SZABIST University Islamabad

"Contemporary challenges in Management and Leadership Skills"
2022-12-19
A seminar on “Contemporary challenges in Management and Leadership Skills” was held on December 19th, 2022. Dr. Samina Karim (Manager of organization development-Mobilink) and Mr.Muhammad Haroon Khan (Chief People Officer-Mobilink) were the honorable guest speakers.

"Al Rehman Therapy - Scientific basis and experience from Pakistan"
2022-12-20
Wellness society has organized a session on “Al Rehman Therapy – Scientific basis and experience from Pakistan” on 20th December 2022. The organizer team includes Ms. Sana Mukhtar and Dr. Rashida Qureshi-faculty of Dept of Social Sciences.

Guest speakers were Dr. Mahrukh Zahoor, Cardiac Surgeon at CDA Hospital, and Dr. Syed Fawad Raza Bukhari, Head of Core Engineering ICEE, University of Lahore.
Wellness society has organized a session on “Al Rehman Therapy – Scientific basis and experience from Pakistan” on 20th December 2022. The organizer team includes Ms. Sana Mukhtar and Dr. Rashida Qureshi-faculty of the Dept of Social Sciences.

"Psychological Problems, Their Solution in the light of Surah Asar ''
2022-12-20
“Psychological Problems, Their Solution in the light of Surah Asar ”
A seminar on “Psychological Problems, Their Solution in the light of Surah Asar ” took place in SZABIST Islamabad. Ma’am Maria Rafique Qureshi was the organizer of it for the students of Clinical Psychology and BS (A&F). A guest speaker, Dr. Javed Iqbal,(HOD Riphah International University Malakand Campus) gave thought-provoking solutions for the psychological problems.

BBA Experiential Learning Activity (Visit to Fauji Foods Limited)
2022-12-21
BBA Experiential Learning Activity (Visit to Fauji Foods Limited)

Department of Management Sciences organized an Industrial Tour of BBA 7 & 8 (Marketing / Supply Chain Management) to Fauji Foods Limited (Plantsite), Bahalwal on 21st Dec, 2022. Mr. Adeel (HR Lead) and the Management of Fauji Foods warmly welcomed students. They addressed on introduction/history of Fauji Group along with Logistics & Distribution strategies adopted by Fauji Foods Ltd. Later, the students got an overview of the entire production process and were briefed on HSE, Quality Management, Warehouse Management and latest IT systems implemented by Fauji Foods Ltd. Visit concluded with Q&A session followed by a lunch. The visit intended to emphasize the importance of knowledge sharing between Academia & Industry. Under the supervision of course instructor Mr. Omer Ijaz this visit took place.

Seminar on Green Finance
2022-12-21 08:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Karachi)
Seminar on Green Finance

The seminar on Green finance helps the students to understand the development in this area and to identify topics of research for their thesis in the area of green finance. Dr. Hassan Raza organized the seminar.
Szabist Special Interest Group (SIG-Finance) has invited professor Safdar Ali Butt for the seminar on Green Finance. Professor Safdar Ali Butt is a financial expert, a senior corporate official/director, a trainer, an academician, a writer, and an entrepreneur. He delivers a lecture on green finance- one of the most prominent areas in finance now a day. He has covered the following outline in his lecture:

Principal areas of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Green finance
Objectives in private sector in private sector
Issues in green finance
Green Banks and Governmental involvement

MBA Experiential Learning Activity
2022-12-22
As part of the experiential learning activity for MBA students, an interactive guest speaker session took place with Ms. Aliya Aamir from Ufone PTCL. Being an experienced marketing professional she talked about the importance of market research. Also about consumer insights in Challenging times and how the corporate sector has evolved in the post-pandemic world. The Students have shown keen interest and raised very thought-provoking questions for a better understanding of actual marketing strategies in the real world. These academia-industry linkages are extremely helpful for the learning of the students before they actually go into the practical world.

