Year 2020
President Arif Alvi Presides over GIK Institute Convocation 2020 at Presidency
The 24th Convocation of GIK Institute was held in President House, Islamabad. His Excellency, President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi presided over the Convocation 2020. Mr Farid Rehman, President of Society for the Promotion of Engineering Sciences and Technology in Pakistan (SOPREST), Mr Shakil Durrani Executive Director SOPREST, Engr. Jehangir Bashar GIK Institute Rector, Professor Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi, Pro Rector Academics, Sardar Aminullah Khan, Pro Rector Administration and Finance, Deans and other faculty members attended the convocation. In line with safety measures against COVID 19, the convocation was held with limited number of students and only gold medalists of the graduating batch participated while the rest of graduates, their families and faculty witnessed the live ceremony telecasted through web link.
President Alvi conferred degrees on 432 Bachelors, 55 Masters and 3 PhD scholars. This was the first convocation of any university ever held at President House. The Faculty based gold medals were awarded to Rehan, Syed Muhammad Bashmund Shah, Zaighum Akhar, Abdur Rehman Anwar, Afaq Hussain, Humayyuan Rasheed, Ibrahim Abdurrab, Sundus Zulqarnain Haider, Muhammad Idrees, and Syed Wasif Ali. Ghulam Ishaq Khan Medal was awarded to Syed Muhammad Bashmund Shah and Quaid-e-Azam medal to Maria Gulzar.
In his address, President Alvi, who is the Chancellor of GIK Institute, said that importance of distance learning education has been realized in Pakistan after COVID 19. He said that in line with Universities like Harvard, knowledge and lectures should be made available online. GIK Institute should also participate in delivery of hybrid and distance learning education. Dr Alvi said that changing Pakistan needs the students to contribute in knowledge. The Pakistani graduates should also promote their cultural and religious values while contributing to the progress of the country. President of Pakistan congratulated the graduates for their hard work and also their parents and teachers on this occasion.
President SOPREST, Mr Farid Rehman said that, GIK was among those first, few universities in the country which decided to take on the COVID challenge and quickly shifted to online delivery of courses. On behalf of the GIK Institute and its Board of Governors he assured President Alvi that GIK Institute would put its best efforts towards a fully connected, intelligent, digital Pakistan.
Rector Jehangir Bashar said that GIK Institute objective is to provide an excellent teaching and research environment to produce graduates who can lead the way in the techno-industrial transformation of society. He said that the Institute was ranked number 24 out of 453 universities worldwide and top position among all Pakistani universities on Quality Education by Times Higher Education in the 2019 University Impact Ranking in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Overall GIK was ranked 201–300 worldwide, and among the top 3 universities in Pakistan. Rector informed that the Institute recently signed an agreement with Huawei, and a four-year BS degree in AI, being introduced by GIK from Fall 2020, will be partnered by Huawei. The program is the first of its kind in the country and will have particular emphasis on practical skills. Rector appreciated the Presidential Initiative for Artificial Intelligence & Computing, the mission of which is to make Pakistan a global hub for artificial intelligence, data science, cloud computing, edge computing, block chain, augmented reality, and the Internet of Things.
Earlier, Pro Rector Academics, Professor Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi mentioned that GIK Institute believes in inclusive education. He said that 75% of GIK faculty have PhD degrees from the best universities worldwide. Overall student- teacher ratio is 1:18. There is a strong emphasis on research for which substantial funds are provided by the Institute. Last year GIK had 46 funded projects running which comes to around 0.5 per faculty or 0.6 per PhD faculty.
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23rd November, 2020
Global Forum on ICT Education Lauds GIK’s BS in AI – Partnered by Huawei
On November 10, Huawei hosted the Annual Global Forum on "ICT Education, Education via ICT" within the framework of the Global Final of the Huawei ICT Competition 2019–2020. The forum was conducted online this year. Participants of the forum included representatives from UNESCO and several renowned universities from across the globe, who shared their ideas on the direction of ICT education and the successful practices of Huawei ICT Academies.
