Newsletter volume 91 - Copy1 BUITEMS Quality & Excellence in Education 2 Our Vision To be among the leading universities of the world - accessible to all, imparting quality education

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Our Vision

To be among the leading universities of the world - accessible to all, imparting qualityeducation and promoting cutting edge research.

Mission Statement

At BUITEMS, we are committed to providing quality education with focus on research andto equip students with the art of living as productive members of society, contributing to thesocio-economic uplift of Pakistan in general, and Balochistan in particular.

Our Goals

X To provide outstanding academic programs that further strengthen our performance,pre-eminence and efficiency.

X To provide an excellent teaching and learning environment to students to reach a levelthat matches the atmosphere prevailing at best universities in the world.

X To raise revenues from partnerships, research grants and technology transfer whilestrengthening our ability to more effectively invest and allocate resources for education.

Our Core ValuesAccountability: We are committed stewards of the human, fiscal and physical resources entrusted to us.

Diversity : We recognize that diversity leads to excellence, enhancing ourteaching, scholarship and service as well as our ability to respectand interact with people.

Integrity : We practice honesty, truth and integrity in all that we do.

Respect: We treat each other with civility, dignity and respect.

Social We contribute to intellectual, cultural, spiritual and economic well-beingof the society.responsibility:

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CONTENTS� SDG Global Festival 25� Industrial Visit of Students of Telecom

Engineering Department25

� Session on Awareness of Islamic Finance 25� ARY Quiz Competition 26� ARY Debate Competition 26� Honor for BUITEMS 26� Honor for BUITEMS 26� International Conference on Quality

Assurance in Higher Education27

� Ration Distribution for the Staff of CityCampus BUITEMS

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� Training on Biosafety Awareness to theStudents of FLS&I

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� “MS/PhD Review” 28� Donation Campaign and Eid Gifts

Distribution (2019)28

� BUITEMS Alumni Spends Eid-ul-Fitr atSOS Village

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� Eid Milan Party 29� Board of Studies (Software Engineering

Department)30

� Justice Nasira Iqbal visits BUITEMS 30� “Review of Self-Assessment Reports

(SARs)”31

� Real time Delphi Training Program byAGAHI

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� BUITEMS 10th Book Fair 32

� 3rd National Fencing Championship 2019 33

� Workshop on Fight Against Congo 33� IPE (Institutional Performance

Evaluation) Team Visit33

� Australian High Commission “YSES” 34� An Introduction to Entrepreneurship for

Engineers34

Training on Wildlife Conservation forTakatu Mountain

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Review of Self-Assessment Reports(SARs) at University College of Zhob(UCOZ), BUITEMS

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Solo Exhibition 36IEEE Women in Engineering,Personality of Month in Asia PacificRegion

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MS thesis Defense BUITEMS 37

� Quetta Literary Festival 6� One Day Field Visit to Zarghun Gas Field MPCL 10� HEC Allama Iqbal Debate Competition 10� NIM Delegation Visited BUITEMS 10� Session on Resume / CV Writing and Interview

Skills11

� Seminar on Post-Graduation Career Plan andForeign Scholarships

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� Fee Concession Interviews Fall 2018 12� Parliamentary Debate competition by Keen

Educational Awareness Society13

� Awareness Session on Self-Assessment Process 13� Australian High Commissioner Visit to BUITEMS 14� PhD Supervisor Capacity Building Program 14� 28th Meeting of Advanced Studies and Research

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� Workshop on “Resume / CV Writing and interviewskills” City Campus BUITEMS

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� Polio Eradication UNICEF Painting Competition 16� Young Peace and Development Corps (YPDC) 16� Workshop on Fundamentals of Fiber Optics in

Collaboration with PTCL17

� All Pakistan HEC Inter-versity WushuChampionship Tandojam 2019

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� Great Customer Service 18� Biosafety Awareness Workshop by Department of

Microbiology18

� Workshop on “Administrative Skills Development” 19� Keep Earth Clean and Green, Earth Day 2019 19� Welcome Party, Department of Chemistry 20� A career in Health and Safety 20� Career Counseling Workshop under USAID-

funded Merit and Needs-Based ScholarshipProgram

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� Board of Studies Meeting (Department ofEducation)

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� Launch of Pakistan Barcode of Life (PakBOL) 22� The International Day for Monuments and Sites

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� Workshop on “Project Management” 22� Training of Trainer (TOT) Workshop by Pakistan

Biological Safety Association (PBSA)23

� All Pakistan Inter-Varsity Chess Championship2019

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� Workshop on “Structural Equation Model (SEM)” 24� National Consultation on Data, Evidence and

Analytics (DEA) for Sustainable Development Goals24

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Ibex at Hingol Mountains, BalochistanPhoto by: Mayen Khan

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Nature being the most primitive teacher teaches us about birth and beginnings, about growthand development, about death and endings, about rebirth and renewal. The seasons withtheir turn herald a change accompanied by colours and contrasts, fragrances and fervours,bloom and breeze, flakes and fog.

The primary objective of BUITEMS is to serve the nation by providing a competent humanresource. In this regard, BUITEMS growth has been phenomenal in recent years which isreflected by its popularity and successive increase in the number of applicants every year forits degree programs. BUITEMS celebrates spring with fresh spirit and zeal each year byengaging its faculty and students in various academic and extracurricular activities.The second quarter is particularly marked by the intellectual, cultural, and aestheticextravaganzas provided by the Second Quetta Literary Festival. The event included thethemes of Language, Literature & Culture, Economic Development & the Illusion of Progress,Fine Art & Film Making, Contemporary trends in Journalism and Gender Representation.Additionally, two fetching sessions ‘Women in Words: Depiction of Female Characters inLiterature and Art,’ and ‘Men for Men: Toxic Masculinity and its Impact on Men’ are particularlypertinent to mention as it shows the maturity as well as understanding of educated mindsetof the society where there is great realization of the sensitivities of the issues concerning bothgenders.

BUITEMS organized its 10th Book Fair which attracted flocks of book lovers from eachdepartment of the university. On the other hand, a number of MS Scholars successfullydefended their theses. Furthermore, PhD faculty joined back and started imparting theirupgraded and renewed knowledge with future research scholars.

Students along with their academic learning inside campus also get an opportunity toparticipate at different levels in a number of curricular and extracurricular activities. Unlesswhat is taught and discussed inside a class isn’t in line with the outside world, hopes for abetter tomorrow are in vain. It is heartening that at BUITEMS learning go beyond the traditionalclassrooms.

May we be good stewards of our time, treasures and talents. (Aameen)

Editorial

BUITEMS hosted its second Quetta literary festival on17th and 18th of June 2019. Like its predecessor, thepurpose of organizing this festival was to introducemainstream intellectual debate to the city of Quetta and cascade the talent that the city hasto offer. The event included the themes of Language, Literature & Culture, EconomicDevelopment & the Illusion of Progress, Fine Art & Film Making, Contemporary trends inJournalism and Gender Representation.

The QLF, 2019, started with the session ‘It’s Hilariously Political’, moderated by Fasi Zakawith panelists George Fulton and Nur Nasreen.

