Country Managers of Warwick University, Queen Mary University & Cambridge Education Group visited DSU on 20th Jan 2020 to conduct a Campus Drive for students. They were also accompanied by the ‘International Education Services’ Team of British Council as well as British Council’s IELTS representatives. The objective of this Campus Drive organized by DSU’s IERC (International Education Resource Center) was to give students an opportunity to explore options of higher studies in UK and to learn about graduate degree programs offered by various British Universities.
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It is with great pride that we congratulate the 2 Best Delegate award winners of National Model United Nations, Zunair Ahmed and Shaheer Airaj Ahmed who also managed to bring in the Best Delegation trophy out of 11 delegations.
The team received special congrats from the Additional Registrar, Brig. Dr. Ahmed Saeed Minhas along with the chairperson of PSS and the Secretary-General and President of DSUMUN.
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Year 2020 had taken a terrific start at DHA Suffa University, as the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Development (CEID) along with the Entrepreneurship Society (ES) organized the most awaited “Hult Prize; OnCampus” Competition on 6th January, 2020.
Hult Prize is one of the world’s most acclaimed entrepreneurship programs operating on more than 1500 university campuses in 121 countries and has become a benchmark startup challenge for social entrepreneurship. Being part of this global initiative, DHA Suffa University is organized the “Hult Prize; OnCampus” competition to train, educate and inspire students by building an impact community. Through this Hult Prize competition the youth were challenged to solve the world’s issues and make life better for millions of people. This competition enabled students to solve critical social problems, launch disruptive social enterprises that are impact centered, and market driven. The Hult Prize competition transforms how young people envision their own possibilities as leaders of change in the world around them. The Hult Prize theme for the year 2020 is “Building Startups That Have a Positive Impact on Our Planet with Every Dollar Earned”
The organizing team was led by Ms. Eram Abbasi (Director CEID) and Mr. Muneeb Ahmed (Campus Director for DSU Hult Prize; OnCampus program). Muneeb is a student enrolled in the BBA Program at DSU and was selected as Campus Director for “DSU Hult Prize; OnCampus program” by the Hult Prize, Pakistan team. His efforts were instrumental in organizing this challenge at DSU. Mr. Muneeb gathered a team of very enthusiastic students from various departments at DSU who collectively put together a highly acclaimed competition. Every member of the team realizing their responsibility, did take care of every detail to make this competition a success. Details of the team members are available at http://www.hultprizeat.com/dhasuffa
To evaluate the ideas presented by the student teams, high profile panel of judges were invited from the industry. Among the panel of judges were Dr. Muhammad Imran Yousuf – Founder Transformation International, MD Jofa Group (Movenpick), Consul General a,h.Philippines; Mr. Azeem Pirani – Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Pak-Qatar General Takaful Limited, Country Head BancaTakaful & Alternate Distribution Channels (ADC) Pak-Qatar Family Takaful Limited; Mr. Faizan Laghari – CEO rnnr, Serial Entrepreneur; Mr. Syed Abdul Basit – CEO VISIONi, Director Founder Institute Karachi, Mr. Abdullah Akhtar – Owner/CEO Schole International Academy, Board Member Pak UK Business Council, Executive Committee member Italian Development Committee; Mr. Kh. Tanveer Saleem – CIO at UEP (ex British Petroleum), exCIO Engro gp & exCIO Unilevers.
Students at DSU took keen interest in the competition. 27 teams from various departments registered to participate in the competition. All the teams were frenzied to pitch their ground breaking ideas and determined to win the Hult Prize OnCampus Competition to be able to reach regional finals and further continuing their journey towards the global finals.
The winning team of this competition was “Team Marauders” was a mix team comprising of students from the Electrical Engineering and Management Science Department. They presented an idea that addressed the energy shortage problem by proposing energy management for home users. The solution if implemented would not only help in conserving energy but would also help the households reduce their electricity bills. The solution also helped in reducing carbon emission making the air healthier to breath.
The first runner up team called themselves as “Reformers”. This was again a mix team comprising of students from the Mechanical Engineering and Management Science Department. The problem that they addressed was related to the plastic waste in the oceans affecting marine life and appearance of sea shores. The solution presented was an army of autonomous amphibian robots which can collect the waste from the sea and dump it in designated area on shore all by itself. The second runner-up team calling themselves as “Team Relentless” presented a solution to save electric consumption by using tubular solar devices.
A key note was delivered by the guest of honor, Dr. Farhan Essa Abdullah – CEO of Dr Essa Laboratory & Diagnostic Centers, Managing Director at Dr Essa Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Centers, Pharmacy & Vaccination Centers, Dental Services & Institute of Health Sciences. He is also President at OPEN Karachi, Vice President, Pakistan Medical Association, Karachi and Chairman, Sind Consumer Association of Pakistan. Dr. Farhan presented the Hult Prize souvenir to the winning teams and the esteemed judges.
The event ended with a vote of thanks delivered by the Dean at DHA Suffa University, Dr. Johar K. Farooqi. He congratulated the winning teams and all the teams who participated in this competition. He also valued the time and efforts put in by the judges in meticulously evaluating all the teams. The key note delivered by the guest of honor was acclaimed with high regards. Last but not the least the efforts of the organizing teams was highly appreciated.
The event ended with a high energy and good wishes for the winning team to move ahead for competing in the Hult Prize Regionals and making way to the Finals.
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Mr. Moin ul Atiq, Director Sports and Students Counselor DHA Suffa University, conducted a session on Positive thinking & Entrepreneurship. The session was full or motivation and participants of the program hailed it very well.
The course was attended by more than 60 participants from IBA and other cities of Pakistan including Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. The program aimed to provide the youth from different parts of Pakistan with opportunities to acquire entrepreneurial skills, to develop their mindset and to start their own businesses. Upon the culmination of the program, a Certificate Distribution Ceremony was organized to recognize the efforts and to boost the self-confidence.
IBA Center for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) successfully concluded International Entrepreneurship Winter School- 2019. The 10 day rigorous entrepreneurship course titled “Foundation of Management and Entrepreneurship (FME) 1” was offered to under-graduate level students and was counted as a Business Elective for BBA students and a Non Specialized Elective for all other programs.
This course was specially designed for those, who were interested in new venture creation, belong to family business, interested in discovering their entrepreneurial potential, interested in social entrepreneurship and those interested in teaching and research in the area of entrepreneurship.
A session was recently conducted at DSU on the topic of Academic Research Writing. Drawing from his experience authoring notable articles in leading publications and international journals, speaker Brig. Dr. Ahmed Saeed Minhas, talked about the basics of academic writing and the guidelines it should adhere to. He also shared his valuable insights on how to choose a research topic, and the pre requisites to follow for your papers and op-eds to be published in newspapers and journals.
This session was attended by students, faculty and industry professionals and concluded with an active Q & A round.
It is DSU’s ethos to share knowledge, engage with experts from various backgrounds and promote dialogue. Watch this space to attend our next “Doctorate at DSU” session where one of our PhD faculty shares their insight on a subject of their expertise with a wider audience.
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On Monday, 9th December 2019, The Sports Gala concluded with an inspiring and motivating speech by the Director Sports, Mr. Moin ul Atiq. Winners of the Sports Gala were awarded trophies, medals and certificates in the Cricket competition.
Total Seven teams namely Fast NU, SSUET, PAF-KIET, Indus University, NED, SZABIST and IoBM participated in this event. The final was played between IoBM and NED University. Finally, IoBM won the championship.
