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Volume 18 Issue No:1

stAIT 1 Graduation Ceremony held with traditional zeal

MoU signed between SSUETand Saylani Welfare

Sir Syed University organized Concluding Ceremony of World Space Week Seminar Series

Sir University held Condolence Reference of Prof. Dr. Mumtaz ul Imam

Convocation 202225th

Prof. Dr. Mir Shabbar Ali

SSUET

Sir Syed University organizedTeachers' Award Ceremony

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It is really a matter of great pride and happiness that Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology celebrated its

th25 Convocation with traditional zeal and fervor.

Sir Syed University is ranked among one of the top engineering universities in the country. The university caters to the educational need of students. Courses are designed to help students managing their career and life commitments. They must gain meaningful insights and make valuable connections, then put them to work in their career and life pursuits.

The world is changing at a very fast speed. Now the student is not only bound to face the contemporary challenges, but he also needs to seek fresh opportunities for employment. To achieve this target, he requires equipping himself and developing his own capacities to the full. Present time now demands a fresh perspective and attitudinal change. A degree is no longer a passage to certain employment. There is a need to add new skil ls with latest technologies. Innovation and creativity are the keywords of our times. Youth must realize the responsibility towards their country and the society. Wish you all the best for a bright and happy future.

25th Convocation of Sir Syed University held with traditional zeal...........03

stAIT 1 Graduation Ceremony .............................................................................06

Sir Syed University organized Thalassemia Awareness Program............................08

Sir Syed University started 3rd batch of Kamyaba Jawan Program.........................09

Sir Syed University organized Job Fair 2022.............................................................10

Sir Syed University organized Concluding Ceremony of World Space WeekSeminar Series...........................................................................................................11

MoU signed between SSUET and Saylani Welfare....................................................12

Sir Syed University organized Teachers' Award Ceremony........................................13

News from Electronic Engineering Department........................................................14

News from Computer Engineering Department.......................................................16

News from Software Engineering Department..........................................................17

News from Telecommunication Engineering Department.........................................18

News from Electrical Engineering Department........................................................ .20

News from Biomedical Engineering Department......................................................23

News from Bioinformatics Department.....................................................................24

News from Civil Engineering Department.................................................................26

News from Architecture & Environmental Design Department.................................29

News from ORIC ......................................................................................................31

News from Faculty of Computing & Applied Sciences Department.........................33

News from Centre for Guidance Career Planing & Placement...................................34

News from Computer Science Department................................................................36

News from Research Journal and Newsletter Department.........................................38

News from Management Sciences...........................................................................39

Alumni Lounge.........................................................................................................40

Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys' Association held AGM...................................41

SSUET New Campus................................................................................................42

Sir Syed University held Condolence Reference of Prof. Dr. Mumtaz ul Imam..........43

News from Birg. (R) Qamar-us- Salam Literary Art & Culture Forum.......................44

Sports News..............................................................................................................44

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period of proven track of successful development, the will, determination, and potential to bring change in university according to the dynamics of the environment. University has capacity for change.

Speaking on the auspicious occasion, Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Jawaid Anwar said that the Convocation is culmination of your tireless efforts with feeling of accomplishment in life. It is glorious occasion to cherish. It is a moment to rejoice an important landmark that gives recognition to the efforts, support and sacrifices of your parents, guardians, whether in the form of devotion of time and energy for your studies or financing studies or accumulation of responsibilities in your journey in pursuit of education.

He pointed out that although the whole social and cultural structure has changed into a new mode of routine life due to Covid 19, yet Sir Syed University successfully endeavored not to let the situation affect the academic activi t ies, maintaining quali ty performance in the crucial period of corona, and implemented fully integrated Campus Management System.

Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET), organized its 25th Convocation with traditional zeal that was attended by a large number of educationists, scholars, dignitaries including faculty and students. Renowned Businessman Bashir Jan Muhammad was the chief guest of the event. On this memorable occasion around more than 1100 degrees were awarded to the pass-outs of BS and MS programme. Position holders were awarded with gold, silver and bronze medals for securing highest marks in the respective disciplines.

Addressing the convocat ion, the renowned businessman and social icon Bashir Jan Muhammad said, “We all live in a complex environment where knowledge and skills only matter. Job situation is unpredictable and highly competitive. My advice to graduates is to keep updating their knowledge base throughout their career and get themselves prepared t o c o p e w i t h e m e r g i n g t e c h n o l o g i e s a n d advancements taking place in various fields and accept challenges boldly.”

He said that the university management has long

OF SIR SYED UNIVERSITY HELD WITH TRADITIONAL ZEAL

Chancellor Jawaid Anwar along with Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin and Chief Guest Bashir Jan Muhammad and others awarding Gold Medal and cash prize of 100,000 to Muhammad Asad Ullah of Electrical Engineering Department

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Campus. Tree plantation drive in collaboration with F o r e s t D e p a r t m e n t i s a l s o i n f u l l s w i n g there,Appreciating the efforts made by the graduates for achieving the honour, Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin said that the innovation and emerging technologies together can open up new vistas of development and prosperity for Pakistan. Sir Syed University has always endeavored to be progressive, responsive to advancement in science, engineering and technology or business management. These days there is more focus on innovation and research. It is now necessary to figure out the new demands according to the global changes, and to update the students with new academic environment.

Presenting progress report of Sir Syed University, Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin said that Today convocation is awarding 1,043 Bachelor and 54 Master degrees to the passing out students. It is to be noted that during the last 26 years, the university has produced 23,211 undergraduates, 561 graduates and 7 postgraduate students.

He said that Sir Syed University as an important partner with Ministry of Information and established National Ideas Bank, inaugurated by the President Arif Alvi, to encourage all Pakistanis to innovate and develop new ideas. SSUET organized the Grand finale of NIB competition as National Host at Sir Syed Memorial Hall at Islamabad and President Arif Alvi was the Chief Guest of the event.

Prime Minister Kamyab Jawan Program seeks to

He said the concept of social reforms of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was based upon acquisition of modern scientific education. Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan is an outcome of this thought who made Pakistan unbeatable with the nuclear power. In recognition of his laudable services, Sir Syed University and AMUOBA is going to honour Dr Qadeer Khan with posthumous Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Peace Award that will be received by his widow.

He announced that Sir Syed University will establish Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Chair at the campus. In the next phase, Engr. Z. A. Nizami Chair and Engr. Muhammad Zakir Ali Khan Chair will also be established. Engr. Z. A. Nizami was the first Chancellor of Sir Syed University and President AMUOBA, while Engr. Muhammad Zakir Ali Khan was the General Secretary of AMUOBA.

He said that the Present era is of Block chain, Artificial Intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies. These technologies will not only provide employment to the students but it will also take them to entrepreneurship. Role of universities is not limited to awarding degrees to the students, but it is their duty to link them to the industries and economy. Sir Syed University turn out world class graduates able to compete in the market and cope field challenges. Our graduates have already stepped into job markets not only inside country but also in outside world.

Chancellor Jawaid Anwar said that the foundation stone of Jama Masjid Sir Syed has been laid at SSUET New Campus situated at 200 acres of land in Education City, to initiate the construction work at the New

Group photo of the members of Executive Committee AMUOBA

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Convenor Centre for Guidance, Career Planning & Placement, Sirj Khilji and IT Expert Saqib Jawaid were honoured with Gold Medal for their valuable services in the f ield of Guidance Centre and Information Technology respectively.

Students were also honoured with gold, silver and bronze medals for their outstanding achievements in their academic career. Areeshah Fatima (Bio-medical Engineering), Saima Shaheen (Computer Engineering), Muhammad Anus, (Electronic Engineering), Mirza

Ta r i q S u l a m a n B a i g ( Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n Engineering), Muhammad Asad Ullah, (Electrical Engineering), Syed Muhammad Ahsan (Computer Science), Umair Ullah Khan (Software Engineering), Sidra Tahir (Bioinformatics), Hafiz Hamza Irshad Siddiqui (Information Technology), Muhammad Naeem (C iv i l Eng ineer ing) , Hafsa Farhan (Architecture), Ayesha Salam (Bachelor of Business Administrator) received gold medals for securing 1st position.

Recipients of silver medals for securing second position included Bisma Sharmeen (Bio-medical Engineering), Syed Saud Bin Masood (Computer Engineering), Ariba Khalid, (Electronic Engineering), Sheroz Ali, (Telecommunication Engineering), Ayesha Tariq, (Electrical Engineering), Syed Muhammad Nabeel Ali (Computer Science), Samar Fatima (Software Engineering), Arsal Ur Rehman (Information Technology), Muhammad Shameer Qamar (Civil Eng inee r ing ) , Syed Sabeh Mur taza Za id i (Architecture), Arhama Iftikhar Khan (Bachelor of Business Administrator), while Fizzah Abbas (Bio-medical Engineering), Muhammad Muzzammil (Computer Engineering), Syed Hassan Bin Hafeez, (Electronic Engineering), Muhammad Adil Ahsan, (Electrical Engineering), Neha Muqeem (Computer Science), Muhammad Shaheer Akber (Software Engineering), Muhammad Kashaan Siddiqui (Information Technology), Junaid Iqbal (Civil Engineering), Aqsa Mansoori (Architecture), Syeda Rukhsar Taj (Bachelor of Business Administrator) were awarded bronze medals for standing 3rd position.

In the end students of Sir Syed University presented Tarana e Aligarh with live music.

produce educated and skilled youth in latest technology capable for self-employment and small entrepreneurship so that they can become an earning hand for their families. Sir Syed University has successfully been selected for the 3rd batch and the number of applications received for Batch 3 were 28,000 and 74% of the students of batch1 and batch 2 got jobs also.

ORIC will be participating in this international expo “Pakistan Tech Expo” at Silicon Valley in May 2022 with 3 SSUET projects and 1 SME.

During the last 26 years, the University had granted scholarships of more than Rs. 524 million to 26,940 students. However, during the year under report, scholarships of Rs.39.6 million has been given to 1,075 students on merit and need basis.

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin underscored that Quality Enhancement Cell of the University has achieved a score of 89.34% by the Quality Assurance Agency of Higher Education Commission for the last year. Moreover, SSUET is placed in the 'W' category which is the Highest category.

Earlier, in his welcome address, Registrar Syed Sarfraz Ali, said that higher education has now become a tool of economic growth. Present day society needs technical skills besides education that plays an effective role in the technologically advance world. You need to update your knowledge throughout your career t o c o p e w i t h e m e r g i n g t e c h n o l o g i e s a n d advancements in different professional fields.

Degree Recipients at 25th Convocation 2022

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Addressing the ceremony, Chancellor SSUET and Chairman AIT Governing Body, Jawaid Anwar said, “Technology playing a dominant role in development and growth of the country. It is observed that the countries devoid of natural resources like Korea, Singapore, Taiwan are ranked among the top prosperous countries because of technological advancement. Today the demand for technologists have become very high in Japan, Germany and other countries.”

He advised to the graduates to connect themselves to the self-entrepreneurship and modern technology that would help them in making components. Sir Syed University always helps students to associate them with the organization who may help in manufacturing of their products/projects and take them to local and global market.

Presenting vote of thanks, Convenor AIT, Engr. Muhammad Arshad Khan said that technical and vocational education and training methodologies focus on inculcating work crafting skills among students that helps them become more employable in the future. AIT promises to produce best technicians of its own. The institute introduces new courses of technology to keep pace with the fast changing technologies.

Principal AIT Fareedonfer, said that the AIT started with 86 students and initially it has only 2 technologies that has now risen to 8 technologies.

stThe 1 Graduation Ceremony was held by Aligarh University of Technology (AIT), with traditional zeal that was attended by a large number of educationists, scholars, dignitaries, aligarians, including Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin, Registrar Syed Sarfraz Ali, Dean FoECE Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aamir, Dean FoCAS, Prof. Dr. Aqeel ur Rehman and others. Former Governor Sindh and Federal Interior Minister, Lt. Gen. (R) Moinuddin Haider was the chief guest.

On this memorable occasion around more than 640 diplomas were given to the pass-outs of DAE Programme in 6 different technologies. Position holders were awarded with gold, silver and bronze medals for securing highest marks in the respective technologies. Total 18 students received the medals in 6 different technologies.

stAddressing the 1 Graduation Ceremony of AIT, Ex-Governor Sindh, Lt. Gen. (R) Moinuddin Haider said that the Convocation is culmination of your tireless efforts with feeling of accomplishment in life. It is glorious occasion to cherish. It is a moment to rejoice an important landmark that gives recognition to the efforts, support and sacrifices of your parents, guardians, whether in the form of devotion of time and energy for your studies or financing studies or accumulation of responsibilities in your journey in pursuit of education.

