code of ethics of SZABIST.
Dr Shumaila Zeb the Program Manager of BBA advised the students to maintain a professional demeanor and attend regularly the scheduled meetings with respective student counselor during their stay at campus.

Orientation Program Spring 2020
2020-01-27
Orientation programs facilitate the successful transition of new students to SZABIST Islamabad. It helps prepare students for their academic experience, promotes student involvement and engagement, and provide information about student services and academic resources.
On 27th January 2020 SZABIST Islamabad’s New Student Orientation introduced new students of different programs to the wide array of academic, intellectual, leadership, cultural, and social experiences available at SZABIST. The learning outcomes of the freshmen orientation involved understanding the academic expectations and the process of enrollment, utilization of academic support and student services, learning about campus and community involvement through clubs, organizations and developing relationships with students, advisors, faculty, and staff.

Strategic Finance Symposium; Contemporary Challenges & Opportunities” 2019
2019-12-26
SZABIST in line with its knowledge economy drive organized “Strategic Finance Symposium” in sheer collaboration with the corporate sector and neighboring universities under the leadership of Dr. Muhammad Naveed (Associate Professor, SZABIST). The forum captured the unleashing significance of dynamic challenges and opportunities pertinent to strategic finance from institutional and country’s perspectives.
The symposium results in following proposed resolutions for adaptation to comply with advanced financial mechanics and practices;

Dynamic Financial and Investment Planning
Customized Financial Decisions Making through Financial Intelligence and New Financial Dial Ups
Emerging need of Financial Data Analytics
Unleashing the role of Financial Analysts and Financial Institutions to comply with changing Digital Financial Landscape
Enhancing the Financial Literary at an advanced level to better understand the Financial System
Encouraging the Financial Democracy and responsiveness towards CSR Orientation from Stakeholders Perspectives.

ZABTECH 2019
2019-12-17
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering organized Intra University Speed Programming, Poster designing and E-Gaming competition for BSSE and BSCS students. BS Software Engineering students won 1st and 3rd positions in the Speed Programming and all positions of poster designing. BSCS students secured 2nd position in Speed Programming and all positions in the E-Gaming competition.
The organizing committee of this wonderful competition includes Syed Muhammad Usman ( Program Manager BSSE) along with faculty members Ms. Sehresh Khan, Mr. Usman Ali, Ms. Maryam Sajjad, Mr. Aamir Anwar, Hafiz Ahmed Qasim and Mr. Muhammad Naveed.

ZAB Media Festival
2019-12-04
A day long colorful media festival organized by students of Media Sciences Department of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) Islamabad Campus was held here on December 04, 2019. The festival was aimed to promote creativity among students by providing them with a platform where they could exhibit their talents.

Field Trip to Stock Exchange
2019-12-04
On the 4th of December 2019, students of the 5th semester of BBA were taken on an educational visit to the ISE (Islamabad Stock Exchange Towers) organized by their FMI Instructor Ms. Nayyab Javed.
At the beginning of the tour, an insightful seminar with interactive and topical discussions on how modern markets work today was held by an expert trainer. The session highlighted various investment instruments and their pros and cons, workings of the stock exchange and various rules and regulations of the Islamabad Stock Exchange and its alliance with the Pakistan Stock Exchange. After the seminar, the students were taken to a room where digitized operations of the listings, stock prices and company’s index were displayed on large screens; this gave an overview of the role of demand and supply in share prices.
The purpose of this visit was to engage the students in the practical application of the concepts taught in their classroom and bridge the barrier between academia and industry.