GUEST SPEAKER SESSION: LEADERSHIP THE CARE & GROWTH MODEL
2022-12-22
GUEST SPEAKER SESSION: LEADERSHIP THE CARE & GROWTH MODEL

The Management Sciences and Media Sciences Department of SZABIST Islamabad Campus arranged a Guest Speaker Session on “Leadership The Care & Growth Model” on
December 07, 2022.
The Guest Speaker, Mr. Shahbaz Aftab working with Schuitema as Human Excellence Consultant for the last 18 years. He shared his knowledge/ experience and gave us a presentation on Leadership The Care & Growth Model.
The objective of this session was “To give the delegates an insight into universal criteria of legitimate leadership how they operate at the workplace.What are the consequences and indicators if they are misaligned and to give participants sufficient/ simple but effective tools to align themselves with those universal criteria”.
The session was moderated by Dr. Khansa Zaman (Assistant Professor, Management Sciences Dept.)

Workshop on C.V. Writing Skills
2022-12-23
C.V. is a short document that gives a chance to individuals to show a prospective employer the best of what one has. It sells one’s skills, and experience, and shows the employer the best of the candidate. C.V. lets the employer notice the candidate, his education, achievements, skills, and abilities.

Taking C.V as the main component for graduating students for finding a potential job, the Department of Management Sciences SZABIST Islamabad organized the Seminar under the Professional development week series on “C.V Writing” on Friday 23rd December 2022 for the graduating students of BBA, BSAF, and MBA. Dr. Iffat Rasool Associate Professor SZABIST Islamabad involved the graduating students in C.V. writing practice. Dr. Iffat Rasool has vast experience in training communication skills on a national and international level.

Workshop on Research Methods
2022-12-24
The Department of Social Sciences and the Department of Management Sciences research center organized a collaborative hands-on workshop for Quantitative research methods and Executive MBA 2 Applied Research Methods on referencing style, and in-text citation by using Mendeley. Dr. Saeed Shahbaz, Head of Research Center Management Sciences SZABIST Islamabad facilitated the session. Ms. Sana Mukhtar P.M (BS Social Sciences) SZABIST Islamabad organized this activity.

Workshop on Building E-commerce Skills
2022-12-24
On December 13th, the Google Developer Student Club SZABIST Islamabad organized a workshop. To give hands-on knowledge on amazon, virtual assistant, and e-commerce that focused on learning aimed at building e-commerce skills.

The keynote speaker was Mr. Sahfqat Mehmood from EcomEx, Pakistan followed by Ms. Muqaddas Ghous from the same organization. They both were passionate about training people to acquire such profitable skills.

The topics covered included a practical demonstration of amazon, fiver, Upwork, and an overall rundown of the e-commerce scope in today’s dynamic digital marketplace.

During the workshop, participants in different programs engaged in interpersonal communication to ask questions and make the learning experience extremely useful.

Three Minutes Thesis Competition (3MT)
2022-12-24
The research plays a significant role in developing students’ ‟ critical thinking skills”. It helps in creating opportunities and meeting the challenging of business and society. Also helps in transformation with meaningful economic, societal, and environmental impacts.

The aim of the SZABIST Research Center is to promote a successful, passionate, and interactive research community. To create new ideas and provides cost-effective solutions to business, environmental, and societal issues through an approach with all stakeholders.

To provide a meaningful contribution to society, SZABIST has organized the “Three Minutes Thesis Competition” (3MT) on 21 December 2022 at Islamabad Campus. The participant from all over Pakistan presented their research and the successful candidate won the cash prize.

Session on "Auditing from an Auditors Lens"
2022-12-26
Mr. Muhammad Ali Khan and Mr. Zeeshan Hamid organized a guest speaker session on the topic “Auditing from an Auditors Lens” for BSAF-5 and BSAF-6 students. The speaker was Shahzad ul Hasan, the founder of Hasan Associates-Chartered Accountant Firm.
He provided an in-depth explanation of audit concepts and techniques. He also gave an overview of how to apply relevant rules and regulations in addressing the problem, during his conversation with the audience. Audit and assurance, audit risk, materiality concept, auditing corporate governance, and auditing culture were the main topics of the session.
The main goal of this seminar was to provide our business students with a thorough understanding of auditing concepts and techniques. Also, how to form an opinion on the information presented in financial reports that represent the organization’s financial position.