STAIT 1 GRADUATION CEREMONY

st(L-R) Lt. Gen. (R) Moinuddin Haider, Chancellor Jawaid Anwar and Convenor AIT Engr. Muhammad Arshad Khan addressing the AIT 1 Graduation Ceremony

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Technology) received gold medals for securing highest marks in SBTE exams.

The students who received silver medals included Muhammad Anus Khan (Electronics Technology), Ayesha Moin (Information Technology), Rana Arbab (Electrical Technology), Syeda Zainab Sadiq Rizvi(Biomedical Technology), Muhmmad Huzaifa (Mechanical Technology) and Huzaifa Adeeb (Civil Technology).

The recipients of bronze medals were Sheikh Muhammad Huzaifa (Electronics Technology), Zawar Hussain Rizvi (Information Technology), Qazi Ashraf (E lec t r ica l Techno logy) , Muhammad Adee l (Biomedical Technology), I r fan bin Shareef (Mechanical Technology) and Usama bin Saifullah (Civil Technology).

Three gold medals were also given by AIT to M. Saqib Khan, Warda Khan and M. Shaheer Khan who had secured first position in whole Sind in SBTE exams.

Shields were also given to the sons of S. M. Munif, (a potent donner) and Dr Mehmood Khan Pathan (former Principal AIT).

BOG Member Aslam Shah and Feroz Zaheer also spoke on the occasion.

Students were also honoured with gold, silver and bronze medals for their outstanding achievements in

their academic career. Ansar Butt (Electronics Technology), Ali Hassan (Information Technology), Muhammad Aqdas (Electrical Technology), Syeda Fatima Zehra (Biomedical Technology), Ali Khan (Mechanical Technology), Faiz ul Haq (Civil

Students presenting Tarana e Aligarh

Chancellor Jawaid Anwar presenting AIT Souvenir to Lt. Gen. (R) Moinuddin Haider

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Emphasizing on to establishing Thalassemia Screening Camps at the universities, she told that for community engagement, efforts are made to develop liaison with the Bohra and Agha khan Community to commence a screening drive and post screening for carriers. This progress will move ahead in various forms in the community. She asked students to join CHECKMATE, a volunteer program for universities and colleges under the umbrella of Thalassemia Free Pakistan.

Appreciating the work of the dedicated SSUET team, she said, “The event was a well-organized and well attended program and we were impressed with your efforts to support the noble cause. Our mission is to prevent and cure Thalassemia by creating widespread awareness through community engagement on prevention, early detection and increased access to treatment.”

Addressing the seminar, Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin, said that this is a one of the most important issue that must be addressed at humanitarian ground at priority. Collective effort of all NGOs and concerned organization in collaboration with the Government is necessary for eradication of the disease to form a healthy and better society.

Dr. Abdul Mateen Ansar of the Governor House gave a very informative presentation about the prevention and cure of the disease, while Thalassemia victim, Jatin Chela Ram Kewlani shared his experiences. Registrar SSUET, Commodore (R) Syed Sarfraz Ali presented the vote of thanks.

Centre for Guidance Career Planning & Placement of Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET) organized Thalassemia Awareness Program at the campus that was attended by Convenor Guidance Centre, Siraj Khilji, Dean Faculty of Computing & Applied Science, Prof. Dr. Aqeel ur Rehman, Director Guidance Centre, Dr. Shakeel, Dr Tabinda, Madiha Aadil, Mrs. Munira Vali Uddin (wife of Vice Chancellor SSUET), Mrs. Husna Sarfraz (wife of Registrar SSUET), and a large number of faculty members and students. Chief Guest of the event was Reema Ismail, wife of Governor Sindh. Thalassemia is blood disorders that affect the body's ability to produce hemoglobin and red blood cells. Treatment can include blood transfusions and iron chelation therapy.

Speaking on the auspicious occasion, Reema Ismail said that the Thalassemia is increasing at alarming rate in Pakistan. The main reason behind the spread of Thalassemia in Pakistan is lack of awareness and holding of such events may create awareness among people to respond appropriately for prevention and protection from the horrible disorder. Raising awareness about Thalassemia and its prevention through premarital screening of individuals can prove helpful in reducing the chances of its transmission to the next generation.Thalassemia is spreading in Asian countries while other counties has controlled the disease. Pakistan has around 100,000 Thalassemia patients and every year 5000 to 8000 children are born with Thalassemia major in Pakistan. Treatment of the disease cost around 10,000 to 25,000 per child. Patient may die if he was not treated well. Expected life of Thalassemia patient is 12 years.

SIR SYED UNIVERSITY ORGANIZED THALASSEMIA AWARENESS PROGRAM

Mrs. Reema Ismail, Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin and Registrar Syed Sarfraz Ali addressing the Thalassemia awareness programme.

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Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology has completed the process of interviews for the 3rd Batch of Prime Minister Kamyab Jawan Program. Sir Syed University was selected consecutively for the 3rd time to conduct this program in 11 trades due to the high quality of education and training imparted by the experienced and knowledgeable teachers at the campus, in the most conducive environment.

Speaking on the occasion, Chancellor SSUET, Jawaid Anwar, said that SSUET has joined hands with the government of Pakistan and NAVTTC in this nation building process as an active partner in this program that creates and ensures a thoughtful investment in human capital with emphasis on youth development.

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin said that this program would facilitate the students to easily get the jobs in the market. Students are being trained in the trades through this program, which have great demand in the market.

Registrar Commodore (R) Syed Sarfraz Ali informed that SSUET received more than 27000 applications for 1600 seats of PM Hunarmand program, Batch 3, which was a huge turnover of applicant for any institution offering Skill Development or Continuing Educational Programs in Sindh.

Project Director, Dr. Tahir Fattani said that strong feedback of previous two batches ensures that the 3rd batch of PM Hunarmand program will also prove to be a great success. Project Manager, Asstt. Prof. Noman Ali Khan is running this program in a well-organized manner.

NAVTTC HQs Islamabad Team comprising Director PD & A, Muhammad Ashar Noman and Assistant Director NAVTTC Inayat ur Rehman in their message said that the event was well organized catering a large number of candidates in short span of six days. It reflects upon the hard work and dedication of SSUET Management Team.

SIR SYED UNIVERSITY STARTED 3RD

BATCH OF KAMYABA JAWAN PROGRAM

(L-R) Project Manager Asstt. Prof. Noman Ali Khan, Director PD&A, Ashar Noman, Asstt. Director NAVTTC, Inayat ur Rehman, Project Director Dr. Tahir Fattani and others at the Kamyab Jawan Program's admission.

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SIR SYED UNIVERSITY ORGANIZED JOB FAIR 2022

Employers meet, inform and interview hundreds of potential applicants, while job seekers get the chance to display their skills and make important connections with potential employers, mentors, and peers.

Expressing his views on the occasion, Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Mr. Jawaid Anwar said, “The purpose of holding this Job Fair was to facilitate students to meet potential employers in an informal setting. The event allows job seekers to learn more about potential employers and the opportunities available. The focus was on sharing information between organizations and job seekers. It is a way to explore career opportunities within a variety of companies at one location.”

Addressing the Open House, Vice-Chancellor SSUET, Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin said that Job Fair is like speed dating for recruiting. At a set time and place, companies and job seekers meet and try to find out if they'll match. Job Fair can be considered as a form of public relations for a company. Now students have a wide range of options. Choice of a profession is very important in the career. He advised students to make the best use of this opportunity and convince the industries with their skills.

Director, Guidance Centre, Dr. Shakeel Ahmed presented the vote of thanks.

The 5th edition of Job Fair 2022 was organized by the Centre for Guidance Career Planning & Placement, of Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET) at the campus in which more than 140 renowned companies of the town participated and set up their stalls to facilitate students in terms of sharing information and preparing them for availing the job opportunities. A large number of students, faculty members including Registrar Syed Sarfraz Ali, Dean Faculty of Computing and Applied Science, Prof. Dr. Aqeel ur Rehman, Dean Faculty of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aamir, Convenor Guidance Centre, Mr. Siraj Khilj i, Chairperson CED, Dr. Shakeel Ahmed, members of KATI and others attended the event.

Chief Guest of the event, Mr. Muhammad Salman Aslam, President Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) along with Vice-Chancellor SSUET, Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin, Registrar SSUET, Syed Sarfraz Ali inaugurated the Job Fair 2022 by cutting the ribbon.

Speaking on the auspicious occasion, Chief Guest Muhammad Salman Aslam, President KATI said that the Careers Fairs are useful for a range of students and give large companies much-needed time to present themselves and recruit new people.

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin along with President KATI, Salman Aslam and others cutting the ribbon to inaugurate Job Fair

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Week aims to help build up future workforce for space exploration by inspiring students, demonstrating visible public support for the space program, educating public about space activities and fostering international cooperation in space outreach and education.

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin underscored that Sir Syed University is keeping pace with the academic development in space science taking place in the world. The university plans to establish an Astronomical and Weather Observatory at its new campus spreading over 200 acres of land in the suburbs of Karachi. This observatory will indeed lead to observing and photographing cosmic objects from time to time. In this connection, a collaboration has already been established with observatories in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Turkey.

On the first day of celebration, an exhibition was held by the Mathematics Department where the space related paintings of the renowned Russian Batik artist, Miss Victoria Nikulina, was put on display for the people who immensely appreciated it. Miss Victoria Nikulina has already contributed a painting for the main entrance of SSUET “B” Block.

Dr. Umit Deniz Goker from Avyansary University, Istanbul, Asstt. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Hassan from Karachi University, Prof. Dr. Jawaid Iqbal from Karachi University including Prof. Dr. Rashid Kamal Ansari, Dr. Ingila Rahim, from Sir Syed University presented very informative research-based papers on the occasion.

To mark World Space Week celebrating Women in the Space this Year, Mathematics Department of Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, organized the 2-day concluding session of the series of seminars. The event was attended by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin, Registrar Syed Sarfraz Ali, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aamir, Prof. Dr. Aqeel ur Rehman, chairmen, faculty members, and others.

Addressing the session, Chancellor Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET), Jawaid Anwar said that Space Technology is growing exponentially and turning sci-fi dreams into reality. The future of space exploration is bright due to the steady growth in the space exploration sector. Some interesting predictions about space technology include space tourism and space colonization. Astronomers are discovering new stars, planets, galaxies, and other celestial bodies to gain a better understanding of the creation of the universe.

Chancellor Jawaid Anwar pointed out that the improvements in space technology will facilitate a better understanding of climate and faster broadband connections. The advancements in space technology will revolutionize various industries. It is essential for organizations to understand the potential of space technology and adapt to the changing industry trends to ensure a significant position in a competitive market.

Speaking on the auspicious occasion, Vice Chancellor SSUET, Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin said that The World Space

SIR SYED UNIVERSITY ORGANIZED CONCLUDING CEREMONY OF WORLD SPACE WEEK SEMINAR SERIES

(R-L sitting) Registrar SSUET Syed Sarfraz Ali, Dr. Khalid Noman (King Fahad University Jeddah), Prof. Dr. Jawaid Iqbal (KU), Chancellor SSUET Jawaid Anwar, Vice Chancellor SSUET Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin, Prof. Dr. Aqeel ur Rehman SSUET and Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aamir SSUET at the concluding

session of the series of seminars held by the SSUET Math Department.

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business by adopting latest, cutting-edge technologies.

Maulana Bashir Farooqui, Chairman Saylani Welfare Trust, said that Saylani Welfare Trust will take care of all the financial aspect of this programe and we w i l l work t ransparen t l y fo r the betterment of all Pakistani youth to adopt latest technologies. We want Pakistan to become global hub for AI, data science, cloud native computing, block chain and internet of things.

Chancellor SSUET, Jawaid Anwar, said that the President's vision is aligned with the vision of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and SSUET is already working for uplifting the youth of Karachi and Pakistan. F o c u s i n g o n h u m a n r e s o u r c e development, Continuing Education Programme (CEP) o f S i r Syed University was initiated to cater to the increasing demand of professionally

qualified workers in the country and abroad.

Vice Chancellor SSUET, Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin said that the modern era of fourth industrial revolution with emerging and enabling technologies and systems like Artif icial Intell igence, IoT, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, and Cybersecurity is bringing positive impact on improving the quality of life and experience. Technical skills help you work more efficiently boost your confidence and make you a more valuable candidate for employers. The employees with technical skills are often better at multitasking in a challenging and complex role.

Dean Faculty of Computing and Applied Science, Prof. Dr. Aqeel ur Rehman, Dean Faculty of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aamir, Ziaullah Khan, Director CCPE, Muhammad Noman Ali Khan, Director Kamyab Jawan Program, Dr Tahir Fattani and others were also present on the occasion.

Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Saylani Welfare and Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) to promote the vision of the Honorable President of Pakistan, Mr. Arif Alvi, for technological advancement. The purpose of the MoU is to introduce new technologies to the youth and updated them with the latest trends to compete in global market.

Registrar SSUET, Engr. Cdre (R) Syed Sarfraz Ali and Maulana Bashir Farooqui Qadri, Chairman of Saylani Welfare Trust, have singed this agreement in the presence of the Chancellor Jawaid Anwar and Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin.

The mission of the Presidential Initiative for Artificial Intelligence and Computing (PIAIC) is to reshape Pakistan by revolutionizing education, research, and

MOU SIGNED BETWEEN SSUET AND SAYLANI WELFARE

Registrar SSUET, Syed Sarfraz Ali and Chairman of Saylani Welfare Trust, Maulana Bashir Farooqui are signing MoU. (L-R) Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin,

Chancellor Jawaid Anwar, Mr. Noman Ali Khan, Mr. Ziaullah Khan and Mr. Nadeem Jaffery are seen standing behind.

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their potential for even greater hand-outs to the healthy development aspects of educational programs.

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin said that the purpose of the award to teachers is to celebrate contribution of excellent teachers who through their commitment improved the quality of education and enriched the lives of their students. We appreciate and acknowledge educators to reward them for their overall performance and achievement. SSUET made unique criteria based on KPI (Key Performance Indicator) and students feed back to consider the faculty members for the award. We try to facilitate faculty to adopt modern teaching skills and encourage them to promote research culture at the campus.

Presenting vote of thanks, Registrar Syed Sarfraz Ali said that the purpose of the Teacher Award was to recognize and reward the significant contribution by the teachers to enhance the quality of learning and teaching in the university.

Dean, Faculty of Computing & Applied Science, Prof. Dr. Aqeel ur Rehman, Dean, Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Prof. Dr Muhammad Aamir, Dean, Faculty of Civil Engineering & Architecture, Prof. Dr. Mir Shabbar Ali also spoke on the occasion.

Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET) organized Best Techers Award ceremony at the campus that was attended by Engr. Muhammad Arshad Khan, General Secretary AMUOBA, Mr Wasif Nazar Siddiqui, Joint Secretary AMUOBA, Mr Siraj Khilji, Advisor to Chancellor/Convenor Centre for Guidance, Career Planning and Placement, Chairpersons, Directors and faculty members. At the ceremony, around 43 faculty members were given awards for their excellent performance.

Speaking on the auspicious occasion, Chancellor Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Jawaid Anwar, said that Teaching is an important and noble profession. Teacher is a pillar of the society who prepare a brigade of qualified and civilized individuals who may significantly contribute to the society. Teacher has a huge impact on learners and help them engage in lifelong learning. SSUET is fully dedicated for its commitment towards education and character building of students. We strive to create a difference in the society with unique style of education and vocational trainings. Our goal is to give tribute and reward to outstanding educators for the eminence and effectiveness of their teaching, their specialized leadership, their engagement with the community, and

Chancellor Jawaid Anwar along with General Secretary AMUOBA, Muhammad Arshad Khan, Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin and

Registrar Syed Sarfraz Ali giving the Best Teacher Award to the faculty members for their best performance.

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Industrial Visits of EED studentsElectronic Engineering Department arranged industrial visits of PCSIR, Gatron Industries and

Feroze textile for its students. They were shown various operational departments and were briefed about the technical aspect of it. Faculty members of Electronic Engineering Department, Muhammad Salman, Engr. Tayyab, Engr. Maria and Hira to name a few, were also present along with students.

Community ServicesEED students visited multiple sites of Karachi and took part in cleaning drive via removing garbage from the roads and planting some trees across the city.

Semester Project Exhibition

Department of Electronic Engineering organized semester project exhibition on January 28, 2022 under

the guidance of Chairperson EED, Dr. Lubna Farhi. The exhibition was attended by Dean, Faculty of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Professor Dr. Muhammad Aamir, QEC officials and other faculty members from different departments.

Seminar for EED StudentsElectronic Engineering Department organized multiple seminars in the month of January for the students of Batch 2019 and 2018. Topics of the seminars were PID Tuning Method and Stress to Strength. The sessions were given by Dr. Lubna, Engr. Tayyab, Dr. Sumbul respectively. The seminar was attended by faculty members and proved to be beneficial as this was the need of the time.

MS Thesis DefenseMS student Sadia Kazmi recently completed her MS degree after successful Thesis defense. Her thesis defense session was attended by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin, Dean, Faculty of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aamir, Chairperson EED, Dr. Lubna Farhi and other faculty members on January 31, 2022.

Winter Drive 2022

Sir Syed University arranged a massive drive for general masses where winter related stuff was distributed among the needy ones. Dr. Lubna, Engr. Noman and Engr. Anwaar of Electronic Engineering Department took part and their efforts were highly appreciated by the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor.

NEWS FROM ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

EED students on industrial visit with faculty members of the department

Opening Ceremony of Semester Project Exhibition

Faculty members from EED with the Winter Drive 2022 Management.

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Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin, Chairperson Dr. Lubna Farhi, faculty members and experts from renowned universities. There were 12 candidates in total who presented their work / took exams.

Participation of EED in FYP Exhibition 2022Students from Electronic Engineering Department

participated in Final Year Project exhibition, organized by Sir Syed University on March 3, 2022. There were 15 projects that were put on display from Electronic

Engineering Department. The exhibition was attended by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin, Registrar Syed Sarfraz Ali, chairpersons and industrial experts.

EED Admission Campaign 2022Syed Hassan from Electronic Engineering Department visited Agha Khan higher secondary school in February 2022 and provided awareness to the students of second year pre-engineering regarding engineering disciplines of Sir Syed University and in particular electronic engineering scope.

EED Alumni's visit from Aston Martin UKMr. Imran Irshad, a lead project engineer in Aston Martin UK, and an Alumni of Electronic Engineering Department interacted with the faculty and guided them about the latest market norms and innovation in research and development sector from the perspective of electronic engineering.

EED Participation in Job Fair 2022The entire faculty of Electronic Engineering Department under the guidance of Dr. Lubna Farhi participated in the Job fair 2022 for the betterment of students. They visited stalls and tried to pave ways towards joint venture for industries and the academia via constructive interaction.

EED Postgraduate Activities 2022Students of Electronic Engineering Department had their title defense, major review and oral examination in February 2022. This was attended by the Vice

Alumni Mr. Imran Irshad with Faculty

FYP Exhibition

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DUHS-DICE Health Innovation ExhibitionstFinal Year Project titled " Smart Psych Relief " won 1

Prize and winning amount of Rs. 1 Lac at 6th All

Pakistan DUHS-DICE Health Innovation Exhibition,

among 250 innovative research projects from more

than 40 universities of Pakistan. The main idea of the

project was to predict the mood disorders of the user

and provide live therapies and real time psychologist

for further appointments. The project was successfully

completed by Syed Osama Anjum, Noman Ahmed

Shaikh, Agha Hamza Waseem, Shayan Ahmed Khan

under supervision of Ms. Aneeta Siddiqui, Assistant

Professor CED in collaboration with Lecturer Dr.

Sumbul Mujeeb.

PhD comprehensive oral examinationAssistant Professor Rehan Rasheed

o f C o m p u t e r E n g i n e e r i n g

Department has successful ly

completed PhD comprehensive oral

examination on February 25, 2022.

Final DemonstrationThe final demonstration of FYP was held on February

28, to March 2, 2022. FYPC Members strived hard to

achieve this in most organized way even in the

pandemic by keeping up the international standards by

following the proper SOPs.

OBE concept was followed in the final demonstration

and the whole final demonstration and viva was based

on Rubrics to implement the OBE concepts. All final

year projects being rated and graded according to the

judgments of internal, external and FYPC Members.

NEWS FROM COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Group photo of CED FYP students with Dr. Vali uddin, Vice Chancellor,

Dr. Rehan Inam Qureshi & Ms. Aneeta Siddiqui

Mr. Rehan Rasheed

Final Demonstration

Final Demonstration

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managed by Mr. Tauseef Mubeen (Assistance Professor, SED) and Ms. Sundus Zehra (Sr. Lecturer, SED) with the participation of Ms. Falak Saleem, Ms. Hafsa Nizami, Ms. Fatima Waseem, Mr. Fayyaz Ali and Mr. Farrukh Alvi from Software Engineering Department.

Technical Speed Programming competition was judged by Dr. Rehan Inam Qureshi (Chairman SED), Dr. M. Naseem (Associate Professor, SED) and Mr. Tauseef Mubeen (Assistance Professor SED). Chief Guest Prof Dr. Vali Uddin (Vice Chancellor SSUET), Engr. Saqib Munawwar, Engr. Salman Ahmed, Dr. Muhammad Faisal Khan from IEEE Karachi Section and SAC members visited and appreciated the event.

SED Faculty Members attended International Symposium

SED faculty members, Dr. Muhammad Naseem, Engr. Dur-e-Shawar Agha and Engr. Farheen Qazi attended the 2-day international symposium on “Digital Technologies for the Future World” held on January 19-20, 2022 at COMSTECH, Islamabad. The presenters from different countries like, Malaysia, Denmark, Japan, India, China presented their talks along with their projects on recent trends like Smart Grid, Cyber AI, Generating Data 4G-5G-6G, Infrastructure for Smart city, Agriculture, Better Water Resource System and Bio-Physics.

Sports Gala AchievementsSoftware Engineering Department secured 3rd position in Sports gala by playing very fair games.

Workshop on LaTeX

Final Year Project Committee has organized a workshop “Report Writing in Latex” for final year students. The aim of this workshop was to encourage students for writing their FYP reports in Latex. Ms. Farheen Qazi, Ms. Dur-e-Shawar Agha, Ms. Nida Khalil and Ms. Fatima Waseem have conducted the workshop in BF-03.

Ms. Emaan Razzaq appointed as Jr. LecturerMs. Emaan Razzaq has joined Software Engineering Department as Junior Lecturer. She has done her Bachelors of Science in Software Engineering from Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology.

Technosquid

Software Engineering Department in collaboration with IEEE SSUET-WIE had arranged a technical and fun Gala, “TECHNOSQUID”. It was an inter-university activity where students from all over the universities of Karachi participated. It was

NEWS FROM SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

SED TechnoSquid Team grouped with Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin (VC, SSUET)

Dr. M.Naseem, Engr. Farheen Qazi & Engr. Dure Shawar Agha from SED attended International Symposium

Engr. Dure Shawar Agha, Engr. Farheen Qazi, Ms. Fatima Waseem & Ms. Nida Khalil from SED at Workshop on LaTex

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Participation in GCWOT’21 (University of Malaga, Spain Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aamir Dean FoECE and Cha i rman Te lecommunica t ion Eng ineer ing Department) participated physically as Member of Technical Program Committee Chair in Global Conference on Wireless and Optical Technologies (GCWOT'21) held on February 14-17, 2022 at , University of Malaga, Spain.

The Global Conference on Wireless & Technologies (GCWOT’21) is an international forum for researchers to exchange information regarding novel aspects of technology, application and service development within the multidisciplinary framework of wireless, Optical and underwater communication technologies. GCWOT’21 has been jointly organized by University of Malaga, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology (MUET) Jamshoro, Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET) Karachi and Riphah International University Islamabad, Pakistan.

Participation of PhD Scholar in online GCWOT’21 Symposium Faculty member and PhD Scholar Engr. Irfan Ahmed Usmani (Assistant Professor, TED) presented PhD

Research Progress at online PhD Symposium “Global Conference on Wireless and Optical Technologies (GCWOT’21), held on February 14-17, 2022 at University of Malaga, Spain.

Conference & Research PublicationsDr. Muhammad Aamir, Dean, Faculty of Computer and Electrical Engineerin, and Asstt. Prof. Engr. Mohammad Umar Khan contributed a research paper “Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks (UASN): Energy Efficiency Perspective of Cluster-based Routing Protocols” to the Global Conference on

Wireless & Optical Technologies 2021, organized by the University of Malaga, Spain on February 14-17, 2022.

Sr. Lecturer Engr. Noreen Akram contr ibuted 2 research papers “Machine Learning based Efficient Fac ia l Express ion Recogni t ion Algorithm” and “A survey on Light-Path Elastic Optical Networks to the Global ”Conference on Wireless & Optical Technologies 2021, organized by the

University of Malaga, Spain on February 14–17, 2022.

Asstt. Prof. Engr. Umair Jilani, Sr. Lecturer Engr. Noreen Akram and Sr. Lec tu re r Engr. Mad iha Abbas i contributed research paper “Machine Learning based Leaves Classifier using CNN and Reduced VGG Net Model” to the Global Conference on Wireless & Optical Technologies 2021, organized

by the University of Malaga, Spain on February 14-17, 2022.