In the session ‘Journalism in Balochistan: Challenges and Future’moderated by Shahid Rind with journalists Shehzada Zulfiqar, SalimShahid, Syed Ali Shah, Sadia Jehangir and columnist Yasir Peerzadaon the panel, the challenges and problems faced by journalists in theprovince of Balochistan were deliberated. In the session ‘Pakistan’sEconomy: What Alternatives Are There?’ journalist Khurram Hussainand researcher Ammar Rashid brought to light the controversies of thebudget.

The session ‘Women in Words: Depiction of FemaleCharacters in Literature and Art,’ which was moderatedby Neelum Afridi and the panelists were Rimsha Ashrafand Maheen Usmani.On the other hand, a very fetching session was ‘Men for Men: ToxicMasculinity and its Impact on Men’, which was moderated by AqsaMaryam, Chairperson department of English, and the panelists werepublic policy specialist Rafiullah Kakar, Fasi Zaka and George Fulton.

Musharraf Ali Farooqi moderated the session ‘Shredding the Skin ofthe Text’ with journalist Iftikhar Firdous, spoken word artist Kayenat

Hameed Khan Javeri and poet Neelum Afridi as panelists.

Moderated by academic Hammal Aslam, ‘Fresh Blood in Politics’ featured young politicianNizamuddin Salarzai, Balochistan MPA Mahjabeen Sheran, barrister Saifullah Magsi, politicalanalyst Dr Adnan Rafiq and Ammar Rashid.

Like previous year, this year’s festival too had a ‘Kids Corner’ moderated by Musharraf AliFarooqi- the author of Between Clay and Dust- in which he had interactive storytelling sessionswith children from many schools of Quetta.

Quetta Literary FestivalReported by: Muhammad Yasir Khan

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A session, ‘The Frontier of Al-Hind: Political Transformation of MedievalBalochistan 700-1050 AD’, was hosted by anthropologist Dr HafeezJamali, historian Jahanzaib Khan and archaeologist Dr KaleemullahLashari. Another session which generated a lot of debate was ‘DramaHai Ya Dramaybazi’ with director Sarmad Khoosat and actors HameedSheikh, Jamal Shah, Ayub Khoso and poet and dramatist MohsinShakeel, moderated by well-known Pashto actor Amanullah Nasar.

Many books were launched at the QLF, too, including Rimsha Ashraf’sEnmeshed; Faizullah Khan’s, The Prisoner of Durand Line; KayenatHameed Khan’s, A Decade of Light; Maliha Bazai’s, When the Sun Diesand Maheen Usmani’s, The Mercurial Bhutto and Other Stories.

The sessions that set Quetta Literary festival apart from others were that of poetry recitals, andliterary sessions on the indigenous languages of Balochistan: Pashto, Balochi, Brahvi and Hazargi.Finally, day two of the festival came to an end with the mesmerizing performance by Khumariyaanand Error the band.

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HEC Allama Iqbal Debate CompetitionReported by: Breshna Meher

The 8th semester students of BS Petroleum and GasEngineering went for a one-day field visit to Zarghun GasField Mari Petroleum Company Limited on April 03-04, 2019.During the visit, the students were provided core knowledgeabout the HSE policy, Gas Dehydration plant, Gas Processingunit and well control system of the field. The studentsexpressed gratitude to MPCL Management and especially toBrig. Retd Saleem Mahmood Regional General ManagerMPCL Quetta for providing the opportunity to visit the gasfield, as well as transportation and hospitality at Field locations.

One Day Field Visit to Zarghun Gas Field MPCLReported by: Engr.Zafarullah Abro

HEC organized ‘The National Level of AllamaIqbal Shield Competition’ on April 4, 2019, atHEC Head Office Islamabad, in whichuniversities from all over Pakistanparticipated. BUITEMS team represented byWakeel Kakar (English Debate) and QaziBakhtiyar (Urdu Debate) secured thirdpositions in their respective categories.

A delegation of CivilServices officersvisited BUITEMS onApril 4, 2019. The delegation was welcomed by honourable ViceChancellor, Mr. Ahmed Farooq Bazai along with the seniormanagement. The guests interacted with the senior staff and facultyduring their tour of the university.The Vice Chancellor highlighted the pivotal role of BUITEMS in

providing quality education to its students. He further informed aboutthe contribution of National Incubation Center (NIC) Quetta. The guests

applauded the efforts of the worthy Vice Chancellor for the developmentand growth of the university. At the end of their visit, the guests were presented

BUITEMS shields by the Vice Chancellor.

NIM Delegation Visited BUITEMSReported by: Qadeer Sarwar

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The Career Services Officeorganized a session on“Resume / CV Writing and

interviewing skills” at Pink Hall on April 10, 2019. Mr. Faisal Khan, a consultant, FulbrightHumphrey fellow, HR Project leader and founder of Scholar Den, was the guest speaker. Studentsfrom all faculties attended the session.The following areas were addressed by the speaker:

· Importance of Resume Writing

· Difference between CV and Resume

· Modern Job Search Strategies

· Modern HR Recruitment Practices

· Technical and Soft Skills Development

· Importance of Internships and Part-time Jobs

Mr. Ali Zain, Manager Job Placement and Internship Office, thanked the guest speaker andappreciated his services.

Session on Resume / CV Writing and Interview SkillsReported by: Maria Khalid

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Mr. Faisal Khan, aconsultant, FulbrightHumphrey Fellow,

HR project leader, and founder of Scholar Den, was invited to conducta workshop on the roadmap to foreign scholarships on April 11, 2019,at Pink Hall. The workshop was organized by the Career Services Officewith the support of faculty members of FICT. Graduating Students fromall faculties participated in this workshop.The guest speaker presented the following topics:

· Post-Graduation Scholarship Opportunities

· Explored Fulbright Scholarship

· Importance of GRE and High Score Techniques

· Self-employment and Employment Opportunities Abroad

· Importance of Networking

Deputy Director, Career Services, Mr. Imran Khan thanked the guest speaker for providing hisservices for the professional career development of our students.

The Financial Aid Officeannounced Fee Concessionprogram for Fall 2018 onNovember 12, 2018, andreceived 821 applications. Thecandidates were called forinterviews from April 11-22, 2019in the meeting room ofDirectorate of UAFA. Theinterviews were conducted by

BUITEMS Scholarship Award Committee who were;

· Mr. Arbab Sami, Director, Student Affairs

· Mr.Qadeem Kakar, Additional Registrar, Administration and Coordination

· Mr. Salar Khan, Deputy Registrar, Academics

· Ms. Kinza Khan, Deputy Director, Financial Aid Office

· Ms. Nausheen Sabir, Manager, Financial Assistance

· Mr. Mustafa Malghani, Manager, Financial Assistance

· Concerned Chairpersons from all Departments

Under the Chairmanship of Director UAFA, Mr Faisal Nosherwani, the committee recommended274 students for the award of scholarship.

Fee Concession Interviews Fall 2018Reported by: Nausheen Sabir

Seminar on Post-GraduationCareer Plan and Foreign ScholarshipsReported by: Maria Khalid

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The Keen Educational Awareness Societyorganized a Parliamentary Debate Competition onApril 12, 2019, inviting students from all

universities of the country. From BUITEMS, Asmatullah and Zeeshan participated. Asmatullahwon first place and was awarded a shield and Zeeshan was the runner up.

