Table of Contents Vission and Mission ...... 2 List of Abbreviation and Acronyms ...... 3 Message from Rector ...... 4 Message from the Pro-Rector (Academics) ...... 5 Message from the Pro-Rector (Admin and Finance) ...... 6 About GIK Institute ...... 7 Genesis ...... 8 Board of Governors ...... 9 Committee & Council ...... 10 Faculties / Departments……………….………………………………………………….………………………………………………11
Deans / HoDs………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….12
CHAPTER 1: Academic Accomplishments...... 13 1.1National and International Collaboration ...... 13 1.2 Establishment of Research Facilities at Institute ...... 15 1.3 Foreign Delegations ...... 15 1.4 Campus Management System ...... 15 1.5 Undergraduate and Graduate Programs ...... 16 1.6 Progress in Enrollment ...... 16 1.7 Program wise Admissions Statistics ...... 17 1.8 Graduates of GIK Institute ...... 17 1.9 Inbound/Outbound Exchange Agreements ...... 19 1.10 Students Achievements ...... 20 1.11 Short Visits ...... 26 CHAPTER 2: Faculty Accomplishments/Research and Development……………………...30
2.1 Faculty Achievements ...... 30 2.2 R&D - An Overview...... 33 2.3 Research Projects ...... 33 2.4 Journal Publications ...... 36 2.5 Conferences, Seminars, CPD and Workshops...... 36 2.6 Short Visits ...... 41 2.7 Memberships ...... 41 2.8 Research Journals and Magazines ...... 44 2.9 Foreign Faculty Visits ...... 45 2.10 Funding Grants, Research awards and Patents ...... 46 CHAPTER 3: Quality Assurance…………………………………………………………….. 47
3.1 Quality Assurance in Higher Education ...... 47 3.2 Quality Assurance in GIK ...... 47 3.3 Quality Enhancement Cell ...... 47 3.4 QEC Yearly Activities ...... 48 3.5 QEC Receives EOMS ISO 21001 Certification ...... 50 3.6 Workshop on Quality management of MS and PhD Programs ..……………………….51 3.7 GIK Institute in the Topmost ‘W’ Category by QAA, HEC …..……………………….51 3.8 Membership of Associations/Networks ……………………….……………………….51 3.9 Accreditation of Programs from Relevant Councils …………..……………………….52 CHAPTER 4: Faculty Development ...... 53 4.1 Human Resource Department ...... 53 4.2 Faculty Development Programme ...... 53 4.3 Professional Trainings ...... 54 4.4 Faculty Awards ...... 55 4.5 Faculty Travel Grant ...... 56 4.6 Faculty Promotions ...... 57 4.7 Faculty Appointments...... 57 CHAPTER 5: Industrial Linkages/ORIC/Student Activities ...... 59 5.1 ORIC Activities - Progress: ...... 59 5.2 Industrial Open House and Career Fair ...... 59 5.3 Career Services Office ...... 62 5.4 Company Drives - Fall 2017 ...... 64 5.5 Company Drives - Spring 2018 ...... 64 5.6 Job Placement Status for Batch 24 graduates in spring 2018 ...... 66 5.7 Scholarships ...... 68 5.8 Students Activities and Events ...... 69 5.9 Outreach Program ...... 71 5.10 CBS – Table of Etiquettes and Knowledge: ...... 73 5.11 Student’s Keeping Environment Clean: ...... 74 5.12 The Catalyst GIK Incubator ...... 74 CHAPTER 6: Strengthening Technological Infrastructure ...... 85 6.1 Digital Library ...... 85 6.2 PERN ...... 85 6.3 Campus Data Center and IT Services ...... 86 6.4 Microsoft DreamSpark Software ...... 86 6.5 Videoconferencing ...... 86 6.6 Campus Wi-fi ...... 87 6.7 Campus Management System ...... 87 6.8 Admissions Portal ...... 88 CHAPTER 7: Budget and Finance ...... 89 7.1 Financial Position ...... 89 7.2 Revenue and Expenditure ...... 90 CHAPTER 8: Security and Protocol...... 91 8.1 Security and Protocol Directorate...... 91 8.2 Gik Institute Facilitation Department ...... 91 ANNEXURE-A ...... 92 ANNEXURE-B ...... 106
In the name of ALLAH, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful
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Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Former President of Pakistan 17 August 1988 – 18 July 1993
THE VISION
The Institute aspires to a leadership role in the pursuit of excellence in engineering sciences and technology.
THE MISSION
The Institute is to provide excellent teaching and research environment to produce graduates who distinguish themselves by their professional competence, research, entrepreneurship, humanistic outlook, ethical rectitude, pragmatic approach to problem solving, managerial skills and ability to respond to the challenge of socio-economic development to serve as the vanguard of techno-industrial transformation of the society.
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List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACM - Association of GSS - GIK Sports Society, ORIC - Office of Research Computing Machinery Cricket Club, Hockey team, Innovation & Adventure Club - Sailing, Badminton team Commercialization Hiking, Adventure Trips HEC - Higher Education PCTN - Pakistan Chapter of AIAA - American Institute of Commission Talloires Network Aeronautics & Astronautics HEI - Higher Education PEC - Pakistan Engineering AP - Assistant Professor Institutes Council AQAAIW - Association of HoD - Head of Department PEO - Program Educational Quality Assurance Agencies of Horizon - GIK Student Objectives the Islamic World Publication Society, Annual PEVs - Program Evaluators ASC - Accreditation Support issue of Horizon Magazine PLO - Program Learning Committee HR - Human Resources Outcome ASME - American Society of HVAC - Heating, Ventilation PRA - Pro-Rector Academics Mechanical Engineers and Air Conditioning PRF - Pro-Rector AT - Assessment Team IAB - International Advisory Administration & Finance BOG - Board of Governors Board PT - Program Team CDES - Cultural Dramatic & IBCC - Inter Board Chairmen QA - Quality Assurance Entertainment Society Committee QAA - Quality Assurance CLO - Course Learning ICT - R&D Information and Agency Outcome Communication Technologies QEC- Quality Enhancement CPD - Professional Research and Development Cell Development Program (CPD) IEE - Institute of Electrical QPR - Quarterly Progress CQI - Continual Quality Engineers Report Improvement IEEE - Institute of Electrical RA - Research Associate DAI - Degree Awarding & Electronic Engineers SA - Self Assessment Institution INQAHEE - International SAR - Self Assessment Report DSA - Dean Students Affairs Network for Quality SOPHEP - Society for EAB - Engineering Assurance Agencies in Higher Promotion of Higher Accreditation Board Education education, Pakistan EC - Executive Committee IOH - Industrial Open House SOPREST - Society for the FCSE - Faculty of Computer KPI - Key Performance Promotion of Engineering Sciences & Engineering Indicator Sciences and Technology FEE - Faculty of Electronic LDS - Literary and Debating SPIE - Society for Photo- Engineering Society optical Instrumentation FES - Faculty of Engineering MC - Medical Centre Engineers Sciences MGS - Management Sciences TAs - Teaching Assistants FMCE - Faculty of Chemical MSH - Management Sciences TMS/ASM - The Mineral, Engineering & Humanities Metal & Material FME - Faculty Mechanical Netronix - Hostel Network Society/American Society for Engineering Administrators Materials FMSE - Faculty of Material OBA - Outcome Based WA - Washington Accord Sciences & Engineering Assessment WES - Women Engineers GA - Graduate Assistant OBE - Outcome Based Society YES - Youth GC - Governing Council Education Entrepreneurial society GEAS - GIK Environmental YPR – Yearly Progress Report & Awareness Society
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Message from the Rector
The Ghulam Ishaq Khan (GIK) Institute was founded 25 years ago the Provincial (NWFP) Government promulgated its ordinance in March 1993. Over the past 25 years, GIK has established itself as one of the leading institutions of higher learning and has consistently been ranked as the number one private-sector engineering university in Pakistan by the Higher Education Commission (HEC). The credit for this goes to the Institute’s Founding Fathers and all those who have succeeded them year after year. We are also grateful to our Board of Governors, for their support and advice in helping GIK stand out as a pioneering school of engineering and technology.
Growth in the enrollment of students at GIK has been consistent since 2000, and the year 2017-2018 was no exception. The rising number of students means the Institute must provide adequate infrastructure for its faculty, staff and students and maintain an appropriate student to teacher ratio, all while maintaining high standards of education and research. In 2017-18 construction of new academic and residential facilities were initiated to cater to the growing demand of the self-contained campus. The establishment of GIK’s Incubation Centre, the Catalyst, was also completed in 2018, adding value to the Institute as an innovation hub.
To impart quality education to our students, GIK has always recruited top academicians as course instructors – about 76 percent of our faculty members have degrees from highly reputable universities from across the world. The recruitment of accomplished professionals, however, is only one integral element that defines GIK’s reputation. Our management gives critical importance to ensuring programs of study is designed to encourage outcome based and lifelong learning. One recent example of GIK producing influential leaders is that of Mr. Usman Iftikhar, who was awarded the Commonwealth Young Person of the Year Award. The Institute continues to monitor the efficacy of its programs by making improvements to its Out-come Based Education (OBE) Assessment System.
The Institute has been collaborating with local and international universities, mainly from Turkey, China, South Africa and the USA, to expand the scope of research produced by the Institute, facilitate exchange programs and establish new lab facilities. Huawei established its “Huawei Authorized Information and Network Academy” (HAINA) on campus.
The GIK admissions process is entirely based on merit. Although a not-for-profit institution, the Institute grants scholarships or financial assistance to about one-third of its new intake, both from its resources and with the help of many philanthropists, partners, alumni, companies and Federal and Provincial governments - we are thankful to them all for their financial contributions. The Institute itself dedicated 76 million rupees for its undergraduate programs and 95 million rupees for its postgraduate programs in 2017-18.
I want to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of our outstanding faculty, and all the other employees, because of which the Institute has been able to sustain its exceptional reputation.
Engr. Jehangir Bashar
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Message from the Pro-Rector (Academics)
The pride and pleasure of my soul are vested in leading the academia of an institute that is the harbinger of novelty and excellence in the realm of engineering, sciences and technology. Offering an array of academic programs at the BS, MS and Ph.D. levels, the GIK Institute is committed to acquainting the new generation with the latest developments in various fields of science and technology. Our degree programs cherish parity with the best available around the globe, and our graduates stand second to none in terms of knowledge, competence, talent and employability.
Our time-tested and long-running system of the pedagogic process adds to the inviolability of our academics. The schedules are planned well in advance, and the calendar so-set is followed strictly. Ours is a terminal system of education, the magnificence of which has recently been embellished by the exquisiteness of OBE (Outcome Based Education) system. It has lifted our graduates to the new spheres of success as they will now be counted at par with those graduating from Washington Accord (WA) signatory countries, opening the gates of global mobility for graduates. The GIK Institute’s reputation as a center of excellence is more reflective of its teaching faculty as the Institute’s name and fame rest in the high standards set for the intake of faculty. I am proud of the faculty of the Institute for its outstanding track records in professionalism pertaining to teaching and research. Its reputation travels around the globe.
The student at GIK Institute remains the focus of all activities. The faculty members groom students as their wards. Being the only fully residential campus in Pakistan, we are available to them literally round the clock, which is why our students never let us down and their marvels shine wherever they stride. It is very heartening to note that many graduates of the Institute have already distinguished themselves in academics, research, business and management in addition to teaching in prestigious universities or heading technical organizations both nationally and internationally. The future of our generation is, thus, shaped here and the Institute fully rejoices this process of reformation.
On behalf of the faculty, and as the Pro-Rector, I pray to Allah that He may give us the strength to outline a road to success for those coming ahead effectively. Amen!
Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi, FInstP
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Message from the Pro-Rector (Admin and Finance)
It is a matter of great pleasure and privilege for me to present the salient features and vital information relating to administrative and financial affairs of the Institute administered by 6 Departments of Finance, Facilitation, Works, Projects and Maintenance, Security & Protocol and Human Resources under my supervision. Presently five departments are headed by the Directors while the Human Resources Department is under my direct control. The Departments endeavor to work in close coordination with faculties and interdepartmental functions providing proactive administrative, financial, security and logistic support to all the activities of the Institute.
Managing the human and other economic resources of the Institute within the overall ambit of financial discipline, procurement of supplies, improving and maintaining horticultural beauty of the campus, meeting the transport and security needs fall within their scope. In addition to six Departments, Medical Centre functions round the clock to take care of the health and medical requirements of the students, the faculty and the employees providing free medicines and free laboratory investigations. The GIK College is another important organ of the Institute mainly meeting the educational needs of the wards of the faculties and employees. I take pride in the role which Administration and Finance play in this Institute, striving for academic excellence, meeting the needs of the academic faculties, students and employees.
Ahsan Basir Sheikh
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About GIK Institute
The Ghulam Ishaq Khan (GIK) Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology is one of the most prestigious engineering institutes of Pakistan. The GIK Institute is known to the world as a trends and standard-setting institution of excellence in the field of engineering. Over the years, the Institute has produced brilliant and innovative graduates employed at some of the most reputable firms all over the world. The Institute aspires to be a centre of excellence in engineering sciences and technology, which can act as an active agent of change and a model for others to emulate. It is autonomous, independently chartered, and funded by the private sector. It strives to attract a faculty of outstanding talent and ability, and to provide the students with a supporting and enabling environment. It hopes to produce graduates who distinguish themselves by their professional competence, humane outlook, ethical rectitude, pragmatic approach, and organizational and managerial skills. Given these attributes, they should be able to respond adequately to the needs of Pakistan and play the role of the vanguard of their techno-industrial transformation.
Apart from its outstanding academic program, the GIK Institute is also known for the versatility and vibrancy of its extra-curricular potentials. All these activities are student-organized. At present, GIK Institute has more than 20 student societies. These societies provide students with various opportunities to remain fully involved in their aesthetic interests and undergo experiential learning in a professional environment. Moreover, these societies instil in their members the priceless qualities of teamwork and leadership.
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Genesis The genesis of the Institute can be traced back to the early 50's when Mr. Ghulam Ishaq Khan (late) became acutely aware of Pakistan's dependence on foreign expertise and imported technology. Out of his frequent interactions with the international and local experts emerged the idea that a centre of excellence in engineering sciences and production technology ought to be established in the country, a centre whose standards of education are comparable to those of its counterparts in the advanced countries. The transformation of this idea into a practical proposition took place in December 1985 when the Benevolent Community Care and Infaq Foundation donated Rs. 50 million for setting up an institute in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the promotion of science and technology.
A milestone in the evolution of the Institute was the registration of its parent body, namely, Society for the Promotion of Engineering Sciences and Technology (SOPREST), in June 1988. Mr. Ghulam Ishaq Khan (late), then the President of the country, was elected president of the Society for life and Mr. H. U. Beg was appointed its honorary Executive Director.
The task of conceiving and formulating the basic form and features of the Institute was entrusted to a group of eminent scientists and engineers. These professionals started the transformation of the dream into a reality at a galloping pace. The civil work at the campus site was started in early 1990. An interim office of the Institute was set up in August 1992 where senior professionals with outstanding backgrounds worked in a cohesive group to evolve the educational aims and philosophy of the Institute, its curricula, and details of state-of-the-art equipment for its laboratories and workshops. The Frontier Government promulgated the ordinance of the Institute in March 1993, and the first batch of students entered its portals in October 1993.
The Institute symbolizes the immense altruism and concern for collective welfare that exists in the private sector. It is the first privately-funded institute of its kind in the country and dedicated to bringing our engineering education at par with the advanced countries. The students' fees have to align with the high costs of education. However, what the students are charged constitutes hardly a fraction of the total cost incurred in running the Institute. It receives financial and other support from diverse sources, its main donors being the Infaq Foundation, Chiniot Anjuman-e- Islamia, Dawood Group of Industries, and the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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BOARD OF GOVERNORS
President Engr. Shams-ul-Mulk, HI, Ph.D. (Hon), D.Sc. (Hon), Former Chief Minister KPK, Former Chairman WAPDA
Founding Members
• Engr. Shah Nawaz Khan (former Chairman WAPDA & Federal Secretary) • Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad, NI, HI, SI (former Chairman, PAEC) • Engr. Salim Saifullah Khan (former Federal Minister & Senator) • Mr. M. Adil Khattak (CEO, Attock Refinery Ltd.) • Mr. Farid Rahman (former UN Civil Servant & Prov. Minister) • Mr. Osman Saifullah Khan (Senator) • Mr. Kh. Zaheer Ahmad (Special Assistant to PM & former Federal Secretary) • Mr. Yusuf H. Sherazi /Mr. Ali H. Shirazi (eminent industrialist) • Mr. Atif Rais Khan (CEO, LMKR) • Dr. Zaigham Habib (Senior Advisor, NDMA)
Other Members
• Mr. Abdul Razzaq Dawood (eminent businessman, former Federal Minister) • Mr. Shakil Durrani, Executive Director, SOPREST (former Chief Secretary & Chairman WAPDA) • Mr. Shah Faisal Afridi (eminent businessman)
• Chairman Higher Education Commission • Chairman Water & Power Development Authority • Secretary, Finance Division, Govt. of Pakistan • Chief Secretary, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa • Secretary Law, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Secretary Board of Governors • Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad Khan
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Executive Committee Academic Council Engr. Shams ul Mulk, President Members: Engr. Salim Saifullah Khan, Member Pro-Rector (Academic) - Chairman Dr. Ishfaq Ahmed Ahmad NI, HI, SI, Member Dean FES - Member Mr. M. Adil Khattak, Member Dean FCSE - Member Mr. Farid Rahman, Member Dean FEE - Member Dean FMCE - Member Kh. Zaheer Ahmad, Member Dean FME - Member Mr. Osman Saifullah Khan, Member HoD Dept. of Chemical Eng - Member Mr. Shakil Durrani, Executive Director, HoD Dept. of Management Sci - Member SOPREST, Member HoD Dept. of Civil Eng - Member Dr. Zaigham Habib, Member Executive Director, SOPREST, Member Co-Opted Members: The Secretary, Finance Division, Government FES: of Pakistan Prof. Dr. Ghulam Shabbir - Member Rector, GIK Institute, Member Dr. M. Zahir Iqbal - Member Mr. Irfan ul Haq, President GIK Alumni FEE: Association, Special Invitee Prof. Dr. Khasan Karimov - Member Dr. Adnan Noor - Member FCSE: Dr. Ghulam Abbas - Member Governing Council Dr. Ahmar Rashid - Member Members FME: Mr. Jehangir Bashar, Rector Prof. Dr. Mykola Bannikov - Member Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi, Pro-Rector Dr. Khalid Rehman - Member (Academic) FMCE: Dr. Yasir Faheem Joya - Member Mr. Ahsan Basir Sheikh, Pro-Rector (A&F) Dr. M. Imran Khan - Member Prof. Dr. Hassan Sayyad, Dean FES Department of Chemical Engineering: Prof. Dr. Nisar Ahmed, Dean FEE Dr. Khurram Imran Khan - Member Prof. Dr. Khalid J. Siddiqui, Dean FCSE Dr. M. Shozab Mehdi - Member Prof. Dr. Ashraf Ali, Dean FMCE Department of Management Sciences: Prof. Dr. S. M. Ahmed, Dean FME Dr. Noor Muhammad - Member Dr. Kashif Ullah Khan - Member Special Invitees: Department Civil Engineering: HoD, MGS Dr. Khawar Rehman - Member HoD, Chemical Engineering HoD, Civil Engineering Graduate Council Dean, Student Affairs Members Dean, Graduate Studies Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi, Pro-Rector (A), Director (ORIC) Convener Director (IT) Prof. Dr. M. Hassan Sayyad, Dean FES Director (Procurement) Prof. Dr. Nisar Ahmed, Dean, FEE Director (Facilitation) Prof. Dr. Khalid J Siddiqui, Dean, FCSE Director (Admissions and Exams.) Prof. Dr. Ashraf Ali, Dean, FMCE Director (Works/Maintenance) Prof. Dr. S. M. Ahmad, Dean, FME Director (Security & Protocol) Prof. Dr. Javaid Rabbani Khan, HoD, Chemical Engineering Prof. Dr. Ghulam Shabbir, Dean Graduate Studies Prof. Dr. Sirajul Haq, Dean Student Affairs Dr. Muhammad Sabir, HoD, MGS
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Faculties / Departments
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FME) Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE) Faculty of Computer Science & Engineering (FCSE) Faculty of Material & Chemical Engineering (FMCE) • Department of Chemical Engineering (DChE) • Department of Materials Science & Engineering (DMsE) Faculty of Engineering Sciences (FES) Department of Civil Engineering (DCvE) Department of Management Sciences (DMgS)
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Deans/HoDs
reduction for linear parameter Dr. Khalid J. Siddiqui varying systems. Robust control Dean &Professor system design for multivariable Faculty of Computer Science & systems Engineering Email: [email protected] Professor S. M. Ahmad Qualifications: Ph.D. (Computer Science), Concordia Dean & Professor (HEC approved University, Montreal, Canada, 1994 supervisor) Research Interests: Pattern Recognition, Non-destructive Faculty of Mechanical Engineering testing, Biomedical engineering, Chemometrics, Email: [email protected] Image/signal processing; Knowledge Based & Decision Qualifications: PhD, CEng, MIMechE Systems Research Interests: Mathematical Modeling and Control Systems Engineering of Dynamical Systems. Systems of research interest are unmanned air and underwater Prof. Dr. Muhammad Hassan vehicles, active magnetic bearings, rotor dynamics, FEM Sayyad and robotics. Dean& Professor Faculty of Engineering Sciences Email: [email protected] Qualifications: Ph.D. (1994), Dr. Muhammad Sabir Applied Physics, Dublin City HOD - HEC Approved University, Ireland. Supervisor Research Interests: Fourth- & third-generation solar cells, Department of Management organic electronic & photonic Sciences& Humanities devices, computational modeling of electronic and photonic Email: [email protected] devices Qualifications: PhD (Vrije University Amsterdam, The Netherlands), MAS (Applied
Economics Research Centre, Karachi University), MA Prof. Dr. Ashraf Ali (University of Peshawar) Dean &Professor (HEC Approved Research Interests: Microeconomics, Microeconometrics, PhD Supervisor) Applied Econometrics, Transport Economics Faculty of Materials and Chemical Engineering Email: [email protected] Qualifications: Ph. D. in Materials Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Science and Metallurgy from Tanoli University of Cambridge, HOD - Professor Cambridge, U.K., 1991. Department of Civil Research Interests: Research in Nanomaterials, Engineering Biomaterials, Failure Analysis, Magnetic Materials, Email: [email protected] Metallurgy, Superalloy, Advanced Coatings Qualifications: PhD Civil/Environmental Engineering Research Interests: Durability of Concrete, Construction Materials, Solid Waste Prof. Dr. Nisar Ahmed Management, Industrial Ecology, Sustainable Development Dean &Professor Faculty of Electronic Engineering Email: [email protected] Qualifications: • Ph.D. (Control Engineering) 1999, University of London, Imperial College, London, UK. • B.Sc. (Engg) 1989, UCET Mirpur A.K. Research Interests: Krylov subspace methods for model reduction of large-scale systems. Control and model
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CHAPTER 1: Academic Accomplishments
1.1National and International Collaboration
1.1.1 National Collaborations MoUs signed with various national collaborating partners by GIK Institute are given as follows: S. No. Collaborating Partner
ARDIC-HIT, Discussion on stabilized platform problem (Prof. SM 1. Ahmad/Mr. Yasir M. Khan) 2. Department of Chemistry AWKUM Mardan 3. Department of Physics, University of the Punjab Design and Fabrication of Linear Oscillating Actuator (Collaboration 4. with COMSATS/Exchange student working in FME) Dr. Adnan Hassan 5. Ihsan Trust, Pakistan 6. Institute of Chemical Sciences University of Peshawar National University of Science & Technology (Prof. Dr. Shahid 7. Ikram Ullah Butt)
8. Squeaks Foundation, Pakistan University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila (Associate Prof. 9. Wasim Ahmad)
University of Gujrat, Mock Visit for PEC Accreditation of Chemical 10. Engineering Program 11. WAPDA
1.1.2 International Collaborations MoUs signed with various International collaborating partners by GIK Institute are given below: S.No. Collaborating Partner
1. Aksaray University, Turkey 2. Bozok University, Turkey 3. Cyprus International University (CIU), Turkey 4. Erasmus+ Protocol with Izmir University of Economics, Turkey 5. Gaziantep University, Turkey 6. Huwawei Technologies (Pakistan) Pvt. Ltd (HAINA program) 7. Iskenderun Technical University, Turkey 8. Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey 9. Kirikkale University, Turkey 10. Korean Varsity sign MoU to Conduct Joint Research 11. Kumoh Institute of Science and Technology (KIT), South Korea 12. Kyungpook National University (KNU), Republic of Korea 13. Letter of Collaboration with Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China 14. Mus Alparslan University, Turkey 15. Prof. Cheol-Woo Park, Bio experimental fluid engineering lab, Kyungpook National University, South Korea 16. Research collaboration with Isotherm Inc. USA
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17. Squeaks Foundation, United Kingdom 18. Universita’ Politecnica Delle Marche, Italy 19. Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia 20. University of Missouri, Kansas City (UMKC), USA
1.1.3 GIK Institute signed MoU with Squeaks foundation, UK to provide scholarships to needy girls of KP
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology and Squeaks Foundation UK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide scholarships to many needy female students belonging to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The scholarship is for four years undergraduate program, and only those students would be entitled who qualify the GIK Institute entry test but due to financial constraints could not pay the fee to acquire higher education.
The Squeaks Foundation is a United Kingdom-based Charity organization which provides scholarships in medical and engineering to female students of KP, who do not have the financial resources to afford expenditures of university education, however, demonstrated high academic capability, intellectual curiosity and passion for learning. During this visit, Ms. Ana Castro, founder trustee of the Foundation expressed confidence that the number of scholarships and interaction with GIK Institute will increase in future. About 30 percent of students of the GIK Institute are recipients of some kind of financial support for their studies. About 12 percent of GIK Institute revenue is distributed amongst the needy students under the financial assistance program.