Asstt. Prof. Engr. Khawaja Masood

contributed a research paper “Wind

S p e e d P r e d i c t i o n f r o m S i t e

Meteorological Data Using Artificial

Neura l Network” to the Global

Conference on Wireless & Optical

Technologies 2021, organized by the

University of Malaga, Spain on February 14-17, 2022.

NEWS FROM TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Engr. Irfan Ahmed Usmani

Dr. Muhammad Aamir

Engr. Noreen Akram

Engr. Khawaja Masood

Engr. Umair Jilani

VC, Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin along with Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aamir FoECE and others at GCWOT'21

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Asstt. Prof. Dr. Rehan Shams, Asstt.

Prof. Dr. Ali Akbar Siddique and

Lecturer Engr. Syed Faheem Haider

contributed a research paper “Cloud

Based Smart Car Parking System” to

the Global Conference on Wireless &

Optical Technologies 2021, organized

by the University of Malaga, Spain on February 14-17,

2022.

Recruitment Drive Program 2022TED Batch 2018 students along with Lecturer Engr. Syed Faheem Haider and Lecturer Engr. Asthma

Shakeel participated in 'Salam Takaful', recruitment drive organized by Center for Guidance, Career Planning and Placement on January 4, 2022. Major Areas of recruitment drive were tracker services, app development and artificial intelligence.

FYDP Presentation Batch 2018All Final Year Project presentations of Batch 2018 were

successfully conducted and evaluated on February 21,

2022 in presence of their supervisors. There were 10

FYDP that were assessed and evaluated on the

approved FYDP rubrics. Engr. Umar Khan was leading

FYP presentations as FYDP Departmental Head.

Participation of Students in FYP Project Exhibition 2022Top 6 groups of TED Batch 2018, FYP students,

participated as departmental representative in FYP Project Exhibition 2022, held on February 24,

2022. After final evaluation of these groups by industrial experts, 3 groups have been awarded as follows:

Engr. Syed Faheem

Recruitment Drive Program 2022

TED Batch 2018 Students

TED Batch 2018 Students

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ELED Participation in SSUET Sports Gala Dr. M. Ibrar ul Haque, Chairman ELED along with Mr. M. Nadeem Iqbal, Assistant Professor ELED participated

in the Exhibition Cricket Match during Sports Gala on January 15, 2022, organized by Sports Department, SSUET. The match was played between Vice Chancellor XI and Admin XI. ELED faculty participated from VC XI that was winner of the match.

Dr. M. Ibrar ul Haque attended IEEE AGM

Dr. M. Ibrar ul Haque attended the IEEE Karachi, Annual General Meeting at DHA Sunset Club, Karachi on January 24, 2022. Activities of Karachi Chapter during 2021 were discussed in the meeting and new office bearers for 2022 were announced. Dr. M. Ibrar ul Haque has been nominated again as Vice Chair of IEEE PES Society for the year 2022.

K-Electric Load Dispatch Center VisitMr. Shakil Ahmed Khan (Assistant Professor ELED) organized an industrial visit for ELED students and

faculty members to K-Electric Load Dispatch Center (LDC) on January 22, 2022. Students accompanied by Chairman ELED, Dr. M. Ibrar-ul-Haque and faculty members Shakil Ahmed Khan (Assistant Professor), Sheikh Junaid Yawar (Assistant Professor), Hafsa Wahid (Lecturer) and Hufsa Hashmi ( Jr. lecturer) visited LDS. The students and faculty got awareness of monitoring and controlling of electrical power system network in Karachi through SCADA.

Electrical Engineering Department participated in Winter Drive Electrical Engineering Department participated in Winter Drive on January 18, 2022. Dr. M. Ibrar ul Haque, Chairman ELED and the faculty members coordinated for the event along with the students of ELED who contributed to the event and attended Opening Ceremony. Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Deans, Registrar and other office staff were also present on the occasion. The certificate distribution for the faculty members involved in the event was held on Jan 21, 2022.

NEWS FROM ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

K-Electric Load Dispatch Center Visit

Dr. M. Ibrar ul Haque attended IEEE Karachi Section, AGM 2021

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Disinfectants” for the Department of Electrical Engineering on January 24, 2022.

Final Year Department Project (FYDP) Meeting of Batch 2019First meeting of FYDP batch 2019 was held on January 28, 2022 with GM Aziz ur Rehman Bozdar and Director Engr. Abdul Saleem of K-Electric, Gulshan Iqbal. From SSUET, Dr. Ibrar ul Haque, Ag. Chairman ELED, Shakil Ahmed Khan, Asstt. Prof. Hafsa Wahid, Lecturer Aiman Khalid, Jr. Lecturer M u h a m m a d M u z a m m i l , J r. Lecturer and students of batch 2019, Shahmir and Faizan. The tittle of FYDP was “Design of Protection Scheme of 132 KV

Transmission Lines”.

Project Exhibition Competition (SPEC 22)Electrical Engineering Department organized a Project Exhibition Competition with the help of Project Exhibition Committee on January 27, 2022.

Dr. Ibrar ul Haq, Chairman ELED and Dr. Razia, Associate Chairperson along with ELED faculty inaugurated the event. Dr. Shakeel, Chairman CED, SSUET and Mr. Roshan Zameer, Control ler Examination, SSUET and External Member Dr. Raja Masood Larik from NEDUET were invited as guests of honor. The nominated judges and guests were very impressed by the efforts of students and the names of winners were announced at the closing ceremony.

Karachi Interfaith Network, Launch Event Dr. M. Ibrar ul Haque was invited to “Karachi Interfaith

Network” launch event and press conference, organized by Shaoor Foundation on January 24, 2022. Faculty members, Mr. Faraz Liaquat and Mr. Hareesh Kumar of ELED also attended the event.

Activities of Jeffery Ali Rizvi· Sr. Lecturer Jeffery Ali Rizvi, ELED received a

request from coordinator KMC to attend Meet & Greet Session-1 with Administrator and Municipal Commissioner Karachi. Chairman ELED, Dr. M. Ibrar ul Haque and students from ELED attended the event with him on January 12, 2022.

· Jeffery Ali Rizvi, Sr. lecturer ELED, attended Peace Building Workshop on January 14, 2022, arranged by Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies.

· Sr. Lecturer Jeffery Ali Rizvi, ELED, Engr. Fawad ul Haq and students attended Meet & Greet Session 2 with Administrator and Municipal Commissioner Karachi at Safari Park on January 27, 2022.

· Sr. Lecturer Jeffery Ali Rizvi, ELED yet again arranged “Donation of Mask, Sanitizers &

Dr. M. Ibrar ul Haque at the Karachi Interfaith Network, Launch Event

Electrical Engineering Department Students at Project Exhibition Competition (SPEC 22)

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Panel Discussion on Interfaith Harmony in UniversitiesJr. Lecturers ELED, Engr. Faraz Liaqat and Engr. Herash Kumar organized a panel discussion on the topic of “How to Promote Interfaith Harmony in Universities” on March 7, 2022. Panelist Sardar Ramesh Singh Khalsa (Sikh Community), Pastor Rev

Micca (Christian Community), Pandith Vijay Mahraj (Hindu Community), Allama Sarfaraz Aleemi (Muslim Community), Ms. Erum Fazal (Muslim Community), Allama Ali Karrar Naqvi (Muslim Community),

discussed about the topic and all ELED faculty attended the panel discussion.

OBE TalkMr Imran Majid from IoBM organized an online meeting with Dr. M. Ibrar ul Haque, Ag. Chairperson ELED and Dr. Razia, Associate Chairperson ELED for OBE Talk to discuss about the FYDP Rubrics, on March 9, 2022. Mr Imran Majid and faculty of IoBM attended the meeting.

Book DonationEngr. Shakil Ahmed Khan, Asstt. Prof. ELED donated the technical books to the Central library and Departmental Library of ELED on March 9, 2022.

The first cash prize was awarded to the project “Protection Coordination of Power System” of batch 2018. The second cash prize was awarded to the project “Sound Detection Switching” of batch 2019 and third cash prize was awarded to the project “GUI based Signal Response” of batch 2020. Students were also awarded with certificates.

ELED Faculty Visited the New Campus of SSUET for Survey of Electric Power ConnectionELED Faculty Engr. Shakil Ahmed Khan, Asstt. Prof. Engr. Muhammad Muzammil, Jr. Lecturer visited

SSUET New Campus, Gadap Town on February 17, 2022 along with with Mr. Siraj Khilji, Advisor to Chancellor, SSUET. Upon request to K Electric has deputed are Supervisor Mr. Kamran to survey site to assess possibility of new electric connection for new campus.

Online Faculty Development CoursesEngr. Manzar Ahmed, Assistant Professor ELED, Syed Shakeel Ahmed, Assistant Professor ELED, Engr. Urooj Faiz, Lecturer ELED and Engr. Hufsa Hashmi, Jr. Lecturer ELED completed an online course under the Faculty Development Program in the months of February and March 2022.

ELED faculty visited New Campus

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PhD New Batch 2021Engr. Saba Faryal and Engr. Summaiyya Kalam successfully cleared SSUET PhD aptitude test in the month of October 2021

Workshop on "Implementation of HEC's Plagiarism Policy

D r . S a r m a d S h a m s , C h a i r m a n B i o m e d i c a l Engineering Department, conducted the workshop on "Implementation of HEC's Plagiarism Policy Using M e n d e l e y R e f e r e n c e Manager” on October 7, 2021 held by SSUET Qual i ty Enhancement Cell. Registrar Engr. Syed Sarfraz Ali and Director QEC, Engr. Akhter

Nadeem also graced the occasion with their presence.

Educational visit of AIT Students to BMEDStudent of Aligarh Institute of Technology visited the campus of Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology. AIT students from First year of DAE Bio-Medical Technology visited the laboratories, attended the informative demonstration session, and found answers to their queries regarding higher education from the experienced faculty of Biomedical Engineering Department.

Mr. Riasat Ali visited BMED

Mr. Riasat Ali Chohan visited BMED and shared his experiences with the students of final year and explained about the demands of Biomedical Industry.

Meeting of Industrial Advisory BoardCourse and Lab Readiness Report of Biotechnology, Curriculum Reports of Biomedical Engineering for under graduate and postgraduate program were discussed in the meeting of Industrial Advisory Board. Engr. Tariq Ahmed, Head of Biomedical Engineering Department, Dow University of Health Sciences and Engr. Syed Wajahat Ali, Manager Biomedical Engineering, Darul Sehat Hospital, gave their valuable input as external IAB Members.

Dr. Marium answering queries of students.

Mr. Riasat Ali giving presentation

BMED Faculty members

Dr. Sarmad Shams Chairman BMED giving presentation

on Implementation of HEC's Plagiarism Policy

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Faculty Promotions.

· University promoted Prof. Dr. M.A Haleem to the Emeritus Professor. This title was given to him on his long-term services in different departments of universities. Department of Bioinformatics arranged a greeting lunch in his honor.

· Dr. Uzma Mahmood has been promoted to the post of Acting Chairperson of the Department of Bioinformatics.

Internship of final year students.Students of batch 2018 have been successfully completed their internship from International Center for

Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS). Students were awarded certificates at the completion of internship.

Open Session of Bioinformatics

DepartmentAn open day session was o r g a n i s e d b y t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f Bioinforamtics to engage students and to give them b r i e f i n g a b o u t t h e department. The event was arranged to warmly welcome the new students for the batch of 2021 fall. Event was successfully and department got new admissions as well. Faculty of BI is counselling students for the admissions.

NCEAC Accreditation VisitA visit of NCEAC (National Computing Education Accreditation Council) team members was held on January 3, 2022 for accreditation of the department of Bioinformatics, based upon the physical verification and assessment of documentation. Acting Chairman Dr. Uzma Mahmood presented the department´s presentation to accreditation body.

NEWS FROM BIOINFORMATICS DEPARTMENT

Student is receiving certificate from the Director ICCBS

Faculty of BI is counselling students for the admissions

Faculty of BI presenting token of appreciation to Prof. Dr. M. A Haleem

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Miss Fareha Masood attended poster presentation on “Differential expression gene analysis of corona virus by using in silico studies”, organized by PROBE 2022,

University of Karachi on February 21–23, 2022.

M i s s F a r e h a M a s o o d attended online seminar on 1 s t C O M S T E C H I n t e r n a t i o n a l V i r t u a l C o n f e r e n c e o n Neuroscience, organized by OIC Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific a n d T e c h n o l o g i c a l Cooperation on February 9-10, 2022.

Miss Kaneez Tahera Batool attended 2 days training workshop on Creat ing Network of Faculty Peace Builders in Universities, on

January 14-15, 2022.