The Directorate of QualityEnhancement & Accreditation(QE&A), Balochistan University

of Information Technology, Engineering & Management Sciences (BUITEMS) organized aone-day awareness session on “Self-Assessment Process” on April 12, 2019, for facultymembers of the following departments:

The objective of this session was to trainthe Self-Assessment Program Team forthe preparation of Self-AssessmentReports (SARs) of their respectivedegree programs. Dr. Zahid Rauf,Director QE&A moderated the session.He gave a thorough presentation of theSelf-Assessment process beginningwith the introduction of Directorate ofQuality Enhancement and Accreditation(QE&A) highlighting its vision andmission. The session ended withquestions and answers from theparticipants.

Awareness Session on Self-Assessment ProcessReported by: Muhammad Aazan

Parliamentary Debate competition byKeen Educational Awareness SocietyReported by: Breshna Meher

S. No. Program of Study Campus1. BS (Public Administration) City Campus, Quetta

2. BS (Fashion and Textile Design) Takatu Campus, Quetta

3. PhD (Physics) Takatu Campus, Quetta

4. BS (Computer Science) University College of Zhob, BUITEMS

5. BS (Business Administration) University College of Zhob, BUITEMS

6. BS (Economics) University College of Zhob, BUITEMSN

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The Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Ms.Margaret Adamson, visited BUITEMS on April 12,2019. During interaction with the faculty andstudents, she appreciated the efforts for providingquality education with state of the art facilities to thestudents. BUITEMS is one of the institutes theAustralian Government and academia work with.Australia works on different projects in the fields ofeducation, livestock and agriculture in Balochistan.The delegation was welcomed by Pro ViceChancellor, Dr. Faisal Khan along with the senior management. They also visited CPECCenter, NIC and other University facilities. Dr. Faisal Khan delivered a detailed presentationon BUITMES. The honorable guest was presented with a shield by the Pro Vice Chancellor.

Australian High Commissioner Visit to BUITEMSReported by: Qadeer Sarwar

A three days PhD SupervisorCapacity Building Program wasorganized at Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering &Management Sciences (BUITEMS) by Learning Innovation Division (LID),Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad on April 17-19, 2019.The Chief Guest of the opening ceremony was Mr. Fida Hussain, DirectorGeneral, LID/ HEC Islamabad who joined participants through videoconferencing. The ceremony started with the name of Allah thereafter theparticipants introduced themselves. The DG. Mr. Fida Hussain welcomedthe trainees and resource persons and briefly discussed the program andits objectives.He further stated that this workshop is fifth of its kind; previously HEC conductedsuch training at main cities of three provinces of Pakistan. He introduced ResourcePersons Dr. Manzoor Ahmed, Associate Professor, Lasbela University, Uthal Bella and Dr.Mir Azam Khan, Dean, Faculty of BioSciences, University of Malakand and said that themaster trainer was trained by British Council and further training is being conducted by them.Day one was dedicated to brainstorming on Research Supervision with an institutionalframework. Two sessions by both the resource persons, Dr. Mir Azam and Dr. ManzoorAhmed were conducted about the supervisor’s role and types of supervision respectively.

PhD Supervisor Capacity Building ProgramReported by: Shaista Khan, Ms Fakhra Ramzan

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On the third day, training sessions were comprised ofsupervisory challenges and effective supervision.The Closing Ceremony was conducted on April 19, 2019. Mr.Fida Hussain, DG LID/HEC, Islamabad was the Chief Guestof the ceremony. Thereafter Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, DeanGraduate Studies, BUITEMS, addressed the participants. Thetraining ended with certificate distribution among trainees andthe resource persons, a group photo and refreshment.

The 28th meeting of Advanced Studies and Research Board(AS&RB) of Balochistan University of Information Technology,Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Quetta washeld on April 18, 2019, under the chairmanship of the worthy ViceChancellor, Ahmed Farooq Bazai.

The respected Pro Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Deans and otherfaculty members attended the meeting. The meeting started with the

recitation of a few verses from the Holy Quran by Prof. Dr. MuhammadNaeem Shahwani.

The Dean, Graduate Studies Office, Prof. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed presentedtwenty-one (21) sub-agenda items, under the main eight (8) agenda items. The meetingended with a vote of thanks from the chair.

28th Meeting of Advanced Studies and Research BoardReported by: Imran Khan Kasi

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A painting competition wasorganized by the United NationsInternational Children's EmergencyFund (UNICEF). The competition was held on April 18, 2019 for Polio eradication awareness.Rubina from the department of Fine Arts got the first position, Shahab from Fine Arts departmentgot second and Qandeel secured the third position.

Career Services Office organized asession on “Resume / CV Writing andinterviewing skills” at Auditorium, City

Campus BUITEMS on April 18, 2019. The speaker of the session was Mr. Faisal Khan, Consultant,Fulbright Humphrey Fellow, HR Project leader, founder of Scholar Den. Morethan 120 Students of MBA, BBA, BS Economics participated in theworkshop.Following areas were covered during the workshop;

· Importance of Resume Writing· Difference between CV and Resume· Modern Job Search Strategies· Modern HR recruitment practices· Technical and soft skills development· Importance of Internships and part-time jobs

Mr. Ali Zain, Manager Job Placement and Internship, thanked the guestspeaker and appreciated his services.

Workshop on “Resume / CV Writing andInterview Skills”Reported by: Ali Zain

Polio Eradication UNICEF Painting CompetitionReported by: Breshna Meher

Young Peace and DevelopmentCorps (YPDC) in a provincialcontention on April 19, 2019,

elected BUITEMS’s student, Ali Changezi as the Balochistan President for YPDC 19th chapter.

Young Peace and Development Corps (YPDC)Reported by: Breshna Meher

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Department of TelecommunicationEngineering organized a workshopon Fundamentals of Fiber Optics

in collaboration with PTCL, on April19, 2019. The resource persons were the technical team from PTCL bringing along them splicingmachine, OTDR and optical fibre cable etc. Undergraduate students from different semestersas well as Engr. Syed Usman, Engr. Waleed Bin Qaim and Mr. Muhammad Luqman Haiderfrom the department of Telecommunication Engineering attended the workshop.

Workshop on Fundamentals of Fiber Opticsin Collaboration with PTCLReported by: Haider Ali

The All Pakistan Inter-Varsity WushuChampionship was held at SindhAgriculture University Tando Jam, underthe supervision of Higher EducationCommission (HEC) from April 20-24, 2019. 18 universities participated in the event includingBUITEMS.The BUITEMS team consisted of:

· Mr. Naimat Ullah (BS Civil Engineering) 70 kg

· Mr. Ishaq Ali (BS Mass Communication) 52kg

· Mr. Syed Javeed (BS Psychology) Taulo Event

All of them won bronze medals in their respective categories. The chief guest of the prizedistribution ceremony, Dr. Mujeeb- Uddin, Vice Chancellor of Sindh Agriculture University(SAU), awarded the position holders with medals and cash prizes.