1.1.4 GIK and Nanjing Tech University Exchange Views to Enhance Collaboration:
Academia of Nanjing Tech University (NTU), People’s Republic of China and Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology exchanged views to expand collaboration and launch joint research projects. Three Chinese Professors, Prof. Dr. Chen Zhikuan and Prof. Dr. Gao Deqing from NTU and Prof. Dr. Meng Hong from Peking University, paid two days visit to GIK Institute.
GIK Institute and NTU are already working on a joint research project, Graphene Composite Solid State Electrolyte for Lithium Battery, which is funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Pakistan Science Foundation. Prof. Dr. Khasan S. Karimov has made a tremendous
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contribution towards the initiation of this project. The academics of two universities agreed to continue interaction to strengthen their collaboration to achieve tangible results. The Chinese academic staff also visited various faculties, interacted with academia and students.
1.2 Establishment of Research Facilities at Institute
• Nano-indentation lab and Nanotechnology Research Laboratory were established. • High current electrochemical analysis facility for research in the energy storage device was established. • Nano- and Bio-materials Lab was established at FMCE. • Nine (09) state-of-the-art laboratories in the department of Civil Engineering were established. • Dr. Shahid Alam and Prof. Amin, secured funding under NRPU call 2017-18 to establish high voltage insulation research facilities and modern insulation. • Dr. Adnan Noor, Dr. Abab Abdur Rahim and Dr. Husnul Maab, established a research group entitled “Microwave and Photonics Research Group.” • Dr. G. Hussain established a facility for "Incremental Forming" at FME. • Vibration, Dynamics and Control Lab was established.
1.3 Foreign Delegations • Mr. Naoki Yoshimura, First Secretary (Political Affairs) Embassy of Japan visited GIK Institute, Department of Management Sciences on Monday 7th May 2018. The purpose of his visit was to have a meeting with GIK management to discuss the general security issues of GIK Institute and Topi area.
• Prof. Bettina Robotka, Retired Prof of History and Philosophy, Humboldt University, Germany, visited GIK Institute, Department of Management Sciences on 13th November 2018.
1.4 Campus Management System The Campus Management System (CMS) comprises the following modules:
• Online Admission System • Student Information System • Student Fee Management System • Library Information Management System • Human Resource Management System • Inventory Management System • Accounts Information Management System • File Tracking System (FTS)
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1.5 Undergraduate and Graduate Programs
The Institute offers Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D. degrees in multiple Engineering and Non-Engineering disciplines. The list of various areas of specialization offered in the respective faculties includes:
S/No. Discipline Degree BS MS PhD 1 Computer Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Computer Science & Engineering Engineering Computer Science Computer Science Computer Science 2 Electrical Engineering Electronic Engineering Electronic Engineering Electrical Engineering (Electronics) Electrical Engineering - - (Power) 3 Engineering Sciences Engineering Sciences (Applied Mathematics) (Applied Mathematics) Engineering Sciences Engineering Sciences (Applied Physics) (Applied Physics)
Engineering Sciences Engineering Sciences Engineering Sciences Engineering Sciences (Digital Systems and (Digital Systems and Photonics Engineering) Photonics Engineering)
4 Materials Engineering Materials Engineering Materials Science and (Manufacturing) Materials Engineering Engineering Materials Engineering Nanotechnology and (Nanotechnology) Materials Engineering 5 Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering 6 Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering 7 Energy Systems Engineering - Management Sciences Management Sciences Engineering Management -
1.6 Progress in enrollment
GIK has been progressing continuously to attract a high number of students every year. A representation of growth in enrollment is given below:
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1.7 Program wise Admissions Statistics
1.8 Graduates of GIK Institute
The detail of faculty-wise graduates (2018) is as follows:
S.# Faculty BS MS PhD Total
1. CE/CSE 38 11 - 49 2. DCME 39 - - 39 3. CSC 23 - - 23 4. EE 60 9 - 69 5. ES 45 12 3 60 6. ME 95 11 1 107 7. MGS 5 - - 5 8. MSE 36 2 - 38 9. Inter Faculty - 8 - 8 Total 341 53 4 398
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In each faculty of the Institute, a Gold Medal is awarded to the graduate who attains the highest academic score (CGPA) amongst all the Bachelor graduates of the respective faculty. The medal recipients in various BS degree programs at the Twenty-First Convocation held on May 25, 2018, are as follow:
Sr. Recipient Name Faculty No 1 Noyan Ahmed Siddiqui Faculty of Computer Engineering
2 Ahmed Sabih Faculty of Chemical Engineering
3 Syed Saadat Hussain Rizvi Faculty of Computer Science 4 Syed Ashhab Ur Rahman Iqbal Faculty of Electrical Engineering Ahmed 5 Syed Sibtul Hassan Sherazi Faculty of Engineering Sciences
6 Mohammad Zainullah Khan Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
7 Talal Bin Saad Faculty of Management Sciences
8 Abdul Hussain Faculty of Materials Engineering
The Institute also offers two Gold Medals to the students with outstanding performance in the BS Degree. The Ghulam Ishaq Khan Gold Medal is awarded for the best academic achievement amongst all the graduates of the Institute. The Quaid-e-Azam Gold Medal is awarded for the best overall performance amongst all the graduates of the Institute. The medal recipients for the Twenty-First Convocation are given in the following table:
Sr. Name Faculty Medal No 1 Syed Ashhab Ur Rahman Iqbal EE Ghulam Ishaq Khan Gold Medal Ahmed 2 Rayyan Zahid DChE Quaid-e-Azam Gold Medal
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Besides, the Institute has launched two gold medals for outstanding performance in Graduate Program, one each for MS in Engineering Programs and MS in Sciences Programs. The medals recipients for the Twenty-First Convocation are given below:
Sr. No Name Faculty Medal
1 Muhammad Haris CSE Graduate Gold Medal Engineering Programs 2 Ghulam Hussain ES Graduate Gold Medal Sciences Programs
1.9 Inbound/Outbound Exchange Agreements
Organization/Agency Name of International In/outbound with whom Collaboration Country Collaboration/Exchange /Exchange Program held Program/Project
DST-NRF of Excellence in In/Outbound University of South Africa Mathematical & Statistical Witwatersrand Sciences.
Mevlana Exchange Programme In/Outbound Sakarya University Turkey
Mevlana Exchange Programme In/Outbound Sinop University Turkey
Mevlana Exchange Programme In/Outbound Karabuk University Turkey
Erasmus+ Programme In/Outbound Izmir University of Turkey Economics
Mevlana Exchange Programme In/Outbound Celal Bayar University Turkey Project on Entrepreneurship and Marketing Outbound AIESEC Mauritius Mauritius
The United States of Global UGRAD-Pakistan Outbound USEFP (Pakistan), IREX America (USA) The United States of USAID Program Outbound Stony Brook University, America USA The United Kingdom Academic Partnerships In/Outbound Bournemouth University, UK Inter-Institutional Exchange and The University of The United States of Cooperation In/Outbound Missouri-Kansas City, America USA Kumoh National Institute Academic Cooperation In/Outbound of Technology, Korea Korea Mevlana Exchange Programme In/Outbound Ondokuz Mayıs Turkey Protocol Üniversitesi,
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Mevlana Exchange Programme In/Outbound Mugla Sitki Koçman Turkey Protocol University Mevlana Exchange Protoco In/Outbound Mus Alparslan University Turkey Turkey (signed on 15th September 2017) Mevlana Exchange Protoco In/Outbound Karadeniz Technical Turkey University Turkey (signed on 30th November 2017)
1.10 Students Achievements
1. Team Invictus secured a position in IDBF '2018 held in Kansas, USA
Team Invictus from the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute, Pakistan, participated in the International Design Build Fly Competition (iDBFC) 2018, an aeronautics-based event, held in Kansas, USA, and secured 3rd position in the Asia Pacific region, representing the best universities across the globe.
For the past several years, GIK Institute has been participating in the iDBFC with remarkable success, surpassing teams from Stanford, MIT and UC Berkeley. The team was made up of undergraduate students from different faculties, all representing some of the best talents the Institute has produced. Each year, the competition level has gotten harder; however, the team has risen along to overcome all obstacles, with the full support of the Institute at its back, urging to uphold its legacy of instilling all the necessary technical and non-technical skills within its student body.
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Several times, Team Invictus has been the only aeronautics team from Pakistan qualifying for the flight missions held in the US. The entire team's technical as well as non-technical skill ensures that they can present the best possible RC plane at the competition, collectively representing hundreds of hours of work. At the competition site, the team's work was appreciated by several leading technical experts, with
the aircraft clearing all technical inspections. Further-more, the aircraft gave a reliable performance for all flight missions, prompting a positive response from the competition officials, fulfilling GIK Institute's historic mission of producing competent graduates fit to represent Pakistan at the global stage in this modern era of innovation and competition.
With the rising difficulty level of the competition, Team Invictus has always ensured to remain on top with continued efforts towards designing the best possible UAV each year, in line with the firm ideas of leadership and ingenuity embedded in the students of GIK Institute, while raising the flag of Pakistan high.
2. Student Fatima Waheed won a place at the finals of the female engineers' MOL program in Budapest, Hungary A student from the Faculty of Materials Science, Fatima Waheed, was selected after a rigorous selection process as the finalist from Pakistan to attend the Female Engineers MOL Program (FEMP) in Budapest, Hungary. The program’s purpose is to strengthen the culture of equal opportunity between the genders by supporting an environment that allows the global workforce to contribute ideas to achieve results without boundaries. The program empowered female engineers from Croatia, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Pakistan, Russia and Slovakia to apply, out of which 12 finalists were shortlisted.
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3. Adeel Shafi in Forbes 30 under 30
Adeel Shafi, a graduate of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, has been listed in the Forbes ‘30 Under 30’. Adeel graduated from the Faculty of Computer Systems Engineering in 2010. During his study, he was an active member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Netronix and Society for the Promotion of Higher Education in Pakistan (SOPHEP). He was well- known among the student community due to his entrepreneurial spirit.
In the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia for 2018, he was featured in the e-Commerce and Retail category for his contributions at PriceOye, a shopping intelligence startup that changes the way Pakistanis buy and sell products and services online. eCommerce is growing at high speed in Pakistan. The market is worth approximately $1bn today and is predicted by eCommerce experts to grow to $1.5bn by 2020. PriceOye.pk helps online consumers make better buying decisions. It compares both prices and customer experiences from trusted online stores, facilitating the discovery of lowest prices, fastest delivery times, and compatible payment methods. Displaying all relevant information required by consumers they would no longer need to visit several online stores to make up their mind. Starting with the most popular eCommerce category, i.e., mobile phones from brands like Apple, Samsung and Huawei, PriceOye.pk will be expanding to cover all products and services sold online.
4. Students participated in 'Future We Want Model United Nations’ conference at New York
Five students of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology participated in 'Future We Want Model United Nations’ conference. They were selected through the rigorous process to represent Pakistan and GIK Institute in the conference in which 2500 students and young professionals from all over the world participated. The UN Department of Public Information organized the conference.
The students also met with the Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Maleeha Lodhi at the UN headquarters, New York, United States. The conference was aimed to promote the ideals and principles of the UN among the youth, university students, in particular, providing a platform to the educated adults to discuss various global issues that are handled by the UN. The World Body also wanted to develop the skills, capacities and capabilities of the students for them to be able to play their role in the society as mature and responsible individuals.
The students who participated in the conference were:
1. Muhammad Saad Awan and Mufakhar Raza of Faculty of Computer Science; 2. Haseeb Ahmed, Sakhi Mansoor and Uzair Bin Tariq of Faculty of Computer Engineering.
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These young professionals represented the delegation of Pakistan in different UN committees and played a vital role in drafting the resolutions which were handed over to the United Nations Secretariat. Moreover, Pakistan Ambassador to the UN also recognized their achievements and role
in the conference. Dr. Maleeha Lodhi invited them to her office in the UN and lauded their efforts in highlighting the soft image of Pakistan. Soon after the meeting, Dr. Maleeha Lodhi tweeted: “Delighted to meet a youth delegation from GIK Institute in Pakistan, here for model UN program - Haseeb Ahmed, Mufakhar Raza, Uzair Bin Tariq and Saad Awan.”
5. Six GIK Institute students visited US under cultural exchange program
Six students of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology have proceeded to the United States under the international Cultural Exchange Program of the US Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP). The students are part of 200 students selected under the program from Pakistan. They would study in the American universities for one semester and will come back to GIK Institute in June 2018.
The students are, Ali Jawad of Faculty of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Alamgir Jahangir Khan, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Muhammad Aon, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Humza Ahmed Abbasi, Muhammad Shahnoor Azhar and Qazi Jahangeer Arif Ali of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Jawad will study at the University of Maine, Mr. Alamgir at Old Dominion University, Mr. Aon at Boise State University, Idaho, Mr. Abbasi at Saint Martin’s University, Mr. Azhar at Valparaiso University and Mr. Arif Ali at the University of Toledo.
They will represent GIK Institute at the “Global Undergraduate Program-UGRAD,” founded by the US Educational Foundation in Pakistan. The program will provide them with an opportunity to learn amongst a pool of competent students who have been selected from across the world. Apart from helping to build their skills, the program will enable them to acquire and dissipate contemporary education taught in the US and Pakistan by conducting mandatory workshops/sessions after completion of the program.
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6. Afifa Rahman, president SPIE-OSA GIK Institute Chapter received $ 2550 travel grant to attend Leadership Workshop in USA
Afifa Rahman, President of SPIE GIK Student Chapter, has been awarded an amount of $2550 as a travel grant to attend the Photonics West Student Chapter Leadership Workshop in the USA. Organized by Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), the workshop was held in San Francisco, California, USA from January 27 to February 1, 2018.
SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics. Selected scholars and students of the related fields participate every year from all over the world in the leadership workshop. Photonics West is the world's largest photonics technologies event, comprising of three conferences and two world-class exhibitions. The grant covered all travel expenses, food and lodging expenses; costs associated with visa processing and fee for additional short courses at Photonics West. The package also included a full waiver of the student registration fee (valued at $360).
7. GIK graduate student attended Teknik University, Turkey
Mr. Hussain Mehmood Sargana a graduate from the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering (FCSE), GIK, returned after successfully completing his research at the Iskenderun Teknik University, Turkey, under a student/faculty exchange program. Mr. Sargana is the first MS student from FCSE selected for the research exchange by Mevlana Exchange program that the Turkish government offers. There, he worked with Dr. Yakup Kutlu and Dr. Yasar to cluster large graphs using the pseudo-guided random walk. At GIK Institute, Mr. Hussain Mehmood Sargana has conducted his research under the umbrella of The Machine Intelligence Research Group-MInG (https://www.minrg.org/).
8. FYP: Multi-functional Aqua Drone, supervised by Dr. Amin and Dr. Shahid Alam
A project related to “Multi-functional Aqua Drone” was completed successfully by students Salahudin Ayubi, Saqibullah Khan, Syed Osama Shah and Wajahat Ahmad of batch-24 in the calendar year 2017- 18. A project proposal was submitted to DOST-KP, which was accepted, and an amount of PKR 130,000 was granted.
9. Computer Science & Engineering final year students joined KIT, Korea under the student exchange program
Two final year students of Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering (FCSE), Noyan Ahmed Siddiqui and Mohammad Urwah, departed for Kumoh National Institute of Technology (KIT), Korea. The students were enrolled for the Fall semester
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at KIT, starting on August 28, 2017, and finishing on February 28, 2018. The students were accepted for the student exchange program between GIK Institute and Kumoh National Institute of Technology (KIT), Korea, under a bilateral agreement. As exchange students, they will enjoy a full tuition fee waiver from KIT. In addition to that, Noyan Ahmed Siddiqui has also won the prestigious GKS Exchange student’s scholarship offered by the NIIED (National Institute for International Education), S. Korea. Under this scholarship, Noyan received a monthly stipend of 500,000 Korean Won, in addition to the return ticket from S. Korea.
KIT is a national research and business development (R&BD) university in the Republic of Korea (South Korea), located in Gumi, Gyeongbuk, South Korea. KIT is presently the only national university for engineering in Korea.
10. Students Won RB’s League of Game Changers
A group of 3rd-year students from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences won the competition of the esteemed Reckitt Benckiser (RB) multinational company titled “League of Game Changers.” Over 650 teams from across Pakistan’s top universities (including LUMS, NUST, IBA, etc.) participated in this competition and the team hailing from GIK Institute, named “GIKI Vanguard,” won it convincingly at the end. The winning team received a fully funded trip to Dubai. This is the second consecutive year in which students from GIK won the League of Game Changers, giving a testament to the unwavering ideology of GIK Institute imparting all the entrepreneurial and managerial skills. GIK Institute prepares them to excel in the global world, along with the technical progress needed to ensure they play their role in advancing modern technology to new bounds. The team consisted of:
• Shahrukh Farid Dhaduk • Syed Murtaza Ali • Raja Shahroz
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11. Usman Iftikhar gets Commonwealth Young Person of the Year Award
Usman Iftikhar, a graduate of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology won the Commonwealth Young Person of the Year Award, the Commonwealth’s highest honor for young achievers. At present, Mr. Usman lives in Australia and pursuing his Ph.D.at the University of Wollongong (UOW). Iftikhar was a delegate at the Commonwealth Youth Forum, a part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which was held in London, April 16th - 20th 2018.
Usman graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in 2010. He is the co-founder of Catalyst, a business incubator, which helps the migrants and refugees to develop their own business plans to earn their livelihood with dignity and honor, and to earn money using the skills they already have. Eighteen months after launching the program, he was awarded the Commonwealth’s highest honor for young achievers. He was presented with the prize by Prince Harry at London’s QE2 Centre.
Dozens of budding entrepreneurs - or 'migranpreneurs' have gone through the program. The program has been running for only 18 months and helped 66 people. They range from an Egyptian food truck to someone who is trying to print 3D diamonds. The 27-year-old said many people newly settled in Australia hadn't considered starting their own business. A lot of migrants and refugees who come to Australia can’t get into employment for various reasons, including cultural and language barriers. We help them to seek an alternative solution to employment which is entrepreneurship.
1.11 SHORT VISITS
1. Batch 28, Department of Management Sciences Industrial Visit to National Incubation Centre (NIC), Islamabad.
The students of the Department officially visited NIC Islamabad on 3rd October 2018 in the presence of Dr. Umar Farooq, Assistant Professor; Mr. Waqas Rehman, Research Associate; and Mr. Amir Sajjad, Research Officer, where they were briefed on the structure of NIC in addition to offering them a comprehensive tour of the Center. The host team welcomed students and staff members from GIK and briefed them on corporate culture. The NIC also arranged a Q&A session among students, co-founders and aspiring trainees. The session aided to guide and support young entrepreneurs from GIK Institute in
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developing their skills and competencies that are related to entrepreneurship. The visit eventually expected to help students create their business ideas and set up their own company.
Visit to National Incubation Centre had the following characteristic benefits:
1. It gave the students an insight into national and international employment opportunities. 2. It educated the students on collaboration between industry and academia. 3. It apprised the students on how the NIC cluster provides start-ups with open concept office space, with all of the necessary office supplies to get their business up and running. 4. It also advised the students on NIC’s role in helping young entrepreneurs find funding opportunities from various outlets. Also, the students learnt how the NIC facilitated incubators in meeting potential private investors from the business community. 5. The visit enabled students to focus on core business product while managing their time and energy on creating, evolving and testing their products. 6. Students learnt how to productively tap into a strong network of business partners and individuals. 7. Students learnt about the personal experiences of successful entrepreneurs at the NIC.
2. Short visit to Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP)
Dr. Kahisfullah Khan and Mr. Waqas Rehman visited Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Islamabad with management sciences students on 6th Dec 2017. The industrial trip proved to be insightful and increased their classroom knowledge of financial maintenance (management) and investment management concerning to contextualize similar investment paradigms and techniques to that of a Pakistani context. After the trip students felt that their new-found knowledge of financial investment and savings techniques would serve them well with regards to evaluating and assessing the viabilities of different investment opportunities; therefore, aiding them not only as an academic achievement but a professional one as well.
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3.Turkish Professors Dr. Necla Cakmak, Dr. Mesut Karakoc and Dr. Haris Ðapo visited Computational Physics Modeling & Simulation (CPMS) Lab, FES, GIK Institute for three weeks
Three Turkish Professors Dr. Necla Cakmak, Dr. Mesut Karakoc and Dr. Haris Ðapo visited Computational Physics Modeling & Simulation (CPMS) Lab, FES. Dr. Necla Cakmak (PI from Turkey side) is visiting GIK Institute as part of Pak-Turk Researchers' Mobility Grant Program in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi (PI from Pakistan side). Dr. Haris and Dr. Mesut also visited GIK regarding a PSF-TUBITAK joint research project. Dr. Haris is the PI from Turkey side, and Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi is the PI from Pakistan side. Dr. Necla visited the CPMS Lab for three weeks (5 – 26 May 2018) whereas Dr. Haris and Dr. Mesut visited for one week (5 – 12, May 2018). The Turkish professors also attended the “First International Pak-Turk Workshop on Emerging Technologies in the Field of Sciences & Engineering” at GIK Institute as invited speakers. During their stay, the Turkish Physicists discussed research problems with graduate students.
4.Mr. Zhao Lijian, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of P.R. China visits GIK Institute:
Mr.Zhao Lijian, Deputy Chief of Mission at Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, Islamabad, visited GIK Institute. He distributed certificates to the students who completed their training at Huawei Authorized Information, and Network Academy (HAINA) established at GIK Institute. The ceremony was attended by Engr. Shams-Ul-Mulk, President of Society for the Promotion of Engineering Sciences and Technology in Pakistan (SOPREST), Mr. Shakil Durrani, Executive Director SOPREST, Engr. Jehangir Bashar, Rector, GIK Institute, Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi, Pro-Rector (Academic), Mr. Ahsan Basir Sheikh, Pro-Rector (Admin & Finance), faculty members and students of GIK Institute.
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With the establishment of HAINA, Huawei, a Chinese Company, and GIK Institute have agreed to work together to develop a cooperative working relationship and bridge the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) knowledge and skills gap. Through the HAINA certification program, Huawei and GIK Institute will cooperate to support the regional ICT education, share knowledge, create more opportunities, and build a better ICT talent eco-system. The collaboration will offer the students of GIK and other institutions a greater opportunity to learn the latest industry trends and technologies and become Huawei certified in support of their subsequent careers in the ICT industry. Mr. Zhao awarded certificates to those students who completed the training at the GIK Institute.
5. A delegation of Command and Staff College, Quetta visited GIK
A delegation from Command and Staff College, Quetta visited Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology. They lauded the marvelous facilities provided to the students, acquiring contemporary education in different disciplines of engineering education and Management Sciences. The delegation met with Engr. Jehangir Bashar, Rector GIK Institute, Mr. Ahsan Basir Sheikh, Pro-Rector (Admin and Finance), Deans, Heads of Departments (HoDs), faculty members and students. They exchanged views with the Rector about the facilities, various disciplines of engineering education and Management Sciences offered to students by the Institute. They took great interest in knowing the admission process. They visited different faculties, Central Library, Sports Complex, modern laboratories and other facilities.
The guests were told about national and international achievements of the Institute in a short period, undergraduate and postgraduate programs, state-of-the- art research facilities, Research and Development programs, etc. They were also apprised about the collaboration with a number of world-leading universities and student exchange programs. They appreciated GIK Institute for making substantial strides in higher education and research since its establishment in 1993. They were impressed to see the world- class teaching and research infrastructure.
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CHAPTER 2: Faculty Accomplishments/Research and Development
2.1 Faculty Achievements
1. GIK Faculty received HEC Best University Teacher Awards
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan conferred the Best University Teacher Award (BUTA) upon 64 faculty members from across Pakistan on 21st February 2018. The award was based on the faculty members’ performance for the year 2016. From the GIK Institute, Dr. Zahid Halim received this award for his overall performance, which is the highest national university teaching award given annually to only one faculty member per each degree awarding institution in Pakistan. The HEC selects the awardees from universities across the country based on their performance and after assessing a merit-based evaluation and nomination criteria.
2. Dr. Muhammad Zahir Iqbal publishes record research papers in two years
Dr. Muhammad Zahir Iqbal, Assistant Professor at Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology has published 13 research articles in 2017 with an impact factor of 45.5. In the current year, he has published 7 research articles with an impact factor of 29.9.
He is recently involved in multidisciplinary research, which includes two- dimensional (2D) materials based hetero-structures for solar photovoltaics, fuel cells, quantum electronics, spintronics, optoelectronics, bio/chemical sensing devices etc. Dr. Iqbal is the recipient of National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) Research grant from HEC, Project No. MS5544/KPK/NRPU/R&D/HEC/2016 in the amount of 8.32 Million as the Principal Investigator (PI). Based on his recent research contributions and the activities, International Solar Energy Society (ISES), Germany has awarded him honorary membership.
3. FEE Faculty members granted Start-up research grant worth PKR 0.39 Million
Faculty of Electrical Engineering faculty members Dr. Hadeed Ahmed Sher (PI) and Prof. Dr. Muhammad Akbar (Co-PI) have been granted startup research grant program worth PKR 0.39 million.
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The title of the project is "Development of efficient photovoltaic maximum power point tracking system for rural areas of KP."
Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) is used to extract maximum power from a PV panel under a given environmental condition. Researchers across the globe are working on development of novel MPPT methods to enhance the output. In this research, a test bench will be designed for performance evaluation of the MPPT system. The test bench will include the PV array; Microcontroller/FPGA based control chips, data acquisition system along with a power electronics-based DC-DC converter to interface the system with the load.
