DSU was represented by Engr. Akhtar Nadyme, Director QEC, at the seminar “Indentifying KPI’s of Academic and Administrative units “conducted by Dr. Muhammad Addul Wahid Usmani, Consultant for the Deanship of Quality & Head of Quality & Strategic Planning, King Saud University, Riyadh, on 12th August 2014.

The seminar was organized and hosted by Indus University. Executives from Karachi based QECs participated in the seminar.

On Tuesday, 15 December, 2015, the Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) of Ziauddin University organized a meeting of QECs of all private sector DAIs of Karachi at Ziauddin University, Clifton.

The meeting was chaired by Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza, Vice Chancellor, Ziauddin University.

The QEC teams of all DAIs exchanged notes and shared best practices in Quality Assurance employed by their respective universities. The meeting provided representatives of various universities with an interactive platform to learn from each other.

Mr. Akhtar Nadyme, Director QEC, DSU introduced the university and discussed the activities undertaken at DSU during the last two years. He said that the process of quality improvement is like moving a wheel on a slope. The moment it pauses, a downward movement sets in. The audience was also informed about the commitment and support of the top management and teaching departments at DSU in enabling the QEC to submit SARs to HEC on time. The best practices of performance evaluation and student surveys employed at DSU were also presented.

On February 23, 2016, DSU signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) to develop bilateral cooperation on a range of disciplines concerning Standardization and Quality Assurance.

Rear Admiral (R) Prof. Dr. Sarfraz Hussain, TI(M), SI(M), Vice Chancellor, DSU and Dr. Barkat Saeed Memon, Director General, PSQCA, signed the MoU document. The ceremony was attended by the PSQCA delegation comprising Mr. Ali Bux Soomro, Director National Enquiry Point (NEP-WTO), Mr. Dildar Ali, Assistant Director National Enquiry Point (NEP-WTO) and Mr. Irshad Ali Ansari, Director Legal. The host team from DSU included Director Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC), Dean, Engineering and Applied Sciences (EAS), Dean, Economics and Management Sciences (EMS), Registrar, Heads of Departments (HoDs) and relevant staff members.

Under this MoU, PSQCA will assist, support and facilitate DSU in developing standardized and quality assured education programs. It will also provide National and International Standards and Quality Control procedures to DSU in order to eliminate gaps in technology.

In addition, the MoU focuses on sharing human and material resources in order to promote need-based/demand-driven standardization, quality-controlled education programs and transfer of technology to the industry. Thus, DSU and PSQCA shall share human and material resources with each other to jointly initiate, explore and undertake market-oriented research, development projects and other activities of mutual interest benefiting both parties.

On March 17, 2016, Mr. Akhtar Nadyme, Director QEC, DSU organized a seminar on “Internal Quality Assurance Mechanism and the Role of Faculty Members”. The attendees consisted of faculty members from various departments of DSU.

The seminar was divided into three parts: inputs, processes and outputs. Mr. Nadyme began the seminar by introducing the concept of Self-Assessment Programs. He described the Assessment Model and led the audience through the self-assessment criteria established by the HEC. The criteria included salient inputs, such as curriculum design and organization, student support and advising, process control, institutional facilities and support, etc. The processes and outputs of the Self-Assessment Model were also discussed at length.

The seminar culminated with a question-and-answer session during which faculty members asked questions and expressed their concerns regarding improvement in programs.