All Pakistan HEC Inter-varsityWushu Championship Tandojam 2019

Reported by: Bilal Hussain

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BUITEMS Executive Education Center (BEEC) conducteda 3 days training workshop on “Great Customer Service”from April 22-24, 2019. Participants from NADRA and the

State Bank of Pakistan attended the workshop. Topics related to quality customer servicewere elaborated and many activities were conducted. The training would help the participantsto provide effective and satisfactory services to their respective customers. Resource personsin the workshop were Mr. Umair Khatttak, Area Business Head TCS and Mr. Matiullah Khan,Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management Sciences BUITEMS.

The department of Microbiology,in collaboration with PakistanBiological Safety Associationand National Institute of Health, USA, organized a three days BiosafetyAwareness workshop in BUITEMS from April 22 – 24, 2019. Dr. AghaMuhammad Raza, Chairperson Department of Microbiology was theorganizer of this event. The aim of the training was to teach the basic

principles of biosafety to the individuals belonging to the biology backgroundand are involved in conducting research practicals in different laboratories.

A large number of participantsincluding teachers and studentsfrom BUITEMS, SBK Women’sUniversity, University ofBalochistan and CASVABactively participated in theworkshop. The workshop wasfacilitated by PBSA team whoflew all the way from Islamabad.The demonstration was givenby the instructors of PBSA fromQuetta Chapter. The Pro ViceChancellor, Prof. Dr. FaisalAhmad Khan was the chiefguest at the closing ceremony.The workshop ended with thedistribution of certificates to allthe participants. Later, theoutstanding candidates were invited to Islamabad for advance training; Training of Trainer(TOT) workshop.

Great Customer ServiceReported by: Mayen Khan

Biosafety Awareness Workshopby Department of Microbiology

Reported by: Dr. Agha Muhammad Raza

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The Directorate of Human ResourceDevelopment in collaboration withRegistrar Office, BUITEMS organized aone-week Administrative SkillsDevelopment Training Workshop foradministrative staff (BPS14-16) ofBUITEMS from April 22-26, 2019 atBUITEMS Takatu Campus, Quetta.The inauguration session began with therecitation. The Director HRD, Ms. FakhraRamzan welcomed all the participantsand resource persons.The objective of the workshop was to demystify the dynamics of administration andinstitutions, as well as to discuss the various tools of developmental skills and how to makeit effective and successful, and how to express the ideas.The topic for the first-day session was on communication skills and was delivered by Mr.Manzoor Hussain, Add. Registrar (HR & Acad), BUITEMS.Deputy Controller Examination, Mr. Shakir Ur Rehman, conducted an interactive session onDocument Control and Records Management.The remaining sessions were delivered by Office Manager, Registrar Office, Mr. MuhammadYaseen. His session included active learning exercises in the following areas; how to conducteffective meetings, How to write meeting minutes, preparing and writing note portions.At the closing ceremony the resource persons distributed certificate amongst the participantsand Ms. Fakhra Ramzan, awarded certificates to the resource persons.

Workshop on “Administrative Skills Development”Reported by: Ms Fakhra Ramzan

The Department of EnvironmentalScience celebrated Earth Day onApril 22, 2019. The Dean ofFaculty of Life Sciences and Informatics, Dr.Jamil, Director ORIC, chairpersons, facultymembers and students joined in thecelebrations by distributing plantlets and

vegetable seeds amongfaculty and students.

The students explainedthe importance ofearth day celebrationand plantation,through chartsdepicting “Earth Day”,

seeds packets andplantlets for faculty and

students. The Dean FLSI,appreciated all involved in organizing a productive and environment friendly

activity at BUITEMS.

Keep Earth Clean and Green, Earth Day 2019Reported by: Dr. Malik Muhammad Akhtar, Sanam Zeib Khan

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Career Services Officeorganized a session on “A

Career in Health andSafety” on April 24, 2019, at Green hall BUITEMS, for the studentsof Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences and Electrical andElectronics Engineers.The objective of the session was to provide guidance to the studentsregarding career opportunities and how to get certification in Healthand Safety. The guest speaker of the session was BUITEMS Alumni,Certified ASP, Lead Auditor ISO-45001, Highfield UK InternationalAward as Qualified Trainer, Mentor HSE Certifications, Engr. KhwajaBilal Jillani. Chairman of Environmental Sciences, Dr. Malik MuhammadAkhtar, and Deputy Director, Career Services, Mr. Imran Khan thanked theguest speaker for giving his precious time to the students.

The Department ofC h e m i s t r yorganized a welcome party for the new students and faculty on April 23,2019. The chief guest of the event was the Dean FABS, Dr. JanMuhammad as well as the chairperson, Dr. Muhammad Nawaz. The eventcommenced with the recitation of a few verses from the Holy Quran byBS student, Mr. Faizan. The hosts of the party were Mr. Abdullah, Ms.

Masooma Raza and Ms Sahar, students of 3rd semester. At the end of theevent, the chairperson encouraged the students for their arrangement. The

event ended with shields distribution and refreshment arranged by students.

Welcome Party, Department of ChemistryReported by: Samra Farooq

A career in Health and SafetyReported by: Maria Khalid

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BUITEMS Financial AidOffice in collaboration withHigher Education

Commission (HEC) organized a two-day Career Counseling workshopfunded under USAID Merit and Needs-based Scholarship Program on

April 24-25, 2019 at Pink Hall, BUITEMS Takatu Campus. Among theparticipants, 30 were from SBK whereas 36 were from BUITEMS.The workshop covered the following areas; personality development,communication skills, Interview skills, CV writing, job seeking,developing business ideas, social networking and entrepreneurship.The workshop consisted of group activities, presentations and groupdiscussions.

Mr. Amir Zahoor and Mr. Bilal Khan from FAST, Mr. Naeem Akhtar fromHEC, Ms. Kinza, Ms. Nausheen and Mr. Mustafa Malghani from Financial

Aid Office BUITEMS were the resource persons of the workshop.Dean FOEA, Dr. Kamran Sami was the chief guest of the ceremony, the workshop

ended with a vote of thanks and certificate distribution among the students, coordinators andresource person.

Career Counseling Workshop under USAID-fundedMerit and Needs-Based Scholarship ProgramReported by: Nausheen Sabir

The second Board of Studies meeting for BSEducation of the Department of Education was heldon April 25, 2019, under the chairmanship of Prof.Dr. Jan Muhammad, Dean FABS. The participantsof the board included; Associate Professor, Dr.Amjad Reba from I.E. R University of Peshawar(Member NACTE), and Assistant Prof Dr. MunazzaMehmood from Dept of Education, InternationalIslamic University, Islamabad. The curriculum waspresented by the Department Chairperson, Dr. RaniGul. The board deliberated upon the overall schemeof studies, subjects’ contents, PLOs, CLOs, thereference books and recommendations were madefor further approval. The meeting ended with a voteof thanks to the chair and members.

