Career Guidance Session for Computer Science and Software Engineering Students

Enabling Students to be Industry Ready. Providing students with the valuable insights on current market trends along with Career Guidance and Project Supervision by IT Experts from top Organizations. Mapping their book knowledge to reality and helping students prepare for professional career. We are indeed grateful to teams from HBL, Business Beam, 10 Pearls, Datalog, CMA, Pak Suzuki, NCCPL for making this event possible.

Workshop on Smart Grid Technology – January 15, 2022

DHA Suffa University’s Department of Electrical Engineering and DSU’s IERC (Intl Education Resource Center) & PDC (Professional Development Center) organized a Workshop on Smart Grid technology on 15th Jan 2022 (Saturday) in DSU’s ELT, which was attended by Senior Executives  and Managers of Karachi Electric (KE).  The Guest speaker & trainer of the workshop was Prof. Dr. Tariq Masood who is the Vice President of Technical Operations at an Energy Utility company in USA and who is highly accomplished in the field of Smart Grids & Electrical power networks, holding a PhD from the University of Bath (UK).  During the workshop the guest speaker apprised participants from KE of the challenges and opportunities associated with Smart Grids, as well as the need for increased automation in the Power Grid and ensuring preventive maintenance of Power Grid assets. The workshop concluded with a group photo of the trainees with the Guest speaker.

Workshop on Smart Grid Technology – January 14, 2022

DHA Suffa University’s Department of Electrical Engineering and DSU’s IERC & PDC organized a Workshop on Smart Grid technology which was attended by Semester 7 Electrical Engineering students of DSU.  The Guest speaker & trainer of the workshop was Prof. Dr. Tariq Masood who is the Vice President of Technical Operations at an Energy Utility company in USA and who is highly accomplished in the field of Smart Grids & Electrical power networks, holding a PhD from the University of Bath (UK).  During the workshop the guest speaker apprised DSU ‘s final year BE (Electrical Engineering) students of the challenges and opportunities associated with Smart Grids .  At the conclusion of the workshop, DSU’s Head of EE Department, Engr. Dr. Bizzat Hussain Zaidi presented the guest speaker with a memento.

CPD short course on ‘Renewable Energy Technologies and Smart Grids’

DHA Suffa University’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Professional Development Center (PDC) conducted a four day CPD short course on ‘Renewable Energy Technologies and Smart Grids’, for professionals from the industry. The training was conducted by Engr. Dr. Muhammad Sabih and Engr. M. Asadullah Siddiqui of DSU’s Dept. of Electrical Engineering. The four day training course was attended by engineers from Peoples Steel Mill. During the training, trainees were given hands-on exposure of Solar & Wind Power technologies in DSU’s state-of-the-art Electrical Power Systems Lab. They were also given insight into concepts pertaining to IoT and IoT’s role in modern Power Networks. The training concluded with a Certificate Distribution Ceremony in which trainees were awarded certificates by DSU’s Dean (EAS), Engr. Prof. Dr. Johar Khurshid Farooqi

Session on “Design Thinking”

Google Developer Student Club at DHA Suffa University conducted a seminar on one of the most in-demand and rare concepts exposed to students known as Design Thinking. It is the thought process of Design with cognitive, strategic, and practical concepts in which design concepts are developed before making it on software.

In which the famous tech giant Apple theory of Design concepts by Steve Jobs was also emphasized thoroughly, the approach of Problem first was introduced that promoted the idea of focusing on problems more and less on the urge to write answers as said by the great scientist Albert Einstein.

“If I had an hour to solve a problem I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.“

Several Design Thinking activities were conducted, where students of Human-Computer Interaction were given a blank sheet with sticky papers to visualize their ideas and formulate them into something that justifies the modern concept of User Interaction and User Experience. The roadmap, career guidance, and mentorship program were also introduced for people who are design enthusiasts and want to pursue their careers as product designers.

The speaker joined the session, all the way from Islamabad, Talal Athar, who is an Electrical Engineer turned into a Product Designer, currently working as a Senior Product Designer at Oraan and has also worked with Telenor, Ufone, and Zong. Talal is also a YouTuber and a marathon runner.

Miss Eram Abbasi, Faculty Advisor for GDSC@DSU, and Engr. Prof. Dr. Johar Khurshid Farooqi, Dean of Engineering sciences joined the event and appreciated the efforts of the core team.

 

Dressing Etiquettes for Business Professionals – Session by Hamid Saeed

Under the supervision of Ms. Tehseen Azhar- Director Alumni Relations & Senior Lecturer MS, a guest speaker session on ‘Dressing Etiquettes for Business Professionals’ was conducted by Mr. Hamid Saeed – International Image Consultant. The session was conducted at DSU’s Executive Lecture Theatre (ELT) on Friday 7th January 2022 for the students of the Professional Development course (BBA 7 & 8).

Hamid Saeed is an Image and Corporate Wardrobe Consultant from New York. Over the past two decades, Hamid Saeed has dressed and advised more than 50,000 men and women, including the Governor of New York and hundreds of executives from USA Fortune 500 companies. Hamid Saeed has also conducted thousands of training sessions on ‘Corporate Dressing Etiquettes’ for Big 4 Consulting Companies, Financial Institutions and Educational Institutions. Hamid Saeed has also conducted seminars on ‘ Dressing Etiquettes for Professionals’ for State Bank of Pakistan, LUMS, NUST, GIKI, IOBM & HEC and Corporate Pakistan. Hamid Saeed believes clothing is a marketing tool. He is passionate about helping graduate students in building a strong ‘Visual Resume’ to land the job of their dreams.

At the end of this highly interactive session, Pro-VC – Prof. Dr. Ahmed Saeed Minhas addressed the audience and enlightened them with valuable tips from his wealth of experience. Pro-VC then presented a memento to Mr. Hamid Saeed as a token of thanks on behalf of DSU.