Miss Kaneez Tahera Batool attended 2 days internat ional onl ine symposium on “Digi tal Technologies for the Future World”, on January 19-20, 2022, arranged by COMSTECH, Islamabad.

Final Year Project Defense of batch 2018 The final year project defense of Bioinformatics Department of Batch 2018 was held on February 25, 2022. Dr. Faraz (Assistant Prof, NCP, UoK), Ms Qamar from software house, were the externals of FYP defense. They evaluated 3 projects of Bioinformatics with valuable suggestions and comments. These projects revealed the extent of the diversity of research areas under study at the Faculty of Bioinformatics. Each project was the product of individual work, guided by a supervisor, but produced by the student using the skills acquired over the course of the Bioinformatics degree, a capability for technical research, the design and implementation of experiments, the application of scientific methods and the analysis and interpretation of data to obtain valid conclusions.

Final Year Project Exhibition Defense 2022Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology organized final year project exhibition- 2022 on March

3, 2022. Department of Bioinformatics participated in the event with final year students under the supervision of the supervisors. The project “Computational based identification of immunodominant epitopes in SARS-

stCOV-2 as potential drug targets” won the 1 prize, the project “An Insilico Structured-Based Study of Heat Shock Protein HSP70i” won the second prize and the project “A machine learning based application for diagnosis of Viral dermatological disease” secured third prize.

Faculty Development ProgramMiss Rabia Faizan completed MFAHE´s Online Quarter Course on “Professional Development” on January 9, 2022 with a dedication equivalent to 30 hours in classes and preparation.

Miss Rabia Faizan attended online seminar "IMMUNOINFORMATICS" held by Baqai Medical University on December 1, 2021). Miss Rabia Faizan attended online seminar 1st COMSTECH International Virtual Conference on “Metabolomics Gateway for Milestone Discoveries in the Prehistoric and Post Genomic Era”, organized by OIC Ministerial Standing Commit tee on Scient i f ic and Technological Cooperation on January 7, 2022).

FYP student receiving first prize by Vice chancellor

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CPD Technical Training Workshop on “Building Fire Safety: Risk Assessment and Prevention”

Civil Engineering Department in collaboration with Guidance Centre (GC) under Centre of Continuing Professional Education (CCPE) has organized a full day Technical Training 1.0 CPD Workshop; “Building Fire Safety: Risk Assessment and Prevention” on January 13, 2022 at Conference Room, Block F. Wo r k s h o p w a s c o n d u c t e d b y w e l l - k n o w n Professionals who did remarkable achievements in their professional careers.

Four brilliant speakers in this workshop were Dr. Mohammad Imran (Chairman Civil Engineering Department) who has designed, repaired damaged structures and conducted forensic analysis for O&G facilities after fire accidents, has delivered his expertise on Building Fire Safety & Hazard Identification.

Secondly; Prof. Dr. Muhammad Alias Bin Yusof, Faculty of Engineering Department of Civi l Engineering National Defense University of Malaysia.

Who has developed a blast resistant concrete using hybrid fibers and obtained the patent for the same. He has captured attention of all participants by his topic

“Development of Blast Resistant Concrete Using Green Technology.

Thirdly; Dr. Sumbul Mujeeb, Senior Lecturer in SSUET. PhD (Clinical Psychology), University of Karachi, Pakistan, NGH Certified Hypnotherapist (USA), Certified NLP Practitioner (USA).

Her topic was “Responsive Behavioral Strategies to Manage Fire Emergency Situations”, created awareness in audience. In last Commandant Mehboob

Ali Sheikh from Pakistan Civil Defense Training School Karachi presented his remarkable presentation on Fire Fighting and Prevention Techniques including basic firefighting service, basic rescue service, sectional casualty service, Fire prevention and safety, domestic emergencies and preventions.

This training was organized by Assistant Professor Engr. Nadia Qamar, Senior Lecturer Engr. Faiza

Tabassum, Engr. Arsalan Saeed, PhD Scholar and Engr. Shafaq Naseer, hosting was done by Engr. Dur-e-Najaf Zaidi from Civil Engineering Department . The training session ends with vote of thanks and ending notes delivered by Prof. Dr. Shabbar, Dean Faculty of Civil and Architecture. Finally, Honorable Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin has expressed his remarkable thoughts on creating awareness among institutions with regard to existence of Civil Defense and its unavoidable role in disaster management. Souvenirs and Certificates

was given to all speakers by honorable Dean FC&A.

Study Abroad: Scholarship Opportunities A seminar on “Higher Stud ies Scholarsh ip Opportunities Abroad” for the final year students of Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology was arranged by Lecturer Zahoor Hussain & Junior Lecturer Dur-e-Najaf Zaidi from Civil Engineering Department in collaboration with Career Guidance Center.

NEWS FROM CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Group Photograph of participants at 1.0 CDP Training Workshop on Building Fire Safety – Risk Assessment and Prevention

Group Photograph of participants at 1.0 CDP Training

Workshop on Building Fire Safety – Risk Assessment and Prevention

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Two speakers were invited in this hybrid seminar. The physical speaker was Dr. Faisal Rasool from University of Rome and Dr. Abasal Hussain joined virtually from “The Hong Kong Poly Technic University”. Both of the speakers shed light on the importance of studies abroad and possible scenarios for students moving abroad in Asian and European States. Furthermore, they discussed the advantages of interaction and engagement with students of multiple cultures.

Besides, the speakers explained the procedure of hunting foreign scholarships all around the world and the documentation needed in this regard. They shared their own journey and experience to avoid the mistakes. The session was ended with the concluding remarks of Dean Civil Engineering, Chairman Civil Engineering & Dean Electrical & Electronics who appreciated the theme of this seminar.

One – day Workshop on Modern Day Approach One – day Work on Modern Day Approach & Use of New Technolog ies in Const ruc t ion Pro jec t Management was organized by Engr. Afshan Ahmed Siddiqui and Engr. Faiza Tabbasum on January 10, 2022. Speakers at the Workshop included:

1. Engr. Muhammad Faisal MEM (Construction Management) NED UET

2. Engr. Tahir RajputMEM (Construction Management) NED UET

Engr. Tahir Rajput specialized in Design Construction and Management of health care facilities and hospital construction like Construction of Surgical Complex at JPMC, BIM of Educational Complex, Hotels, Commercial Cum Residential Buildings, and Pharmaceutical Building with M/s. AAA Partnership Pvt. Ltd.

Engr. Muhammad Faisal possessed vast experience of high rise buildings like BT – ICON Tower under PMC Currently Associate with M/s. AAA Pvt. Ltd.

Seminar on Awareness of Program of Quantity Surveying and Cost Engineering Dr. Syed Muzzamil Hussain Shah Associate Chairman and Engr. Zahoor Hussain arranged Awareness of Program of Quantity Surveying and Cost Engineering held on January 18, 2022. The event was organized by M/s. Bunyad & Associate (Pvt) Ltd. and Institute of Quantity Surveyors.

Experts / Speakers included Syed Hasan Bunyad CCP, POS (Represent Bunyad Associated (Pvt) Ltd. and Engr. Farrukh Siddiqui AACEI Pakistan CCP, PMP (Rep AACEI Pakistan Section) Engr. Mahnoor Saeed (Rep Bunyad and Associate (Pvt) Ltd.

A courses was reached Quantity Surveyors analyzes the quantities, provide measurements and works out cost of material with cost of labour and machinery charges required for execution of project. Quantity Surveying and cost engineering determines estimated expenses for a particular project for necessary financial arrangements before starting actual work.

Quantity Surveying and Cost Engineering lays foundation for all engineering projects and is of paramount importance for engineering.

Te c h n i c a l S e s s i o n o n A d v a n c e Engineering Surveying Speaker included Engr. Mushtaq Hussain Sr. Engineering M/s. EA Consultant Technical Instructor:

Prof. Dr. Mir Shabbar Ali, Dean F C&A, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Amir Dean FoECE Dr. Faisal Rasool and Dr. Abasal Hussain addressing the seminar

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Fahad Abbasi Sr. Surveyor NASGO Pakistan Engr. Muneer Anees, Engr. Arsalan Saeed and Engr. Farhan Haider orgranzied One – day technical session on January 22, 2022.

SSUET Faculty Members called on Barrister Murtaza Wahab, Aministrator KMC

Faculty Members of Sir Syed University, Dr. Engr. Muhammad Ibrar ul Haque, Engr. Arsalan Saeed, PhD Scholar and Engr. Afshan Ahmed, received invitation from Barrister Murtaza Wahab, Administrator KMC to participate with KMC for development of Karachi. A team of Faculty Members held meeting with Administrator and Municipal Commissioner KMC and exchanged ideas on various development option.

FYP Orientation Batch 2019 Session Engr. Aliya Mehmood Convener FYP explained important features of FYP. She informed the purpose

and objectives of FYP. She explained that FYP starts th thfrom 7 Semester and carries over to 8 Semester. FYP

was a mandatory requirement of 200 marks that shows its importance assignment to FYP. FYP is application of knowledge, skills gained by students during previous semesters. She further mentioned that FYP Committee that included Dr. Syed Muzzamil Hussain Shah, Engr. Najia Owais Siddiqui and Engr. Zubair Iqbal Rao. FYP

Committee prepared FYP Manual. The Manual gives guidelines of how to prepare FYP report Area of study for FYP is selected by FYP of 5 student creativity, innovation leading to research – based project work is given due credit. FYP report is usually referred FYP report reflects students aptitude and helps in career development often an employer or an educational institution inquires about FYP.

Prof. Dr. Mir Shabbar Ali, Dean F C&A gave presentation on Traffic Engineering and Transportation. He emphasized upon AI as a tool and technique to provide safety

in pedestrian and traffic movement.

Dr. Muhammad Imran gave presentation on Structure Analysis and Fire Safety in building construction.

Dr. Syed Muzzamil Hussain Shah and Engr. Nadia Qamar discussed and highlighted scope of FYP in water sector and environmental engineering. Prof. Dr. Abdul Samad Khan emphasized upon geotechnical engineering in FYP.

Dr. Rabia Inam Noor Director ORIC also spoke on the occasion and stated was looking for research – based. FYP prepared that served industrial demand.

Meeting of Research ClustersProf. Dr. Mir Shabbar Ali, Dean F C&A presided over meeting of Research Clusters. Meeting was attended by Dr. Muhammad Imran Chairman Civil Engineering Department, Dr. Syed Muzzamil Hussain Shah Associate Chairman and other Faculty Members. All faculty members showed their keen interest in conducting and promoting research activities.

Administrator Karachi Murtaza Wahab, shot with SSUET Faculty

Administrator Karachi Murtaza Wahab, shot with SSUET Faculty

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NEWS FROM ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN DEPARTMENT

Architecture Design Studio VI Work and the assignments on urban Design & Access Statement (JPMC) in support of the outline planning application for the future JPMC project 2030.

Seminar on "Implementation of HEC's Plagiarism PolicyQEC, SSUET has ar ranged a Seminar on

"Implementation of HEC's Plagiarism Policy Using

Mendeleev Reference Manager” which was held on

October 7, 2021. Assistant Professor Afshan

Jamshed, Lecturer Ar. Humaira Nazir, Senior Lecturer

Fabiha Khalid attended the seminar.

Architect Samar Ali Khan visited AEDArchitect Samar Ali Khan visited AED Department. He

motivated students to achieve their goals, and gave

them tips to get out of the bottleneck and closed box

thinking. He presented his experiences as Architecture

student and as a practicing architect. Architect Samar

is a former member of parliament.

rd3 year batch of AED visited TDF Magnificence Centre (MSC) is Pakistan's first

contemporary and interactive science center designed

to provide hands-on learning experiences to everyone

from young to old. The student learned about

designing interactive exhibition spaces.

Thesis Design Juries of Batch 2017Dr. Ameen Munasser, Ar. Samar Shamim and Ar. Irtiza Ali were invited to attended the final thesis year jury in the Department of Architecture and Planning, Dawood University of Engineering and Technology (DAP-DUET).

Board of Studies

AED-SSUET, held on September 29, 2021.They discussed the feasibility for tools MS in Development Management.

Study tour Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center

The students of Architecture & Environmental Design Department had a study tour to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and had useful discussion on related topics with Ar. Ar. Arif Hassan, Ar. Khadija Jamal, Ar. Farhatullah Qureshi, and Ar. Adeel Qureshi. The specifically discussed the ongoing

Board of Studies meeting

Group photo with Ar. Samar Ali

Group photo with Ar. Arif Hassan

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documentation and construction supervision of JPMC.

She explained the design basic health units,

specialized clinics & allied facilities and upgradation

projects for JPMC, and the services provided in this

Sector range from conception to completion of

projects.