Board of Studies Meeting (Department of Education)Reported by Dr. Rani Gul

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The launching ceremony ofPakistan Barcode of Life

(PakBOL), took place on April 25, 2019, at Margala Hotel, Islamabad. PakBOL is a networkof academia, research organizations and private sector organizations showing theircommitment to document and understand the country’s biodiversityby employing state of the art DNA-based identification systems. Thelaunch of PakBOL has formalized the relationship betweenPakistan’s DNA barcode research community and the InternationalBarcode of Life Consortium (iBOL), a long-established internationalnetwork of organizations working to improve understanding ofplanetary biodiversity represented by more than thirty-four (34)countries.BUITEMS in Quetta is at the forefront of biodiversity conservationefforts in the country. The PakBOL initiative on behalf of BUITEMSand fifteen other universities of Pakistan in collaboration with iBOL and the University ofGuelph Canada is a case in point. Pertinent to mention that BUITEMS is not only the focalpoint of PakBOL but also the member Scientific Steering Committee of the InternationalBarcode of Life consortium.

The Directorate of Human ResourceDevelopment in collaboration withFaculty of Engineering &Architecture, BUITEMS organizeda two days training workshop onProject Management for teachingfaculty and final year engineeringstudents of various departments onApril 29-30, 2019 at BUITEMSTakatu Campus, Quetta. The aimof this workshop was to discuss thevarious aspect of successful

projects and how to prepare and manage the projects. Mr. Zeeshan was the resource personof the workshop. Dean Faculty of Engineering & Architecture distributed certificates amongstthe participants and resource person during the closing ceremony on April 30, 2019.

Department of Architecture celebrated the“World Heritage Day” at BUITEMS on April 26,2019, by organizing a culturalevent titled “Cultural Heritagesites of Balochistan”. Theobjective of this InternationalDay for Monuments and Siteswas to celebrate the culturaland natural heritage of ourregion. The students’ workexhibited cultural heritageand historical sites ofBalochistan through models,posters and photographs. The event ended with certificate distribution among the participantsand organizers.

The International Day forMonuments and Sites 2019

Reported by: Ar. Tahira Shaukat, Ar. Urooj Nagi

Launch of Pakistan Barcode of Life (PakBOL)Reported by: Prof. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed

Workshop on “Project Management”Reported by: Ms. Fakhra Ramzan

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The Pakistan Biological SafetyAssociation, PBSA, is a non-government organization working

in collaboration with NationalInstitute of Health (NIH), USA. It organized five days “Training of Trainer (TOT)” workshop inIslamabad from April 30, 2019, to May 4, 2019, to guide the professionals and masters studentsfrom different biological fields all over Pakistan.

The workshop was headed by Dr. ZebaRasmussen and Mr. Sean G. Kaufman while thebiological instructors were from different institutesof Pakistan. Around 50 candidates were selectedfrom Pakistan and among them, three were fromFaculty of FLS&I BUITEMS. They were; Dr. AsmaYousafzai, Ms. Muneeza Arbab and Ms. SairaJamali. The training was about basic laboratorysafety precautions while working in the laboratory.All successful candidates were awarded“workshop completion certificates”. The workshopended with the pledge of participants with PBSAto convey the message about biosafety to peoplearound them once they reach their home station.

All Pakistan Inter-VarsityChess Championship 2019

Reported by: Bilal Hussain

All Pakistan Inter-VarsityChess Championship washeld at University ofEngineering (UET Lahore),under the supervision of Higher Education Commission (HEC)from May 1-6, 2019. The opening ceremony was held on May2, 2019. 18 universities participated in the event.BUITEMS played 4 matches by Swiss Draw Point System. Theprize distribution ceremony was held on May 5, 2019. Vice-Chancellor UET Lahore, Prof. Dr. Aziz Akbar, dignified theoccasion with his presence as the chief guest. He congratulatedthe winning team and also awarded trophy and cash prizes tothe winner and the runner-up teams.

Training of Trainer (TOT) Workshop byPakistan Biological Safety Association (PBSA)Reported by: Saira Jamali

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The Directorate ofHuman ResourceDevelopment incollaboration with Faculty of Management Sciences, BUITEMSorganized a two days training workshop on “Structural Equation Model(SEM)-AMOS for teaching faculty, MS students of variousdepartments, and PhD scholars from Balochistan University on May

2-3, 2019 at BUITEMS Takatu Campus. The training session wasinitiated with the recitation from Holy Quran followed by a welcome speech

by Director HRD, Ms. Fakhra Ramzan, Dr. Tariq Ahmed, Associate Professorand Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences was the resource person.

The session started with a briefintroduction of participantsacknowledgement and the importanceof “Structural Equation Model (SEM)-AMOS in their thesis and advanceresearch. A hands-on practice sessionwas arranged in the Computer lab. Theclosing ceremony was conducted onMay 3, 2019. Dr Tariq Ahmed, Dean ofFaculty of Management Sciences,distributed certificates amongst theparticipants.

National Consultation on Data, Evidence andAnalytics (DEA) for Sustainable Development GoalsReported by: Syed Usman

Workshop on“Structural Equation Model (SEM)”

Reported by: Ms. Shaista Khan

Work on SDGsnecessitates the

availability and use ofrobust and credible data. Tracking, monitoring and reporting of progress

of Pakistan`s SDGs targets crucially depend on the data andevidence both from the federal and provincial level. At the sametime emphasis on the role of academia in data generation and itsuse for analysis, monitoring and evaluation of SDGs need to beenhanced. In this regards a consultation meeting on data,Evidence and Analytics (DEA) for Sustainable DevelopmentGoals, was organized by Ministry of Ministry of Planning,Development & Reforms and UNDP on May 2-3, 2019 at Serena

Hotel Islamabad to brainstorm and discuss the challenges,opportunities and elicit informed opinions. It was a great honor for

BUITEMS that Director ORIC was invited by the organizers to representacademia and share his ideas, views and opinion on the subject matter.

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The SDG Global Festival ofAction from May 2-4, 2019in Bonn, Germany was a

ground-breaking event powered by the UN SDG ActionCampaign with the support of the German Federal Ministry forEconomic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the GermanFederal Foreign Office and partners. The Festival was designedby the SDG Action Community for the SDG Action Community.

Syed Shah Muhammad, Deputy Director UAFA was selected asa delegate and core team member from BUITEMS, he was the onlydelegate selected from Balochistan. He presented BUITEMS’s keeninterest in SDG-4 & 8, Quality Education & Decent Work and EconomicGrowth. BUITEMS has an enriched experience of working with local, national and internationalorganizations, as part of decent work.

Over 1,500 diverse participants from 145 countries with 100 sessions and workshopsparticipated in this mega event.

SDG Global FestivalReported by: Syed Shah Muhammad

Department of TelecommunicationEngineering in collaboration withPakistan Telecom Company Limited(PTCL) organized a visit to PTCLRegional Headquarters and RegionalCore Network Quetta, on May 4, 2019.The visit was jointly headed by thechairperson, Dr. Faizullah Khan alongwith Muhammad Luqman Haider and

Haider Ali, Laboratory Engineers. During the visit, the students observed the routine activityof core technical departments of PTCL, which included a Control Room, Local and TransitExchanges, Optical Fiber Access Network (OFAN), PCM Hall, Long Haul CommunicationDepartment and Pakistan Internet Exchange (PIE) Quetta.