The KP region is rich in sunlight and receives ample amount of sunlight per annum. The designed system will be used to teach students about the functionality of a solar PV system that will help in boosting the utilization of PV system. The researchers expect to contribute both scientifically and technically with the above project in our academic pursuits. The expected efficient all-weather MPPT algorithms will increase the energy output of PV modules that will contribute to the socioeconomic betterment of the society. The duration of this project is one year.
4. Dr. Muhammad Sabir, HoD, Management Sciences Department, along with Dr. Yousaf Ali and Dr. Noor Muhammad successfully published following Book Chapters:
• Muhammad, N with Sabir M., Ali, Y. (2017), Acceleration Economic Growth and Development in FATA through Transport and Communication Infrastructure: A Way forward (Book Chapter, Forthcoming Oxford University Press). • Sabir M., with Ali, Y. and Muhammad N. (2018), Accelerating Economic Growth and Development in FATA through Transport and Communication Infrastructure: A Way forward (Book Chapter, Forthcoming) (Oxford Press). • Sabir, M., with Akhtar, S. and Ayaz, S. (2018) Assessing the Potential for Food Self-Sufficiency on Fragmented Farms in FATA (Book Chapter, Forthcoming) (Oxford Press).
5. Ms. Sabeen Hayat, Research Associate, DMgS won the award of short-term Ph.D. fellowship under International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP) for University of Chicago, USA.
6. PCST has ranked Dr G Hussain as top 6th young scientist in Engineering Category
Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST) ranks scientists of Pakistan working in various disciplines in universities every year. In the year 2017, 260 scientists had applied in “Engineering Category,” and Dr. Ghulam Hussain, who is a faculty member in Mechanical Engineering, has been ranked as the top 6th scientist in engineering field. He is actively involved in conducting research with international universities and got honorary positions of “Visiting Scholar” at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (People’s Republic of China), and “Research Member” of King Abdul- Aziz University (Saudi Arabia). He has been acknowledged as a Successful Researcher by an American organization “WHO IS WHO”. He is also the guest editor of “International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture (Elsevier)”.
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7. Prof. Ghulam Shabbir, Prof. Jameel-Un Nabi and Prof. Hassan Sayyad received top 3 positions in PSP
GIK Institute has shown excellent performance in the Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST) Directory of Productive Scientists of Pakistan (PSP) 2017. The directory published yearly by the PCST indexing statistics based on the individual’s articles published in his/her entire career in ISI- indexed impact factor journals and some additional criterion.
The evaluation is done based on the criteria, which has been developed and approved by a high-level committee in 2017. This year Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi (9.77), Prof. Dr. Hassan Sayyad (8.57) and Prof. Dr. Ghulam Shabbir (7.87) received the top three positions.
8. Dr, Noor Muhammad’s Presentation at the 15th International Conference ACERE Brisbane, Australia:
Dr Noor Muhammad has attended and presented his research paper titled, “Benchmarking practices of women entrepreneurs operate home- based small businesses in rural areas: Pakistan a case in point,” in the 15th International Conference, Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange (ACERE), Brisbane Australia, from 6 – 9 February 2018 by representing the Department of Management Sciences, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology. He also discussed possible research collaboration with other well-known universities in Australia to avail their expertise for our new MBA program.
9. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi, Member of the Scientific Committee of Sixth Bozok Science Workshop BSW2017, August 23-25, 2017, Bozok, Turkey. 10. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi, Member of the Organizing Committee TESNAT 2018,4th International Conference on Theoretical and Experimental Studies in Nuclear Applications and Technology, 20- 22 April 2018, Antalya, Turkey. 11. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi, Chair Steering Committee and Convener of the First International Pak- Turk Workshop on Emerging Technologies in the Field of Sciences & Engineering, 9th May 2018, GIK Institute Pakistan. 12. Dr. Adnan Noor: Preparation of graduate entry test for fall 2017, spring 2018, fall 2018 and spring 2019. 13. Dr. Muhammad Sabir and Dr. Cedric Aimal Edwin won the Cash Prizes under the Employee’s Incentive Scheme of the GIK Institute for the year 2017. 14. Dr. Adnan: Proposal for new course "Programming Techniques for Electrical Engineers.
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15. Dr. Adnan Noor: Development of explicit course contents for course EE314 "Instrumentation and Measurements.” 16. Prof. Dr. Khasan Karimov was awarded 10,000 USD by Jedda University.
2.2 R&D - An Overview
Research is elemental to the strength of GIK Institute and plays a significant role in helping us accomplish our mission. Our faculty earned exceptional recognition in research, joint international collaboration and provision of technological expertise for the benefit of our country, nation and the industry. In terms of quality, our research facilities bear comparison with the best available anywhere in the world, and the industry highly regards our graduates.
2.3 Research Projects Faculty at GIK Institute has won grants and funding for Research Projects. The details of the sponsorships and grants received during 2017-18 are given in the Table below:
S.No. Title of the project Sponsored by Principal Amount Investigator 1. Design & development of Super Duplex Stainless Steel Cast PKR 0.316 SRGP/HEC Dr. Rashid Ali PI Components with Computer Aided Million Engineering. 2. Improvement in the cold workability of Titanium and Titanium nitride nickel NRPU/HEC Co-PI PKR 9.35 Million base smart materials for biomedical and engineering applications 3. Design, development and characterization of stress optimized multilayer PVD-hard coatings for NRPU/HEC PI PKR 12 Million biomedical and engineering applications. 4. Metal matrix composites for battery HEC-SRGP Dr. Ramzan Abdul PKR 0.45 Million storage devices Karim / Dr. Yasir Faheem 5. Natural Fiber reinforced polymer PSF Dr. Ramzan Abdul PKR 0.75 Million composites. Karim / Dr. Azhar Hussain 6. Development and high temperature HEC-NRPU Dr. Ramzan Abdul PKR 12.0 Million properties evaluation of boron nitride Karim / Dr. Azhar tough composites for machining and Hussain defence industry 7. Graphene Metal Nano-composites for HEC Dr. Ramzan Abdul PKR 0.454 energy storage devices Karim Co-PI Million 8. Development of Inkjet based additive Higher Education Dr. Tahseen Amin PKR 10.4 Million manufacturing system for printed Commission Khan Qasuria electronics PI 9. Pak-China Project Dr. Dur-e-Zehra PKR 0.5 Million Baig PI 10. Two dimensional layered heterostructures Higher Education Dr. M. Zahir Iqbal PKR 8.318 for fuel cells and solar photovoltaic Commission (PI)/ Prof. Dr. Million applications Jameel Un Nabi (Co-PI)
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11. Final Year Project: “multi-functional aqua DOST-KPK Prof. Dr. M. Amin PKR 13000 drone” (2017-18) (PI), Dr. Shahid Alam (Co-PI) 12. Electrical characterization as a HEC-Pak Prof. Dr. M. Amin PKR 6.5 Million complementary technique for determining (Co-PI) aging of composite insulators Dr. Shahid Alam (PI) 13. Development of efficient PV MPPT HEC-Pak Dr. Hadeed Sher PKR 397000 system for rural areas of KPK (PI) 14. Development of organic resistive random- HEC-Pak Dr. Muqeet (PI) PKR 470,000 access memory (RRAM) device for the application of flexible electronics. 15. Collaborative Robotic arm for production HEC-Pak Prof. Dr. Nisar PKR 12 Million line Ahmed (PI) Mr. Zaiwar Ali (Co- PI) 16. An indefinite quadratic form-based HEC-Pak Dr. Ahmad Kamal PKR 475,000 characterization of MU-MIMO systems in Hassan (PI) stochastic geometry settings. Dr. Zia ul Haq Abbas (Co-PI) 17. Graphene composite solid-state Pakistan Science Prof. Dr. Khasan. PKR 2995944 electrolyte for lithium battery Foundation Karimov
18. Hybrid semi-transparent thermoelectric HEC Prof. Dr. Khasan. PKR 459685 solar cells Karimov
19. Qualsure ad Data Crypt Ignite-NGIRI Dr. Zahid Halim PKR 70000
20. Voicemetrics Ignite-NGIRI Dr. Zahid Halim PKR 80000
21. Machine learning-based driver HEC under Pak- Dr. Zahid Halim PKR 1.0 Million assessment and early warning system for Turk Researchers’ accident avoidance Mobility Grant Program (Phase I) 22. Characterization of Alzheimer’s disease HEC NRPU Dr. Shahab Ansari PKR 1.1 Million by classification of subcortical regions (PI) using deep learning framework, Dr. Sajid Anwar (Co-PI) 23. Brain image processing and analysis in SRGP-HEC Dr. Shahab Ansari PKR 452300 MRI (PI) Dr. Ahmar Rashid (Co-PI) 24. Impact of intangible resources on SMEs HEC Dr Kashif Ullah PKR 253,560 performance: A case from KPK Khan (PI) Dr Noor Muhammad (Co-PI) 25. An Investigation of the Ground-state and Turkish Higher Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un TL 18,251 Stellar Properties of Mo isotopes using Education Council Nabi RMF + pn-QRPA Hybrid Calculations (Turkey) (Pakistan-PI) 26. Half-life measurements using coincidence The Scientific & Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Euro 145,000 technique and theoretical prediction using Technological Nabi the pn-QRPA model of rp-process nuclei. Research Council (Pakistan-PI) of Turkey
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(TUBITAK), Turkey and Pakistan Science Foundation 27. Beta decay properties and thermonuclear Council of Higher Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un PKR 9,26,000 reaction rates of reactor produced Education (CoHE) Nabi (Pakistan side) radioisotopes. Turkey and Higher (Pakistan-PI) Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan 28. Study of Gamow-Teller transitions using Higher Education Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un PKR 4667724 the pn-QRPA theory and Pyatov method Commission, Nabi for astrophysical applications. Pakistan 29. Study of role of forbidden transitions to Higher Education Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un PKR 2.2 Million accelerate the r-process nucleosynthesis Commission, Nabi Pakistan 30. Two-dimensional layered heterostructures Higher Education Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un PKR 7.1 Million for fuel cells and solar photovoltaic Commission, Nabi applications. Pakistan Co-PI
31. Sustainability analysis on incremental King Abdul Aziz Dr. Ghulam Hussain USD 30,000 forming of roll-bonded laminates University, Saudi Co-PI Arabia 32. Lab Based Electro-hydrodynamic HEC - NRPU Dr. Khalid Rahman, PKR 10.8 Million Inkjet Printing System for Research on Printed Electronics" 33. Indigenous Design and Development of a US-Pakistan Centre Dr. Taqi Ahmad PKR 1.9 Million Solar Powered Adsorption Refrigerator for Advanced Cheema (SPAR) Studies in Energy- NUST, Pakistan
34. Solar Powered Adsorption Refrigerator ASHRAE, Inc. Dr. Taqi A. Cheema PKR. 0.2 Million (SPAR) For Storage of Vaccines in Undergraduate Remote Areas Equipment Grant 35. Theoretical and Experimental Higher Education Dr. Muhammad PKR. 5.64 Investigation of Solar-Assisted Vacuum Commission, Asif, PI Million Membrane Distillation for Brackish and Pakistan & Dr. Taqi A. Sea Water Desalination Cheema, Co-PI 36. Experimental Investigation of Flooded Higher Education Dr. Ahmad Abbas PKR. 0.5 Million and Direct Expansion Evaporation of Commission, & Dr. Taqi A. Ammonia Inside Dimpled Enhanced Pakistan Cheema Tubes with Solid Rods Inserts 37. Design and Development of Linear SRGP-HEC Dr. Adnan Hassan, PKR 0.5 Million Permanent Magnet Synchronous Actuator PI 38. Promoting Enterprises of Reverse DoST, Govt. of Prof. Wasim A. PKR 105 Million Engineering KPK Khan, PI 39. Entrepreneurship development via DoST, Govt. of Prof. Wasim A. PKR 127 Million Establishment and Strengthening of KPK Khan, PI Technology Incubation Centres at Educational Institutions 40. Experimental investigation of ultra-low SRGP-HEC Dr. Ahmad Abbas PKR. 0.45 charge vertical shell and tube ammonia Million flooded and direct expansion evaporator with special enhanced tubes. 41. Experimental pressure drop analysis of a ISOTHERM Dr. Ahmad Abbas (All hardware and vertical shell and tube segmental baffle equipment were exchanger with up flow and down flow supplied by ISOTHERM)
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42. Target Tracking from Up Above the Sky HEC - NRPU Dr. AhmarRashid, PKR. 2.6 Million PI & Dr. Asif Khan, Co-PI 43. ASK Leprechaun Ignite-NGIRI Dr. AhmarRashid PKR 70,000
2.4 Journal Publications
All Faculties and Departments of GIK Institute have contributed towards the Institute’s research efforts. Detailed Research publications of GIK Institute during 2017-18 are given in Annexure A.
2.5 Conferences, Seminars, CPD and Workshops
2.5.1 Conference Papers
Publications assist in enlightening stakeholders and profiling progress. Hence, Faculty at GIK Institute published their research articles in conferences around the world to improve the quality of research and development at the Institute. Detailed list of Conference Publications during 2017-18 is given in Annexure B.
2.5.2 Conferences / Seminars
Details of faculty participation in various conferences and seminars within Pakistan and all around the world are given in the following table:
S. Name of Topic of Seminar Organization Date No. Presenter 1. Dr. Khawar Rehman Coastal Research International Coastal Symposium, May 11-18, Busan, Republic of Korea 2018 2. Dr. Ramzan Abdul Investigation of Various International Symposium on October 16-20, Karim Nanostructural Morphologies of Advanced Materials (ISAM- 2017 Zinc Oxide (ZnO) for their 2017), NCP, Quaid e Azam Applications in Dye-Sensitized University Islamabad. Solar Cells (DSSCs) 3. Dr. Rashid Ali Investigation of Failure in Thermal International Symposium on October 18, Barrier Coating on Turbine First Advanced Materials, ISAM-2017, 2017 Rotor Blade (Failure Analyses National Centre for Physics, Case Studies - Poster Competition) Islamabad
4. Khurram Imran National Seminar on Chem-Bio Defence Science and December 12- Khan (Speaker) Defence Technology Organization 13, 2017
5. Dr. Fida Mohammad New trends in Teaching and National Centre of Excellence in March 2, 2018 Learning Physical Chemistry University of Peshawar
6. Dr. Fida Mohammad The Scholarship of Teaching and Abdul Wali Khan University April 6, 2018 Learning Mardan
7. Dr Yasir Joya Next-generation Biomaterials for 15th International Symposium on October 16-20, Bone-tissue Regeneration: Mg- Advanced Materials (ISAM), 2017 alloys on the move National Centre for Physics, Islamabad
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8. Sajjad Hussain Electrochemical Decontamination 233rd Electrochemical Society May 13-17, Process an Effective Alternative to meeting ECS Meeting Seattle, 2018 Treat Textile Effluents” WA, USA.
9. Prof. Dr. Green Photonics Energy US - Pakistan Center for April 12, 2018 Muhammad Hassan Technologies: -Towards Advanced Studies in Energy Sayyad Commercialization (USPCAS-E), University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Peshawar
10. Prof. Dr. Photonics Technologies: A Step GIK Institute of Engineering March 30– 1st Muhammad Hassan Forward for Small and Medium Sciences and Technology April 2018 Sayyad Enterprises
11. Prof. Dr. Organic Electronic and Photonic NED University, Karachi February 27-28, Muhammad Hassan Devices: Materials, Designs, 2018 Sayyad Fabrication, Characterization, Optimization and Research Needs
12. Prof. Dr. Emerging photovoltaic Department of Physics, February 19-20, Muhammad Hassan technologies: Present status, future Government College University, 2018 Sayyad prospects, challenges and Faisalabad commercialization
13. Prof. Dr. Commercialization of Next Government College University, January 24-26, Muhammad Hassan Generation Photovoltaic Lahore 2018 Sayyad Technologies: Future Prospects, Challenges and the Role of Industry-University Cooperation
14. Prof. Dr. Innovative Technologies Federal Urdu University of Arts, December 19, Muhammad Hassan Sciences and Technology, 2017 Sayyad Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi
15. Prof. Dr. Organic Electronics and Department of Chemistry, Federal November 20- Muhammad Hassan Photonics: Overview and Future Urdu University of Arts, Sciences 22, 2017 Sayyad Prospects and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi
16. Prof. Dr. Synthesis, computational modeling Lahore Garrison University, October 11-12, Muhammad Hassan and characterization of azo dyes Lahore 2017 Sayyad for photonic applications
17. Prof. Dr. Synthesis, computational modeling The University of Lahore, August 28-29, Muhammad Hassan and characterization of materials Defence Road Campus, Lahore 2017 Sayyad for the development of cost- effective higher efficiency DSSCs
18. Prof. Dr. Ghulam NUST Conference on Recent School of Natural Sciences (SNS), November 07- Shabbir Trends in Mathematical Sciences National University of Science 08, 2017 and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan
19. Prof. Dr. Ghulam One Day Conference on Symmetry School of Mathematics, May 24, 2017 Shabbir and Geometry Day University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
20. Dr. Zahir Iqbal Spintronics in novel 2D materials International Conference on Solid December 10- for future electronics State Physics, QAC, Lahore 14, 2017
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21. Dr. Zahir Iqbal Ultraviolet-light-driven doping 2nd International Conference on February 19-20, tunability and reversibility of Materials Science and 2018 exfoliated graphene based field Nanotechnology, GCU, effect transistors Faisalabad
22. Dr. Zahir Iqbal Novel Two-Dimensional Materials International Photonics March 31, 2018 for Next Generation Photonic Symposium 2018, GIK, Topi Devices
23. Dr. Zahir Iqbal Research Methodology All Pakistan Research Symposium April 14, 2018 2018, GIK, Topi
24. Dr. Zahir Iqbal Spintronics in Novel 2D Materials First International Pak-Turk May 9, 2018 for Future Electronics Workshop on Emerging Technologies in the Field of Sciences & Engineering, GIK, Topi
25. Dr. Zahir Iqbal Ultraviolet light induced 14thHONET-ICT International October 9-11, photocurrent response of Conference Smart Cities: 2017 graphene-based field Improving Quality of Life-Using ICT & IoT), Irbid, Jordan.
26. Mr. Toshio Fujita Participation in Conference on Pakistan Institute of International November 15, Peace in South Asia: Affairs 2017 Opportunities and Challenges
27. Ms. Sabeen Hayat Local Cities, Foreign Capitals: IIUI and UNCW in Islamabad October 9-11, Finding the Local Anchor in the 2017 Global Culture’
28. Ms. Sabeen Hayat International Conference of the NED and HEC October 12-14, Linguistics Association of 2017 Pakistan’
29. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Semitransparent thermoelectric 2nd International Conference on October 25-27, Nabi cells based on graphene Impact of Nanoscience on Energy 2017 Technologies, NanoSET-17 COMSATS IIT Lahore, Pakistan 30. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Avenues of possible research Department of Physics, Karabük July 5, 2017 Nabi linkages between Karabük University, Turkey University and GIK Institute
31. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Avenues of possible research Department of Physics, Mus July 7, 2017 Nabi linkages between Mus Alparslan Alparslan University, Turkey University and GIK Institute
32. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Exploring research opportunities Department of Physics, Akdeniz July 17, 2017 Nabi between Akdeniz University and University, Turkey GIK Institute
33. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Synthesis of Elements in our Department of Physics, Karadeniz September 19, Nabi Universe Technical University, Turkey. 2017
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34. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Introduction to Pakistan and Department of Physics, Karadeniz September 19, Nabi System of Education in Pakistan Technical University, Turkey 2017
35. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Evolution of O-Ne-Mg cores and International Conference on September 20- Nabi neutrino cooling by Urca Nuclear Structure Properties, 22, 2017 processes Karabük University, Turkey.
36. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un How effective are the pn-QRPA 4th International Conference on April 20-22, Nabi calculation of weak rates of odd-A Theoretical and Experimental 2018 nuclei in stellar environment Studies in Nuclear Applications and Technology, TESNAT 2018, Antalya, Turkey. 37. Dr. Khalid Rehman Workshop on outcome-based Khawaja Fareed University of August 21-22, education Engineering and Information 2017 Technology
38. Dr. Taqi Ahmad Multiphysics Simulation: FME-GIK (CPD Activity) December 6, Cheema Applications in Algae Ponds 2017
39. Dr. Taqi Ahmad Workshop on Comsol Multiphysics FME-GIK August 10-20, Cheema 2017
2.5.3 Workshops
Details of participation of Faculty in National and International level workshops are given in the following Table:
S. Name of The topic of the workshop Organization Date No. Participant 1. Dr. Shanza Rehan PAK-UK Vice Chancellors' Higher Education November 25-27, Forum Commission 2018
2. Dr. Ramzan Abdul “Workshop and interactive Centre for Advanced December 2018 Karim session on Energy storage Electronics & Photovoltaic systems: Science, Technology and Engineering (CAEPE), Innovation” International Islamic University, Islamabad. 3. Dr. Ramzan Abdul “Hands on Workshop for GIK Institute, Topi April 06, 2017 Karim Engineering Faculty on Design Course Teaching Engineering Students”
4. Dr. Ramzan Abdul One day Workshop on “Natural HITEC University Taxila. December 20, Karim Fiber reinforced polymer 2017 composites” 5. Javaid Rabbani Importance of Particle Size BINRASHEED Scientific April 25, 2018 Khan, Khurram Analysis- Application and and Horiba Scientific Imran Khan, Sajjad Techniques Hussain 6. Dr. Fida Vision 2025 HEC at Jinnah Convention May 29, 2018 Mohammad Center Islamabad 7. Dr. Shahid Alam Quality Assurance of MS/PhD GIK Institute January 16, 2018 Program from Internal and External Quality Assurance Perspectives
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8. Mr. Salman 7th Annual Project Management PMI October 13, 2017 Khattak Conference entitled “Practices, Technologies, and Opportunities - In The Age of Transformation” 9. Dr M. Sabir Dynamics of Accreditation and NBAEC, HEC September 25- Re-Accreditation 26, 2017 10. Dr. Ghulam Invited talk on “metal forming, Nanjing University of May, 2018 Hussain deformation machining and 3D Aeronautics & Astronautics, printing” at Changkong Scholars Nanjing, PR China Forum,
11. Dr. Ghulam Invited seminar on “flexible Nanjing University of November, 2017 Hussain manufacturing processes” Aeronautics & Astronautics, Nanjing, PR China 12. Dr. Taqi Ahmad Multi-Physics Simulations and its Kyungpook National July 12, 2017 Cheema Applications University, South Korea. (A Step Towards Actual Physics) 13. Dr. Muhammad Workshop for Technology National Technology January 22-23, Ilyas Program Evaluators Council in collaboration with 2018 QAA-HEC
2.5.4 Continuing Professional Development GIK Institute has organized CPD activities for continuous development of its Faculty. The details of all CPD Activities through Academic year 2017-18 are given below:
S. Name of Presenter CPD Title Date No. 1. Dr Habibullah Jamal Raspberry Pi; 21 November, 2017 Introduction, Architecture and Programming 2. Dr. Tahseen Qasuria Workshop on Photo 11-12 November, 2017 lithography 3. Mr. Najiullah Khattak Advisor on Soft Skills for the Job 31 January, 2018 Media & Communication Chief Market Minister KPK 4. Mr. Shahid Zaki Corporate Strategy 16 January, 2018 5. Dr Haroon Sarwar Asstt, Chief National Income Accounts 14 February, 2018 Planning Commission Govt. Of Pakistan, Islamabad 6. Dr Zahoor Sarwar, CEO Research Intellectual Property 21 February, 2018 Teck (Pvt) Ltd, Islamabad Rights 7. Prof. Dr Suhail Shahzad, Ex VC, Corporate Crimes 28 February, 2018 Hazara University 8. Dr. Cedric Aimal Edwin, Asstt. Prof, Classroom Management 7 March, 2018 MGS
(a) CPD Activities Attended Faculty takes great interest in attending CPD activities not only at the Institute but also outside, at various National Institutes. Details of CPD activities attended by Faculty members are given in the following Table:
S. Name of Participant CPD Title Organization Date No. 1. S. Zameer Abbas OBE GIK Institute February 2, 2017
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2. Dr Noor Muhammad Corporate Crime SECP, Islamabad December 6, 2017
3. Dr Kashif Ullah Khan Corporate Crime SECP, Islamabad December 6, 2017 4. Mr. Waqas Rehman Corporate Crime SECP, Islamabad December 6, 2017
2.6 Short Visits Details of short Faculty’s visits are given in the following Table:
S. No. Faculty Visit details Destination Date
1. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi Research Department of Physics, Karabük 30 June – 30 July, 2017 Project Related University Turkey Visit 2. Prof. Dr. Ghulam Shabbir Short Term Centre of Excellence - Mathematical 21 June to 13 July, 2018 Research and Statistical Sciences (CoE-MaSS), Visitor Mathematical Sciences Building, West Campus Private Bag 3, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, South Africa 3. Dr Kashif Ullah A short visit to Gadoon Industrial Zone 22 November 2017 explore future opportunities for business students. 4. Dr. Ghulam Hussain Research visit Nanjing University of Aeronautics & 18 June to 17 August, in summer 2018 Astronautics, China 2018
5. Dr. Taqi A. Cheema HEC-NCRC Higher Education Commission, 21-22 March, 2018 meeting for Peshawar curriculum revision for ESE
6. Dr. Khalid Rehman 02 Day Activity HEC at Margala Hotel, Islamabad 18-19 April, 2018 of Heads of QECs 7. Prof. SM Ahmad and University Xi’an Jiaotong University China 7-12 May 2018 Prof. Wasim A. Khan Alliance of Silk Road (UASR)
2.7 Memberships
S.No. Member Name Title Organization 1. Engr. Jehangir Bashar UK Chartered Engineer UK Institution of Civil Engineers 2. Engr. Jehangir Bashar Fellow Geological Society, UK. 3. Dr. Khawar Rehman Member Korean Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE) 4. Dr. Khawar Rehman Member Korean Water Resources Association (KWRA) 5. Dr. Khawar Rehman Registered Engineer Pakistan Engineering Council
6. Engr. Rabinder Kumar Registered Engineer Pakistan Engineering Council
7. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Professional Engineer Pakistan Engineering Council Tanoli
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8. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Member American Concrete Institute Tanoli 9. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Member American Society of Civil Engineers Tanoli 10. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Member Japanese Society of Irrigation Tanoli Drainage and Rural Engineering 11. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Member MEXT Alumni Association of Tanoli Pakistan 12. Dr. Sajjad Hussain Member Chemical Society of Pakistan
13. S. Zameer Abbas Member PEC
14. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Hassan Member Panels of PhD examiners of reputed Sayyad top national and international universities 15. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Hassan Member SPIE - the international society for Sayyad optics and photonics 16. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Hassan Member OSA - the optical society of America Sayyad 17. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Hassan Member Scientific committees of national and Sayyad international conferences 18. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Hassan Member International Advisory Committee Sayyad 19. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Hassan Member Scientific Committee Sayyad 20. Engr. Dr. Muhammad Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Usman 21. Engr. Dr. Muhammad Member Engineers (IEEE) Usman 22. Engr. Dr. Muhammad Member IEEE Photonics Society Membership Usman
23. Engr. Dr. Muhammad Member IEEE Electron Devices Society Usman
24. Engr. Dr. Muhammad Member IEEE Young Professionals Usman 25. Engr. Dr. Muhammad Member IEEE Nanotechnology Council Usman 26. Engr. Dr. Muhammad Member Japan Society of Applied Physics Usman (JSAP) 27. Engr. Dr. Muhammad Technical Member OSA Usman 28. Engr. Dr. Muhammad Member of Advisory Panel Elsevier B.V Usman 29. Engr. Dr. Muhammad Approved Supervisor Higher Education Commission, Usman Pakistan 30. Dr Noor Muhammad Member Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, UK
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31. Dr Noor Muhammad Member Australian Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Exchange, Australia 32. Dr Yousaf Ali Member International Input-Output Association (IIOA), Austria
33. Dr Umar Farooq Subject Expert HEC
34. Prof. SM Ahmad Member IMechE, UK
35. Prof. Wasim A. Khan Member IMechE, UK
36. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi Fellow Institute of Physics, UK (2015 – to date). (Membership ID: 1141945) 37. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi Member American Physical Society (2002 – to date). (Membership ID: 60049840) 38. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi Member Pakistan Institute of Physics (Life Membership) (Membership ID: 1237)
39. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi Member Institute of Physics, UK (2014 – to date). (Membership ID: 1141945)
40. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi Member International Scientific Committee of UNESCO Centre CIFRA, Romania (2017 – to date)
41. Dr. Sajid Anwar Member Pakistan Engineering Council
42. Dr. Ahmar Rashid Professional Engineer Pakistan Engineering Council
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2.8 Research Journals and Magazines
The Journals and Magazines subscribed for 2017-18 with accessing Hard & Soft copies are as follows:
Journals/Magazine (Hard copies) on library regular subscription 1. New Scientist (Weekly) 2. Scientific American (Monthly) 3. Popular Science (Monthly) 4. Popular Mechanics (Monthly) 5. Discover (Monthly) 6. National Geographic (Monthly) 7. Engineering Horizon (Local) 8. Energy Update Magazine (Local) 9. Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal (Local) 10. Newsweek (Weekly) 11. Time (Weekly) 12. The Economist (Weekly) 13. Readers Digest (Monthly) 14. Herald Magazine (Local) 15. Strategy + Business (Quarterly) 16. Entrepreneur (Monthly) 17. MIT Sloan Management Review (Quarterly) 18. Physics Today 19. Communication of the ACM 20. Journal of the ACM 21. ACM Data Base System 22. ACM T Math Software 23. ACM T Prog. Lang. System 24. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction 25. Automotive Engineer 26. International Journal of Engineering Research 27. Journal: Strain Analysis for Engineering Design 28. Journal of Power and Energy- Part A 29. Journal of Engineering Manufacture- Part B 30. Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science Part C 31. Journal of Automobile Engineering – Part D 32. Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering Part E 33. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transport Part F 34. Journal of Aerospace Engineering Part G 35. Journal of Engineering in Medicine Part H 36. Journal of System and Control Engineering Part I 37. Journal of Engineering Tribology Part J 38. Journal of Multi–body Dynamics Part K 39. Journal of Material: Design and Application Part L 40. Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment Part M 41. Journal of Nano Engineering and Nano System Part N 42. Journal of Risk and Reliability Part O 43. Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology Part P
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2.9 Foreign Faculty Visits
1. Dr. Noor Muhammad received a travel grant of PKR 229978/- for his participation in International Conference at Brisbane, Australia held on 6-9 February 2018.
2. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi gave an invited talk at the X. International Conference on Nuclear Structure Properties, 20-22 September 2017, Karabük University, Turkey.
3. Dr Noor Muhammad received a partial grant of PKR 75,000/- by GIK Institute for his participation in International Conference held on 15th November 2017 at Oxford University UK. 4. Dr. Sajjad Nazeer received a travel grant of PKR 245000 for presenting his research paper in International Conference at Australia and Queens Land University Brisbane Australia in December 2017.
Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi visited Akdeniz Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi with conference Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi University Labs in Antalya Turkey (April participants at International Conference with Prof. Dr. Hakan 2018). On the left are Prof. Dr. Ismail on Nuclear Structure Properties, 20-22 Yilmaz (Karadeniz Boztodun and Dr. Haris. On right is PhD September, 2017, Karabük University, University, Turkey, April student of Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi, Ms. Turkey. 2018) Mavra Ishfaq 5. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi visited Akdeniz University Antalya Turkey, April 2018.Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi gave an invited talk at the 4th International Conference on Theoretical and Experimental Studies in Nuclear Applications and Technology, TESNAT 2018, 20-22 April 2018, Antalya, Turkey. 6. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi visited Karadeniz University Trabzon, Turkey (April 2018).
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2.10 Funding Grants, Research awards and Patents
2.10.1 Travel Grants
Travel grants amounting to Rs. 1.12 M were granted to the Faculty members. The detail is as follows:
Name Visit Dr. Khawar Rehman South Korea Dr. Sajjad Hussain 233rd ECS meeting Seattle WA, USA HEC Travel Grant by Dr Yasir F Joya 3rd International Symposium on Industrial Design Engineering 2018, Antalya, Turkey Dr. Ghulam Hussain 2nd International conference on Advanced Materials Research and Applications, Nov. 2017, Wuhan, China
2.10.2 GIK Research Awards Following faculty members have won cash prizes for their research contribution at GIK Institute:
1. Dr. Muhammad Zahir Iqbal, Faculty of Engineering Sciences (1st Position) 2. Dr. Ghulam Hussain, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (2nd Position) 3. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi, Faculty of Engineering Sciences (3rd Position). 2.10.3 Research Productivity Awards (RPA) Research Productivity Awards as Cash prizes were awarded to the following Faculty members:
S. No. Name of the Awardees 1 Dr. Muhammad Sabir, HoD, Department of Management Sciences 2 Dr. Cedric Aimal Edwin, Department of Management Sciences
2.10.4 Patents
Patent No. Members Title Date
Patent No.887 of Kh. S. Karimov, Kh. M. Solar hybrid 17 April, 2018 the Republic Akhmedov, D. Z. Baig, A. thermoelectric collector Tajikistan Khan, T. A. Qasuria, N. Fatima, M. Ali, U. Rao and S. A. Moiz Patent No.TJ 882 Kh.S.Karimov, Kh. M. Electrolyzer for oxygen 28 February 2018 of the Republic of Akhmedov, F. Noshin, A. and hydrogen production Tajikistan Salman, Electrolyzer for oxygen and hydrogen production
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CHAPTER 3: Quality Assurance
3.1 Quality Assurance in Higher Education
The purpose of quality assurance among Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) is to make sure that acceptable standards of education, scholarship, and infrastructure are being maintained. Every HEI must have a system of internal quality assurance and other quality assurance agencies to keep external checks. In Pakistan, HEC (Higher Education Commission) ensures the quality of education through QAA (Quality Assurance Agency).
QAA manages the affairs in collaboration with the Quality Assurance Division of HEC whereas the Quality Assurance Committee (QAC), comprising eminent educationists, serves as its Advisory Board. QAA is working to safeguard public interest by enforcing good practices in education and encouraging continuous improvement in quality in higher education. For internal quality assurance, QAA requires every HEI to manage its Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC).
3.2 Quality Assurance in GIK
Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) has shaped some guidelines to appraise the quality of education in Pakistan, making it accessible and more relevant to the ever-changing circumstances and global needs. GIK Institute is the first privately funded institute of its kind in Pakistan - dedicated to bringing Engineering Education at par with the advanced countries. The engineering programs of the Institute are accredited by the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) and implement internal quality benchmarks to enhance academic teaching and learning. The Institute is keen to strengthen its monitoring standards to remain comparable with competitive international education and research standards. It follows strict guidelines to assess its quality of education. The establishment of the Quality Enhancement Cell at GIK, following Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission (HEC)’s guidelines, was another step in this direction. A systematic procedure of quality assurance is followed by the Institute keeping in mind the HEC guidelines.
3.3 Quality Enhancement Cell
The Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) was established on 20th February 2008 at Rector Secretariat in the H.U. Beg Administration Building of the Institute. QEC is responsible for undertaking various assignments to create awareness, impart training, and carry out multiple tasks for Quality Assurance in teaching and education.
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3.4 QEC Yearly Activities
3.4.1 Institutional Performance Evaluation
An Institute’s performance is evaluated based on Adherence to Policies & Guidelines as defined:
• In ACT/Ordinance • By Regulatory Bodies • By Federal/Provincial Bodies • By Accreditation Councils • Adoption of Good Practices (International/National)
Institutional performance evaluation is divided into 2 processes into given Standards/Criteria:
• Self-assessment • External assessment
Internal performance evaluation is done by the Institute itself. Following steps are taken to ensure the quality of education internally:
3.4.2 Self-Assessment Process
Self-assessment of the program is carried out for each annual period to determine the effectiveness of academic programs. The HEC Manual is followed as a guideline for preparing the reports and conducting the assessment team visits. QEC initiates the self-assessment one semester before the end of the assessment cycle through the Rector Office in which the program is offered. The department must submit a Self-Assessment Report (SAR) to QEC through concerned dean. QEC reviews SAR and forms an Assessment team comprising of Inter-faculty members and one external expert from another Institute/University. The findings of the report are submitted to the exit meeting for further implementation of corrective actions. For annual reporting period 2017-18, following visits have been arranged by QEC.
Faculty/Departments Programs Date of Assessment Visits
• MS Applied Physics 04/08/17 Faculty of Engineering Sciences • MS Applied Mathematics 13/07/17
Inter Faculty Program • MS Energy System Engineering 22/05/17
3.4.3 Implementation of Outcome-based Education/Assessment (OBE/OBA)
In addition, the Institute has made significant improvements in the implementation of Outcome-based Education/Assessment (OBE/OBA) system. QEC conducts various workshops/seminars to train faculty on OBE/OBA and the internal mock visits for continuous monitoring and to give feedback. Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) prepared GIK Institute for the Washington Accord (WA) visit. To achieve the WA accreditation QEC also coordinated with the respective faculty in preparation of SARs according to the PEC Manual.
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3.4.4 Course/Teacher Evaluation
Apart from the activities as mentioned earlier, the QEC team attends the workshop related to quality assurance, collects/compiles the data for HEC ranking, and conducts course/teacher evaluation after each semester. Above 80% response rate was achieved through online evaluation in the year 2017.
3.4.5 Annual Surveys
Alumni/Employer/Graduating Students/Faculty surveys are conducted annually. QEC generates summaries of these surveys and distributes them among all faculties. Every year, these surveys are revised keeping in view the requirements of each program to meet their respective Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Deans are requested to cooperate in refining/improving the surveys.
3.4.6 Trainings/Conferences and meetings attended by QEC
1. Mr. Afsar Zaman, Data Analyst-QEC attended 2nd National Level Seminar on “Promoting Quality Culture in HEIs” organized by University of Wah on 10th May 2018. 2. Coordinator QEC, Dr. Khalid Rehman and AD QEC, Ms. Gul Afroze attended the Progress Review Meeting of Quality Enhancement Cells, a 02 Day Activity of Heads of QECs on 18-19 April 2018 at Margala Hotel, Islamabad. 3. Ms. Gul Afroze, AD QEC attended a 2 days US certified EOMS Professional training 1st Time in Pakistan (the new “Management Systems for Higher Educational Organizations - Requirements with Guidance for use” (ISO 21001)) on Friday – Saturday, March 09-10, 2018. 4. Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi, Pro-Rector (Academic)/Convener QEC, delivered a keynote lecturer and acknowledged the efforts and contribution towards excellent teaching of GIK Institute faculty members in last two consecutive semesters on Wednesday, 7th March 2018 in Conference Room of AHA Auditorium. 5. A one-day workshop on “Quality Assurance of MS/ PhD Program from Internal and External Quality Assurance Perspectives” by Mr. Farrukh Idrees, Manager, Directorate of Quality Assurance, and FAST-NUCES Islamabad was conducted at GIK Institute, Topi on 16th January 2018. 6. Ms. Gul Afroze, AD QEC and Mr. Afsar Zaman, Data Analyst QEC attended the 1st International Conference on “Quality Assurance at Higher Education” organized by Khyber Medical University Peshawar on December 18-19, 2017 at KMU, Peshawar. 7. Two Faculties of GIK Institute, Faculty of Electronic Engineering and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering for their high academic standards adopting “Outcome Based Education” or, OBE System, which greatly facilitated Pakistan’s membership of the Washington Accord. 21/6/2017. 8. The Second Committee meeting for progress review of Annual Report 2016-17 was held on Monday, 9th October 2017 at 02:30 pm in Department of Management Sciences, Brabers Building under Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC), chaired by Dr. Noor Muhammad, Assistant Professor, MGS, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology, Topi. 9. Dr. Farida Tahir, Assistant professor, External Expert, CIIT, Islamabad visited GIK Institute on 04/08/2017 for the Assessment of MS Applied Physics Program, Faculty of Engineering Sciences. 10. Dr. Umer Hayat, Assistant professor, External Expert, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad visited, GIK Institute on 13/07/2017 for the Assessment of MS Applied Mathematics Program, Faculty of Engineering Sciences.
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11. Dr. Muhammad Bilal Sajid, External Expert, USPCAS-E, National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Islamabad visited GIK Institute on 10/07/2017 for the Assessment of MS Energy System Engineering Program, Inter - Faculty Program of GIK Institute. 12. The progress review meeting of IPE was conducted on Wednesday, 27th December 2017 chaired by Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi, Pro-Rector (Academic)/Convener QEC, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology, Topi.
3.5 QEC Receives EOMS ISO 21001 Certification
QEC at GIK Institute plays a pivotal role in the way quality is interpreted, recognized, implemented and measured at the Institute. It ensures that academic curricula and teaching methods constantly adapt to the diverse expectations of stakeholders across a wide range of academic programs through international collaborations and recognition. In line with this aim, on March 9 -10, 2018, the Assistant Director QEC attended two-day training in Islamabad. The theme of ISO 21001 professional training, organized by QSi – the USA, a not-for-profit organization, was ‘Management Systems for Higher Educational Organizations - Requirements with Guidance for Use.’
ISO 21001, Educational Organization Management Systems, is an international standard of quality developed by the International Organization for Standardization. It is intended to provide a common management tool for organizations providing educational products and services. ISO 21001 is a stand-alone management system standard, based on ISO 9001 and aligned with other ISO management system standards. The difference being that ISO 21001 focuses on the specific interaction between an educational organization, the learner, customers and other relevant interested parties.
The certified program was intended to equip QEC Heads/HEIs professionals to align their daily activities effectively with the mission, vision and strategic themes of their institutes as well as comply with Higher Education Commission (HEC) requirements. Upon completion of the training, QEC staff was also required to attempt an exam. Following the results announced on March 16, 2018, QEC GIK successfully achieved the relevant certification of EOMS.
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3.6 Workshop on Quality management of MS and PhD Programs – Internal and External Quality Assurance Perspectives
A one-day workshop on “Quality Assurance of MS/ PhD Program from Internal and External Quality Assurance Perspectives” by Mr. Farrukh Idrees, Manager, Directorate of Quality Assurance, FAST- NUCES Islamabad was conducted at GIK Institute, Topi on 16th January 2018. The workshop was designed for Faculty as well as staff to provide knowledge about the QA framework in HEIs. Mr. Farrukh explained Key performance areas of quality in higher education and also gave guidelines for preparation for HEC MS/ Ph.D. Reviews and Institutional Performance Evaluation (IPE) Visits.
3.7 Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute in the Topmost ‘W’ Category by QAA, HEC
The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) of Higher Education Commission (HEC) has placed Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIK) in the topmost “W” category with 96.7% score for 2015-16 QEC Ratings. “W” is the topmost category in the QEC rating criteria with a score falling in the range of 85% to 100%. The provisional score of QEC in the Year 2016-17 by QAA HEC is 95.08%.
3.8 Membership of Associations/Networks
QEC at GIK is a member of various International Quality Networks/Organizations including INQAAHE (The International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education), AQAAIW (Association of Quality Assurance Agencies of the Islamic World), Talloires Network, and Yahoo Quality Network.
3.8.1 INQAAHE
The International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) is a worldwide association of over 200 organizations that are active in the theory and practice of quality assurance in higher education. Hence, it is an honourable achievement for GIK Institute to be part of ‘INQAAHE’ as an Associate Member. INQAAHE offers its members many benefits of being part of such an active group of workers in QA.
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3.8.2 The Talloires Network
The Talloires Network is an international association of institutions committed to strengthening the civic roles and social responsibilities of higher education. GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology is one of the several South Asian institutions which have joined the ‘The Talloires Network’ as a current member.
3.8.3 QA Islamic The Association of Quality Assurance Agencies of the Islamic World (QA-Islamic) tends to enhance the capacity of quality assurance agencies in the Islamic World. It aims to facilitate collaboration and exchanges of best practices, experiences, and expertise among quality assurance agencies of countries of the Islamic World; and to encourage cooperation with regional and international quality assurance organizations. GIK Institute joined the QA Islamic as an Associate Member.
3.9 Accreditation of Programs from Relevant Councils
In an accreditation process, operations of educational institutions or programs are evaluated by an external body to determine if applicable standards are met. If criteria are met, accredited status or recognition is granted by the appropriate agency. The accreditation councils of Pakistan accredits respective programs of the HEIs and awards appropriate ratings. For accreditation/Re-accreditation of the academic programs, accreditation councils visit GIK Institute regularly.. To prepare for the accreditation visits, Accreditation Support Committee (ASC) conducts mock visits of all the programs. Engineering programs of the Institute are accredited on Level II – OBA by Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) and National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC). BS Management Science program will be soon accredited by National Business Education Accreditation Council (NBEAC). NBEAC has conducted zero visits, MGS GIK would submit its SAR to NBEAC in Spring 2019.
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CHAPTER 4: Faculty Development
4.1 Human Resource Department
Human Resource (HR) Management in the Institute is responsible for HR functions e.g., hiring/induction, placement, job rotations/relocation and training, and development of human resources by planning and implementing programs and practices about HR. This department is committed to maintaining management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures, and maintaining a balanced organization of Faculty and Staff. Striving to hire the best faculty, the department ensures planning and monitoring required to determine the faculty and staff strength justified in each faculty and department based on workload and guidelines approved by the Executive Committee. Appraisal of employee work results through performance evaluation, job analysis, and job evaluation for awarding periodic increments, cash prizes, Research Productivity Allowance, Award for supervision of theses of MS & Ph.D. students under the Incentive Scheme of the Institute for employees are some of the other functions which HR is carrying out. The total strength of faculty and related teaching staff is outlined in the Table below:
Sr. No. Designation Number
1 Faculty Member Professor / Visiting Professor 17 2 Associate Professor 13 3 Assistant Professor 38 4 Research Associate 36 5 Engineer and Equivalent System Administrator/Programmer 02 6 Research Officer 06 7 Lab Engineers 36 8 Others 76 Total (Academics) 224
4.2 Faculty Development Program
4.2.1 Faculty on Study Leave
The following faculty members proceeded on study leave during the year 2017-18: Degree S.no Name Faculty MS/PhD Name of university From To
1 Mr. Tahir Sattar FMCE PhD University of Science & 19-01-2018 18.01.2021 Technology, Korea 2 Mr. Zawar Hussain FCSE PhD Macquarie University, Australia 06.11.2017 05.11.2020
4.2.2 Faculty joined after Study Leave The following faculty member resumed the duty after availing the study leave in the year 2017-18:
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S. Name Faculty Name of University Resumed duty on No. 1 Dr. Muhammad Asif FME Yancheng Institute of Technology, China 10-11-2017
4.3 Professional Trainings
The Table below lists the details of the faculty and staff members who attended professional training programs during Academic Year 2017-18:
S # Name Designation Training/ Institute Duration Workshop 1 Mr. Waqas Accounts Officer Advance Excel 2013 ICMAP Jul 15-16 2017 Ullah 2 Ms. Memoona AD, ORIC Team Building Skills PMI Aug 21-23 2017 3 Dr. Zahid Halim Associate High-Performance Team Culture CIIT Aug 22-23 2017 Professor 4 Mr. Tahir Sattar Research International Symposium on ISAM-2017 Oct 16-20 2017 Associate Advance Materials (ISAM-2017) Islamabad 5 Dr. Ramzan Assistant International Symposium on ISAM-2017 Oct 16-20 2017 Abdul Karim Professor Advance Materials (ISAM-2017) Islamabad 6 Dr. Rashid Ali Assistant International Symposium on ISAM-2017 Oct 16-20 2017 Professor Advance Materials (ISAM-2017) Islamabad 7 Mr. Syed Materials Engineer International Symposium on ISAM-2017 Oct 16-20 2017 Hashim Shah Advance Materials (ISAM-2017) Islamabad 8 Mr. Omer Research International Symposium on ISAM-2017 Oct 16-20 2017 Farooq Associate Advance Materials (ISAM-2017) Islamabad 9 Dr. Masroor Associate Digital Pakistan Planning Nov 2, 2017 Hussain Professor Commission 10 Dr. S. Fawad Associate Digital Pakistan Planning Nov 2, 2017 Hussain Professor Commission 11 Dr. Rashid Assistant Professor Digital Pakistan Planning Nov 2, 2017 Jillani Commission 12 Dr. Asif Khan AssistantProfessor Digital Pakistan Planning Nov 2, 2017 Commission 13 Mr. M. Asif Incubatee Techstars Global Startup Weekend LUMS Nov 10-12 2017 2017 Competition 14 Mr. Adnan Incubatee Techstars Global Startup Weekend LUMS Nov 10-12 2017 Afridi 2017 Competition 15 Ms. Sara Khan Incubatee Techstars Global Startup Weekend LUMS Nov 10-12 2017 2017 Competition 16 Mr. Taufeeq AD, Procurement PPRA Rules PMI Nov 13-15 2017 Ahmad 17 Dr. S.M Ahmad Professor Leadership in Higher Education LUMS Dec 18-23 2017 18 Dr. Jameel Un Professor Leadership in Higher Education LUMS Dec 18-23 2017 Nabi 19 Mr. Usman Deputy Director Project Preparation COE Pakistan Mar 27-28 2018 Ghani (Works & Maintenance)
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4.4 Faculty Awards
4.4.1 Research Productivity Award
Research Productivity Award was given to the following faculty members during the year 2017-2018:
S. No. Name of the Awardees 1 Prof. Dr. Khasan Karimov
2 Prof. Dr. Ghulam Shabbir
3 Dr. Muhammad Mehmood Ali 4 Dr. Muhammad Muqeet Rehman 5 Dr. Ahmad Kamal Hassan
6 Dr. Ghulam Hussain
7 Dr. Taqi Ahmad Cheema 8 Dr. Fahd Nawaz Khan 9 Dr. Muhammad Asif
10 Dr. Sajjad Hussain
11 Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi 12 Dr. Zahid Halim 13 Dr. Hadeed Ahmed Sher
14 Dr. Muhammad Zahir Iqbal 15 Prof. Dr. Bakhadir Irgaziev
16 Prof. Dr. Muhammad Hassan Sayyad
4.4.2 Award for Supervision of theses of MS & PhD Students
The following faculty was given the award for supervision of thesis of MS & PhD students during the year 2017-2018:
Sr. No. Name 1 Prof. Dr. Mykola Bannikov 2 Prof. Dr. Wasim A. Khan 3 Dr. Zahid Halim 4 Prof. Dr. Nisar Ahmed 5 Prof. Dr. Khasan Karimov 6 Dr. Muhammad Mahmood Ali 7 Dr. Ghulam Abbas 8 Prof. Dr. Muhammad Akbar 9 Dr. Muhammad Zahir Iqbal 10 Dr. Sohail Malik 11 Prof. Dr. Nisar Ahmed ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 55
12 Dr. Ziaul Haq Abbas
13 Dr. Taqi Ahmad Cheema
14 Dr. Muhammad Zahir Iqbal 15 Dr. Khalid Rahman 16 Dr. Muhammad Usman
17 Dr. Muhammad Amin 18 Dr. Zahid Halim 19 Dr. Muhammad Mahmood Ali 20 Dr. Asif Khan 21 Dr. Syed Fawad Hussain
22 Dr. Ghulam Hussain 23 Dr. Sohail Malik 24 Dr. Khalid Rahman 25 Dr. Ghulam Hussain 26 Prof. Dr. Muhammad Hassan Sayyad 27 Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi 28 Dr. Ahmar Rashid
4.5 Faculty Travel Grant
Travel Grant of Rs. 2,418,739 was awarded to the Faculty members during the year 2017-2018:
4.5.1 HEC Travel Grant
Sr. No. Name Visit to 1 Mr. Abdul Basit Zia USA
2 Dr. Noor Muhammad Australia 3 Dr. Sajjad Hussain USA Dr. Muhammad Zahir 4 Jordan Iqbal 5 Dr. Ghulam Hussain China 6 Dr. Khawar Rehman Korea
7 Dr. Arbab Abdur Rahim Japan
4.5.2 GIK Travel Grant
Sr. No. Name Visit to 1 Dr. Taqi Ahmad Cheema Korea Dr. Muhammad Sohail 2 Italy Malik
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3 Dr. Noor Muhammad UK 4 Dr. Oleg Malaysia 5 Dr. Muhammad Hassan Korea
6 Prof.Sayyad Dr. Ghulam Shabbir South Africa 7 Dr. S. M. Ahmad China 8 Prof. Dr. Wasim Ahmad China Khan 4.5.3 Travel Grant from PSF Funded Projects
Sr. No. Name Visit to Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un 1 Turkey Nabi
4.6 Faculty Promotions
The following Faculty members were promoted during the year 2017-2018:
S. No. Faculty Member Promoted to Date
1. Dr. Sarvat Mushtaq Ahmad Professor 01.07.2017 2. Dr. Yasir Faheem Joya Associate Professor 01.07.2017 3. Dr.Zia Ul Haq Abbas Associate Professor 01.01.2018 4. Dr. Khalid Rehman Associate Professor 01.01.2018
5. Dr.Fahd Nawaz Khan Associate Professor 01.01.2018
4.7 Faculty Appointments
The following Faculty members were appointed during the year 2017-2018:
Sr. Date of Joining Name Designation Faculty No. 1 Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Tanoli Professor DCvE 26.12.2017
2 Mr. Hammad Khan Assistant Professor FMCE 22.08.2017 3 Dr. Kashif Ullah Khan Assistant Professor DMgS 05.09.2017 4 Dr. Umer Farooq Assistant Professor DMgS 05.09.2017 5 Dr. Sajid Anwar Assistant Professor FCSE 11.09.2017 6 Dr. Khawar Rehman Assistant Professor DCvE 10.11.2017
7 Dr. Ahmad Kamal Hassan Assistant Professor FEE 27.12.2017
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8 Dr. Muhammad Muqeet Rehman Assistant Professor FEE 29.12.2017 9 Dr. Massab Junaid Assistant Professor FME 27.03.2018 10 Ms. Rishi Naeem Research Associate FES 24.08.2017 11 Mr. Muhammad Salman Khattak Research Associate DMgS 30.08.2017 12 Mr. Waqas Rehman Research Associate DMgS 05.09.2017 13 Mr. Rabinder Kumar Research Associate DCvE 26.12.2017 14 Mr. Tayyab Mehmood Research Associate FES 06.02.2018 15 Mr. Fahad Seemab Research Associate DCvE 01.03.2018
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CHAPTER 5: Industrial Linkages/ORIC/Student Activities
5.1 ORIC Activities - Progress:
GIK ORIC 2017 to 2018
100 86 75 80 73 56 60 41 36 40
20
0 Participated at IOH (2016-17) & (2017-18)Recruitment drives (2016-17) & (2017-18) Participation in Internship (2016-17) & (2017-18)
2016-17 2017-18
5.2 Industrial Open House and Career Fair
Like every year GIK Institute conducted its Annual Open House career fair during April 12-13 2018. About 70 multinational and national companies and their representatives participated in the ‘Industrial Open House and Careers Fair’ 2018 of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology. In the ‘Industrial Open House and Careers Fair’ final year students displayed their research projects, and the officials of the companies visited them, interviewed the students, and those who were talented received their appointment letters before the convocation.
