SZABIST University Islamabad

Essay Writing Competition
2022-04-27
Essay Writing Competition
BBA Department of Management Sciences SZABIST Islamabad organized an Essay
Writing Competition on the topic “A Lesson of History, A Lesson of Life” for the students of
BBA 2 section A,B , C and BSAF 2 A on 27th April ,2022.
The event was organized by Dr.Iffat Rasool and Ms Uzma Sheryar. The objective of the event was to advance the soft and
creative skills of under graduate level students. The competition will stimulate their ability to
think innovatively in both academic and professional settings.

Field trip organized by SZABIST Islamabad to Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Brokerage Houses
2022-05-17
A study trip of BBA derivatives students was arranged under the supervision of Muhammad Irfan Kasana to the leading commodity brokerage houses of the Pakistan Mercantile Exchange situated in ISE Towers Islamabad. The students were enlightened with the mechanics of the derivatives industry by the industry experts. At first, students visited ZLK Securities limited where Mr. Muhammad Hamza (Commodity Market Consultant) briefed the students about the market with a special focus on brokerage house operations and market dynamics. After this, the students visited Enrichers Pvt Limited, where Mr. Hassan Mehmood, CEO of Enrichers welcomed the students. Mr. Hassan provides in-depth knowledge of the derivatives industry. He further briefed how one can start investing wisely in this market. Both presenters imparted practical knowledge to the students.

12th Convocation 2022 - SZABIST Islamabad
2022-05-18
(Convocation 2022 – SZABIST Islamabad Campus – Pak-China Friendship Center)
Convocation day is considered the most significant day for every student. On the graduation day ceremony, students are awarded academic degrees and they are being praised and appreciated for more success ahead.
SZABIST Islamabad memorialized its 12th Convocation ceremony on May 18th, 2022 at Pak China Friendship Center. Where the live coverage of the event took place on a social media platform and FM Radio 106.6 managed to broadcast the live event. A total of 673 students were awarded Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees.
Madam Chancellor Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho declared the opening of the convocation ceremony which was followed by the National Anthem and recitation of the Holy Quran. Senator Sherry Rehman (the Federal Minister of Climate Change) was the chief guest of the ceremony. She along with the President Ms. Shehnaz Wazir Ali, Vice President Academics Prof. Doc Altaf Mukati and Head of the Campus Mr. Khusro Pervaiz Khan presented the awards to the students and addressed the graduates with their heartwarming wishes. Academic medals were given to the high achievers of SZABIST Islamabad then the graduates took the oath which was administered by Madam President Shehnaz Wazir. The ceremony was declared closed by Madam Chancellor Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho.
Congratulations to all the graduates!!
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Creative Writing Competition
2022-05-19
Creative Writing Competition
Dr. Iffat Rasool Associate Professor, Management Sciences Department at SZABIST Islamabad organized a creative writing competition for the students of BBA on Thursday, 19th May, 2022.

MBA Experiential Learning Activity
2022-05-20
Dr Arusa Khalid, Assistant Professor Department of Management Sciences, SZABIST, Islamabad campus, organized a trip of MBA students to Metro Cash and Carry on Friday 20th May 2022. Mr. Yousaf Haroon (MTO, Metro) and Mr. Syed Bilal (HR Manager, Metro) welcomed the students and briefed them about various departments of Metro Cash and Carry, including operations, merchandising, sales, and marketing, etc. The trip was also intended to enhance students’ knowledge concerning an organization’s positive differentiation over its rivals from the consumers’ perspective.

MBA Project simulations
2022-05-20
MBA Project simulations were held for the MBA students as a part of their semester-long project (Strategic Marketing) on Thursday, June 27, 2022, under the supervision of Dr. Arusa Khalid.
The simulation can be very time-constrained, and solutions and strategies need to be rushed, making it more entertaining. On the other hand, it allows for a lot of creativity and going off-script, as the instructor manages the simulation and can modify conditions to make it even more realistic. Students welcomed their evaluators, Dr. Saqib Mehmood and Dr. Zoya Wajid, and explained their project ideas. The evaluators provided students with valuable suggestions.

Hands on Workshop by SZABIST Research Centre
2022-05-22
The SZABIST Research Center under the Department of Management Sciences aims to enhance scholarly activities to equip the researchers with the latest tools and techniques besides formal knowledge. In continuation, a Hands-On workshop was organized on the 14th of May 2022 for all MBA, MS, and Ph.D. students. The trainer Dr. Muhammad Saeed Shahbaz covered the below topics:
Introduction of the Mendeley
Installing the Mendeley Desktop and creating an account
Adding, managing, organizing, editing the research material (Research articles, books, thesis, reports and etc.) on Mendeley.
Plugin MS-Word with Mendeley
Citation and references on MS-Word through Mendeley.
Change and/or iteration of various citation styles (APA, IEEE, Vancouver and etc.)
How to import research material from various sources to Mendeley directly.