A Day with Pakistan Sweet Home
2022-12-26
The children of Pakistan Sweet Homes spend a day with SZABIST Islamabad students on 15 December 2022. They were provided an environment for building self-confidence through several activities and fun. The main objective of this activity was to build a sense of care and social responsibility among the graduating students of SZABIST Islamabad. Dr.Iffat Rasool Associate Professor and BBA-6 A Advocacy and Community Services organized this activity.

Workshop on Working in team
2022-12-26
Professional development programs play a key role in developing knowledge and skills among graduating students. These sessions bring in industry professionals to discuss career opportunities outside academia and the skills needed to take advantage of them.

The Department of Management Sciences SZABIST Islamabad organized the workshop under Professional development week on “Working in Teams”. MS Atiya Arshad the Training & HR lead at Telenor Microsoft Bank engaged and trained the graduating students in team-building activities required in their future jobs. The Dean and HOD Management Sciences Professor Dr. M. Asif Khan expressed his gratitude for the efforts rendered by the trainers. The workshop ended with awarding her the souvenir as a token of appreciation.

Workshop on Personal Mission Statement and Personal SWOT Analysis
2022-12-26
Workshop on Personal Mission Statement and Personal SWOT Analysis

Before choosing a career, a personal SWOT analysis gives a better sense to individuals about the level of their abilities and skills. For this Department of Management Sciences, SZABIST Islamabad organized the workshop under Professional Development Week. It was on “Personal Mission Statement, Personal SWOT Analysis, and Development Plan” on 22nd December 2022 for the graduating students. The goal this activity was to provide self-knowledge to students so that they may improve their skills before getting into real-life experience.

Brigadier retired Mr. Ahmed Ghias, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, working as a consultant at Asian Development Bank Islamabad Pakistan was the guest speaker. He guided them for activities that can help them in their careers and lives to become better professionals and individuals.

“Mock Interview”
2022-12-26
Department of Management Sciences organized the session of “Mock Interview” as a part of Professional Development Programs. It took place on Saturday 24th December 2022 for the graduating students of BBA, BSAF, and MBA.

The executives of several reputed national and multinational organizations such as Fuji Fertilizer, Jazz, Shifa International, and Kohistan Group interviewed the students. They also provided them the guideline to overcome their deficiencies related to Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs).

Seminar on “Finance for Business Startups”
2022-12-26
Muhammad Ali Khan from management sciences organized a seminar on “Finance for Business Startups” under the umbrella of ZAB Entrepreneur week. The expert speaker, Mr. Faiz Rashid is the manager of finance at FFBL. Mr. Faiz brought his knowledge and international experience to help the students to understand the concepts of entrepreneurial finance. Mr. Faiz Rashid has a diverse experience of over two decades, he started his career with PWC in Karachi and is still a fellow member of the ICAP. He was Finance Manager with Linde Gas Singapore Pte. Ltd. and worked in several other roles during his stay in Singapore of 8 years.
Students were keen to know about the different developmental ideas in the finance world. Students were actively engaged in the discussion. They asked about how the future in Pakistan is for Business startups and how important it is to understand the business itself.

Seminar on Time & Stress Management
2022-12-26
Seminar on Time & Stress Management

A business mind needs to stay healthy, happy, and productive for people even in any worse situations. Although some stress can be healthy as it can promote individuals to find a new skill, get things done, or do something well. But stress that goes on for a long time can negatively impact all aspects of your health.
The Department of Management Sciences Islamabad organized the Seminar on “Time & Stress Management” on the 26th of December 2022 for the graduating students. Ms. Samra Azam Chaudhri, a Corporate Trainer and International Management Consultant was the guest speaker. She engaged the graduating students in Time & stress management techniques in order to develop the skills required for managing it. Dr. Iffat Rasool Associate Professor SZABIST Islamabad moderated this activity.

Seminar on ‘Emotional Intelligence for Success'
2022-12-26
A seminar on ‘Emotional Intelligence for Success’ was arranged by Dr. Fatima Ashraf, Department of Management Sciences SZABIST Islamabad on 20th December, 2022 for students of BBA 3 and BSAF 3. The speaker, Dr. Sehar Zulfikar from the National University of Modern Languages emphasized the importance of EI for modern times and trials and how significant it is for business students to develop the EI skill to become successful managers in the future. As EI is the need of the hour, students found the session engaging and beneficial.