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Ms. Durdana Achakzai, the Chief Digital Officer, Telenor was chief guest at the ceremony. Mr. Shakil Durrani, Executive Director of Society for the Promotion of Engineering Sciences and Technology in Pakistan (SOPREST), Engr. Jehangir Bashar, Rector GIK Institute, Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi, Pro-Rector (Academic), Mr. Ahsan Basir Sheikh, Pro-Rector (Admin. and Finance), deans, heads of departments (HoDs), experts from research organizations, faculty members, representatives of the companies and students also participated in the ceremony.
The Open House, once a year event, brings together outstanding professionals from industry, business, and research organizations, faculty and students, all together at one forum, where close interaction and exchange of ideas take place. The students learn much from this interaction. The students acquiring modern education in different disciplines of Engineering and Management Sciences displayed over 100 research projects.
Ms. Durdana Achakzai said that research ties with academic institutions should be closer. The government should be committed to provide financial support to institutions, encouraging the universities to conduct result-oriented research and launch joint projects. “We need technology to deliver solutions to our society’s longstanding challenges in education, health, agriculture, administration and energy,” she said.
Mr. Shakil Durrani said that the open house provides an excellent opportunity for the faculty to exchange views and share their knowledge and experience with experts and representatives from the industry. Such interaction augurs well for future development and economic prosperity. The Open House is also an occasion for the final year students to show their talent by exhibiting their research projects, he said. The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it is possible to achieve your dreams.
Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi said that the GIK Institute’s mission is to educate ethically sound, socially- responsible engineering and applied science leaders whose work results in the betterment of the human conditions, locally, nationally and globally.
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5.2.1 Organizations participated at Career Fair and Industrial Open House (2017-18)
S. No. Organization S. No. Organization 1 Retailistan 38 CureMD 2 Century Paper & Board Mills Ltd 39 NRTC 3 Schlumberger 40 Keeptruckin University of Management & Technology, 4 Heavy Electrical Complex 41 Lahore 5 Ghulam Faruque Group (GFG) 42 Systems Ltd 6 KSB Pumps Company Limited 43 Ibex digital 7 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited 44 Islamia College, Peshawar 8 ELIXER Technologies Pakistan 45 OneByte United States Educational Foundation in 9 Al Karam Textile Mills 46 Pakistan 10 Techlogix Pakistan (Pvt) Limited 47 Qadri Group of Companies 11 Dynea Pakistan Head office Gaddon 48 SHIBLI (Pvt) Ltd 12 EBricks Inc 49 Fatima Group 13 OZI Technology Group 50 OneByte 14 Pakistan State Oil 51 Material Processing 15 yieldWerx 52 SmartAds 16 Inara Technologies Pvt Ltd 53 Telenor Pakistan 17 PPL Pakistan Petrolium ltd 54 Mavetech Private Limited 18 Gadoon Textile Mills Ltd 55 Apollo Telecom 19 LMKT 56 Apollo Telecom 20 LMKR 57 Avanceon 21 Bright Spyre 58 Mondelez Pakistan 22 Amreli Steels Limited 59 PTCL 23 Software Productivity Strategists Inc. 60 xFlow Reserach 24 Talkpool 61 Engro Polymers & Chemicals Limited 25 Bentley Systems Pakistan 62 Engro Polymers & Chemicals Limited 26 Comsats Internet Services 63 Fauji Cement Co Ltd 27 ibex. 64 Netsol Technologies Limited 28 I2C 65 SmartAds 29 National Incubation Center Peshawar 66 xFlow Research Inc. 30 Expert Opinion Pvt Ltd 67 Afiniti 31 CCixerPakistan 68 Avanceon 32 Intermark Islamabad 69 Air Weapon Complex 33 Jin Technologies Private Limited 70 PMO, NESCOM 34 ZONG 71 VentureDive 35 cap ventures 72 KPOGCL 36 TkXel 73 Evamp and Saanga 37 Clary Icon Pvt. Ltd
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5.3 Career Services Office
The Career Services Office is working under the domain of ORIC at GIK Institute. ORIC – Career Services Office is focused on connecting: • Students to careers and job options. • Industry to students and graduate talent. • Faculties/study disciplines to employability and graduate outcomes.
Career Services Office helps students to set career goals and implement real-time strategies to achieve those goals. They are helped to increase their employability options as they go through their studies. Therefore, when they apply for opportunities along the way or after graduation, they are more competitive to start on the career they seek as an engineer. Career Services Office is one of the GIK Institute’s vital units. Our career advisers and faculty coordinators work closely with undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni at the same time as they explore career interests, options, and opportunities, from internships to jobs and to further studies. The office brings prospective employers to campus, maintains ties with industry, and interacts with faculty and the GIK Institute’s alumni.
Career Services Office helps students to get a sense of the connection between them (their discipline, their experiences, their skills, their qualities and their values) and the real professional world. Additionally, it educates the students about what it is that employers are looking for, and having this in mind, how they can develop according to the industry requirements before they finish at GIK Institute. The office provides the following services to get our students through their career plans:
• Career counselling regarding job search, job application, CV/resume building, interview preparation, etc. • Internship placement and assistance for a job appointment • Information on prospective employers and job market • The arrangement of career-related seminars, workshops and events • The connection between industry, students and alumni
The Career Services Office assists organizations in promoting their opportunities to students by inviting employers to recruit and interview on campus, events, posting opportunities on our job board, disseminating those opportunities by email, and arranging internships. The office has an internal communication channel and communicates with students and alumni through email, social media and text messages to disseminate any relevant information. Careers Services Office initiates a strong relationship with all students when they reach the 3rd year of their studies until their graduation.
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5.3.1Summer Internship Program
Every year GIK Institute’s ORIC department conducts internship sessions apart from recruitment drives. This year also, we conducted internship sessions on 21st and 22nd May for 3rd year students of all seven faculties of the institute.
Out of 427 students, 64 students didn’t attend the sessions and arranged their internship themselves. The number of students offered internship slots were 362. The total number of companies that offered internship to our students was 85. Out of these 85, fifteen companies selected the candidates by conducting their on-campus internship drives. Rest of the 75 companies was contacted by ORIC exclusively for internships. 61 out of these 75 agreed to accommodate all the students nominated by ORIC whereas 14 of them did further shortlisting by evaluating students on their criteria.
S. No. Organization S. No. Organization 1 3W SYSTEMS (PVT.) LTD. 44 CureMD 2 KSB Pumps Company Limited 45 Pakistan Oilfields Limited 3 Talk pool 46 TKXEL 4 Al ghazi Tractors 47 ATLAS HONDA 5 KPOGCL 48 Confiz 6 GoodCore Software (Pvt) Ltd 49 United Energy Pakistan 7 Alkaram Textiles Karachi 50 Franchise Pakistan 8 Creative Chaos Pvt Ltd 51 Attock Refinery Limited 9 7Vals 52 WAPDA 10 Arbisoft 53 PICO Tech Limited 11 Century Paper & Board Mills Ltd 54 Energy Conservation Committee - GIK 12 Dynea Pakistan Limited 55 ICI Pakistan 13 Ibtikaar Consulting 56 NESCOM 14 PTCL 57 CCL Pharma 15 Cherat Cement 58 VaporVM 16 KayDrive 59 Sitara Chemicals 17 SmartAds 60 OGRA 18 Systems Ltd 61 Tetra Pak 19 Pakistan Oxygen Limited 62 Pakistan Petroleum Limited 20 Tourism Live 63 Schlumberger 21 DG Khan Cement Company Ltd, Chakwal 64 MOL 22 DG Khan Cement Company Ltd, DG Khan 65 IKEA DG Khan Cement Company Ltd, Head 23 Office 66 BASF 24 Ibrahim Fibres Ltd 67 IT Dept (GIK) 25 State Bank of Pakistan 68 Colgate 26 Comsats Internet Services 69 Mari Petro 27 Teletaleem Pvt Ltd 70 PAC 28 Shibli Private Limited 71 Reckitt Benckiser 29 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited 72 Mondelez 30 Gadoon Textile Mills Ltd (Power Plant) 73 Nestle 31 Zong 74 Qadri Group 32 National Incubation Center Peshawar 75 Unilever
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33 GADOON TEXTILE MILLS LTD unit 1 76 Proctor & Gamble 34 GADOON TEXTILE MILLS LTD unit 2 77 BASF 35 GADOON TEXTILE MILLS LTD unit 3 78 Engro 36 International Industries Limited 79 Philip Morris 37 TIDES Pvt Ltd 80 10 Pearls 38 NUST 81 PSO 39 Heavy Mechanical Complex, Taxila 82 English Biscuit Manufacturers 40 AbbVie Pharmaceuticals Inc. 83 Fatima Group 41 HIT 84 Ufone 42 Amreli Steels 85 K-Electric 43 Siemens Pakistan Engineering Co. Ltd 86 Toyota Indus motors
5.3.2 Exclusive Recruitment Drives
In addition to all other activities and Industrial Open House, organizations including renowned local and multinational organizations visit the Institute to conduct exclusive recruitment drives during the spring semester every year on-campus, which includes information sessions, tests, interviews, assessment center, etc. Careers Services Office/ORIC at the Institute provides all companies the best services in conducting those recruitment activities with 100% satisfaction as feedback from those employers.
5.3.3 Recruitment drives conducted by various organizations
About 41 Organizations conducted their exclusive drive on campus, list of companies is listed below.
5.4 Company Drives - Fall 2017
Internship/ Graduate S. # Company Name Placement Target Faculties Batch
1 Qairus FYP and Graduate Placement FCSE 24
2 PepsiCo Internships + Graduate Placement all faculties 24, 25
3 Career Pakistan Career Counseling Session all faculties all batches
4 McKinsey Graduate Placement all faculties 24
5 Unilever Talent Hunt all faculties all batches Reckitt 6 Benckiser Internship + Graduate Placement all faculties 24, 25
7 Mondelez Internship + Graduate Placement all faculties 24, 25
8 Nestle Internship + Graduate Placement all faculties 24, 25 FME, FEE, 9 Qadri Group Internship Manufacturing 25
5.5 Company Drives - Spring 2018
S. # Company Name Internship/ Graduate Placement Target Faculties Batch
1 Fauji Fertilizer Graduate Placement FME, FEE, DChE 24
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Pakistan Tobacco All Faculties 2 Company Graduate Placement 24 Proctor & Gamble All Faculties 3 (Info Session) Internship 25
4 Arbisoft (Online) Graduate Placement FCSE 24
5 RB - Phase 2 Internship leading to Job All Faculties 24 + 25 Unilever (UFLP & 6 ULIP) Internship + Graduate Placement All Faculties 24 + 25
7 House of Habib Graduate Placement FME, FEE, FES, DChE, Manf. 24
8 ICI Graduate Placement FEE, FME, DChE 24 All Faculties 9 MOL Scholarship for Female Students all batches Proctor & Gamble All Faculties 10 (test) Internship 25
11 Coca Cola Graduate Placement FME, FEE, FES, DChE, Manf. 24 All Faculties 12 Teach for Pakistan Graduate Placement 24 Nauman Khan All Faculties 13 Azeemi Career Counseling all batches
14 BASF Internship FMSE, DChE 25
15 Engro Internship + Graduate Placement FEE, FME, DChE 24 + 25
16 Philip Morris Internship All Faculties 26
18 GSK Graduate Placement FME, FMCE 24
19 Tetra Pak Graduate Placement FEE, FME, FES, DChE 24
20 10 Pearls Internship + Graduate Placement FCSE, FEE, FES 24 + 25
21 Packages Internship + Graduate Placement All Faculties 24 + 25
22 TCS Conducted their online test remotely FCSE, DMgS 24 FEE, FME, DChE, FCSE, 23 PSO Internship FMS 25 English Biscuit 24 Manufacturers Internship + Graduate Placement FEE, FME, FES, DChE 24 + 25
25 Fatima Group Internship + Graduate Placement FEE, FME, DChE 24 + 25
26 Techlogix Graduate Placement FCSE 24
27 Ufone Internship FCSE, FES, FEE 25
28 K-Electric Internship + Graduate Placement FCSE, FEE, FME 24 + 25
29 Systems Ltd Graduate Placement FCSE, DMgS 24
30 Afiniti Graduate Placement FCSE, FEE, FES, DMgS 24 Pakistan Oxygen 31 Limited (Linde) Graduate Placement FME 24 32 Careem Graduate Placement FCSE, DMgS 24
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5.6 Job Placement Status for Batch 24 graduates in spring 2018
Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering 60 55 50
40 33 30 20 16 10 4 1 1 0 Total Graduated Employed Seeking Departed Job Offer in Unemployed No Contact for Higher Process Education
2018
Faculty of Engineering Sciences 50 39 40 30 26 20 10 6 5 1 1 0 Total Graduated Employed Seeking Departed Job Offer in Unemployed No Contact for Higher Process Education
2018
Faculty of Materials Engineering 30 28 25 22 20 15 10 5 5 0 0 1 0 Total Graduated Employed Seeking Departed Job Offer in Unemployed No Contact for Higher Process Education
2018
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Faculty of Electronic Engineering
60 53 50
40 31 30
20 8 9 10 4 1 0 Total Graduated Employed Seeking Departed Job Offer in Unemployed No Contact for Higher Process Education
2018
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
100 82 80 60 40 27 30 16 20 5 4 0 Total Graduated Employed Seeking Departed Job Offer in Unemployed No Contact for Higher Process Education, CSS
2018
Faculty of Chemical Engineering 38 40 35 30 25 20 15 15 9 11 10 5 2 1 0 Total Graduated Employed Seeking Departed Job Offer in Process Unemployed No Contact for Higher Education
2018
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Summary: Summary 350 302 300
250
200 159 150
100 66 56 50 10 11 0 Total Graduated Employed Seeking Departed Job Offer in Process Unemployed No Contact for Higher Education
2018
5.7 Scholarships Details on various scholarships offered at the Institute are given below:
Name of the sponsor 2015-16 2016-17 4yeras 2016-17only 2016 Intake 4 years
Atlas-GIK Scholarship 1 1 0 0
Ayub Memorial Scholarship 1 1 0 0
Baluchistan Scholarship 6 6 2 0
CMEEF Scholarship 1 2 0 0
Dr. H. M. Yousaf Scholarship 1 1 0 0
Dr. Razia Rauf Scholarship 1 1 0 0
FATA Scholarship 32 42 10 10
Fauji Foundation Scholarship 11 7 0 0
FEF Scholarship 16 6 0 0
Gurmani Foundation Scholarship 2 2 0 0
IhsanTrust Scholarship 14 29 15 11
KPK Gov. Scholarship 76 76 20 20
Lucky Cement Scholarship 2 3 0 0
Mobilink Scholarship 1 1 0 0
NICT Scholarship 22 12 0 0
PEEF Scholarship 32 34 10 3
Prof. Mian Zaheen ud Din Scholarship 1 1 0 0
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Sindh Scholarship 7 7 0 0
GIK Alumni Association 57 0
Scholarships for Graduate Program HEC Indigenous Fellowship 8
HEC Funded Project (NRPU) 3
Pak-US Project 3
KRL Sponsorship 1
The Viqar un Nisa & Feroz Khan 3 Sponsorship
Total number of Scholarships 302
5.8 Students Activities and Events
The Institute hosts 27 student societies, most of which are affiliated with their respective national and international chapters. The academic calendar of the Institute is tightly decorated with projects and events organized by these societies. A list of major notable events from the year 2017-18 is given below:
Sr. No. Activity/Event Organizing society 1 Islamabad Leadership Summit (ILS) 2017 IEEE 2 International Science & Youth Symposium 2017 Science Society 3 Annual Networking Convention and Uber GameX 2017 NETRONIX 4 All Pakistan Mathematics Olympiad 2017 GMS 5 GIMUN'17 2017 SOPHEP 6 LDS 16th GIK Parliamentary Debates 2017 LDS 7 Airex'17 Innovation Challenge and ILS-17 2017 AIAA 8 GIK Innovation Summit '17 2017 IET 9 All Pak Event Exito'17 2017 ASM/TMS 10 GIK Sports (Sports Event) 2017 Sports Society 11 National Electronic Olympiad, Robotics 2018 IEEE 12 19th All Pakistan Science Fair 2018 Science Society 13 Thermocon'18 2018 ASHRAE 14 ICPC Software and Programme Competition 2018 ACM 15 All Pakistan Sports Fest'18 2018 Sports Society 16 TECHFEST & RENAISSANCE '18 2018 SMEP 17 All Pakistan MediaFest 2018 Media Club 18 All Pakistan Arts and Fashion Festival 2018 NAQSH 19 NECOO 18, 2018 SPIE 20 All Pakistan Event IMEC'18 2018 ASME 21 DBFC-13 2018 AIAA 22 All Pakistan Research Symposium 2018 GSS 23 All Pakistan Performing Arts Festival 2018 CDES 24 AIChE All Pak Event CHEMBUZZ'18 2018 AIChE
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5.9 Outreach Program
Project Topi is the first student-run voluntary society of its sort in Pakistan, working mainly to educate the poor children of Topi (where GIK Institute is located). It was started in the fall 2000 and, to this date, has flourished into a well-organized and active society. The students manage to take out time from their hectic schedules in order to teach local students and provide them with the motivation and aspiration they lack so much. Results of this brave effort are very encouraging, and Project Topi has produced many young individuals from the poor society of Topi ready to take up the challenges of professional life. Its area of activity is confined to Topi only, but the message this group of students is trying to convey is being heard all over the country. The message is to work for ourselves to eradicate the evil of illiteracy from Pakistan in general and from the backward areas like Topi in particular, and students can play a vital role in doing so. Team Project Topi collects funds from within the GIK student body and gives scholarships to the needy students of Topi, so they can pursue their education and do not drop out only because they do not have the resources. GIK students who cannot afford their mess bills are also provided financial support through this program. Dr. Tahseen Amin Khan Qasuria, the advisor of the society supervises all the activities.
• Mess Bill Assistance
Project Topi, in collaboration with the Alumni Association, provides mess bill assistance to the students from the GIK student body who cannot afford to pay the mess bills. A monthly allowance of Rs 3000 is provided to selected students. An amount of Rs. 500,000 has been earmarked from President SOPREST Fund (PSF) for support of needy students who cannot pay their mess bills. Rs. 212,110 has been disbursed by committee as mess support for year 2017-18.
• Stipends
The society has put a lot of efforts in helping the people living around the GIK Institute. Monthly stipend and medical expenditure are provided to the needy people of the area. There is an easy form-based procedure to apply for this aid. The selected cases are funded from the Project Topi (PT) account. PT members conduct door to door fund collection from GIK student body.
• Scholarships
Project Topi facilitates the Alumni Association of GIK Institute in the selection procedure of deserving students which are given Scholarships each year for their education in GIK.
• In Health Care
Contributing to the improvement of the health sector in backward areas is one of the major goals of Project Topi, and every possible effort is being made to channelize the available resources to maximum effect in the health sector.
• Blood Camps
Contributing to the improvement of the health sector in backward areas is one of the major goals of Project Topi and every possible effort is being made to channel the available resources to maximize effect in the health sector.
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Project Topi GIK Society organizes Blood Donation Camp:
Project Topi, students’ society of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology organized one-day free blood donation camp at the campus with the collaboration of the Jameela Sultani, a Chaklala based health body which provides free blood to Thalassemia children.
Project Topi is a welfare body that organizes many welfare activities; one of them is the blood donation camp. Two doctors and nine paramedical staff performed their duty in the camp. They were assisted by Project Topi members who persuade students and brought the volunteers to the camp for the blood donation.
Dr. Javed Malik said that at GIK Institute they found all students active, working with complete determination. The members of the society had remained vigilant for the entire day. “I appreciate their role, concentration, participation, interest and valuable contribution. Everyone was well disciplined and cooperative. We knew about the uniqueness of GIK Institute,” he said.
The doctors and paramedical staff have lauded the role played by Mr. Ahmad Aziz, president of Project Topi. They said that without his inspiring behavior and motivation of the students, it was difficult to arrange the donation camp successfully.
Engr. Jehangir Bashar, Rector GIK Institute and other officials said that arranging blood donation camp has become a regular feature of Topi Project. It has arranged numerous welfare activities every year. He lauded students’ efforts for a worthy cause. The voluntary blood donation is a great contribution towards saving lives.
GIK Students society runs a week campaign against corruption
Character Building Society (CBS) of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology has run a week-long campaign on the campus against the menace of corruption. Members of the Faculty and students of various professional societies participated in the campaign, upholding the directive of Higher Education Commission (HEC).
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The primary objective of the campaign was to educate GIK Institute students and create awareness among them about the impact of corruption on our society, especially the economic progress of the country. The activities were aimed to motivate the youth and concentrate on playing their role in the eradication of corruption from the Pakistani society. The rampant corruption is one of the biggest threats to the economic progress of the country.
Rayyan Zahid, president of the society said that through various activities their utmost desire was to reach the youth who are the future builders.
The activities were: ‘I stand against corruption; students pledge to work with complete determination against corruption and corrupt practices; essay writing competition, declamation contest; anti-corruption poster competition; a self-awareness art installation and an anti-corruption walk.
5.10 CBS – Table of Etiquettes and Knowledge:
The Character-Building Society has launched a ‘pilot’ productivity enhancing project for the common spaces at GIK Institute known as ‘Table of Etiquettes and Knowledge.’
The project is based on transforming the mess table by enhancing its functionality through graphics. Under this project, each table cloth is replaced with a graphically designed theme covering tableware placement and information for different niches. The themes currently used in the pilot include physics, math, facts and figures, and motivation.
Table of etiquettes is an attempt to revolutionize the plain mess table cloth and innovated a new method of transferring knowledge and habits passively. The double-edged approach is to promote eating manners while utilizing empty spaces to promote passive learning on different topics.
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5.11 Student’s keeping environment clean:
GIK is not only renowned for its surrounding beauty but also the clean environment itself. Students at GIK Institute are always found passionate about keeping the campus clean, and they eagerly show their concern about climate safety. Students went for hiking meanwhile picked all trash they could find to contribute towards creating a healthy and clean environment.
5.12 The Catalyst GIK Incubator
The Catalyst GIK Incubator offers a range of business development services related to the technical development and access to working space on flexible terms, to meet the needs of start-ups. The Incubation Centre converts innovative ideas of an individual into developed products and allows company formation to sell those products to the public, thus creating job opportunities in the market and contributing to the national economy.
