An industrial trip to Turbomachinery Services (Pvt) Ltd. was arranged for the students of semester VII-A students enrolled in the Maintenance Engineering course (Elective) of the Mechanical Engineering department on Friday, February 04, 2022.  Under the supervision of Engr. Safa Sattar, the students visited Turbomachinery Services where they were able to observe the maintenance services of rotating and static components. Also, understand the practical aspects of concepts studied in the course of Maintenance Engineering. A company representative guided the students through the whole process of vibration monitoring, thermal coating, winding services and dynamic balancing of various components where in, the representatives explained each process in detail, from failure to repair/replacement to its testing and operable condition.

The trip was a great learning opportunity for students as it helped students relate many concepts studied in the classroom to real settings.

Under the supervision of Ms. Tehseen Azhar – Director of Alumni Relations and Senior Lecturer (MS), a Mock Interviews session was organized exclusively for the students of the Professional Development course (BBA VII) on Friday, January 21st, 2022. The panelists for the session were Mr. Noman Iqbal – HR Business Partner at Midas Safety and Ms. Arouj Fatima – Lead Recruiter & Sales Manager at Jobee.pk.

Mr. Noman Iqbal is a seasoned HR professional with around 13 years of work experience in Multinational (MNC’s) and National Level Companies (NLC’s) in FMCG, Textile and Pharmaceutical sectors. Currently, he is associated with Midas Safety as an HR Business Partner. Ms. Arouj Fatima is a seasoned professional with around 12 years of diverse work experience in the HR, Sales and Teaching fields. She has a proven track record of serving International & local business Set-ups. Currently, she is working as a Lead Recruiter and Sales Manager at Jobee.pk.

The objective of these mock interviews was to offer graduating students a simulation of actual job interviews and provide them immediate constructive feedback. A glimpse of what the recruiters look for in a particular candidate of their chosen field, how they can improve their profile to stand out from the crowd and how they can ace the interviews to get their preferred jobs. The session was attended by 23 final year students of the MS Department.

Google Developer Student Club at DHA Suffa University in collaboration with the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development organized a session on How to build a career in tech specifically for Computer Science, Software Engineering, and Data Science students.

Where the Chief Guest and speaker Ahmed Ayub joined us. The Co-Founder at Airlift, which is a Pakistani-based tech startup operating in logistics and quick commerce. The company was launched in 2019 as a decentralized urban mass transit startup that allowed customers to book fixed-rate rides on buses and vans on their network fleet. In 2020, Airlift diversified into last-mile delivery through Airlift Express, delivering essential households in 30 minutes across nine cities in Pakistan, and has also expanded in South Africa delivering food supplies, households supplies, pharmacy, and more.

On this mission to enable self-empowerment in the region, Airlift raised USD 110m+ in venture financing. The session was focused on helping students understand the journey of a Software engineer in the corporate tech industry vs a startup. The Story of first made in Pakistan tech company airlift was also emphasized proving the khudi philosophy of Iqbal to build our products for ourselves first, so we dont have to import all the goods but become exporters of our tech product to the world, where the session was joined by Faculty Advisor Eram Abbasi and the distinguished Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Ahmed Saeed Minhas where he emphasized skill-based learning to students and become job providers of the future and appreciated the efforts of the core team of GDSC and CEID department for organizing the session.

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