AED 2020S batch visited Thatta and Makli

Students of batch 2020S, 2nd year (4th semester),

visited Thatta and Makli as part of their Architecture

Design Studio Project. Lecturer Ar. Humaira Nazir and

Assistant Professor Irtaza Ali supervised the visit.

Students surveyed and documented the sites and

surrounding areas.

Visit to APWA Raana Liaquat Ali Khan Craftsmen Colony

Students of batch 2020S, 2nd year (4th semester),

visited APWA Raana Liaquat Ali Khan Craftsmen

Colony as part of their Architecture Design Studio

Project of School. Lecturer Ar. Humaira Nazir and

Assistant Professor Irtaza Ali supervised the visit.

Students surveyed and documented the sites and

surrounding areas.

Ar. Mehdi Hyder Ali appointed as Sr Lecturer

Ar. M. Mehdi Hyder Ali is appointed

as Senior Lecturer and Ar. Erum

K h a l i l a s L e c t u r e r a t A E D

Department. Both has Masters

degree in related discipline. Mehdi is

a graduate of Karachi University and

Erum comes from NED University.

Students of AED visited Hawkes BayStudents of 2nd batch 2020F AED-SSUET visited

Hawkes Bay and surveyed the site for new assignment

of AD Studio “at Karachi Beach Hut to learn to design

beach house.

A Field Trip Visiting HMR Waterfront

Fourth year batch of AED visited HMR waterfront, located at the edge of the Arabian Sea, HMR is proud to introduce HMR Waterfront. Student's studied gated community. HMR Waterfront includes 14 high-rise residential towers, facilitated with modern amenities and efficient security. Chairman HMR, Haji Muhammad Rafiq Pardesi and Ar. Abbas Reza Jaffery, Director Development, gave a brief to the students about construction of high rise buildings near waterfront and answered student's queries related to high rise construction.

NESPAK Ar. Kiran Uner Visiting AEDAr. Kiran Uner from NESPAK visited AED and

explained about planning, designing, tender

Ar. M. Mehdi Hyder

AED at a field trip

AED at APWA Raana Liaquat Colony

AED 2020S batch visited Thatta / Makli

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Addressing the National Idea Bank grand finale, the President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi said that virtual education has become a reality especially after Covid-19, and “we must take advantage of it to increase the number of graduates.”

At the end of the ceremony, President Arif Alvi presented awards to Arbila Bhutto, Muhammad Hamza Khalil, and Muhammad Ali Abbasi for securing 1st position in education, e-commerce, and health sector respectively, while Osama Jawaid Shaikh got the National Idea Bank Award.

National level Presentations Provisional level event was held on January 17, 2022. President Dr. Arif Alvi was the Chief Guest. Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin presented fruitful presentation regarding National Idea Bank. After that the award ceremony started. The Judges were given Shields as token of appreciation and students were given appreciation certificates.

Video Recording for National Winners Video recording for National winners was held on January 20, 2022 via zoom meeting. This meeting was held for the national winners. In this meeting, judges provided guidance to the participants how to pitch their ideas for final competition. That session was very fruitful for the national winners.

Workshop On “Innovation and Commercialization” Workshop on “Innovation and Commercialization” was held on March 3-4, 2022 at the auditorium of Business School, University of Karachi. All Heads of FYP,

Boot Camps Coaching for National Presenter

Boot Camps Coaching to National presenter was held on January 10, 2022 at NED University. Boot Camp Coaching is a way to train national level presenters and other technical professionals to acquire deep skills in new technologies in a short period. Most of the training sessions and mentoring was online. After the provincial level, physical sessions of boot camps were also organized at different universities of Pakistan.

NIB Competition Grand FinaleSyed University in collaboration with the Ministry of Information & Technology (IT) & Telecommunication

and ASPIRE Pakistan organized the Pakistan Innovative Conference and National Idea Bank Grand Finale on January 27, 2022 at Sir Syed Memorial Hall, Islamabad. President of Pakistan, Dr. Arif Alvi was the Chief Guest and he gave awards to the students excelling in the national level competitions. President of Pakistan, Dr. Arif Alvi emphasized on promoting information technology (IT) education to ensure rapid progress of the country.

NEWS FROM OFFICE OF RESEARCH, INNOVATION & COMMERCIALIZATION

Trainers share their experience to audience

President of Pakistan visited Showcasing Final Winner Projects

SSUET Registrar Syed Sarfraz Ali and Director ORIC Dr. Rabia Enam Welcoming the President of Pakistan

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Panel of experts and judges included Syed Ameen-Ullah Hussaini, Group Director Wanz International Group of Companies, Mr. Ashfaque Ahmed, General Manager EFU Life Insurance), both were the judges of Project Showcasing, along with their experts Mr. Zain-ul-Abideen, Mr Fahad and Ms Shahida Qaiser. They had meeting with the Chancellor Javaid Anwaar.

Director ORIC, Dr. Rabia Noor Enam and her team welcomed the guests and gave briefing about students' projects. The Guests asked to bridge the gap between industry and academia. He advised to design the projects according to the need of the industry and

Final Year Project (FYP) should be conducted according to the problem statement of the industry that will be helpful in the entrepreneurship as their startup. This visit aimed to give different opportunities to promote the students. After that discussion, the Chancellor Jawaid Anwar awarded them a token appreciation.

Moreover, they visted every project individually and separately. They asked students about the market survey, what they have unique selling points and the business model. After the question-answer session, they evaluated the students and gave specific scores.

In the end, they liked and appreciated the projects of SSUET students and suggested how to take the initiative, and how these technologies may be expanded in the future. Experts advised to focus on implementing innovative, research, and business-based ideas with a deep sense of corporate culture. In closing session, Honorable guests distributed the Certificates to all participant and appreciated all projects.

associated with ORIC-SSUET team under the supervision of Director ORIC were attended the workshop. Mr. Hassan Syed was the trainer of this workshop. He was providing a training on different topics regarding innovation and commercialization.

The workshop trainer, Mr. Hassan Syed gave briefing on the following topics: Understand the change from industrial age to knowledge age, Intellectual curiosity, what propels the research, intellectual property types, ways to commercialize, changing the perspective and so on.

For the second day, the workshop trainers were Dr. Azam Arastu, the Senior Executive- Aerospace and Mr. Hassan Syed. Dr. Azam Arastu, discussed the Intellectual Property Commercialization from a large co-operation perspective. Then Mr. Hassan Syed talked about the Hackathons to Identify Commercial App l ica t ions , Commerc ia l i za t ion Roadmap Development, Recruitment of Entrepreneurs and so on.

Innovation and Showcasing for the Silicon Valley

Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC) presented Innovation Showcasing on March 7, 2022. This event was basically for the final year students for the display of their ideas and prototypes of the project. The ORIC had more than 200 projects, among which100 projects were selected for the exhibition. Further, 20 projects were short listed after evaluation, for the Silicon Valley.

Innovation and Showcasing for the Silicon Valley

Innovation and Showcasing for the Silicon Valley

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Seminar on “Groups, Symmetry and CultureDr. Rashid Kamal Ansari held a seminar on “Groups, Symmetry and Culture” on February 17, 2022 at Mathematical Sciences Research Center, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology.

Generalized Approximation of ModulesDr. Rashid Kamal Ansari has successfully completed NRPU Project No. 20-2209, awarded by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan on Generalized Approximation of Modules.

Etezaz Ibrahim received MPhil DegreeMuhammad Etezaz Ibrahim has awarded the MPhil Degree for his thesis “Temperature Extremes and Possibility of Future Heat - Waves in Karachi Region” from University of Karachi.

Visit to FWOIn pursuance to search new opportunities for the students of the Department of Mathematics, a team of the Department comprising Chairperson Dr. Asma Zaffar, Prof. Dr. Rashid Kamal Ansari, Mr. Naseem Akhtar and Mr. Mubeen Anwar visited the Head Office of Frontier Works Organization (FWO). It was a matter of pride to meet Major Jawwad and Major Saleem, two SSUET Alumni, who earned professional repute while working at FWO.

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH· Ms. Mahrukh Khan has continued working as

an Incharge of Department of English.· Mr. Saqib Mubin and Ms. Asma Ahmed has

joined as Lecturer at the Department of English.

· Ms. Samana Zaidi has joined as Jr. Lecturer at Department of English.

Department of Islamic Studies and Pakistan Studies:Dr. Muhammad Rashid Khan Awan (Sr. Lecturer) awarded Ph. D. Degree entitle Islamic Culture from Sindh University of Jamshoro.

Publications:· Prof. Dr. Aqeel ur Rehman,

Dean FoCAS, supervised successfully two PhD D I S S E RTAT I O N S o f Hamdard University, titles are mentioned below:

a. A Model for Agricultural Knowledge Creat ion, M a n a g e m e n t a n d Distribution

b. Cross Layered Adaptive Reliability Enhancement Scheme for Emergency Traffic in Medical Body Area Networks

· Aqeel-ur-Rehman, Waleej Haider, M. Asad Abbasi, Sallar Khan, and Nouman M Durrani, published manuscript titled “Towards Hybrid Smart Irrigation for Mixed-Cropping”, in proceeding of in 2021 Global Conference on Wireless & Optical Technologies (GCWoT'21), Malaga, Spain, February 13-16, 2022.

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCESPublications:

· Dr. Asma Zaffar and Ovais Siraj published a m a n u s c r i p t t i t l e d “ A p p l i c a t i o n o f Mathematics to Predict and Prevent Diabetes Mel l i tus” , the J i l in D a x u e X u e b a o (Gongxueban)/Journal o f J i l in Un ivers i ty ( E n g i n e e r i n g &

Technology Edition) Vol: 42 Issue 03:2022, impact factor 0.534, HJRS X category.

· Dr. Ingila Rahim co-author, published a manuscript titled “Regression Modelling and Correlation Analysis Spread of COVID-19 Data for Pakistan”, published in International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences (vol. 9 (3), March 2022, pp.71-81).

NEWS FROM FACULTY OF COMPUTING & APPLIED SCIENCES

Prof. Dr. Aqeel ur Rehman

Dr. Asma Zaffar

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Abroad for Higher Studies” on January 4, 2022 at Bashir A Malik Auditorium, SSUET.

“Solidarity with Christian Employees”

Center for Guidance Career Planning & Placement organized a Solidarity Day on January 6, 2022 at

thSSUET on account of 25 December.

Psychological ServicesOffice of Psychological Services at the Centre for Guidance Career Planning & Placement arranged an awareness session to educate the society for a healthy future and lifestyle. Chughtai Healthcare Symposium promotes an understanding of mental health conditions removing sigma and creating psychological safe work place.

Islam Takaful Recruitment DriveCentre for Guidance Career Planning & Placement organized Recruitment Drive by Islam Takaful on January 6, 2022 at G Block Auditorium SSUET.

Workshop on “Interview Skills & CVs Writing”Centre for Guidance Career Planning & Placement organized a workshop on Interview Skills & CVs Writing” for final year students on January 8, 2022 at Bashir A Malik Auditorium, SSUET.

Recruitment Drive “10 Pearls”Centre for Guidance Career Planning and Placement has organized a Recruitment Drive in collaboration with 10 Pearls on January 11, 2022 at Bashir A Malik Auditorium, SSUET.

Chancellor SSUET Visited Arts CouncilChancellor of Sir Syed University, Jawaid Anwar, visited 2-day exhibition on "Islamic Calligraphy” at Arts

Council of Pakistan, Karachi. The exhibition was held in collaboration with Almira Artistic. Chancellor Jawaid Anwar was invited as the special guest on the second day of exhibition. He addressed the participants and visited different stalls. Prominent personalities who attended the exhibition included Business Icon, Mr. S. M. Munir, Director General Rangers, President Arts Council, Muhammad Ahmad Shah (Sitara e Imtiaz), President KATI, Salman, Vice President KATI, Farhan-ur-Rehman, Chancellor SSUET, Mr. Javaid Anwar, Chancellor Iqra University, Hunaid H. Lakhani, Vice Chancellor NED University , Dr. Surosh Hashmat Lodhi and Mustafa Kamal. Host Elmira Artistic presented bouquets and Islamic Calligraphy to the distinguished guests.

Seminar on “Scholarship Opportunities Abroad”Centre for Guidance Career Planning & Placement has arranged with collaboration of Civil Engineering Department a seminar on Scholarship Opportunities

NEWS FROM CENTRE FOR GUIDANCE CAREER PLANING & PLACEMENT

Chancellor Jawaid Anwar inaugurating Islamic Calligraphy exhibition by cutting the ribbon

Seminar on “Scholarship Opportunities Abroad”

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin celebrating Christmas with christian community

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Societies Activity “Mall of Humanity”

Community Services Society of Sir Syed University has arranged “Mall of Humanity” for the employees of SSUET on January 18, 2022. New cloths were distributed to the staff and their families.