THE CATALYST GIK INCUBATOR provides services to the participants with required facilities such as technical assistance, office space, computer and internet services, phone and fax facilities, and help in locating venture capitalist to convert their start-ups into a full-fledged company. THE CATALYST GIK
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INCUBATOR achieves this under the guidance of specialized faculty and mentors. THE CATALYST GIK INCUBATOR is to create an entrepreneurial atmosphere, thus nurturing ideas into commercialized products. THE CATALYST GIK INCUBATOR strives to enhance the concept of marketability and entrepreneurship skills in participants working in any area. This helps in promoting economic growth and reducing poverty in the country by building private enterprises.
To create an entrepreneurial atmosphere to nurture ideas into commercialized products, The Catalyst GIK Incubator, GIK Institute conducts LAUNCHPADS or more commonly known as Start-up Pitching events. The winning teams are offered Incubation at The Catalyst GIK Incubator. It provides a platform to the graduates to work in an entrepreneurial environment where they are facilitated to become a full-fledged sustainable firm. This objective is achieved under the guidance of staff and faculty of the GIK Institute. Special staff is also hired to meet the operational requirements of the enhanced incubation centre. Moreover, The Catalyst GIK Incubator provides the facility that hosts topnotch equipment and machinery necessary for innovative thinking and commercialization which not only attract young entrepreneurs but also ensure the long-term sustainability of their ideas through enhancing opportunities for interactive discussions and concept proofs. Top teams are selected from the competition on the basis of sustainability and scalability. These teams are then mentored over a period of one year to successfully launch their business. THE CATALYST GIK INCUBATOR provides a platform for talented people who think out of the box and are waiting for a platform to work on their ideas.
The Catalyst GIK Incubator GIK Institute has MoUs with major universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other incubation centres, Plan9. Over the last two years, two of our start-ups have been highly successful and were evaluated at USD 1 Million each at an Accelerator in Chile. These are:
• Aquila Labs: Education Technologies • Micro-power Labs: World’s fastest charging power bank, Flash Pack (www.flashpack.io)
Currently, they are gathering investors for further expansion. In 2016 session, we have 4 promising teams who are being trained. They are in the process of developing their prototypes, and they shall be ready to launch their products very soon.
• Ghar Ka Khana: Homemade food delivery service
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• Sahara IO: Intelligent orthotic and physiotherapy devices
• EdSol: Education Technologies • SunSol: Renewable Energies
The Incubation Program was developed after two-year thorough research on incubation centers all over the world. The Incubation Program follows an outcome-based learning approach, which allows each participant to measure his/her skill level. Thus, each participant knows what he/she needs to further his/her progress as an entrepreneur.
THE CATALYST GIK INCUBATOR runs several training programs on entrepreneurship, which is open to all students at GIK Institute. Professionals from the field, accountants, marketers, legal advisors, directors, CEOs, CTO, etc. visit THE CATALYST GIK INCUBATOR and Moved to Incubator in 2018 train our aspiring entrepreneurs on ground realities. Moreover, THE CATALYST GIK INCUBATOR also provides training and development to directors of other universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to raise awareness about entrepreneurship in the entire province.
The Institute is expanding its Technology Incubation Center (The Catalyst GIK Incubator) facility and aims to provide the services at a larger scale using the grant from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government. It will attract final year students/fresh graduates from GIK Institute and different universities of Pakistan on purely merit basis. Under the scope of the grant, special funds are available on merits to final year students/fresh graduates of universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The grant awarded by Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa shall be used for the expansion over a period of four years (2014- 18). The GIK Institute has secured a grant of PKR 100 Million for Entrepreneurship Development through Establishment and Strengthening of Technology Incubation Center from Directorate of Science and Technology, Ministry of ST&IT, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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The catalyst GIK Incubator arranged various events during the year 2017-2018. List of these events is given below:
S.No Sessions Major Parts of activity Date
1. Session on “Technology Technology advancement and aid of 11th Aug, 2017 Management” with Dr technology in making process Cedric efficient. 2. “Lean Startup” with Dr. Presentation of Incubatees and 16th Aug, 2017 Cedric discussion on Defining your startups 3. Session on “Managerial Discussion on basic of manufacturing 24th Aug, 2017 Accounting " with Saira cost Yamin 4. “Lean Startup” with Dr. Presentation of Incubatees and 25th Aug, 2017 Cedric discussion on Learning and exploring your startups (continuous learning) 5. Session on “Managerial Discussion on Financial Statements 07th Sep, 2017 Accounting " with Saira and journalizing of business Yamin transactions 6. Session on “Managerial Costing of Job and Process 18thSep 2017 Accounting " with Saira (Similarities and differences) Yamin Discussion on Financial Statements 7. “Lean Startup” with Dr. Presentation of Incubatees and 19thSep 2017 Cedric discussion on Experimentation for startups 8. “Group Meetings” with Discuss startup status according to 22nd Sep 2017 Ms. Saira Yamin planned Gantt charts 9. Peer review with Dr. Conduct activity on Strength and 27thSep 2017 Cedric weakness of team leaders, incubation participants 10. Pitching Session with Dr. Presentation of Incubatees and 04th Oct, 2017 Cedric discussion
11. “Lean Startup” with Dr. Presentation of Incubatees and 27th Oct, 2017 Cedric discussion on taking a leap for your startup 12. Director Finance Company Business laws and taxation 01st Nov, 2017 13. ‘Writing Business Plan’ “How to write successful business 10th Nov, 2017 with Dr. Cedric plan” 14. “Lean Startup” with Dr. Presentation of Incubatees and 23rd January Cedric discussion on Test 2018
15. “CEO Meetings” with Dr. Session on “How to be a great startup 25th January Cedric CEO” 2018 16. “Lean Startup” with Dr. Presentation of Incubatees and 12th February Cedric discussion on Measure 2018
Various internal Sessions were conducted by Incubation team in year 2017-2018. Details of these sessions are given below:
S. No Description Date 1. Welcome to MGS Freshmen 2017 Sep.13th, 2017 2. Session on Freelancing Sep 21st, 2017 3. Promotional session in collaboration with student’s society at GIK Sep 21st, 2017 Institute 4. Celebrated world teacher’s day October 05th, 2017
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5. Seminar Conducted on Entrepreneurship at University of Peshawar October 06th, 2017
6. Shooting for program Idea Caroron Ka October 14th, 2017
7. Graduation Ceremony - Celebrated successful completion of October 18th, training tenure of participants at The Incubator, GIK Institute. 2017 8. Entrepreneurial work group meeting to discuss the progress and October 18th, key issues faced by the project. 2017 9. Seminar on Venture Capital Basics January 31st , 2018 10. Evaluate startup performance 24th February,2018
11. Screening of Participants - Short listing of startups for 2018 intake March 12th, 2018 12. Launchpad - Pitching of shortlisted startups March 28th, 2018 13. Pitching of current startups for funds generation April 25th, 2018 14. MoU Signing between The Incubator and Telenor Velocity May 30th, 2018
Startups of the Catalyst GIK Incubator participated in various entrepreneurship events throughout Pakistan in Year 2017-2018. Details of these events are as under:
S.No Team Event Title Date
1. PrepareHOW Connected Pakistan (Abbottabad) Aug 1st, 2017. 2. Greenovation URBAN UNIT VISIT (Lahore) Sep 29th, 2017 3. Green Appliances UNIDO Global Clean Tech Oct 03rd-4th, 2017 Innovation Programme (Islamabad) 4. Green Appliances Falling Walls Lab FCCU (Lahore) Oct 10th, 2017 5. PrepareHow Falling Walls Lab FCCU (Lahore) Oct 10th, 2017 6. Greenovation OGDCL Nashpa Oil Field Visit Oct 16th, 2017 7. PrepareHow The Start Up Cup Oct 20th-22nd, 2017 8. Green Appliances UNIDO Global Clean Tech 30th Oct – 01st Nov, Innovation Programme (Islamabad) 2017 9. Green Appliances Tech Stars Global startup 11th–12th Nov, 2017 10. All Incubation Teams 3rd Invention to Innovation Summit 28th–30th Nov, 2017 Kp-2017
11. All Incubation Teams Momentum Tech Conference 15th–20th Feb, 2018
12. Green Appliances & Smart City Hackaton (Lahore) 09th – 11thMar, 2018 Greenovation 13. All Incubation Teams May 9th,2018 Visit to Telenor Velocity
Representatives from Directorate of Science and Technology also visited The Catalyst GIK Incubator from time to time to monitor the progress of Incubation Centre activities. Details of these visits are:
S.NO Description Date Team of Directorate of science and technology (DoST) visited GIK 1 Incubation center to attend the Graduation Ceremony and Entrepreneurial meeting. Oct,18, 2017
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Team from DoST visited to GIK Institute to review the quarterly performance of the Incubation Center. The team was consisting of the following officials: 2 1. Mr. Falak Nian, Assistant Director. 2. Mr. Waqar Ahmed, Assistant Director. 3. Mr. Amir Mohammad, Accountant Dec,06, 2017 Representatives of Planning commission to evaluate ventures to invest 3 their seed money in Jan,18,2018 Director and Deputy Director (DoST) visited to The Incubator GIK 4 Institute to discuss future plans of Incubation center with Director incubation. Jan,31,2018 Assistant Director and Deputy Director (DoST) visited to The 5 Incubator GIK along with Assistant Director ST & IT for Startups February 28th, Evaluation 2018 Assistant Director and Deputy Director (DoST) visited to The 6 Incubator GIK Institute for Monitoring Team visit March 5th2018 Deputy Director (DoST) visited to The Incubator GIK Institute for 7 shortlisting of application Launchpad 2018 March 12th, 2018 Deputy Director DoST visited GIK to attend Final Pitching session and 8 launch pad 2018 March,31, 2018 9 Deputy Director DoST attended 2nd Investor summit at GIK April 25th, 2018 10 Monitoring team visited The Incubator, GIK Institute. May 10th, 2018 Director and Deputy Director (DoST) visited to The Incubator GIK 11 Institute to review development project of DoST in GIK Institute. May 15th, 2018
5.12.1 2nd Investor summit on April 25, 2018
The Incubator of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology organized ‘Investor Summit 2018. Dr. Asma Hyber, member Social Sector and Devolution, Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform, was the Chief Guest at the Summit. The officials of Directorate of Science and Technology (DoST), Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, academia of different universities, researchers, GIK Institute faculty members, representatives of industry and companies and students participated in the Summit.
Engr. Jehangir Bashar, Rector GIK Institute, Mr. Ahsan Basir Sheikh, Pro-Rector (Admin and Finance), Prof. Dr. Wasim Ahmad Khan, Head of The Incubator, Deans, heads of departments (HoDs), Nisar Ahmed, Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform, Islamabad, Mr. Muhammad Jawad A K Tareen of Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Mr. Abid Suhail Deputy Director, DoST, Ali Iqbal, GM Ignite, Anthony Williams, CEO, TaxDosti, Mr. Riaz Ahmed, venture Captylist, Mr. Rashid Cheema and CEO Albab Creator, senior representatives of funding agencies and those who acquired training at The Incubator participated in the Summit.
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The Incubator, GIK Institute provides an entrepreneurial platform to the final year students and fresh graduates from all over the country, imparting entrepreneurial training and skills to them to convert their startups into full-fledged companies. It is at the forefront in the country. The Incubator gives practical shape to innovative ideas and creativity of those graduates who have science and technology background, exploiting their entrepreneurial potential and utilizing it in the best interest of the country and its masses.
Engr. Jehangir Bashar, Rector GIK Institute, expressed his gratitude to the DoST and Planning Commission for their continuous support and shared the journey of inception of The Incubator, GIK Institute. Dr. Asma Hyder appreciated the methodology of mentorship adopted by The Incubator, saying that if the startups solve social problems with the help of latest technology, the government will support them under various schemes.
Mr. Abid Suhail, Deputy Director, Directorate DoST has conducted an in-depth analysis of the progress and performance of the startups. Dr. Asma and Mr. Abid also discussed avenues to jointly support startups with high potential by Federal and Provincial Government. DoST has provided a generous grant of Rs. 100 Million for the establishment of The Incubation Center at GIK Institute. Dr. Cedric Aimal Edwin, the mentor for startups, spoke about the methodology of mentorship adopted by The Incubator. He explained how The Incubator coupled the Blue Ocean philosophy with outcome-based mentorship and lean methodology. Four startups presented at The Investors’ Summit: Green-Appliances, PrepareHow, Greenovation and Kopy 3D. DoST, Government of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has announced a seed capital of Rs. 0.5 Million each for Green-Appliances and Greenovation.
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• Current annual sales: 5.12.2 Startups- The Catalyst GIK Incubator Greenovation is not generating revenues right now, have 1. Greenovation (www.greenovation.pk) consumers but not customers. Participants • Breakeven point: 1. Saad Bin Azam Once operational, the breakeven 2. Shafiullah point is production and selling of 3. Umaima Iftikhar 250 kgs/day.
Startup Details • Mega Achievements: We are the first • Appeared in the TV show “Idea recycling Croron KA” company of • Got 9th position in Momentum Pakistan and the tech conference, a 2-day mega only company to event in Karachi. reproduce energy from recyclable waste. We are striving to • Top position in Business plan competition amongst all reduce landfills in Pakistan and restore the natural beauty of this institutes of KP. country. We have environmentally-friendly solutions to • Funding of 0.5 million rupees counteract pollution. We plan to solve two major issues of the country: Pollution and Feasibility of fuel. Our company utilizes • Funding Received: plastic waste as raw material for LPG production. We offer a • Directorate of Science & permanent solution for plastic waste disposal. And what comes Technology KP announced a out as the end-product? -A cost-efficient fuel that caters to all funding of 0.5 million Rs for domestic needs. Greenovation is the only company in Pakistan Greenovation, disbursement is in that bases its core purpose on Environmental Safety. Our aim is process but not received yet. to rid Pakistan of landfills and pollution efficiently and productively. We believe returning fuel in exchange for • Funding application in process: pollution is a sensible transaction. Commercialization of viable Products and Services products • LPG Supply to households • Plastic Waste Reduction • Collaborations: • Glass/Paper Recycling • MoUs with different startups • Thermal Insulations (Trash it, Karachi and • In-House Industrial Plants SaafShifaaf Abbottabad) • Capacity Building • Shell Tameer is also collaborating with us. Team Member details: • Tax Dosti is our legal partner Name Designati Contact Email on Number Website: www.greenovation.pk Saad Bin Azam Founder, 0321 [email protected] Email: [email protected] CEO 6886000 Phone: +92 321 6886000 Shafiullah Co- 0343 Shafiullahmarwat277@g Official address: GIK Incubator, GIK Marwat Founder, 9599835 mail.com Institute, Topi, distt. Swabi, KP COO Place of Business: Swabi Umaima Co- 0346 Umaimaiftikhar28@gmai Iftikhar Founder, 5418859 l.com CTO
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Current annual sales: 2. PrepareHOW (www.preparehow.com) 0.3 Million
Breakeven point: Participants Not Achieved yet 1. IrzamRana Mega Achievements: 2. Khurshid Amin • Connected Pakistan. (Top 5 3. Amna Tariq teams) Introduction: • Falling Walls FCCU. • Startup Cup (Top 12 PrepareHOW aims to be the first of its kind web source for position out of 1800 plus students aspiring to get into universities that they’ve always startups). dreamed of. This focuses on entry test preparations, admission • 3rd Invention to Innovation guidelines, merit details and results, with access to various Summit Kp-2017 standardized test samples including ECAT and like. • Momentum Tech • Startup Istanbul (3 out of 4 Vision and Mission: stages) • Raise Seed Capital of 0.5 The vision at PrepareHow involves ridding students of the Million academy culture and making them independent in their preparations towards college and university entries. With the Funding Received: current reliance rate of students over external bodies for Receive 0.5 Million seed admission, it leaves little room for self-struggle and knowing how capital from Planning to tackle a situation by one’s self rather than paying a third party Commission, Pakistan. to do it for you. Funding application in Services offered: process: ▪ Video lectures No ▪ Community Forum (for problem discussions) Collaborations: ▪ Customized Entry Tests Tax Dosti ▪ Customized Preparation Notes Albab Creators ▪ Career Counselling Team Member details: Place of Business: All over Pakistan
Name Contact Email Number Website:www.preparehow.com Irzam Maqbool 03355374270 [email protected] Official Email:[email protected]
Amna Tariq 03370415781 [email protected] Official address: GIK Incubation, Topi, Swabi. Khurshid Amin 03459873651 [email protected]
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3. Green Appliances Place of Business: Topi, Participants Swabi Current annual sales: Not 1. Sara Khan generating any revenues yet 2. Muhammad Asif 3. Adnan Anwar Khan Afridi Breakeven point: Not achieved yet Vision: Funding Received: 500,000 Promote green energy through innovative and energy efficient PKR appliances. Funding application in Startup Details process: Yes
Green appliances have launched their first product “Dual Collaborations: None Function Geyser Cook Stove” which gives you the comfort of cooking food and heating water simultaneously. Website: www.greenappliances.com.pk You can now use this product, basically designed for rural areas Email: [email protected] Phone: 03336823389 deprived of the gas facility, which has some cool, exciting, and Official address: The Incubator, GIK interesting features. Institute
• Higher efficiency relative to classic stoves • Can cook and heat water at the same time • Cut down hazardous carbon particles • Operates on easily available fuel and doesn’t require specialized hard to obtain fuels. • Simple operating and maintaining procedures
Green appliances strive for innovative technologies to help improve efficiencies, save money and making lives easier; for this reason, we have provided DFGCS in four different sizes. After sales Services:
• 1 Year free maintenance • 1 year warranty DFGCS is based on cost-cutting technology which can help you save gas and electricity. Customer reviews suggest that this is extremely safe and environment-friendly. This also helps to reduce different diseases which are caused by long-term exposure to smoke. If you care for those who cook for you, this is a must buy product. We ensure that this product will give you a higher return on investment with satisfaction.
Future Products
1. Solar Geyser 2. Gas Cook Stove 3. Central Room Cooler
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Team Member details:
Name Designation Contact Number Email
Sara Khan Founder, CEO 03336823389 [email protected] Muhammad Asif Co-Founder, COO 03401939698 [email protected] Adnan Anwar Co-Founder, CTO 03339913506 [email protected] Khan Afridi
Green appliances - Some Mega Achievements
Participation in Momentum Conference 2018, GIK Start-up makes it to Top 10:
GIK Institute and Momentum entered into a MoU earlier this year to facilitate the promotion of entrepreneurship through collaboration between the two organizations. GIK Institute exhibited three of its startups, Green Appliances, Greenovation and Prepare-How at the conference held in Karachi. The team Greenovation, which converts biohazardous plastic waste into LPG, went on to win a slot in the Top 10 startups out of more than 300 which were on display.
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CHAPTER 6: Strengthening Technological Infrastructure
Pakistan Education & Research Network (PERN) provides communication infrastructure to the universities, institutions of higher learning, and research organizations to meet their networking and internet requirements. The network has evolved significantly and is providing valuable services including access to digital library resources.
The digital library at GIK Institute comprises of eBooks and e-Journals of reasonable count having daily access of 18 hours and round the clock during the examination. The online access to more than 16000 high-quality peer- reviewed journals and databases is available at GIK Institute through HEC. The provision of free individual articles to print from British Library through HEC’s Digital Library Program is also available. It also provides desktop access to different e-databases, GIK eBooks and library catalogue to all the readers at the campus on their desktops. To share resources through inter- library loans, and exchange of database information, it is electronically linked with all the prominent institutions of science and technology in the country.
The GIK Institute Library also maintains its portal, i.e., (http://librarygiki.weebly.com) where a student can find all the latest information about the library collections, Digital Library access, etc.
6.2 PERN
Pakistan Education and Research Network (PERN) is the National Research & Education Network of Pakistan. PERN provides high-speed Internet facilities to the researchers and academic institutes connected to it. PERN provides High-speed Internet facility to the users at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology. Currently, one hundred and fifty (150) universities/ institutes/ campuses are connected to PERN utilizing 10 Gbps International Internet bandwidth with Internet bandwidth distribution hovering in between 8 to 2000 Mbps. Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute acquired High- speed Internet facility through PERN2 in 2007.
The PERN2 is focused on understanding national research, educational and technological requirements and offering services to the researchers to cope with their specific needs. In collaboration with the NRENs, PERN2 continues to develop public sector community focused multi-domain services aiming to deliver seamless network performance across borders and domains, and to roll these out at the national level to institutions, Libraries, and R&D organizations.
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PERN Bandwidth at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology has upgraded bandwidth from 96 Mbps to 120 Mbps this year. GIK also provides PTCL bandwidth of 155Mbps to faculty and students.
6.2.1 Enhancement of PERN Bandwidth
6.3 Campus Data Center and IT Services
GIK Institute has its own IT Infrastructure for which a Data Center has been established inside the campus providing IT facilities to students, faculty, staff and residents of the campus. These services include round the clock redundant Internet connectivity, local and external Email, and High-performance computing servers. Data Center has state of the art facilities and Power Backup using UPS and Power Generator.
6.4Microsoft DreamSpark Software
GIK Institute has access to licensed Microsoft software which comes under its DreamSpark platform for use of the students and the faculty.
6.5Videoconferencing
GIK Institute has provided an interactive mode of communication with HEC and other universities through Video conferencing using PERN2 services. The video conferencing facilities at the Institute are located in H.U Beg Administration Block and in the conference room next to Agha Hasan Abedi Auditorium.
The Conference room at H.U Beg Administration Block is equipped with Life-size System for high- definition multipoint video conferencing and a high-resolution Interactive smart board digital projector. The conference room provides a seating capacity for 20 participants and is equipped with conference sound/microphone system.
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The Conference room abuts to Agha Hasan Abedi Auditorium is equipped with Polycom System for high-definition multipoint video conferencing and a high-resolution interactive smart board digital projector. The conference room provides seating for 60 participants and is equipped with conference sound/microphone system.
6.6 Campus Wi-Fi
GIK Institute IT provides Wi-Fi (wireless Internet) service options for staff, students and visitors needing Wi-Fi access while on campus. Users can connect to GIK Wi-Fi networks by selecting the appropriate network from the wireless list on their computers or mobile devices using Ubiquiti M2 and M5 Nano Stations deployed across the campus.
6.7 Campus Management System
To achieve the objective of campus-wide automation, the project of Campus Management System (CMS) was initiated in collaboration with COMSATS University. It has seven modules: Online Admissions System, Student Information System, Student Fee Management System, Library Information Management System, Human Resource Information System, Outcome Based Education and Inventory Management System.
The customization of the modules such as Online Admission System, Student Information System, Fee Management System, Library Management System and Inventory Management System has been achieved in accordance with the requirements of the GIK end-users.
A brief description of the features of the CMS modules is elucidated below:
➢ Online Admissions System – It is a web-based application designed to help students to submit online admissions applications. This portal encompasses full admission cycle ranging from activation of admissions to the generation of merit lists for respective faculties. ➢ Student Information System – It is a significant module of the CMS, which provides comprehensive information about the full academic status of a student, attendance, marks, and courses attended. It is further organized into two separate consoles: faculty console and registration console. The faculty console allows faculty members to enter student marks, attendance, lectures and final award lists. Whereas, the registration console enables the Admissions Department to handle course registration of all the students. ➢ Student Fee Management System – It is designed to allow the students to submit their admission fee conveniently. It generates the challan forms against tuition fees and other annual expenses such as student boarding and messing. It can manage the fee instalments, scholarships and security refunds. ➢ Library Information Management System – It provides a web-based solution for managing library resources. The system is designed to maintain information about the issuance and return of books, and generate various reports pertaining to the library related tasks on a daily basis. ➢ Human Resource Management System – It automates the functions of selection, recruitment and appointment of employees. It consists of an extensive database of employee information such as their grade, salary, qualification, experience, etc. The system maintains a record of employee leaves and can generate monthly payrolls.
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➢ Inventory Management System – It maintains a complete record of stock items by displaying the current stock level, items received, and items issued. However, it does not encompass the purchase function. ➢ Outcome-Based Education – OBE is instead an analytical methodology to assess the skills acquired by the students at the end of each term by using Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs). OBE software is a tool to evaluate the same for each student against a particular program.
6.8 Admission Portal
The admissions portal is a robust application that enables the aspiring candidates to enter their details and complete the admission requests. The admissions portal also allows candidates to print admission forms along with admitting cards and chalan forms. Candidates can apply for scholarship or financial assistance. The administrators of the admissions portal have the privilege to generate merit list, upload entry test results and print offer letters. For the ease of navigation of the end-users, the admissions portal is linked to the GIK official website under the Admissions tab. The URL of the admissions portal is: http://admissions.giki.edu.pk/.
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CHAPTER 7: Budget and Finance
7.1 Financial Position
The statement of the financial position (Balance Sheet) as at June 2018 of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology is as follows:
2018 2017 2016 (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.)