Each regional office of Huawei presented a success case of their collaboration with academia. The universities included GIK Institute, Pakistan, University of Perugia, Italy, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia, and University of Nairobi, Kenya. The universities shared the successful practices of Huawei ICT academies, the steps they took and best practices in dealing with the pandemic, and their plans for the future of online education.
The forum appreciated the support of the participating universities in helping Huawei build a better ICT talent eco-system. In particular, the efforts of Huawei Middle East Region, Huawei Pakistan and GIK Institute were appreciated for pioneering a partnered BS degree program in Artificial Intelligence, the first academia-industry partnership degree program of its kind worldwide.
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16th November, 2020
[Huawei ICT Competition 2019-2020 Global Final] Invitation to present GIK BS-AI Partnered by Huawei success case
Huawei Middle East Selects GIK to Share the Success Story of its BS in AI – Partnered by Huawei at ICT Competition Global Final
GIK has been selected by the Huawei Middle East Region to present the success case of its BS in AI – Partnered by Huawei program in the Huawei ICT Competition 2019-2020 Global Final Workshop. The Institute will present how the program has contributed to develop AI Talent and what value the Huawei Talent Ecosystem has added to the program. The workshop will be conducted online on 8th November, 2020. ...
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3rd November, 2020
PhD Thesis Defense of Ms. Uzma (PhD scholar FCSE)
The PhD Thesis defense of Ms. Uzma , Faculty of Computer Sciences And Engineering, will be held as per the following schedule:
Thesis title
Supervised by
Schedule
A Soft Computing Perspective for DNA Fragment Assembly and Gene Expression Data Analysis
Dr. Zahid Halim
Thursday,October 29, 2020 Time: 10:15 a.m
Notification is attached herewith.
All faculty members and graduate students are invited to attend.
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23rd October, 2020
GIK INKS MOU WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN
GIK INKS MOU WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN FOR TECHNICAL AND RESEARCH SUPPORT TO NATIONAL STANDING COMMITTEES !
The Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute Of Engineering and Technology signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on October 13, 2020 with the National Assembly of Pakistan at Islamabad, agreeing to provide research and technical support associated in the allied fields of engineering and technology.
The main objective of this association between the two parties is to provide the policy makers and academia to work in close coordination to make informed decisions through research and technology in respective areas of interest. The GIK, in this regard, provide research and technical expertise and support through publications and involvement in the standing committees of parliament on evolving trends in global market to strengthen the institutions insight for development.
The ceremony was chaired by Speaker National Assembly, Mr. Asad Qaisar. The Speaker lauded the services of GIK Institute as a leading HEI in Pakistan and spoke high of Rector GIK Mr. Jehangir Bashar. Prof. Dr. Jameel-un Nabi, Pro-Rector (Academics) GIK, and Mr. Tahir Hussain, Secretary, National Assembly of Pakistan, signed the agreement. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Akbar, Dean FEE, GIK and Dr. Zahid Halim, FCSE, GIK along with other officers from other bodies witnessed the ceremony.
Pakistan Parliament, like other mature democracies, has taken an initiative to make research-based information and analysis prerequisite of its committee system so as to contribute to Parliament`s debate and recommendations to the Government through establishing linkages with academia and think tanks.
In this regard, the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Science and Technology will extend support to below Standing Committees of the National Assembly for Science & Technology and Power.
Standing Committee on Science and Technology
MNA, Mr. Sajid Mehdi (Chairperson)
Dr. Zahid Halim (GIK Institute)
Mr. Malik Amir Hussain Deharr (Joint Secretary / Secretary Committee)
Standing Committee on Power
MNA, Chaudhry Salik Hussain (Chairperson)
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Akbar (GIK Institute)
Syed M. Jawad Murtaza Naqvi (Joint Secretary / Secretary Committee)
According to MoU, GIK will support the Standing Committees of National Assembly produce more regular and research based recommendations to relevant government bodies, which shall not only enhance the effectiveness of their oversight role but also create greater possibilities of the parliamentary interest in that area.