Skill Development “Awareness of Solar Energy”

Centre for Guidance Career Planning & Placement has arranged a seminar on “Awareness of Solar Energy” on January 17, 2022 at Bashir A Malik Auditorium SSUET.

Recruitment Drive “Datathon by UBL”Centre for Guidance Career Planning & Placement has arranged a Recruitment drive on January 18, 2022 at Bashir A. Malik Auditorium, SSUET.

Awareness Session “Digital Literacy by Rehan Allahwala”Centre for Guidance Career Planning & Placement has organized an awareness session on Digital Literacy on January 20, 2022 at Bashir A. Malik Auditorium, SSUET.

Industrial Visit to “K-Electric

Centre for Guidance Career Planning & Placement has arranged an Industrial Visit to K-Electric with collaboration of Electrical Department on January 12, 2022

Recruitment Drive “Care Cloud (MTBC)”

Centre for Guidance Career Planning & Placement arranged a Recruitment Drive in collaboration with Care Cloud (MTBC) on January 12, 2022 at Bashir A Malik Auditorium, SSUET, Batch-2018 (CE, SE, IT & CS).

Recruitment Drive “Speridian Technologies”Centre for Guidance Career Planning & Placement has arranged Recruitment Drive with collaboration of Speridian Technologies on January 13, 2022.

Visit to ORIC at KU Centre for Guidance Career Planning & Placement has arranged a visit to ORIC Department of Karachi University with collaboration of Accountability Lab on January 14, 2022.

Industrial Visit to “K-Electric

Recruitment Drive “Care Cloud (MTBC)”

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin visited Mall of Humanity

Seminar on “Awareness of Solar Energy”

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Sallar Khan, while Mr. Sallar Khan demonstrated the new FYP portal design for the faculty and the students of the batch 2019.

Seminar on “How to Initiate & Writing your Research Article”Mr. Sallar Khan conducted a seminar on “How to Initiate & Writing your Research Article” for the faculty of the Computer Science and Information Technology Department, which included the fundamentals of writing a research article and how to target various conferences and journals around the globe.

Faculty Achievement and Faculty AwardsMr. Waleej Haider, Assistant Professor of DoCS&IT, has completed his PhD in Computer Science from Hamdard University, Karachi under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Aqeel-ur-Rehman, Dean, Faculty of Computing & Applied Sciences, SSUET. His area of research was Agricultural Knowledge Management.

Dr, Abdul Hameed Pitafi has been selected Associate Editor of Sir Syed University Research Journal. Dr, Abdul Hameed Pitafi has also become Guest Editor in the Journal of Frontier of Psychology. According to Journal citation report 2020, Frontier of Psychology has impact factor 2.99, and recognized by HEC in W category.

Research Publications1. Dr. Abdul Hameed Pitafi has published a research

paper with the title "Exploring Factors Affecting Mobile-Banking App Adoption: A Perspective from Adaptive Structuration Theory” in “Aslib Journal of Information Management”. According to Journal citation report 2020, Aslib Journal of Information Management has impact factor 1.90, and recognized by HEC in W category.

2. Dr. Abdul Hameed Pitafi has published a research paper with the title "Role of social commerce constructs and social presence as moderator on consumers buying intentions during COVID -19” in “Frontiers in Psychology,”. According to Journal citation report 2020, Frontiers in Psychology, Journal has impact factor 2.99, and recognized by HEC in W category.

Departmental Achievements:

1. The Department of Computer Science and Information Technology won the SPORTS

rdGALA 2021 consecutive 3 time under the supervision of agile Sports Manager Mr. Sallar Khan (Boys) and Mrs. Jawaria Hafeez (Girls). The event was held among 13 departments of Sir Syed University.

2. Departmental ceremony for the distribution of Certificates among the students and faculty who have won IGNITE Funding for the batch of 2017 and 2018 was held. The Department of Computer Science & Information Technology secured the highest number of funding among all departments of SSUET. In 2017, 7 projects secured the national funding of IGNITE while in 2018, 11 projects secured the national funding of IGNITE. The faculty members Dr. Waleej Haider (06), Dr. Asad Abbasi (01), Mr. M. Nadeem (03), Mr. Sallar Khan (06), Mr. Chandalal (01), Ms. Rabiya Tahir (01), and Ms. Ayesha Khaliq (03) received the funding.

Orientation SessionThe Department of Computer Science and Information Technology organized and successfully conducted the “Orientation Session for the Batch 2019”. Chairman CS&ITD, Faculty and more than 200 students attended the session, in which experts from the industry were invited to share their valuable ideas among the students. This program was held under the supervision of FYP coordinators Dr. Hameed Pitafi (CS), Ms. Razia Nisar (IT) and Deputy FYP Coordinator (CS & IT) Mr.

NEWS FROM COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

Winners of Sports Gala

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Regression (6) The Impact of Emotional Intelligence Dimension in Human Resources Development and Training (7) Person Identity Recognition System Using CNN with SSD and OCR Techniques and (8) Medical Reports Diagnosis and Prediction Using OCR and Machine Learning Techniques.

9. Lecturer, Ms. Mehreen Umer has published a research paper with the title “The Impact of Emotional Intelligence Dimension in Human Resources Development and Training” in HEC approved Journal in the category (X) Journal. The research paper has been accepted for oral presentation at the BMESS'2022 Conference that is to be held on March 30-31, 2022.

Faculty Promotions:The Faculty Members Mr Adeel Saeed, Mr Raj Kumar, Mr Tehmeed Ebaduddin, Mr Asif Raza, Mr Sallar Khan, Ms Javeria Sallar, Ms Yusra Khalid, Ms Sana Ejaz, Ms Farhana Ashraf, Ms Rabia Tahir, Ma Anum Siddiqui and Ms Sabeen Fatima of Computer Science & Information Technology Department have been promoted to the post of Sr. Lecturer.

Student Achievements Two FYP projects under the supervision of Mr. Sallar Khan secured 1st and 3rd positions in recent "Research Emerging Technologies" were called by the worthy Vice Chancellor. The Vice Chancellor saw their project demos and appreciated their overall efforts, and encouraged them to proceed their projects now toward a product through incubation provided by SSUET. Furthermore, they both have published their articles in different international journals and, on that, the respect Vice Chancellor awarded both group of students a full refund of their Research Publication Fees of 500$ USD. It is the very first time in SSUET, a student is going to avail the research allowance, a proud moment for students and for the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology.

Upgrading CS/IT Labs Computer Science DepartmentThe Department of Computer Science has upgraded

ththe AI lab with the latest machines containing Intel 11 Generation Processor and NVidias GTX 1650 Graphics. These machines will give a great experience to the students in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Robotics and Game Development.

3. Dr. Abdul Hameed Pitafi has published a research paper with the title " Investigating the factors of enterprise social media strain: The role of enterprise social media's visibility as a moderator” in “PLOS ONE,”. According to Journal citation report 2020, PLOS ONE Journal has impact factor 3.24, and recognized by HEC in W category.

4. A paper titled, Towards Hybrid Smart Irrigation for Mixed-Cropping, had been accepted for the presentation and publication at the Global Conference on Wireless & Optical Technologies 2021 (GCWOT'21). The conference fall under HEC Category of 2nd Tier international conference which was held on February 14-16, 2022 at the University of Malaga, Spain. The authors of this paper are Dr. Waleej Haider, Professor Dr. Aqeel ur Rehman (Dean, Faculty of Computing & Applied Science), Dr. M Asad Abbasi, Mr. Sallar Khan and Dr. Nouman M Durrani.

5. A paper titled, “A Comparative Study on Useful Learning Algorithms Used for the Stock Market Analysis or Prediction” has been published in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION Vol.37, No.2, 2022 (Journal Impact IF of Journal of Special Education is 0.51,X category) by Ahsan Masroor.

6. Muhammad Nadeem, Hamza Ejaz, Asadullah Ikram, Muhammad Arsalan Khan and Khizar Hayat Hashmi, “Detecting mask and unmask people from crowd using deep learning”, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology, Vol.11, No. 1, pp.501 – 508, January 2022.

7. Muhammad Nadeem, Maimoona Niazi, Syed Muhammad Ahsan and Haneen Jamal, “Hifazat: An android based solution for human safety”, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp.14 – 18, February 2022.

8. Mr. Sallar Khan has successfully published 8 research articles in HEC approved International Journals out of which 5 were in category (X) journal and 3 in category (Y) journal. Paper titles were (1) Translating Egyptian Hieroglyphs using deep Learning (2) A Comparative Study on Useful Learning Algorithms Used for the Stock Market Analysis or Prediction, (3) Unreal Engine's Realistic War First-Third Person Shooting Game: Fallen Heroes (4) VR Chess: A Flutter based Chess Application (5) Soccer Flex: Score and Match Predictor using Deep Neural Network and Logistic

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Dr. Zain Anwar Ali, Editor Research Journal, gave appreciation letters to Ms. Mahvash Arsalan Lodhi, Ms.

Hafsa Nizami, Mr. Mohammad Iraj, Ms. Nazia Awan, Mr. Mohsin Ansari, Mr. Anees, Mr. Abdul Ghani and Mr. Nadir to motivate his team for further achievement in future.

Webinar on “Accelerate your research using Elsevier's Scopus”SSURJET organized webinar on “Accelerate your research using Elsevier's Scopus” on January 12, 2022. Targeted audiences were Associate Editors, PhD Scholars and the SSURJET Team. A very informative session was given on Scopus and Elsevier by the speaker Mr. Vishal Gupta (Customer Consultant South Asia, Elsevier). The panelists were Dr. Zain Anwar Ali, Dr. Razia Zia and Dr. Suhaib Masood .

Appreciation Letter for the Research Journal Staff

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin appreciated performance of the team behind the Research Journal as it has been ranked among the Y category by HEC declaration. Component authority has constituted the Associate Editors for Sir Syed University Research

Journal of Engineering & Technology (SSURJET) from all departments to further improve the quality of research journal in future. Associate Editors included Dr. Muzammil Hussain Shah (Civil Engineering), Dr. Suhaib Masroor (Biomedical Engineering), Dr. Saood Zia (Software Engineering) Dr. Najma Ismat (Computer Engineering), Dr. Razia Zia (Electrical Engineering) and Dr. Abdul Hameed Pitafi (Computer Science).

NEWS FROM RESEARCH JOURNAL & NEWSLETTER DEPARTMENT

Vice Chancellor Prof.Dr.Vali Uddin along with (L-R) Prof.Dr. Mir Shabbar Ali, Prof Dr. Muhammad Aamir and Prof .Dr. Aqeel ur Rehman presenting Appreciation Letter to Dr. Zain Anwar Ali

Editor Dr. Zain Anwar Ali awarding Appreciation Letter to the Research Journal Staff

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Second Seminar of Readers' Club Second Seminar of Readers' Club was organized by the Faculty of Business, Management and Social

Sciences in the month of February 2022. Topic of the seminar was “The Vision of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan for the Modern Education”. Dr. Jamal Naqvi in his introductory lecture said that Sir Syed Ahmed Khan worked hard with his multi-dimensional personality for the betterment of the people of sub-continent.

Dr. Rashid Awan emphasized on promoting the research culture and introducing Islamic Banking program to meet the challenges of today's economy. Participants applauded the vision and the efforts of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and pledged to achieve his vision here at SSUET.

Mr. Zafar Ahmed emphasized on initiating fellowship in writing research books on social sciences as per the vision of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.

Report of the Second Motivational Seminar DBA - SSUETDepartment of Business Administration, SSUET organized the motivational lectures to develop the good qualities among the students by listening life experiences of VIPs so that in their future life, they would emerge as a good citizen of Pakistan, contributing towards the betterment of the country.

Second monthly lecture of the series (January 2022) titled 'The Road to Success' was delivered by Engr. Humaiyun Qureshi, Chief Executive of DATALOG and I.T solution company, a certified information system auditor, a director of First Paramount Modarba and an ex-management person of IBM. He is also the life member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and also a member ISACA.

thDr. Jamal Naqvi chaired 147 NSC MeetingthEngr. Dr. Ali Jamal Naqvi chaired the 147 NSC

Meeting as Chairman of the National Standard Committee (NSC) of PSQCA on January 26, 2022 at Pakistan Standard & Quality Control Authority (PSQCA), Karachi. Technical Committees proposed 16 draft standard on Small Scale Industrial Products (MTC-01), Metal Alloys and Testing (MTC-05) and Gems & Jewelries (MTC-15) that was considered. After detailed discussion, these standards were revised and adopted as Pakistan Standard.