Industrial Visit of Students ofTelecom Engineering Department

Reported by: Amna Imran

Faculty of Management Sciences with thecollaboration of National Institute of Bankingand Finance (NIBAF), State Bank, arrangeda session on awareness of Islamic Financeon May 2, 2019. Students from theDepartment of Economics, PublicAdministration and Banking and Financewith faculty members participated in thesession. Qazi Abdul Samad, a proficientIslamic Banker and head of Shariah compliance Board of Bank of Khyber and Mr. MuhammadIslam Ahmed, Senior Joint Director, Islamic Banking Department, State Bank of Pakistanwere the resource persons for the session. Both speakers educated the audience on differentconcepts and practices of Islamic Banking and Shariah compliance in this regard. At the endof the session Mr. Muhammad Arif, Senior Joint Director, (NIBAF) thanked the facultymembers and students for their active participation.

Session on Awareness of Islamic FinanceReported by: Farhatullah

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ARY organized a quiz competitionon May 17, 2019, at ARY HeadOffice, Karachi.

Students from all universities ofPakistan participated in thiscompetition. Humayun Kasi andMuhammad Saeed Khanrepresented BUITEMS and werethe runner up in the competition.

ARY Quiz CompetitionReported by: Breshna Meher

ARY organized adebate competitionon May 17, 2019, at ARY Head Office Karachi.Students from all universities of Pakistan participatedin the competition. Miss Afreen Jaffar representedBalochistan University of Information Technology,Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS).Her speech was about Baluchistan which got hersecond position in the competition.

ARY Debate CompetitionReported by: Breshna Meher

Dr. Ahmer Hussain Shah, LecturerDepartment of Textile Engineering,Faculty of Engineering, BUITEMS has

joined back after successful completion of PhD studies from HarbinEngineering University, China. He started PhD studies in September2015 and earned the degree in April 2019. His PhD thesis was titled“Preparation and Properties of Biomass Reinforced Thermosets”. Duringstudies, he published 10 Science Citation Indexed (SCI) research papers, 01conference paper and registered on the patent. His 3 (SCI) research papers are in progressfor publication.

Honor for BUITEMSReported by: Manzoor Hussain

Dr. Zameer Ahmed Abro, AssistantProfessor Department of TextileEngineering, Faculty of EngineeringBUITEMS has joined back after successfulcompletion of his PhD studies from Donghua University, Shanghai,China.

He started PhD studies in September 2015 and earned the degree in April2019. He researched on “Development of a smart garment for monitoring body

postures based on FBG and flex sensing technologies and smart bed fabricated using 3Dprinted FBG sensors for posture monitoring " during his PhD studies.

He published 8 research papers in Science Citation Indexed (SCI). His 4 Science CitationIndexed (SCI) research papers are in progress for publication.

Honor for BUITEMSReported by: Manzoor Hussain

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The 2nd International Conference onQuality Assurance in Higher Educationwas held on April 21-25, 2019 atUniversity of Education Lahore.The conference was organized byPakistan Network for QualityAssurance in Higher Education(PNQAHE). Ayesha Iftikhar,Deputy Director, QualityEnhancement and Accreditation(QE&A) represented BUITEMS.With national and internationalkeynote-talks on the theme“Quality Assurance toRevolutionize Higher Educationin 21st Century”, there were morethan 50 paper presentations. Theconference participants and attendees included Vice Chancellors, Chair Higher EducationCommission, and higher education institutes’ QEC staff from all over Pakistan, members ofaccreditation councils, representatives of quality assurance agencies and networks,researchers, and faculty members.

International Conference onQuality Assurance in Higher Education

Reported by: Ayesha Iftikhar

The students of BS BusinessAdministration 6th semester withtheir instructor, Ms. Rukia Magsiorganized a donation drive where,they collected funds andpurchased the essential rationitems for the deserving staff ofBUITEMS City Campus which was distributed on May 21, 2019. Dean and Chairperson Dr.Tariq Ahmed and Mr. Hadi Hassan along with senior faculty members assisted the studentswith the distribution and commended the students and Ms Rukia for their philanthropic efforts.

Ration Distribution for theStaff of City Campus BUITEMSReported by: Rukia Magsi

A training sessionwas carried out by

PBSA lifetimemembers; Dr. Asma Yousafzai, Ms. Muneeza Arbab and Ms.Saira Jamali from FLS&I, on May 22, 2019, to teach and trainthe students some basic laboratory rules regarding biosafetyawareness. The instructors demonstrated some importantbiosafety rules while working in the laboratory. Different sortsof accidents and occurrences of serious infectious diseaseswere elaborated to them in case of not following the biosafety

rules.

Training on Biosafety Awarenessto the Students of FLS&I

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The Directorate of Quality Enhancement & Accreditation(QE&A), Balochistan University of Information Technology,Engineering & Management Sciences (BUITEMS) organized

a one day review of “MS/PhD Programs” of all the faculties on May 30, 2019. The programsof the following departments were reviewed:

MS/PhD ReviewReported by: Muhammad Aazan

S. No. Program of Study1. MS (Management Science)2. PhD (Management Science)3. MS (Economics)4. PhD ( Environmental Management and Policy)5. MS (Environmental Management and Policy)6. MS (Textile Engineering)7. MS (Civil Engineering)8. MS (Mining Engineering)9. MS (Chemical Engineering)10. MS (Environmental Science)11. MS (Microbiology)12. MS ( Biotechnology)13. PhD (Biotechnology)14. MS (Information Technology)15. MS (Computer Engineering)16. MS (Electrical Engineering)17. MS (Electronic Engineering)18. MS (Telecom Engineering)19. MS (Computer Science)20. PhD (Computer Science)21. MS (International Relations)22. MS (Mathematics)23. MS (Physics)24. MS ( Chemistry)25. MS (English)

The main purpose of this review wasto monitor and assess the abovementioned programs according to theprescribed criteria and guidelines ofthe Higher Education Commission(HEC). Dr. Zahid Rauf, Director QE&Aand Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, DeanGraduate Studies guided the reviewcommittee about the procedures of thisactivity. In the end, the assessmentteam gave their findings andimplementation plan for the respectiveMS and PhD programs.

BUITEMS Community Service Council (CSC) organizeda donation campaign during the sacred month ofRamadan, on May 31, 2019, with the purpose to buyEid gifts. The donation campaign was started during thefirst week of May and continued for 2 weeks. The distribution was made during the month ofMay by Additional Director Student Affairs, Mr. Arbab Sami Kasi and Deputy Director, StudentAffairs, Mr. Sameen Khan, among 300 children in different areas of Quetta.

Donation Campaign andEid Gifts Distribution (2019)

Reported by: Breshna Meher

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BUITEMS alumni andAssistant Professor,Department of Management Sciences Ms. Khalida Durrani spent the third day of Eid-ul-Fitr, June7, 2019, with the children at SOS Village Quetta. The alumni arranged camel rides, kulfi, live musicand other sweet treats for the children. The Director, Mr. Aurangzeb accompanied theChairperson of the SOS Village and BUITEMS ex Syndicate member, Ms. Roshan KhursheedBarucha greeted the children and thanked the alumni for coming and organizing such activities forthe children every Eid.