The MoU is initially signed for one year as a pilot project which shall lead to the creation of a permanent interface between the National Assembly and GIK Institute. ...
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16th October, 2020
Daniyal Akram, awarded a Golden Key as Top Intern at Dawlance
GIK Institute prides itself on a talented student body that outshines their peers across various top tiered institutes of Pakistan. The office of research innovation and commercialization (ORIC) is proud to announce that Daniyal Akram, a 4th year student at the faculty of Mechanical Engineering, has won the “Best Intern Award” for the Fresh Start Internship Program 2020 at Dawlance A.S Arcelik.
The award is reserved for the 5 top performing interns, who are entitled to an employment opportunity at Dawlance upon graduation and an opportunity to intern at the Global Headquarters, Arcelik Turkey.
Although facing unconventional challenges during this academic year, through the relentless efforts and liaison of the placement office – ORIC, the award was secured in the GIK`s Basket. This year, Dawlance saw a total of 4426 applications sent in, for a series of 3 elimination rounds, which culminated down to the recruitment of 21 talented individuals, exclusively from NUST, LUMS, GIK and IBA.
In a series of unique events, Daniyal was the only supply chain intern inducted for this year and successfully modified the ordering process for Dawlance using a comprehensive SAP based framework. Daniyal went through a competitive recruitment process surmounting 3 different stages.
“As an engineer, with limited insights to supply chain management, getting accustomed to the in-house practices and industrial standards was a tough bargain. Perhaps even more nerve wracking was realizing that I had to learn SAP and its codes, in a matter of 6 weeks, to secure my spot for the best intern”. Remarked Daniyal as he spoke to marketing team at GIK.
Currently, Daniyal is serving as the President and founder of the GIK Institute Consulting Group and as a supply chain intern at Nestle, Pakistan. He attributes his success not only to the opportunities GIK has to offer, but to the holistic environment that on-campus student societies offer.
Speaking of his experience, he expressed that, “Effective time management and teamwork are just some of the skills that have been instilled in most students as they graduate from GIKI. Being involved with the consulting group, in specific, has allowed me to approach problems logically – a handy tool that I made the most out of at Dawlance.”
Dawlance currently orders it raw materials factory wise. They have 3 production facilities and each factory runs the ordering formula MRP (what we need x quantity - what we already have) to reorder items that are short in their inventory. The MRP is executed on a single operating system and with 6000 parts per factory takes 1.5 days to run.
As an intern Daniyal, created a sorting framework to segment these 6000 parts into 53 distinct categories with no overlaps. Due to the parallel nature of the ordering process, effective time has now been reduced to 0.5 a day as compared to previous practice of 1.5 days, which stands out as a stupendous achievement.
His accomplishment is a living example of the unconventional learning experiences earned at GIK, forming connections with peers and supervisors while working remotely. This reflects the countless projects they conceived, worked diligently on, and followed through to completion, in entirety at GIK as their journey began.
GIK feels felicitated in congratulating Daniyal on his endeavors and aspires to see many more to follow the example.
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16th October, 2020
Fresh Students Room Allotment
Fresh Students Room Allotment List.
Fresh Students Allotment
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25th September, 2020
Invitation letter regarding reopening of Institute
Dear Students,
Enclosed please find the invitation letter containing guidance in connection with reopening of the Institute for your information and compliance, please. In case of any query, please contact the Student Affairs Department of the Institute.
Reopening SOPs Final
Affidavit Reopening Batch 29
Student Health Declaration Reopening Batch 29 ...
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18th September, 2020
Room allotment list of batch 26, 27, 28 and postgraduate students
Room allotment list of batchwise.
Batch 26
Batch 27,28
Postgraduate Students
Girls Hostel Room Allotment
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17th September, 2020
2nd Offer (Engineering and Management Sciences)
2nd Offer in Engineering and Management Sciences has been uploaded. Please check your status by login to admission portal at https://admissions.giki.edu.pk
Last date for acceptance is September 21, 2020.
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14th September, 2020