Pakistani Engineers attended International Mechanical Engineering Conference

th11 International Mechanical Engineering Conference (IMEC-2022) was jointly organized by the Institution of Engineers Pakistan (lEP), NED University of Engineering & Technology and DHA Suffa University in collaboration with Federation of Engineering Institution of South & Central Asia (FEISCA), Colombo and Federation of Engineering Institution of Islamic Countries (FEIIC), Riyadh held on January 14-15, 22 on the theme of "Sustainable Smart Advancement in Mechanical Engineering". The Conference was attended by the engineers from Pakistan and abroad. A technical session on "Material Engineering" was Chaired by Engr. Dr. Ali Jamal Naqvi (FIE) of SSUET on January 15, 2022, where four papers were presented. After the session, the Chairman IEP presented him the "lMEC-2022" Souvenir.

NEWS FROM MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

International Mechanical Engineering Conference

Mr. Qazi Umais Enayat is working as Operations Engineer in Oil and Gas Sector of Pakistan since four years. H e i s a n E l e c t r o n i c s a n d Communication Engineer, having graduated from the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology. He did Masters in Supply Chain Management from

Karachi University Business School. He worked as Electronics Engineer for TPL Trakker Limited, a leading tracking services of Pakistan, for two years. He has been working as Visiting Lecturer in different technical institutes and engineering colleges in Pakistan. As Operation Engineer in Oil and Gas Sector under State Ministry for Petroleum and Natural Resources he is ,involved in evaluation, revision, redesign, and expansion of the required system, policy, rules and technically related planning to develop a forecasting models for the prediction of gas demand to assist in the decision making of gas load management.

After graduation, he started his career with K-Electric. Then Mr Adil had a lot of significant professional experiences as a Supply Chain Analyst. Mr. Adil Masood is an a c c o m p l i s h e d P r o c u r e m e n t Engineer with over 7 years of experience in multiple sectors like P o w e r , A u t o m o t i v e a n d

Manufacturing. Mr. Adil supervised the transition of the company to a computer-based ordering system. This eliminated warehouse downtime and redundancies, which, in turn, generated over $1.2 million in savings each year. He got BS degree in “Electronic Engineering” from Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi and later completed his Masters in Engineering Management from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi. .

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ALUMNI LOUNGE

Adnan Ahmed

Mr. Adil Masood

Mr. Adnan Ahmed started his career in 2001 as System Administrator at Pakistan Navy Engineering College. The he worked as Deputy Manager IT at KPT from 2002 to 2006, and Manager IT at EMAAR from 2006 to 2010. His 11 years and 8 months experience at Ebrahim Group of Compan ies a t d i f f e ren t key managerial positions has remarkably contributed towards the attainment of his goal, “Digitally Techy”.

“Digitally Techy” is his venture to provide IT solutions to different companies across the globe. With BE in Electronic followed by MS in Computer Network from Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Mr. Adnan Ahmed is well-versed in the finest practices in designing, developing, implementing, managing, and supporting IT-based systems.

Salman Ahmed Khan is an Alumni of Batch 2008 and currently he is associated with Amreli Steels and working as Assistant Manager Spares & Planning. He has an experience of more than 9 years in h a n d l i n g P l a n t O p e r a t i o n s E n g i n e e r i n g i n M a t e r i a l Management , Procurement , Materials Planning, along with IT expertise in SAP - Materials Management, Plant Maintenance. Previously he has been associated with Pakistan's top leading organizations like General Tyre, Getz Pharma. He has done B.S in Electronic Engineering from SSUET and further completed his Masters in Electrical Engineering with Specialization in Industrial Controls & Automation from Graduate School of Engineering & Technology, Hamdard University in 2016. He is an active member of Pakistan Engineering Council and Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE-USA).

Salman Ahmed Khan

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Emphasizing on the use of modern technology and ideas, he said that as an important partner, Sir Syed University in collaboration with the Ministry of Information T e c h n o l o g y a n d ASPIRE, organized Innovative Conference and grand finale of National Idea Bank

competition at Sir Syed Memorial Hall, Islamabad. President of Pakistan, HE Arif Alvi was the Chief Guest of the event. Sir Syed University as National Host of NIB played a pivotal role and delivered outstanding performance.

General Secretary Arshad Khan immensely appreciated the outstanding performance of Dean Faculty of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Dr. Muhammad Aamir, Project Director NAVTTC, Dr. Tahir Fattani, Project Coordinator Asstt. Prof. Noman Ali Khan and IT Expert Saqib Jawaid. He said that Sir Syed University has been selected consecutively for the 3rd time for the vocational training of students under Kamyab Jawan progrmme in 11 trades. The largest number of seats among Sindh's universities was allocated to the Sir Syed University.

Mr. Khan emphasized the need for the establishment of Sir Syed Trust to get funding for the projects.

General Secretary Arshad Khan underscored that a research centre would be set up at the new campus of Sir Syed University on 200 acres of land in Education City with the support of Guidance Centre in which Siraj Khilji is playing a significant role. We are also going to start a campaign for the plantation of 3000 trees in collaboration with the Forest Department. We have achieved another milestone by laying foundation stone to Jama e Masjid Sir Syed at the new campus.

Engr. Muhammad Arshad Khan said that the first Graduation Ceremony was held at AIT in which more than 640 pass-outs were given Diploma of Associate Engineer. AIT will soon start 2-year Associate Degree programme.

Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys' Association (AMUOBA) held its Annual General Body Meeting at Sir Syed Tower in which the minutes of the last meeting were approved unanimously.

Addressing the AGM, President AMUOBA, and Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Jawaid Anwar said that although the whole social and cultural structure has changed into a new mode of routine life due to Covid, yet we successfully endeavored not to let the situation affect the academic activities, maintaining our quality performance.

He pointed out that Sir Syed University would establish Mohsin e Pakistan Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan Chair, Engr. Z.A.Nizami Chair and Engr. Muhammad Zakir Ali Khan Chair at the campus. In recognition of Dr. Qadeer Khan's valuable services and great work for the nation and country, the Posthumus award in the form of a gold medal, will be presented to his wife.

He told that Sir Syed University would reprint the book of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan “Tabeen ul Kalam” in Nastaleeq font, then it would be easy to read the book, which is actually an important document of 800 pages, based on the comparative study between Judaism and Christianity.

Presenting the annual report of the Association, Honorary Secretary General, AMUOBA, Engr. Muhammad Arshad Khan said that Sir Syed University was established in 1994 with 200 students and now it is ranked among the top most universities of Pakistan in the field of engineering and technologies and moving ahead for international rankings.

ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION HELD AGM

President AMUOBA, Jawaid Anwar and General Secretary Muhammad Arshad Khan addressing the Annual General Body Meeting of AMUOBA.

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for required approval First phase buildings include · Academic Block Building· Hostel · Mosque · Main Entrance Gate House

Operation of Tube well on Solar PanelsIn order to meet the water supply demand of existing plantation at new campus, Solar Panels were installed to operate the existing water well on solar energy.

ER Survey to locate new water sourcesAn ER survey was conducted to locate potential water sources to meet growing demand of water, especially for orchard area to be developed in accordance with master plan of the new campus.

New Water WellNew water well was d e v e l o p e d i n accordance with ER survey conducted and water pump was installed and a 15KW new solar system was also installed to ope ra te t he new

water well.

Drip Irrigation SystemA project for installation of drip irrigation system to provide water to the orchard to be developed is being conducted, this will also help in water conservation.

Developmental WorkKarachi Master Plan for the period 2005 to 2020 included proposal to have an Education City in North West of Karachi. Education City is situated along both sides of Link Road connecting National Highway with Super Highway and between Malir River and Sukhan Nallah.

Government of Sindh allocated over 9000 acres land for Education City for providing education and health

facilities. An area of 200 acres was allotted to Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology to build new campus.

Master Plan for the new campus including Architectural stdesign for buildings to be prepared in 1 phase has

been developed and submitted to Revenue Department for review and further submission to SBCA

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that he needed to keep updating himself in the global context. He devoted his entire life to teaching. He loved his profession so much that he refused to accept high-profile jobs.

The eldest son of Prof. Dr. Mumtaz ul Imam, Chief Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Dr. Aftab Imam, said that his father was very kind and sympathetic and he never beat them. The way he taught him and groomed was an asset of successful life. Credit goes to him who prepared us to survive in the cutthroat competition and earned such a brilliant status.

The youngest son of Prof. Dr. Mumtaz Al-Imam, Advocate Sindh High Court, Dr. Shahab Imam said, “My father used to say that there may be many obstacles in your way but no one can stop you from getting knowledge. It is up to you how much education you get. This is the reason that I qualified CSS exam at a very early stage. He was impartial and did not discriminate against anyone.

Prof. Dr. Mukhtiar Ali Unar, Dean, Mehran University, Jamshoro, said that it is very difficult to express my true feelings for my teacher and mentor. He was a great teacher who gave me great confidence. Dr. Rabia Noor Inam said that I have no words to praise my teacher but I have feelings for him. He was a great teacher. Dr. Adnan Kudiya said that the process of learning continues throughout life.

Renowned writer and scholar Dr. Arshad Rizvi while introducing Dr. Aftab Imam and Dr. Shahab Imam shed light on the personality and services of Prof. Dr. Mumtaz ul Imam and Professor Noshaba Siddiqui conducted the event.

Chancellor Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Jawaid Anwar, has said that Man's connection with a man is sometimes so deep that his separation becomes so agonizing, and such deep relation is based on sincerity and love. Aura of their personality makes it hard to forget them. The more one tries to forget them, the more intensely the memory of them captures the heart. Prof. Dr. Mumtaz Al-Imam is one of such personalities whose memory is still alive in our hearts and today's gathering is proof of how much love and devotion we have for him. He was speaking at the condolence reference held for Prof. Dr. Mumtaz ul Imam at the campus.

Chancellor Jawaid Anwar pointed out that Prof. Dr. Mumtaz ul Imam was a multidimensional personality whose decency and humble spirit was appreciated by all. His focus was on research-based knowledge. He studied in the best universities and rendered his services as Professor in the top universities of the world. He was one of the foremost writers and researchers in the world. He attended several national and international conferences and presented his research papers. His research articles were published in prestigious and reputable journals. He held a higher position in the academic sector for his knowledge and skills. His death is undoubtedly an irreparable loss. Despite being offered citizenship by USA, UK, and Canada, he preferred to stay in Sindh.

Speaking on the occasion, Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin said that Prof. Dr. Mumtaz ul Imam promoted research culture in Sir Syed University and played a pivotal role in initiating Ph.D. and Masters programs. He realized that the world was changing rapidly and

SIR SYED UNIVERSITY HELD CONDOLENCE REFERENCE OF PROF. DR. MUMTAZ UL IMAM

(L-R above) Chancellor SSUET, Jawaid Anwar, Vice-Chancellor SSUET, Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin, and (L-R below) Dr. Aftab Imam, Dr. Shahab Imam addressing the condolence reference.

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Hakeem Saeed Quiz Competition

SSUET students Yasir Imam and Fariha Khurram participated in the All Karachi Hakeem Saeed Quiz Competition, held by Hamdard University on January

rd6, 2022. They secured 3 position, and got shield and certificates. Around 20 teams from all over Karachi took part in the competition.

Hamdard University's All Karachi Inter University Debate Competition

Hamdard University organized All Karachi Debate Contest on January 4, 2022 at University Auditorium. The SSUET team participated in the contest and declared the best team of the competition. SSUET student Mahnoor Khan was in favour of the topic and Yasir Imam spoke against the topic.

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Sports Drive 2021-22. Mr. Usman Dar (Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs) inaugurated the Event.

HEC All Pakistan Inter University Men's Volleyball Championship 2021-22

Volleyball Team of SSUET Participated in All Pakistan Inter University Volleyball Championship 2021-22 held in Islamabad in which 16 Universities from all over Pakistan participated in the championship.

Prime Minister's Kamyab Jawan Sports Drive 2021-22, Islamabad

HEC Organized Prime Minister's Kamyab Jawan Sports Drive 2021-22 at Islamabad & Rawalpindi. Hockey and Athletics Teams of SSUET participated in the event. HEC assigned Sports Department of SSUET to organize Men's Hockey Event at Mari Petroleum Hockey Ground, Rawalpindi in which 16 teams from all over Pakistan participated in Men's Hockey Event of Prime Minister's Kamyab Jawan

Prime Minister's Kamyab Jawan Sports Drive 2021-22, Islamabad

Prime Minister's Kamyab Jawan Sports Drive 2021-22, Islamabad

All Karachi Inter University Debate competition held by Hamdard University Hakeem Saeed Quiz Competition