Session on Financial Management and Women Entrepreneurs
2022-12-26
Session on Financial Management and Women Entrepreneurs
Mr. Muhammad Ali Khan organized a guest speaker session with the incredibly knowledgeable Mohsin Ashfaque Khan. The speaker, who brought with him a diverse experience from the domain of finance, took the stage to speak on a topic about – women entrepreneurs. He is a lead product manager in the Digital Lending team of Telenor Microfinance Bank (Easy Paisa). He emphasized the needed growth and encouragement to raise the number of women employers, which, compared to their male counterparts, stands at merely 0.1%. Explaining how COVID gave us the inclusion of women in the financial sector. The young professional and guest speaker came with his diverse background and comprehensive knowledge. He played role in Karandaaz Pakistan, where he managed one of the largest women-led/managed business portfolios in the country. He had the audience hooked until the very end and was truly a pleasure to listen to.

Seminar on Networking and Collaboration
2022-12-26
Seminar on Networking and Collaboration

Networking and collaboration for career and professional development are vital in business, entrepreneurship, academics, innovation, and social life. Besides this, there are a number of reasons why graduating business students need to network with people. Academia can play a great role by inviting industry professionals to share career opportunities outside academia and the skills needed for fresh graduates.

Observing the great need for networking and collaboration The Department of Management Sciences SZABIST Islamabad organized the Seminar. Under Professional development week on “Networking & Collaboration” on Monday 26th December 2022 for the graduating students. Dr. Mohsin Zahid Co-Founder of Neuron Solutions and HEC Master Trainer gave fruitful thoughts to students on Networking and Collaboration strategies.

“How to write an effective research proposal”
2022-12-27
“How to write an effective research proposal”
The SZABIST Research Center (Faculty of Management Sciences) aims to enhance the research capacity of faculty and research students and prepare them for the contemporary research environment. In continuation of this, an International Webinar entitled “How to write an effective research proposal” was organized on 27 December 2022 with more than 100 participants (Physical and Online). Assoc. Prof. Dr. Idaya Husna (Department of International Business and Management Studies, Faculty of Business and Management, University Technology Mara Malaysia) graced the occasion. She explained the proposal writing steps. Additionally, she also shed light on Abstract writing. Dr. Zoya Wajid Satti moderated the session and Dr. Arusa Khalid made the other necessary arrangements.

Workshop on Emotional Intelligence
2022-12-27
Workshop on Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence (EI) is the ability of understanding and manage one’s own emotions as well as of others. The literature on Emotional Intelligence (EI) suggests that 80 percent of success in the workplace depends upon it while IQ accounts for just 20 percent. Students also not only need Emotional Intelligence (EI) for future workplaces but also to bounce back in their academic excellence.

SZABIST Islamabad is always concerned with students’ attitudes and behavior as it is a prior need of society and future jobs. Emotional Intelligence (EI) can help students to be mature and responsible professionals and citizens of the country. Thus, the Department of Management Sciences SZABIST Islamabad arranged the workshop entitled “Emotional Intelligence” on Tuesday 27th December 2022 for the graduating students of BBA, BSAF. The workshop was presented by Dr. Fatima Ashraf, Assistant Professor SZABIST Islamabad. The workshop covered the essentials of emotional intelligence and its importance at the personal and institutional levels. The activity was moderated by Dr. Iffat Rasool Associate Professor SZABIST Islamabad.

ZAB MAVERICK Fall 2022- Business Plan Competition
2022-12-28
The Department of Management Sciences under the ZAB Entrepreneurship Week, Fall 2022 organized the business plan competition “ZAB Maverick” .Under the supervision of Dr. Saqlain Raza, M/s Saima Saleem, and Mr. Shahid Jahangir Raja this event took place. The Students of BBA organized and participated in the event. A business Plan is one of the major tools for starting out with entrepreneurship. It provides a promotional platform for creating student awareness, real role models, and institutional engagement. Students presented their ideas in Groups in front of Industry experts and Entrepreneurs. The guests applauded the efforts of the students. They also praised SZABIST for conducting business plan competitions like these that play an active role in sharpening the entrepreneurial mindset in the students.