Non-Current Assets Operating Assets 1,806,167,260 1,463,051,309 1,382,561,125 Capital Work-in-progress 8,161,298 3,493,103 3,757,551 Intangible Asset- Development cost 4,108,333 3,084,950 2,197,401 Long-term deposits 8,313,750 7,813,750 3,313,750 GIK Institute Emergency Reserve Funds 72,763,797 64,763797 56,763,797 Long-Term financial assistance loan 231,409,196 166,628,983 135,731,261 2,130,923,634 1,722,536,542 1,584,324,885
Current Assets Current portion of financial assistance 11,355,157 7,590,388 5,759,429 loan Stores and spares 72,452 105,114 225,186 Advancements, prepayments and other 119,320,198 64,791,503 118,934,794 receivables Short term investment 55,000,000 - - Cash and bank balances 20,204,479 86,764,461 58,873,202 205,952,286 159,251,016 183,792,611
Total Assets 2,336,875,920 1,881,787,558 1,768,117,496
Current Liabilities Deferred revenue 186,092,961 179,823,444 153,527,624 Creditors, accrued and other liabilities 160,668,259 148,088,859 93,528,972 Students fund 11,460,373 11,953,022 8,853,826 358,221,593 339,865,325 255,910,422
Non-current liabilities Security deposits 41,077,526 30,127,726 25,529,726 Deferred grant 365,552,311 342,349,607 364,850,695 406,629,837 372,377,333 390,380,421
Total Liabilities 764,851,430 712,342,658 646,290,843 Net Assets 1,572,024,490 1,169,444,900 1,121,826,653 Contingencies Represented by Accumulated Fund Fund from the Society 2,205,925,694 1,973,110,584
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Accumulated (deficit) / surplus of 633,901,204 803,665,684 revenue over expenditure 1,572,024,490 1,169,444,900
7.2 Revenue and Expenditure
The comparative statements of financial results of operations of GIK Institute for the financial year 2017- 18are as follows: 2018 2017 (Rs.) (Rs.)
Revenue Deferred grant 23,840,661 22,501,088 From operations 1,110,782,476 968,153,326 Other income 70,070,248 66,745,063 1,204,693,385 1,057,403,477
Expenditure Operational expenses 697,409,572 601,210,642 Administrative expenses 123,902,469 108,759,097 Financial Charges 1,507,847 1,259,651 Exchange (gain) / loss 67,510,026 2,580,295 Depreciation 144,077,024 115,805,335 Amortization 521,967 367,432 1,034,928,905 829,982,452
Surplus for the year transferred to 169,764,480 227,421,025 accumulated amount* *The financial surplus was used for meeting fund requirement of capital expenditure which includes major and minor construction work; acquisition of lab and other equipment; renewal and repairs of capital nature; acquisition of motor vehicles and security equipment.
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CHAPTER 8: Security and Protocol
8.1 Security and Protocol Directorate
1. Security & Protocol Department prepared the overall Plan of Security and deployment of manpower for effective control and security and to keep close liaison with authorities. During the year security was provided to the Institute, through the strength of 67 Security Personnel and 6 firemen during the students’ events, Open house, Convocation and other VVIP/VIPs visits. Provided security cover to students’ buses on weekends. 2. During the year the Security & Protocol Department processed visa cases of 7 foreigner faculty members along with their family members through the Board of Investment Islamabad and Ministry of Interior. 3. Lectures on fire safety were delivered to educate employees on fire prevention. 4. Horticulture Section carried out anti-dengue/malaria campaign in the Institute. 5. A Mock Exercise was conducted by Pak Army in Boys Hostels in April 2018. 6. 1050 computerized ID Cards were issued to the employees and students. 7. Biometric system was installed on the main gate.
8.2 Gik Institute Facilitation Department
The Directorate of Facilitation performs various administrative functions under the supervision of Director Facilitation. The Department is looking after, store, estate management, transport and general administration including liaison with other departments, students and faculties. During the period under review, the Facilitation Department has carried out various activities as described below:
• During the FY2017-18 the Institute has purchased (capital) fixed assets of Rs 383.298 million. • During the period the Institute has disposed of the unserviceable and obsolete store items through auction procedure for around Rs 2.569 million. • The Institute has 6 Faculty Buildings, Faculty club, B-Type House, 30 C-Type Houses, 218 D-Type, Bachelor hostel, E-type and F-type flats, 12 Hostels, Guest Houses, Medical Center, Cafeteria, Brabers Buildings, HVAC Plant, Administration Block, Sewerage Treatment plant, sport complex, 3 mosques, shopping area and Incubation center called the Catalyst. • The Transport section is responsible to provide transport facility to the students, faculty and guests. GIK Institute has a fleet of total 32 small and large vehicles. • The section provided services through service center for around Rs 1. 892 million during the FY 2017-18. • GIKafe has generated revenue of around Rs 19.574 million during the FY 2017-18.
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ANNEXURE A – List of GIK Research Journal Publications during 2017-18
S. No Name of Authors Title of Research Paper Name of Journal
1. Muhammad Ehtisham Energy and Exergy Analysis of the S-CO2 Processes + IF:1.279 Siddiqui, Aqeel Ahmad Brayton Cycle Coupled with Bottoming Cycles Taimoor and Khalid H. Almitani, 2. Muhammad Shamir, Massab A comparative study of electrochemical Journal of Materials Research Junaid, Fahd Nawaz Khan, corrosion behavior in Laser and TIG welded and Technology Aqeel Ahmad Taimoor Ti–5Al–2.5Snalloy ( IF: 3.398) 3. FN Khan, Massab Junaid, Response surface approach to Proc IMechE Part C: MN Baig and J Haider. minimize the residual stresses J Mechanical Engineering in full penetration pulsed TIG Science ( IF: 0.996) weldments of Ti-5Al-2.5Sn alloy 4. Massab Junaid, Khalid Comparison of microstructure, Proc IMechE Part L: Rahman, Fahd Nawaz Khan, mechanical properties, and residual Nabi Bakhsh stresses in tungsten inert gas, laser, J Materials: Design and and electron beam welding of Applications (IF: 1.28) Ti–5Al–2.5Sn titanium alloy 5. Massab Junaid, Fahd Nawaz Microstructure, mechanical properties Proc IMechE Part L: Khan, and residual stress distribution in Muhammad Rashid Mirza and pulsed tungsten inert gas welding J Materials: Design and Mirza Nadeem Baig of Ti–5Al–2.5Sn alloy Applications (IF: 1.28) 6. Massab Junaid, Fahd Nawaz Effect of laser welding process on the Optics and Laser Technology Khan, Khalid Rahman, microstructure, mechanical (IF; 2.5) Mirza Nadeem Baig properties and residual stresses in Ti-5Al-2.5Sn alloy 7. Massab Junaid, Fahd Nawaz Study of microstructure, mechanical properties Materials and Design (IF: 4.5) Khan, Nabi Baksh, Mirza and residual stresses in Nadeem Baig, Khalid full penetration electron beam welded Ti-5Al- Rahman 2.5Sn alloy sheet 8. Shakeel Zeb, Sajjad Hussain, Electrochemical Oxidation of Acid Brown 98 International. Journal of *, Hammad Amjad Khan, using Ti/Ru0.3Ti0.7O2 Composite Anode, Electrochemical Science, 13 Zarshad Ali, Nadeem Khan, (2018) 9428 – 9440, Khurram Imran Khan, Farman https://doi: Ali, Sabir khan, Maria del 10.20964/2018.10.06 Pilar Taboada Sotomayor, Saima Gul , IF = 1.369 9. Sabir Khan, Sajjad Hussain, Synthesis and characterization of magnetic- Reactive and Functional Ademar Wonga, Marcos molecularly imprinted polymers for the HPLC- Polymers, January 2018, Pages Vinicius Foguel, Luís Moreira UV analysis of ametryn, 122, 175-182, Gonçalves, Maria Isabel Pividori Gurgo, Maria Del Pilar Taboada Sotomayor IF =2.975 10. S. Zameer Abbas, F. Ahmad Indentation fracture toughness behavior of Journal of Non-Crystalline Khalid, and H. Zaigham FeCo-based bulk metallic glass intrinsic Solids, 2017 (IF = 1.9) composites 11. Syed Zameer Abbas, Rashid Effect of Au additions on the structure and Materials Science and Ali, Fazal Ahmad Khalid, properties of (Fe0.5Co0.5)71Nb4Si5B20 bulk Technology, 2018 Kamran Amir Khan & metallic glass Muhammad Abdul Rehman (IF = 1.8) 12. Haris Ikram, Fazal Ahmad Effect of Copper and Zirconium Addition on Journal of Materials Khalid, Muhammad Akmal, Properties of Fe-Co-Si-B-Nb Bulk Metallic Engineering and Performance, and S. Zameer Abbas Glasses 2017 (IF = 1.1) 13. Kh. S. Karimov, M. M. Tahir, Nickel phthalocyanine based organic transistors Journal of optoelectronics and M. Saleem, R. T. M. Ahmad, advanced materials, 2017 (IF = S. Z. Abbas 0.4)
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14. Khasan Karimov; Zubair Fabrication and characterization of the organic Ahmad; Rashid Ali; Adnan rectifying junctions by electrolysis, Applied Physics A 123 (8), Noor; M.Akmal; M. A. 546, 2017. IF=1.69 Najeeb; R. A. Shakoor, 15. Investigation on Failure in Thermal Barrier Journal of Failure Analysis and Rashid Ali; Tauheed Coatings on Gas Turbine First Stage Rotor Prevention; October 2018, Shehbaz; Edoardo Bemporad; Blade” Volume 18, Issue 5, pp 1062– 1072. IF = 0.66 16. Rashid Ali; Marco Renzelli; “Effects of Residual Stress Distribution on Journal of Nanomaterials, 2018. M. Imran Khan; Marco Interfacial Adhesion of Magnetron Sputtered 8(11): p. 896. (IF = 3.5) Sebastiani and Edoardo AlN and AlN/Al Nanostructured Coatings on a Bemporad (100) Silicon Substrate”; 17. Investigation of Various Nanostructural Key Engineering Materials MR Abdul Karim, MB Morphologies of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) for their (2018), Vol. 778, p. 91-99 Ahmed, et al. Applications in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (IF = 0.224) (DSSCs) 18. Key Engineering Materials RB Naqvi, YF Joya, MR Next-Generation Biomaterials for Bone-Tissue (2018), Vol. 778, p. 306-315 Abdul Karim Regeneration: Mg-Alloys on the Move (IF = 0.224) 19. Metallurgical and Materials Feasibility of electrochemical deposition of EP Ambrosio, MR Abdul Transactions A (2017) Vol. nickel/silicon carbide fibres composites over Karim, et al. 48A, p. 2504-2510. superalloys (IF = 1.887) 20. Metal Science and Heat Ali, M., Haq, E.U., Ibrahim, Increase in Ductility of High Carbon Steel due Treatment (2017), Vol. 59, p. 1- A., Karim, M.R.A., et al to Accelerated Precipitation of Cementite 3. (IF = 0.397)
21. Hydrophobic Silica Aerogel Glass-Fibre Energy and Buildings (2017), EU Haq, SFA Zaidi, M Composite with Higher Strength and Thermal Vol. 151, p. 494-500. Zubair, MRA Karim, et al. Insulation based on Methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS) Precursor (IF = 4.457) 22. Ghulam Shabbir, Fiaz Dust static plane symmetric solutions and their Modern Physics Letters A, Vol. Hussain, Fazal M. Mahomed conformal vector fields in f(R) theory of gravity 33, No. (37), Article ID and Muhammad Ramzan 1850222 (2018) 1-10 23. Ghulam Shabbir, Classification of static spherically symmetric International Journal of Muhammad Ramzan, Fiaz space-times in f(R) theory of gravity according Geometric Methods in Modern Hussain and Sameerah Jamal to their conformal vector fields Physics, Vol. 15, No. (11), Article ID 1850193 (2018) 1-7 24. Sameerah Jamal, Ghulam Noether symmetry classifications of generalized International Journal of Shabbir and A. S. Mathebula diagonal spaces Geometric Methods in Modern Physics, Vol. 15, No. (11), Article ID 1850191 (2018) 1-12 25. Ghulam Shabbir, A note on proper curvature symmetry in general International Journal of Muhammad Ramzan and cylindrically symmetric four-dimensional Geometric Methods in Modern Abdul Hamid Kara Lorentzian manifolds Physics, Vol. 15, No. 6, Article ID 1850105 (2018) 1-20 26. Ghulam Shabbir, K S Proper projective symmetry in LRS Bianchi Modern Physics Letters A, Vol. Mahomed, F M Mahomed and type V space-times 33, No. (13), Article ID R J Moitsheki 1850073 (2018) 1-7 27. Sameerah Jamal and Ghulam Potential functions admitted by well-known Reports on Mathematical Shabbir spherically symmetric static space-times Physics, Vol. 81, No. (2), (2018) 201-212 28. Ghulam Shabbir, Masoom Proper teleparallel homothetic vector fields in Communications in Theoretical Ali Shahani, Muhammad general cylindrically symmetric space-times in Physics, Vol. 68 (2017) 611- Amer Qureshi and Fazal M. the teleparallel theory of gravitation using 616 Mahomed diagonal tetrads 29. Sameerah Jamal and Ghulam Geometric properties of the Kantowski-Sachs The European Physical Journal Shabbir and Bianchi type Killing algebra in relation to a Plus, Vol. 132, Article 70, Klein-Gordon equation (2017) 1-10
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30. Usamah S Al-Ali, Abdul Classification of variational conservation laws Communications in Theoretical Hamid Kara, Ashfaque H of general plane symmetric space-times Physics, Vol. 68 (2017) 335- Bokhari and Ghulam Shabbir 341 31. Muhammad Amer Qureshi, S. Conservation of Hamiltonian using Continuous Mathematical Reports, Vol. 19, Hussain and Ghulam Shabbir Galerkin Petrov time discretization scheme No. (1), (2017) 127-143 32. F. Habib, N. K. Baloch, A. Adaptive Error Control Mechanism for Near Technical Journal, University Hussain, H. Jamal Threshold Computing based on Network-on- of Engineering and Technology Chip (UET) Taxila, Pakistan Vol. 22 No. 3-2017 pp. 108 – 114 33. Amna Sarwar, Zahid A novel method for content-based image Journal of Information Mehmood, Tanzila Saba, retrieval to improve the effectiveness of the Science(Impact Factor: 1.372) Khurram Ashfaq Qazi, Ahmed bag-of-words model using a support vector Adnan, Habibullah Jamal machine 34. B. F. Irgaziev, Jameel-Un Radiative capture of proton by 12C at low Astrophysics and Space Nabi and Abdul Kabir energy Science 35. Haq, S. ( with Sohaib, M., Numerical Solution of Sixth-order Boundary- Results in Physics, Vol. 8, P. Mukhtar, S, Khan, I) value Problems using Legendre Wavelet 1204-1208 Collocation Method 36. Haq, S. (with Ghafoor, A.) An Efficient Numerical Algorithm for Multi- Computers and Mathematics dimensional Time Dependent Partial with Applications, Vol. 75, Differential Equations Issue 8, P.2723-2734 37. Haq, S. ( with Ghafoor, A.) An Efficient Numerical Scheme for the Study Results in Physics, Vol. 9, P. of Equal Width Equation 1411-1416 38. Haq, S. (with Hussain, M.) Selection of Shape parameter in Radial Basis Applied mathematics and Functions for Solution of Time-fractional Computation, Vol. 335, P. 248- Black-Sholes Models 263 39. Haq, S. (with Ghafoor, A., Numerical solutions of two dimensional Computers & Mathematics with Hussain, M., Arifeen, S) Sobolev and generalized Benjamin–Bona– Applications, doi:10. Mahony–Burgers equations via Haar wavelets 1016/j.camwa.2018.09.058 40. Haq, S. (with Hussain, M.) The meshless Kansa method for time-fractional RACSAM, doi: higher order partial differential equations with 10.1007/s13398-018-0593-x constant and variable coefficients 41. Qasuria, T.A., Alam, S., In-situ calibration of humidity with International Journal of Qasuria, S.A., Qureshi, N.A., simultaneous effect of resistance and Engineering and Applied Islam, K. and Karimov, K.S. capacitance at different frequencies Sciences (IJEAS) ISSN: 2394- 3661, Volume-4, Issue-8, August 2017 pp. 63-66. (IF= 2.18) 42. Qasuria, T.A.., Alam, S. and Fabrication of Inverted Perovskite Solar Cell International Journal Of Qureshi, N.A with Cadmium Sulphide As Electron Transport Applied And Fundamental Layer Research, 3, 2018 43. Karimov, Kh and Ahmedov, Development and testing of a demonstration Reports of the Academy of Kh. and Ahmed, N and solar thermoelectric hybrid installation Sciences of the Republic of Qasuria, TA and Saeed, A Tajikistan, 60 (2017) 145-150. and Bajwa, BA (IF= 0.731) 44. Muhammad Usman, Urooj Enhanced Internal Quantum Efficiency of Applied Sciences (2018) Mushtaq, Dong-Guang Zheng, Bandgap-Engineered Green W-shaped (Indexing: Science Citation Dong-Pyo Han, Muhammad Quantum Well Light-Emitting Diode Index Expanded/Master Journal Rafiq and Nazeer Muhammad List/Clarivate Analytics, Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)) (Featured Paper/Invited Paper) 45. M. Kamran, Syed Rameez Minimizing energy losses by introducing Applied Nanoscience (2018) Naqvi, Tallha Akram, Amad periodic pinning centers on superconducting (Indexing: Science Citation ud din, S. K. He, M. Ikram, films Index Expanded/Master Journal Muhammad Usman, Sajjad List/Clarivate Analytics, Ali Haider Publisher: Springer)
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46. Muhammad Usman, Urooj Improved optoelectronic performance of green Physica E: Low-dimensional Mushtaq, Kiran Saba, Dong- light-emitting diodes by employing GaAlInN Systems and Nanostructures Pyo Han, Nazeer Muhammad, quantum wells without electron blocking layer (2018) (Indexing: Science Waqas A. Imtiaz, Adnan Citation Index/Master Journal Jahangir List/Clarivate Analytics, Publisher: Elsevier) 47. Muhammad Usman, Nabila Experimental and numerical analysis of the Optik (2018) (Indexing: Nawaz, Kiran Saba, Khasan indium-content on the internal Science Citation Index/Master Karimov, Nazeer Muhammad electromechanical field in GaN-based light- Journal List/Clarivate emitting diodes Analytics, Publisher: Elsevier) 48. Muhammad Usman, Kiran Electromechanical fields and their influence on Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica Saba, Adnan Jahangir, the internal quantum efficiency of GaN-based (2018) (Indexing: Science Muhammad Kamran, Nazeer light-emitting diodes Citation Index Muhammad Expanded/Master Journal List/Clarivate Analytics, Publisher: Springer) 49. Nargis Bibi, Shabieh Farwa, A novel encryption scheme for high-contrast PLOS ONE (2018) (Indexing: Nazeer Muhammad, Adnan image data in the Fresnelet domain Science Citation Index Jahngir, Muhammad Usman Expanded/Master Journal List/Clarivate Analytics, Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLOS)) 50. S.M. Abo-Dahab, Adnan Propagation phenomena in a visco-thermo- Results in Physics (2017) Jahangir, Shabieh Farwa, El- micropolar elastic medium under the effect of (Indexing: Science Citation Sayed Mohamed, Nazeer micro-temperature Index Expanded/Master Journal Muhammad, Yasir Bashir, List/Clarivate Analytics, Muhammad Usman Publisher: Elsevier) 51. Muhammad Usman, Kiran Degradation effect of Auger recombination and AIP Advances (2017) Saba, Dong-Pyo Han, built-in polarization field on GaN-based light- (Indexing: Science Citation Muhammad Rafiq, Tanzila emitting diodes Index Expanded/Master Journal Saba, Nazeer Muhammad List/Clarivate Analytics, Publisher: American Institute of Physics (AIP)) 52. Muhammad Usman, Kiran Efficiency improvement of green light-emitting Superlattices and Saba, Dong-Pyo Han, Nazeer diodes by employing all-quaternary active Microstructures (2017) Muhammad region and electron-blocking layer (Indexing: Science Citation Index/Master Journal List/Clarivate Analytics, Publisher: Elsevier) 53. Skarimov K, Combined Photo-Electric Cell and Acad. J. Sci. Res. 5(1): 022-033 Muhammadabid, Baig DEZ, Thermoelectric Generator for Demonstrative Moiz SA, Khan A, Qasuria Purposes TA, Khmedov K, Ali M, Rao U 54. M. J. Iqbal, , H. Haq, S. On the operational shelf life and degradation Superlattices & Microstructures Riaz, M. A. Raza, M. Z. mechanism in polymer field effect transistor (IF = 2.099) Iqbal, M-U. Choudhry, S. Naseem, 55. M. Z. Iqbal*, A. Khan, S. Formation of pn-junction with chemical Journal of Nanoelectronics & Khan, N. Anwar, S. S. Haider, modification of graphene-hexagonal boron Optoelectronics M. Fsisal, A. Rehman, M. nitride heterostructure (IF =1.069) Javaid Iqbal 56. M. Z. Iqbal*, A. Khan, S. S. Magnetic field driven mobility tweaking in Journal of Nanoelectronics & Haider, M. W. Iqbal, A. Ali, graphene Optoelectronics M. J. Iqbal, (IF =1.069)
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57. M. Z. Iqbal*, S. Alam, M. Recent advancement in the performance of International Journal of Energy Faisal, S. Khan solar cell by incorporating transition metal Research dichalcogenides as counter electrodes and (Impact factor =3.001) photoabsorber 58. M. Z. Iqbal*, S. Siddique, Recent progress in efficiency of hydrogen International Journal of evolution process based photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Energy cell (Impact factor=4.229)
59. M. Z. Iqbal*, S. Siddique, A. Ultraviolet-light driven charge carriers Materials & design Khan, D. Sung, J. Eom, S. tunability mechanism in graphene (Impact factor=4.525) Hong 60. M. Z. Iqbal*, S. Khan, S. Ultraviolet-light-driven photoresponse of Applied Surface Science Siddique chemical vapor deposition grown molybdenum (Impact factor=4.439) disulfide/graphene heterostructured, 61. M. Z. Iqbal*, A-U. Rehman Recent progress in graphene incorporated solar Solar Energy cell devices (Impact factor = 4.374)
62. M. Z. Iqbal*, A. Rehman, S. Gate-dependent tunneling current modulation Advanced Engineering Siddique of graphene/hBN vertical heterostructures Materials (Impact factor = 2.576)
63. M. Z. Iqbal*, A. Rehman, S. Ultraviolet-light-driven carrier density Applied Surface Science Siddique modulation of graphene based field effect (Impact factor = 4.439) transistors under oxygen and argon atmosphere 64. M. Z. Iqbal*, A. Rehman, S. Structural defects controlled oxidation of UV Diamond & Related Materials Siddique irradiated graphene-based field effect (Impact factor = 2.232) transistors 65. M. Z. Iqbal*, G. Hussain Recent advancements in 2D-materials interface Journal of Magnetism and based magnetic junctions for spintronics Magnetic Materials (Impact factor = 3.046)
66. M. Z. Iqbal*, S. Khan Progress in the performance of dye sensitized Solar Energy solar cells by incorporating cost effective (Impact factor = 4.374) counter electrodes, 67. S. Siddique, M. Z. Iqbal*, M. Ultraviolet-light-driven enhanced Sensors & Actuators: B. W. Iqbal, S. Khan photoresponse of chemical-vapor-deposition Chemical grown graphene-WS2 heterojunction based (Impact factor = 5.667) FETs 68. A. Rehman, M. Z. Iqbal*, M. Development and prospects of surface Solar Energy F. Bhopal, F. Hussain, J. Iqbal, passivation schemes for high-efficiency c-Si (Impact factor = 4.374) M. Khan, S-H. Lee solar cells 69. M. Z. Iqbal*, G. Hussain, S. Influence of DC-biasing on the performance of Solid State Communications Siddique, T. Hussain, M. J. graphene spin valve, (Impact factor = 1.549) Iqbal 70. M. Z. Iqbal*, S. Siddique, A. Enhanced intervalley scattering of aluminum- Carbon Rehman, oxide deposited graphene (Impact factor = 6.337) 71. M. Z. Iqbal*, S. Siddique, Z- Ultraviolet-light-driven enhanced hysteresis Carbon U. Abideen effect in graphene-tungsten disulfide (Impact factor = 6.337) heterostructures 72. M. Z. Iqbal*, G. Hussain Electron spin dynamics in vertical magnetic Journal of Materials Chemistry junctions incorporating two-dimensional C layered materials (Impact factor = 5.066) 73. M. Z. Iqbal*, S. Siddique, N. Influence of electron beam and ultraviolet Optical Materials Anwar irradiations on graphene field effect transistors (Impact factor = 2.238) 74. M. Z. Iqbal*, G. Hussain, S. Interlayer reliant magnetoresistance in Journal of Magnetism and Siddique, M. W. Iqbal graphene spin valve Magnetic Material (Impact factor = 2.357) 75. M. Z. Iqbal*, N. Anwar, S. Formation of pn-junction with stable n-doping Optical Materials Siddique, M. W. Iqbal, T. in graphene field effect transistors using e- (Impact factor = 2.183) Hussain beam irradiation
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76. M. Z. Iqbal*, G. Hussain, S. Graphene spin valve: As angle Sensor Journal of Magnetism and Siddique, M. W. Iqbal Magnetic Material (Impact factor = 2.357) 77. M. Z. Iqbal*, G. Hussain, S. Enhanced magnetoresistance in graphene spin Journal of Magnetism and Siddique, M. W. Iqbal valve Magnetic Material (Impact factor = 2.357) 78. M. Z. Iqbal*,G. Hussain, S. Interlayer quality dependent graphene spin Journal of Magnetism and Siddique, M. W. Iqbal, G. valve Magnetic Materials Murtaza, S. M. Ramay (Impact factor = 2.357) 79. S. Siddique, M. Z. Iqbal*, H. Cholesterol immobilization on chemical vapor Sensors & Actuators: B. Mukhtar deposition grown graphene nanosheets for Chemical biosensors and bioFETs with enhanced (Impact factor = 5.401) electrical performance 80. M. F. Khan, M. A. Shahzed, Facile route to a high-quality graphene/MoS2 Journal of Materials Chemistry M. Z. Iqbal, M. W. Iqbal, G. vertical field-effect transistor with gate- C Nazir, Y. Seo, Jonghwa Eom modulated photocurrent response (Impact factor = 5.066) 81. Memon, Shazim, Israr Wahid, Environmentally friendly utilization of wheat Sustainability, MDPI, Open Muhammad Khan, straw ash in cement-based composites Access Journal, vol. 10(5), Muhammad Tanoli, and pages 1-21, April (2018). IF- Madina Bimaganbetova 2.075 82. Rehman, Khawar; Koo- Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Journal of Coastal Research, Young Park; and Yong-Sik Solitary Wave Run-up Reduction Special Issue No. 85, pp. 1111– Cho. 1115. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208 (2018), IF- 0.915 83. Ali, Y., Sabir, M. and Noor, Refugees and Host Country Nexus: A Case Journal of International M.)., Study of Pakistan Migration and Integration (2018), (Accepted, ISI Indexed, published online doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12 13) 84. Ali, Y., Butt, M., Sabir, M., Selection of Suitable Site in Pakistan for Wind Journal of Control and Decision Mumtaz, U., and Salman, A., Power Plant Installation (2018), Vol. 5, Issue 2, 117- 128 85. Yousaf, S., Ali, Y., Sabir, M., Production Planning of Pakistan Tobacco Journal of Multi-Criteria and Masood, T., Company using Quantitative and Multiple- Decision Analysis, (2017), Criteria Decision Analysis- A Case in-Point Volume 24, Issue 5-6, Pp- 239– 256 (ABS**) (ABDC “B”) (AJG 1) 86. Yousaf Ali with (Jillani, A., Greening of Humanitarian Supply Chain with International Journal of Waseem, M) : Focus on Logistics Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling: (2018) Inderscience Publisher, Scopus (Elsevier) Switzerland https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBPSC M.2018.093319
87. Yousaf Ali with Muhammad Ranking renewable energy production methods Journal of Environment Razi based on Economic and Environmental criteria Systems and Decision. Springer using multi-criteria decision analysis https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669- 018-9713-6 88. Yousaf Ali • Memoona • Can coal replace other fossil fuels to fulfil the Asia-Pacific Journal of Claudio Socci • Sania Binte energy demand in Pakistan? An environmental Regional Science. Saleem impact analysis. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41685- 018-0096-y 89. Yousaf Ali with (Nawaz, S Factors Affecting the Performance of Water Springer: https://doi.org/10.100 Treatment Plants in Pakistan, Journal: Water 7/s41101-018-0051-9 Conservation Science and Engineering. 90. Yousaf Ali., with Ishfaq, S., Selection of Optimum Renewable energy (2018)Springer-ISSN:2509- Ali, S., source for Energy Sector in Pakistan by using 4246 MCDM approach.
