QA Awareness Seminars for the Students of Electrical Engineering Department

As per QEC’s practice, a quality assurance awareness seminar was conducted for the first semester students of Electrical Engineering Department by Mr. Asif Gulraiz (QEC Coordinator, EE). Mr. Asif Gulraiz discussed the quality assurance mechanism and the role of students, program mission and objectives, self-assessment of programs, HEC’s self-assessment criteria, the self-assessment model, continuous quality improvement and PDCA. Mr. Asif Gulraiz also emphasized the importance of feedback and survey forms and apprised students of how these forms help maintain quality at program and institutional level. The seminar was kept interactive to encourage participation of students.

QA Awareness Seminars for the Students of Computer Science Department

On 25th November 2021, a series of quality assurance awareness seminars was conducted for the first semester students of Computer Science Department by Mr. Asif Rafiq (QEC Coordinator, CS). The seminars focused on the IQA mechanism, self-assessment of programs, HEC’s self-assessment criteria and the self-assessment model to help students understand a holistic approach to how quality is maintained at institutional and departmental level. The importance of feedback and survey forms was also emphasized and how they help with assessment was discussed. In the end, the outcomes of assessment were explained to the students. The seminars were kept interactive to encourage participation of students.

QA Awareness Seminars for the Students of MS & HSS

As per QEC’s practice at DSU, a series of interactive quality assurance awareness seminars was conducted for the students of Management Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences. The seminars, conducted by Ms. Fatima Kiran (QEC Coordinator, MS & HSS), focused on HEC’s self-assessment criteria, ranking criteria and maximum scores for each criterion, self-assessment of programs, feedback and survey forms, and outcomes of assessment. Q&A sessions were held at the end of each seminar to answer the queries of students.

The seminars were conducted as per the schedule given below:

Congratulations to the entire DSU Family and we hope that we continue to reach new milestones together

DHA Suffa University Conducts Self-Institutional Performance Evaluation

DHA Suffa University conducted a Self-Institutional Performance Evaluation (IPE) on 25th and 26th March 2021. The objective of the IPE was to self-evaluate the performance effectiveness of the University based on 11 Quality Standards defined in the IPE Manual of HEC. The standards outline major areas that higher education institutions need to focus on in order to secure recognition for good governance and quality education.

The IPE panel comprised of one External Reviewer (Prof. Dr. Abdul Razak Mahar, Ex-Director QEC, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur) and three Internal Reviewers (Dr. Haider Ali, HoD Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Rizwan Tanveer, Assistant Professor, and Mr. Zahid Hussain, Lecturer).

The review process commenced on Day 1 with a thorough review by the IPE panel of University Portfolio Report (UPR) along with evidences of responses to questions listed under the 11 Quality Standards. Day 2 of the IPE commenced with a brief introduction of the university processes and a presentation on the Compliance Report of IPE 2018-19 by Dr. Imtiaz Hussain (Director QEC). Day 2 of the IPE was dedicated to meeting the academic and administrative heads of departments, faculty members and students to examine the quality of processes at DHA Suffa University. The panel toured the campus and visited the library, classrooms and laboratories to observe the facilities available on campus.

The panel also met university’s management, Engr. Prof. Dr. Johar Khurshid Farooqi (Dean EAS), Brig. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Saeed Minhas (Pro Vice Chancellor DSU) and Engr. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Afzal Haque (Vice Chancellor DSU). The panel appreciated the efforts of DHA Suffa University’s management in maintaining and enhancing the culture of quality.

The self-review process was facilitated by the QEC at DHA Suffa University in collaboration with all the academic and administrative departments.