Shifa Foundation Falahee Clinic a community-based project Visit
2022-05-23
The students of the Department of Management Sciences BBA 6 B Social Advocacy & Community Service and Social Responsibility Club SZABIST Islamabad of Shifa International Hospital on 23rd May 2022. The visit was organized by Dr. Iffat Rasool Associate Professor SZABIST Islamabad.
Dr. Hameed Mumtaz Durrani Administrator of Shifa Foundation Community Health Centre (SFCHC), Shifa International Hospital / Shifa College of Medicine, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad briefed the students about the role of the Shifa Foundation for community services.
This visit enabled the students to experience the activities of community-based organizations and integrate their experiential understanding and learning of Social Advocacy and Community Service with their final semester project.
In addition, the students on the behalf of Social Responsibility Club SZABIST Islamabad donated the cash amount to the administration of the Shifa Foundation. The main objective of the donation was to develop a sense of social responsibility among the youth toward society.

Training on SEM
2022-05-24
Training on SEM
Management Science Research Center (HRM/Management) of SZABIST Islamabad organized
a training on Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using software AMOS on Tuesday
24th May 2022 at 7.00 P.M. for the students of MBA, MS & Ph.D. Management Sciences. The
objective of SEM using software AMOS was to support the students to understand the operations
of research and theories by extending standard multivariate analysis methods, including
regression, factor analysis, correlation, and analysis of variance. The workshop trainer was Mr
Usman Baig a trainer & academician. The workshop was coordinated by Associate Professor Dr.
If Rasool Management Sciences SZABIST Islamabad.

Business Idea Competition
2022-05-25 | SZABIST University Islamabad, Plot No 67، 4 Street 9, H 8/4, Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
In pursuit of elevating the national economy of the country by providing competent and skilled business professionals- MBA Department seeks to cultivate a culture of experiential learning that internalizes research & analysis, critical thinking, and innovation in the student body. Hence, in light of this vision, the department is organizing an inter-university business plan competition scheduled on 25th May 2022 at SZABIST, Islamabad campus.
The prime objective of this competition is to stimulate healthy competitive spirit that will foster intellectual, academic, social and professional excellence in the students. Surely, start-ups are imperative for mobility of our youth at the national economic stratosphere. Thus, Innovation Challenge 2022 will serve as a meaningful opportunity to enhance business acumen of the participants. It will invariably propagate skills of: team-building, leadership, communication, creativity, innovation and problem-solving.
The winning teams will be awarded a cash prize of Rs, 60,000 as first prize, Rs 30,000 as second and Rs, 20,000 as third prize.
It is hoped that this competition will bring recognition to bright future leaders of the country.
Kindly register yourself at the given link:
http://shorturl.at/nzRT3 or Scan a Code mentioned in the poster
Szabist Islamabad eagerly looks forward to your participation at Innovation Challenge 2022. In case of any queries, please feel free to contact us.

Prof. Dr. Shazia Akhtar
PM-MBA/Chief Organizer
dr.shazia@szabist-isb.edu.pk
+92 334 5335479
Ms. Saima Saleem
Organizer
bpc.mba@szabist-isb.edu.pk
+92 333 1520365

Innovation Challenge 2022 by SZABIST Islamabad
2022-05-25
Innovation Challenge 2022 by SZABIST Islamabad

On 25th May, the MBA department hosted an avant-garde event, Innovation Challenge 2022. Innovation Challenge 2022 was more than a national-level inter-university business plan competition; it was a forum where students from across the country participated in purely sharing their passion for entrepreneurship with the rest of the world. In pursuit of elevating the business acumen of the youth of Pakistan and curating an inclusive space for talent, and meritocracy to prevail while curtailing socio-economic stratification- MBA PM Prof.Dr.Shazia Akhtar embarked on the journey of bringing her vision to life. Hence MBA club-under the leadership of Dr.Shazia Akhtar and mentorship of Ms.Saima Saleem and Mr. Ahmed Ali Qureshi successfully executed Innovation Challenge’22.

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.

“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.

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.

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 - 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

ZABIST Entrepreneurship Society - Capacity Building Workshop
2022-08-11 08:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Karachi)
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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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