Entrepreneurial Safari to PTV News
2022-12-28
Entrepreneurial Safari to PTV News

The department of “Management Sciences” organized an entrepreneurial safari educational trip under the ZAB Entrepreneurship Week. Mr. Syed Shahwar Hussain supervised the visit of the headquarters of “PTV News” for the students enrolled in the course of “Media Management”. This provided a deep understanding of the media startups, electronic media, planning, operation, execution, and management of their news content.

Mr. Hassan Butt, PRO organized the information session, and Mr. Abdullah Baloch, Controller of Current Affairs at PTV News arranged the trip. The team briefed about the working of different media organizations, regulatory affairs, and the changing dynamics of media trends along with the question and answer session.

Workshop on registration of new business startups – legal framework
2022-12-28
Workshop on registration of new business startups – legal framework

Mr. Khalid Abdul Ghafoor and Syed Shahwar Hussain organized a hands-on training workshop for the students of BBA under the “ZAB Entrepreneurship Week” Fall 2022 on 17th December 2022. The Workshop took place at SZABIST Islamabad in which students got hands-on training sessions. They learned how to register a new company under the policy, procedure, and law of Pakistan.

Workshop on Entrepreneurial Business Startups
2022-12-28
Workshop on Entrepreneurial Business Startups

The Department of Management Sciences and the students of BBA under the ZAB Entrepreneurship Week, Fall 2022 organized a full-day workshop under the supervision of Mr. Shahid Jahangir Raja on Entrepreneurial Business Startups on 14th December 2022 at Szabist Islamabad Campus. The main purpose of the event was to enrich the students with the importance of Business Startups. Entrepreneurs from the private sector graced the event. They enlightened the students on how to start and manage business startups and independent ventures at an early stage. Dr. Muhammad Asif Khan (Associated Dean & HOD) Management Sciences concluded the session with a note of thanks.

Workshop on Generalized methods of moment (GMM) using Stata
2022-12-29
Workshop on Generalized methods of the moment (GMM) using Stata

The workshop on Generalised methods of moments (GMM) using Stata helped the students to understand the application of the GMM model, and it familiarized the students with the interface of Stata. It also helps most students in their research thesis. Dr. Hassan Zada organized the event.
Mr. Zia ul Islam is a senior faculty member of accounting and finance at CUST. He is expertise in many econometric software like SPSS, Eviews, and Stata. He has supervised many students at MBA and MS levels. He will cover the following outline in his lecture:

Familiar the students with the interface of Stata
Overview of the GMM model
Prerequisites of GMM
Application of GMM
Interpretation of GMM estimated results
Reporting of GMM results in APA format

Seminar on Development of Entrepreneurial Mindset
2022-12-29
Seminar on Development of Entrepreneurial Mindset
The Department of Management SZABIST Islamabad organized a Seminar on “Development of Entrepreneurial Mindset” for the graduating students on 29th December 2022. Mr. Zaka Ul Mustafa, Co-Founder and Director, Leverify LLC in Pakistan and USA addressed the students and shared his entrepreneurial journey. He highlighted the various applications and benefits of having an entrepreneurial mindset. He further explained how entrepreneurs think and act and how the entrepreneurial mindset can help business graduates to stay one step ahead of the game.
The Dean and HOD Department of Management Sciences SZABIST Islamabad Professor Dr. M Asif Khan thanked the guest speaker at the end of the session. He presented him the shield as a token of appreciation. Students also asked questions to develop their understanding for entrepreneurial success. Dr. Iffat Rasool Associate Professor moderated the session.

Seminar on Professional Work Ethics
2022-12-29
Seminar on Professional Work Ethics
The Department of Management SZABIST Islamabad organized a Seminar on “Professional Work Ethics” for the graduating students of BBA, BSAf and MBA on Thursday 29th December 2022. Mr. Osama Farooqi General Manager HR at Nayatel, Pakistan, addressed the students. He has vast experience of managing corporate HR functions and transforming traditional HR into digital HR. Mr. Osama shared his views on the importance of professional work ethics required from business graduates. He stressed the students on character building and developing the traits like honesty, trustworthiness, transparency, accountability, confidentiality, respect, obedience to the law, and loyalty besides knowledge and skills before entering into their professional lives. The session was moderated by Dr. Iffat Rasool Associate Professor SZABIST Islamabad.