BUITEMS Alumni Spends Eid-ul-Fitr at SOS VillageReported by: Khalida Durrani

An Eid Milan party was organized for the faculty and staffmembers on August 16, 2019, in the Training Hall, Takatu

Campus. The Vice Chancellor BUITEMS, Ahmed Farooq Bazai & senior management, faculty& administrative employees exchanged Eid greetings.

Eid Milan PartyReported by: Asma yousafzai

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The Board of Studies meeting of Software Engineeringdepartment held on June 11, 2019, was chaired by the DeanFICT, Dr. Bakhtiar Kasi. The meeting was attended by

Professor, Tamim AhmedKhan, Bahria UniversityIslamabad as an externalBoard member and Engr.Habib ur Rehman asindustry member along withother faculty members. Theagenda items included acurriculum of MS SoftwareEngineering, revision of existing curriculum of BS SoftwareEngineering in light of the HEC Curriculum NCRC 2017and guidelines in accordance with Pakistan EngineeringCouncil. The committee unanimously agreed to proposedchanges in the light of the HEC NCRC guidelines.

Board of Studies (Software Engineering Department)Reported by: Dr. Bushra Naeem

Justice Nasira Iqbal (S.I), visited BUITEMSon June 11, 2019. She

was warmly welcomedby the Honorable ViceChancellor, Ahmed FarooqBazai (S.I). Justice NasiraIqbal is former Justice LahoreHigh Court, Law Professorand daughter-in-law of Dr.Allama Muhammad Iqbal. She

visited different administrativedepartments of the university and

appreciated the work BUITEMS iscontributing to society. The Vice Chancellorhighlighted BUITEMS contribution in education,research, technology, community support activitiesand BUITEMS’s role in organizing different provincial programs. At the end of her visit, sheannounced a need-based scholarship for a student of BUITEMS on behalf of the organizationshe is associated with and was presented a shield by the worthy vice-chancellor.

Justice Nasira Iqbal visits BUITEMSReported by: Asmatullah

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The Directorate of Quality Enhancement &Accreditation (QE&A), Balochistan Universityof Information Technology, Engineering &Management Sciences (BUITEMS) conducteda one day review of “Self-Assessment Reports(SARs)” on June 13, 2019, of the followingdepartments:

The review committee comprised of senior faculty members and program team membersparticipated to respond to any query related to their respective SAR reports. The main purposeof this review was to review the above mentioned programs according to the SAR Manual. Dr.Zahid Rauf, Director QE&A moderated and guided the review committee about the assessmentprocess. In the end, the assessment team gave their assessment findings and evaluated thecriteria of programs as per the Self-Assessment Manual.

Review of Self-Assessment Reports (SARs)Reported by: Muhammad Aazan

S. No. Program of Study Campus1. BS (Public Administration) City Campus, Quetta2. BS (Fashion and Textile Design) Takatu Campus, Quetta3. PhD (Physics) Takatu Campus, Quetta

A one-day training session on Real time Delphi was organizedby Mr. Zafar Ullah, Assistant Professor, Department ofSociology in collaboration with AGAHI at BUITEMS city campuson Friday, June 14, 2019. The purpose of the training was toexplore a systematic forecasting method that involvesstructured interaction among a group of experts on a subject.Puruesh Chaudhary, Founder & President, AGAHI gave adetailed presentation on the mechanism of the Delphi technique.A portal developed for hands-on Delphi through software wasintroduced to the faculty members. At the end of the training, Dean,Management Sciences, Dr. Tariq Ahmed and the Chairperson Economics department Mr.Muhammad Jawad Khan distributed the certificates among the participants for successfullycompleting the realtime Delphi training program.

Real time Delphi Training Program by AGAHIReported by: Sahar Faiz Khan

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BUITEMS 10th Book Fairwas organized on June 17,2019, at Sir Syed Block,

Takatu Campus. The governor Balochistan, Justice (Retd)Amanullah khan Yasinzai inaugurated the fair, the Vice-Chancellor, BUITEMS, Ahmad Farooq Bazi, Pro ViceChancellor, Dr. Fasial Ahmed Khan and Registrar, JamalMustafa were also present on the occasion. The Deans,Chairpersons, faculty members, scholars, researcher,journalists, poets and students took a keen interest in the books.The notables who visited the fair included Zahoor AhmedBuladi, Finance Minister, Tayyab Lehri, Secretary Education,Saboor Ahmed Kakar, Secretary Higher and Technical Education,Balochistan, Dr. Ali Nawaz Mengal, Vice Chancellor, Mir ChakarKhan Rind university Sibi, Babrak Ali Panezai, Director BUITEMS MuslimBagh Campus, Faculty Members and administrative officers of University of Balochistan,Sardar Bahadur Khan Woman University, and visitors from various schools, colleges andother educational institutions of Balochistan visited the fair.

BUITEMS 10th Book FairReported by: Muhammad Rafiq Khurasani

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BUITEMS student Ms. Mishal Saeed of BS (MassCommunication) won 3rd place in the NationalFencing Championship-2019 held at Ayub StadiumQuetta on April 26-27, 2019.

3rd National Fencing Championship 2019Reported by: Masood Ahmed Kasi

A workshop onfight againstCongo was

organized by Department of Livestock and DairyDevelopment, Balochistan and the chief organizer was Dr.Azam Kakar and other members of livestock. Mitha Khan,Minister Livestock was the chief guest.

The main purpose of the workshop was to spreadawareness among livestock workers and the generalpopulation about Congo fever virus, its cause of spreadand the procedures of its prevention and treatment.

Dr. Haleema Sadia, Assistant Professor Faculty of lifesciences participated and represented BUITEMS at theworkshop.

Workshop on Fight Against CongoReported by: Dr Haleema Sadia

Directorate of QualityEnhancement andA c c r e d i t a t i o n ,conducted the Self InstitutionalPerformance Review (Self-IPE)of BUITEMS on June 20-21, 2019. The Self-Evaluationwas performed taking intoaccount the three parameterscomprising (i) review of theUniversity Portfolio Report(UPR) and annexedinformation/data, (ii) interactionswith the administration, facultyand students and (iii) visit to thefacilities.

The Review Panel (RP) for theSelf-IPE comprised of thefollowing members: Prof. Dr.Jamil Ahmed (Chairman) Dean, Faculty of LS&I, BUITEMS, Prof. Dr. Zahoor Ahmed Bazai(Member), Director QAD, University of Balochistan, Prof. Dr. Jan Mohammad (Member) Dean,Faculty of A&BS, BUITEMS, Dr. Faizullah Kakar (Member) Chairperson, Telecom Dept.,BUITEMS. The UPR was prepared based on the guidelines provided by the HEC IPE Manualand suggested eleven performance standards outlining major areas to be focused. The UPRalso included a series of answers to the questions related to each of the eleven standards.

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The Australian High Commission conductedYSES, which is a journey that encompassedthe spirit of social entrepreneuring in sixregions that are: AJK, Punjab, Sindh,Balochistan, KPK and GB. Batool Fatimafrom BS Architecture BUITEMS was theregional runner up of YSES and won Rs.50,000 cash prize.

Australian High Commission “YSES”Reported by: Brishna Meher

The Directorate of Human ResourceDevelopment in collaboration

with Department of Petroleum& Gas (P&G), Faculty ofEngineering & Architecture organized a one-day seminar on“Entrepreneurship for Engineers” for the faculty and final semesterstudents of engineering departments on June 26, 2019, at BUITEMS.The training began with the name of Allah thereafter Mr. Imtiaz Ali,Chairperson, Department of P&G, Director HRD welcomed all theparticipants. Mr. Imtiaz Ali was the resource person in the seminar. At

the end of the day Ms Fakhra Ramzan, Director HRD thanked all theparticipants and Mr. Imtiaz Ali. The certificates were distributed among

the participants and resource persons.

An Introduction toEntrepreneurship for Engineers

Reported by: Ms. Fakhra Ramzan

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BUITEMS organized a one-daytraining workshop on “WildlifeConservation” on June 27,2019, for the field staff of Forest & Wildlife department of Takatu Mountain.Markhor is the national animal of Pakistan & it is also the mascot of BUITEMS.

The training was conducted to highlight the importance of wildlife conservationin the region. The participants included Rangers, Game Watchers, Forest Guards

& local community members of Takatu Mountain. Topics elaborated were:Importance & Values of Wildlife, Types of Eco-system, Protected Areas, Conservation Status,Survey Techniques & much more. The training was sponsored by BUITEMS & Takatu NightsRestaurant. Mr. Jamal Abdul Nasir, Lecturer Zoology was the resource person.

Training on Wildlife Conservationfor Takatu Mountain

Reported by: Mayen Khan

The Directorate of QualityEnhancement & Accreditation(QE&A), Balochistan Universityof Information Technology,

Engineering & Management Sciences(BUITEMS) conducted the self-assessmentprocess on June 28, 2019 for the followingstudy programs offered at University Collegeof Zhob, BUITEMS: BS (BusinessAdministration), BS (Economics), BS(Computer Science). The review began witha detailed meeting with Dr.Abdul Salam Lodhi,Director Zhob Campusabout the assessmentprocess. Dr. ZahidRauf, Director QE&Amoderated andguided the review

committee about the assessment process. The review panel thoroughlyreviewed the SARs of the above mentioned programs according to theSAR Manual. Moreover, the review panel also visited campus facilities andinteracted with faculty members and students. In the end, the assessmentteam had an exit meeting with senior management of the campus and discussed theirassessment findings.

Review of Self-Assessment Reports (SARs)at University College of Zhob (UCOZ), BUITEMSReported by: Muhammad Aazan

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Asst. Professor Fine Arts, Meraj Danish conducted his first soloExhibition at Nuqta studios at Islamabad on April 13, 2019.Meraj Danish, an artist from Jafferabad district, is an artist of National repute. The show wasinaugurated by Mr. Jamal Shah, a well-known artist of Pakistan. The exhibition ended with atalk with the artist in which the teachers and students interacted with Meraj Danish andadmired his paintings.

Solo ExhibitionReported by: Kaleem Khan

The Institute of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineers (IEEE), acknowledged Dr. BushraNaeem by proclaiming her as the Women inEngineering, the personality of the month inthe Asia Pacific (Region 10) in their June-JulyRegion 10 news. She was nominated by theregion 10 Women in Engineering Coordinator,Emi Yano, for her voluntary work and excellentperformance to impact the region.

Ms. Bushra officiates as Head of SoftwareEngineering department at BUITEMS. She isan HEC approved supervisor and holds a

certification of “MasterTrainer for Higher

Education PhDS u p e r v i s o rCapacity Building”. Further, she served as the lead guest editorin the Journal of Independent Studies and Research –Computing, Special Issue on: “Emerging WirelessCommunications Vs Social Justice”. She also had the honor toreceive the “Best Ambassador Award 2019” by the Asian Councilof Science Editors in Dubai.

She is currently working to strengthen the WIE affinity groups andleading campaign to establish IEEE Quetta Section.

IEEE Women in Engineering,Personality of Month in Asia Pacific RegionReported by: Nazia Razaq

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MS thesis Defense BUITEMS

Student Department Date Topic Supervisor ExternalReviewer

HamnaZaheer

Department ofManagement

Sciences

February27, 2019

Faculty Experiences withWorkplace Incivility: A case ofPublic Sector Universities of

Quetta

Mr. BilalSarwar

Dr.Zainab Bibi,Assistant

Professor, IMSUniversity ofBalochistan

ShadmanaSami

Department ofManagement

Sciences

March26, 2019

Machiavellianism and WorkplaceDeviance: The Moderating Roleof Impression Management and

the Mediating Role ofOrganizational Cynicism

Dr.AbdulRazziq

Dr. Jahanvash,Professor, IMS

University ofBalochistan

Salah Uddin Department ofEconomics

April 1,2019

Willingness to Pay forFreshwater-Grown Vegetables in

Quetta

Dr. S. MKhair

Dr KaneezFatima,

AssistantProfessor, IMS

University ofBalochistan

Mr Sami-ul-Haq

Department ofInternational

Relations

April 02,2019

Regional Dynamics of ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor

(CPEC)

MuhammadIdrees

Prof. Dr. AbdulManan Bazai

Mr.Muhammad

Salman


Relations

April 02,2019

Contemporary US Priorities inSouth Asia: Options for Pakistan

AbdulWadood

Prof. Dr. AbdulManan Bazai

Mr FaisalKhan


Relations

April 02,2019

A Study on the Efficacy ofNuclear Deterrence in South Asia:

A Case of India and Pakistan

AbdulWadood

Prof. Dr AbdulManan Bazai

Engr.Zeeshan

Khan

Department ofChemical

Engineering

April 8,2019

Evaluation and comparison offouling deposition of Calcium

Sulfate on Stainless Steel 316L,Copper and Aluminum heat

transfer surfaces Dr.Ghulamullah

Kakar

Dr. PervaizAhmed

AssistantProfessor,

Department ofPhysics,

University ofAzad Jammu& Kashmir,

Muzaffarabad

Engr. NajeebUllah Khan

Effect of Schiff Base compoundas effective corrosion Inhibitor forMild Steel, Copper and Aluminum

in 1 molar Hydrochloric Acidmedia

Engr. AbeeraMalik,

April 12,2019

Hydrothermal Synthesis of ZincStannate Nanoparticle forAntimicrobial Applications

Dr.Muhammad

NajamMalghani

Prof. Dr.KhadijaQureshiMehran

University ofEngineering

andTechnology,Jamshoro,

Sindh.

Mr. Haleem Department ofChemistry

May 2,2019

“Synthesis and BiologicalEvaluation of Oximes”.

Dr.HamidUllah

Dr. NoureenAssistantProfessorSBKWU

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BUITEMS contributes in defining standards and systemsfor the uplift of socio-economic order through quality educationand services by:

� Providing an environment conducive to learning, teaching,academic inquiry and innovation

� Maintaining academic excellence and professionalism

� Adhering to established systems for ensuring goodgovernance for management and transfer of knowledge

� Benchmarking with other leading institutions of highereducation for improvement

� Enhancing efficient and effective operations by encouragingparticipation of stakeholders

� Pursuing continuous improvement through creativity, teamwork and adaptation to change

for

Playing a catalytic role to achieve the national, regional andglobal harmony.

Quality Policy Statement

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