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s41660- 017-0032-z 91. Yousaf Ali., with Aslam, Z., A Multi Criteria Decision Analysis of Solid Journal: Environment Systems Dar, S, H., Mumtaz, U., Waste Treatment Options in Pakistan: Lahore & Decisions. (2018) Springer- City a case in Point ISSN:2194-5411 (Environ Syst Decis (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669- 018-9672-y 92. Yousaf Ali, Ali Asghar Selection of a Fighter Aircraft to Improve the Volume 9 Issue 2. International Muzafar, Noor Muhammad Effectiveness of Air Combat in War on Terror: Journal of the Analytic and Aneel Salman Pakistan Air Force – A Case in Point. Hierarchy Process IJAHP (2017) (https://doi.org/10.13033/ijahp. v9i2.489) 93. Yousaf Ali, Naveed Iftikhar Assessment of Career Selection Problems in Volume 9 Issue 2. and Cedric Aimal Edwin Developing Countries: A MCDM approach. (2017)International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process IJAHP- https://doi.org/10.13033/ijahp.v 9i2.488 94. Yousaf Ali., with Sabir, M., Adopting Lean Production in Packaging ICMA Pakistan’s Research Khalid, A., Mumtaz, U., Department of Frito-Lay (Lays) to Reduce the (2017) Journal, Volume 1, Labor Cost, Issue 1, Pp-62-70 95. Yousaf Ali., Pretaroli, R., Carbon and Water Foot printing of Italy: A Journal of Renewable and Socci, C and Severini, F., Multi-Region Input-Output approach. Sustainable Energy Reviews (2017) - JCR 2017, Elsevier IF- 9.184 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser. 2017.05.277 96. Muhammad, N, with Yousaf, Identification of factors influencing the rise of International Journal of A, Sabir, M. (2018). caesarean sections rates in Pakistan, using Health Care Quality MCDM. Assurance (Emerald). - ESCI- Scopus-(CABS, UK) Academic Journal Guide
97. Yousaf Ali., Ciaschini, M., An Analysis of CO2 emissions in Italy through Socci, C., Pretaroli, R. and the Macro Multiplier (MM) approach. Journal of Cleaner Production. Severini, F., (2017) JCR 2017, Elsevier IF- 5.651 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclep ro.2017.02.094 98. Yousaf Ali Carbon, Water and Land use accounting: Journal of Renewable and Consumption vs Production perspectives Sustainable Energy Reviews 67(2017)921–934. Elsevier IF- 9.184 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser. 2016.09.022 99. Muhammad,N., Warren, L., Anything can happen, anytime: the impact of a Journal of Developmental Saleem, B.S. conflict on women's entrepreneurship in Entrepreneurship,(2017). Pakistan. Vol.22. No.4. 100. Muhammad, N. with Yousaf Energy optimization in the wake of China Journal of Control and Decision Ali, Zaeem Rashid, Salman Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). (Taylor & Francis)(2017). Yousaf. 101. Khan, K. U., Wei, S., Atlas, Marketing conception in SMEs : a paradigm (2017).https://doi.org/10.1504/I F., & Hamayun, M. Ahmad shift , why SMEs fail to adopt marketing in JBIR.2017.087093 (Scopus- Nawaz Zaheer Hefei , China Bilal Ahmed and Farhan Khan, ABDC) X(3), 364–381 102. Alfian, G.; Rhee, J.; Farooq, Integration of RFID, Wireless sensor networks, Journal of Food Engineering, U.; Ahn, H.; Ijaz, F.; M. Alex, and data mining in an e-pedigree food (2017). Volume 212, November Syaekhoni.; Lee, J. traceability system 2017, Pages 65-75 DOI:
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoode ng.2017.05.008 103. Muhammad Amin Optimal Allocation of Flexible AC INAE Letters,March transmission system controllers in Electric 2018.(Accepted) Power networks (A comprehensive review) 104. Hidayatullah Khan, Characteristics of Silicone Composites for RAMS e Journal (Accepted),IF Muhammad Amin, and Ayaz High Voltage Insulations 2.5 Ahmad
105. Khattak Abraiz, Amin Life Estimation and Analysis of Dielectric Materials Research Express Muhammad, Iqbal Strength, Hydrocarbon Backbone and (Accepted), IF=1.068 Muhammad, Abbas Naveed Oxidation of High Voltage Multi stressed http://iopscience.iop.org/journal EPDM Composites /2053-
106. Muhammad Amin Water Immersion/Liquid Permeation Resistance IBCAST2017 Analysis of Micro/Nano-SiO2 filled Silicone Rubber and Epoxy Composites for High Voltage Insulation Applications 107. H Khan, M Amin, A Ahmad Multistress Accelerated Aging and Arabian Journal for Science Tracking/Erosion-Resistance Investigation of and Engineering, 2017 – High Voltage” Polymeric Insulators Springer IF=0.865 108. AbraizKhattak, Muhammad Long term accelerated aging investigation of an Journal of polymer engineering, Amin and Muhammad Iqbal epoxy/silica nanocomposite for high voltage May 2017, IF=0.658. insulation 109. Muhammad Amin, Fabrication, Mechanical, Thermal and Science and Engineering of Muhammad Ali and Electrical Characterization of Epoxy/Silica Composite Materials February AbraizKhattak Composites for High Voltage Insulation 2017, IF=0.48
110. Muhammad Amin A Novel Chaotic Differential Evolution Neural Computing and Hybridized with Quadratic Programming for Applications, 2017. IF=2.505 Short-Term Hydrothermal Coordination
111. Arbab Rahim et. al. Computation of Two-Port Parameters in IEEE Transactions on Magnonic Devices through Circuit-Field Magnetics (IF=1.47) Coupling 112. Hadeed A Sher, Khalid An efficient and cost-effective hybrid MPPT IEEE Transactions on Addoweesh, Kamal Al- method for a photovoltaic flyback micro- Sustainable Energy 9 (3), 1137 Haddad inverter – 1144, IF=6.2353 113. M.M. Rehman, G.U. Highly flexible and electroforming free Technol. 32 (2017) 095001. Siddiqui, Y.H. Doh, K.H. resistive switching behavior of tungsten doi:10.1088/1361-6641/aa77db. Choi disulfide flakes fabricated through advanced printing technology, Semicond 114. M.M. Rehman, G.U. Resistive switching effect in the planar J. Phys. D. Appl. Phys. 50 Siddiqui, S. Kim, K.H. Choi structure of all-printed, flexible and rewritable (2017) 335104. memory device based on advanced 2D doi:10.1088/1361-6463/aa798a. nanocomposite of graphene quantum dots and white graphene flakes 115. Y.J. Yang, M.M. Rehman, Effect of adding a polymer and varying device Curr. Appl. Phys. 17 (2017) G.U. Siddiqui, K.H. Na, K.H. size on the resistive switching characteristics of 1733–1741. Choi perovskite nanocubes heterojunction doi:10.1016/j.cap.2017.10.001 116. J. Ali, M.M. Rehman, G.U. Printing an ITO-free flexible poly (4- 531 (2018) 223–229. Siddiqui, S. Aziz, K.H. Choi vinylphenol) resistive switching device, Phys. doi:10.1016/j.physb.2017.12.04 B Condens. Matter 8. 117. J.Z. Gul, M. Sajid, M.M. 3D printing for soft robotics a review, Sci. Technol. Adv. Rehman, G.U. Siddiqui, I. Mater. 19 (2018) 243–262. Shah, K.-H. Kim, J.-W. Lee, doi:10.1080/14686996.2018.14 K.H. Choi, 31862 118. M.M. Rehman, G.U. 2D nanocomposite of hexagonal boron Mater. Res. Bull. 105 (2018) Siddiqui, M.M. ur Rehman, nitride nanoflakes and molybdenum 28–35. ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 99
H.B. Kim, Y.H. Doh, K.H. disulfide quantum dots applied as the doi:10.1016/j.materresbull.2018 Choi functional layer of all-printed flexible .02.027 memory device, 119. M. Mutee ur Rehman, M. Significance of encapsulating organic J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Electron. Muqeet Rehman, M. Sajid, J.- temperature sensors through spatial 29 (2018) 14396–14405. W. Lee, K.H. Na, J.B. Ko, atmospheric atomic layer deposition for doi:10.1007/s10854-018-9572- K.H. Choi 4 protection against humidity
120. Shahid Alam, Yuriy V. Field-dependent electric conductivities of International Journal of Serdyuk & Stanislaw M. siliconerubbers deduced from measured Polymer Analysis and Gubanski currents andsurface potential decay Characterization (IJPAC) characteristics Impact Factor: 1.26 Accepted: 21st August 2018 Published: Open Access
121. Khasan S. Karimov, Thermoelectric properties of organic and pp.48-98, Edited by Kuan Yew Muhammad Abid, Kuan Yew inorganic materials and cells, Two-dimensional Cheong, 2017 by Taylor & Cheong and M. Mehran Bashir nanostructures for energy-related applications Francis Group, Boca Raton, (Book Chapter) Landon, New York.
122. Xiaochen Dong, Xiaoya Zhou, Hierarchical P-doped Co9S8 Nanoflowers: A Chemical Engineering Journal, Jiawei Zhu; Yao Lu; Lei Xue; Highly Stable Electrode Material for 20-Nov-2018 Yizhou Zhang; Yunlong Liu; Asymmetric Supercapacitors Khasan Karimov; Imran Murtaza; Wenjun Wang; Qian Wang 123. Kh. S. Karimov and Zubair A two-stage solar collector using a non- Applied Physics A, 2018, Ahmad tracking conical concentrator and a glass lens 124:857,https:/doi.org/10.1007/ for PV-TEG hybrid system s00339-018-2296-8 124. Adil Nawab, Imran Humidity dependent impedance response of Published 17 August 2018 Murtaza, Khasan S graphene/carbon nanotubes composite ,Materials Research Karimov, Naeem Express, Volume 5, Number 9. Ahmad and Muhammad Sajjad 125. Kh. S. Karimov., Investigation of semitransparent thermoelectric International Journal of Applied Kh.M.Akhmedov., M.Ilolov., cells on the base of bismuth telluride and and Fundamental Research, Jameel-Un Nabi, N. Fatima, graphene , No.3, 2018 pp.26- M. Riaz 30.2018, IF=0.731. 126. Alaud Din, Kalsoom Akhtar, Fe2O3-Co3O4 nanocomposites-based humidity Journal of Molecular Liquids Khasan S. Karimov, Noshin and temperature sensors 237 (2017), 266-271. IF=4.513 Fatima, Abdullah Asiri, M.I.Khan, Sher Bahadar Khan
127. Muhsin Ali, Imran Shah, Soo Quantitative detection of uric acid through ZnO Sensors and Actuators-A: DOI Wan Kim, Memoon Sajid, quantum dots based highly sensitive 10.1016/j.sna.2018.10.009 (IF: Jong Hwan Lim, Kyung Hyun electrochemical biosensor 2.31) Choi 128. M. M. ur Rehman, M. M. Significance of encapsulating organic Journal of Materials Science- Rehman, Memoon Sajid, J. temperature sensors through spatial Materials in Electronics 2018: W. Lee, K. H. Na, K. H. atmospheric atomic layer deposition for DOI 10.1007/s10854-018- Choi* protection against humidity 9572-4 (IF: 2.32) 129. Ghayas Uddin Siddiqui†, Wide range highly sensitive relative humidity Sensors & Actuators-B: DOI Memoon Sajid†, Junaid Ali, sensor based on series combination of MoS2 10.1016/j.snb.2018.03.134 (IF: Soo Wan Kim, Yang Hoi Doh, and PEDOT: PSS sensors array 5.67) Kyung Hyun Choi* 130. Young Jin Yang, Hyung Chan Drop-on-demand Electrohydrodynamic International Journal of Kim, Memoon Sajid, Soo printing of high resolution conductive micro precision engineering and Wan Kim, Shahid Aziz, patterns for MEMS repairing manufacturing 2018: DOI
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Young Soo Choi, Kyung Hyun 10.1007/s12541-018-0097-9 Choi* (IF: 1.66)
131. Memoon Sajid, Hyun Bum Liquid assisted exfoliation of 2D hBN flakes Journal of Materials Chemistry Kim, Jong Hwan Lim, Kyung and their dispersion in PEO to fabricate highly C 2018: DOI Hyun Choi specific and stable linear humidity sensors 10.1039/c7tc04933a (IF: 5.98)
132. Jahan Zeb Gul, Memoon 3D printing for soft robotics: A review Science and Technology of Sajid, Muqeet Rehman, Advanced Materials: DOI Ghayas Uddin Siddiqui, Imran 10.1080/14686996.2018.14318 Shah, Young Su Kim, Kyung 62 (IF: 4.79) Hyun Choi* 133. A. Sayyar, N. Ullah, and N. Super Twisting Sliding Mode Control accepted for publication in Ahmed Algorithm for Developing Artificial Pancreas Biomedical Signal Processing in Type 1 Diabetes Patients and Control Journal Elsevier 2017. (Ref.: Ms. No. BSPC-D- 17-00103) 134. A. Jafar, A. I. Bhatti, S. M. Robust gain scheduled LPV control algorithm IMECH Journal of Systems and Ahmad and N. Ahmed for lab Helicopter: An LMI based approach Control Engineering 2018. (IF=1.420)
135. A. Jafar, A. I. Bhatti, S. M. H-Infinity Optimization based robust Accepted for Publication in Ahmad and N. Ahmed decoupling control algorithm in LPV systems Transactions of the Institute of using Hadamard weighting Measurement and Control, 2018. Manuscript ID is TIMC- 17-0599.R2. 136. M. R. Mufti, H. Afzal, F. Stabilization and synchronization of 5-D Taylor & Francis, Journal of Rehman, N. Ahmed Memristor oscillator using sliding mode control the Chinese Institute of Engineers. Accepted for publication 05 Oct 2018. 137. Hassan, A. K., Moinuddin, Sum Ergodic Capacity Analysis Using Wireless Personal M., & Al-Saggaf, U. M. Asymptotic Design of Massive MU-MIMO Communication, Systems https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277- 018-5669-6,2018, (IF: 1.2)
138. Hassan, A. K., Moinuddin, On the Kernel Optimization of Radial Basis Arabian Journal for Science M., Al-Saggaf, U. M., & Function Using Nelder Mead Simplex and Engineering, 43 (6), 2805- Shaikh, M. S. 2816, 2018, 139. Hassan, A. K., Moinuddin, On Modelling and Performance Analysis of Journalof the Chinese Institute M., & Al-Saggaf, U. M. Non-cooperative Multiantenna Multi-user of Engineers, 2018, (IF: 0.471) MIMO Systems
140. Hassan, A. K., Moinuddin, Performance Analysis of Beamforming in IEEE Access, 5, 3709-3720, M., Al-Saggaf, U. M., & Al- MUMIMO Systems for Rayleigh Fading 2017, (IF: 3.244) Naffouri, T. Y. Channels
141. Ahmed, R., Moinuddin, M., Mitigation of Self Interference and Multi-User IET Communications, DOI: Al-Saggaf, U. M., &Hassan, Interference in Downlink Multi-User MIMO 10.1049/iet-com.2017.0880, 11 A. K. System (17), 2605-2612, 2017, (IF: 1.061). 142. Habib Ullah Manzoor, Husnul Multiple surface waves guided by the planner Journal of Optik, 2017, Maab, and Muhammad interface between a rugate filter and a IF=1.191 Faryad hyperbolic columnar thin film
143. Z. Ali, Z. H. Abbas, and F.Y. A Novel Fault Tolerant and Energy-Efficient Accepted in "Ad Hoc & Sensor Li Load Balancing Technique in Wireless Sensor Wireless Networks (AHSWN) Networks with Stochastic Routing Volume 40, Number 3-4 (2018) 144. Z. Halim and Uzma Optimizing the minimum spanning tree-based Cluster Computing, Vol. 21, extracted clusters using evolution strategy No. 1, 2018. [ISSN: 1386-7857, Thomson Reuters JCR 2017, IF 1.601, Springer]
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145. Z. Hussain, G. Abbas, and Z. A Lightweight Fairness-Driven AQM for Journal of Network and Halim Regulating Bandwidth Utilization in Best- Systems Management, Vol. 26, Effort Routers No. 2, 2018. [ISSN: 1064-7570, Thomson Reuters JCR 2018, IF 1.750, Springer]
146. T. Muhammad, Z. Halim, and Visualizing Trace of Java Collection APIs by Journal of Visual Languages M. A. Khan Dynamic Bytecode Instrumentation and Computing, Vol. 43, 2017, pp. 14-29. [ISSN: 1045-926X, Thomson Reuters JCR 2018, IF 0.971, Elsevier]
147. Z. Halim, M. Waqas, A.R. Efficient Clustering of Large Uncertain Graphs International Journal of Baig and Ahmar Rashid Using Neighborhood Information Approximate Reasoning, Vol. 90, 2017, pp. 274-291. [ISSN: 0888-613X, Thomson Reuters JCR 2018, IF 1.766, Elsevier]
148. Z. Halim and T. Muhammad Quantifying and Optimizing Visualization: An Information Sciences, Vol. 385, Evolutionary Computing-Based Approach 2017, pp. 284-313. [ISSN: 0020-0255, Thomson Reuters JCR 2018, IF 4.305, Elsevier]
149. Z. Halim, A. R. Baig, G. Computational Intelligence Based Search of Journal of Multiple-Valued Abbas and M. A. Islam Entertaining Rules in the Space of Logic and Soft Computing, Predator/Prey Games Vol. 28, No. 06, 2017, pp. 643- 663. [ISSN: 1542-3980, Thomson Reuters JCR 2018, IF 0.437, OCP Science]
150. S. U. Ansari, M. Hussain, A. Numerical Solution and Analysis of Three- Transport in Porous Media, [IF Rashid, S. Mazhar, S. M. Dimensional Transient Darcy Flow. 2.211] Ahmad
151. S. U. Ansari, M. Hussain, A. Validating Numerical Solution of Transient Simulation: Transactions of the Rashid, S. M. Ahmad, S. Darcy Flow using Stabilized Mixed Finite Society for Modelling and Mazhar and K. J. Siddiqui Element Method Simulation International, [IF 0.94] 152. S. U. Ansari, M. Hussain, S. Mesh Partitioning and Efficient Equation Archives of Computational Mazhar, T. Manzoor, K. J. Solving Techniques by Distributed Finite Methods in Engineering, 2017, Siddiqui, M. Abid and H. Element Methods: A Survey [IF 6.605] Jamal 153. S. U. Ansari, M. Hussain, S. Stabilized Mixed Finite Element Method for Transactions of the Canadian M. Ahmad, A. Rashid and S. Transient Darcy Flow Society for Mechanical Mazhar Engineering, 41(1):85- 97, 2017, [IF 0.248]
154. F. Hussain, M.I. Ahmad, S. Efficient motion estimation using two-bit Journal of Ambient Intelligence Anwar, A. Khan, P.W. Kim transform and modified multilevel successive and Humanized Computing [IF elimination = 1.423] 155. H. Manzoor, T. Manzoor, S. Analysis of Bloch surface waves at the Plasmomics [IF 2.366] Saleem, S. Manzoor, M. Interface Between Two Semi-infinite Rugate Hussain Filters with Symmetric Refractive Index Profiles 156. H. Manzoor, T. Manzoor, M. Multiple Bloch surface waves in visible region Journal of Optics [IF 2.323] Hussain, S. Manzoor, K. of light at the interfaces between rugate Nazar filter/rugate filter and rugate filter/dielectric slab/rugate filter
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157. M. Abid, M. Hussain, A. Application of monotonic adaptive kernel for The Journal of Process Khan, H.A. Wajid optimization – A Case study Mechanical Engineering [IF 1.211] 158. G. Abbas, S. Manzoor, M. A stateless fairness-driven active queue Telecommunication Systems Hussain management scheme for efficient and fair [IF 1.527] bandwidth allocation in congested Internet routers 159. M. Abid, A. Khan, M. Optimized bolt tightening procedure for The Journal of Process Hussain, H.A. Wajid different tightening strategies - FEA study Mechanical Engineering [IF 1.211]
160. A. Naushad, G. Abbas, Z.H. A Novel Faster Failure Detection Strategy for International Journal of Ad Hoc Abbas, L. Jiao Link Connectivity using Hello Messaging in and Ubiquitous Computing [IF Mobile Ad Hoc Networks 0.705] 161. A. Naushad, G. Abbas, Z. H. A novel dynamic link connectivity strategy Wireless Communications and Abbas, L. Jiao, and F. using hello messaging for maintaining link Mobile Computing, vol. 28, Muhammad stability in MANETs article ID. 3780534, pp. 1- 23. [IF 0.869] 162. Jameel-Un Nabi, N. Cakmak, Unique first-forbidden β-decay transitions in Nuclear Physics A, 957, 1-21 M. Majid and C. Selam odd-odd and even-even heavy nuclei (2017). [21 pages]. {I.F. 1.992}
163. Jameel-Un Nabi and M. Nuclear structure and weak rates of heavy Astrophysics and Space Bӧyükata waiting point nuclei under rp-process Science 362:9, 1-18 (2017). [18 conditions pages]. {I.F. 1.885}. 164. Jameel-Un Nabi and M. Gamow-Teller strength and lepton captures International Journal of Modern Majid rates on ⁶⁶ - ⁷¹Ni in stellar matter Physics E 26, 1750005 (2017). [23 pages]. {I.F. 1.615}
165. M. Majid, Jameel-Un Nabi Allowed and unique first-forbidden stellar Astrophysics and Space and G. Daraz electron emission rates of neutron-rich copper Science 362:108, 1-13 (2017). isotopes [13 pages]. {I.F. 1.885}.
166. M. Fayaz, Jameel-Un Nabi Gamma Ray Heating and Neutrino Cooling Astrophysics and Space and M. Majid Rates due to Weak Interaction Processes on sd- Science, 362:132, 1-23 (2017). shell Nuclei in Stellar Cores [23 pages]. {I.F. 1.885}. 167. Jameel-Un Nabi, M. Ishfaq, Nuclear Structure Properties and Stellar Weak Nuclear Physics A, 966, 1-19 M. Bӧyükata and M. Riaz Rates for 76Se: Unblocking of the Gamow (2017). [19 pages]. {I.F. 1.992} Teller Strength 168. M. T. S. Chani, K. S. Bulk Heterojunction Tandem Photoelectric Cell International Journal of Karimov, H. M. Marwani, E. Based on p-Si and Phthalocyanine Electrochemical Science, 12, Y. Danish, W. Ahmad, 9250-9261 (2017). [12 pages]. Jameel-Un Nabi, M. Hilal, A. {I.F. 1.369}. Hagfeldt and A. M. Asiri 169. Yu. V. Orlov, B. F. Irgaziev, Algorithm for calculations of asymptotic Physical Review C 96, 025809 and Jameel-Un Nabi nuclear coefficients using phase-shift data for (2017). [8 pages]. {I.F. 3.304}. charged-particle scattering 170. S. Cakmak, Jameel-Un Nabi Investigation of Gamow Teller Transition Physics A, 970, 86-106 (2018). and T. Babacan Properties in 56-64Ni Isotopes Using QRPA [21 pages]. {I.F. (2017) 1.992} Methods 171. M. Majid, Jameel-Un Nabi Study of Gamow–Teller strength and International Journal of Modern and M. Riaz associated weak-rates on odd-A nuclei in stellar Physics E 27(3), 1850019 matter (2018). [19 pages] {I.F. (2017) 1.198}. 172. Jameel-Un Nabi, T. Bayram Ground-state nuclear properties of neutron-rich Acta Physica Polonica B 49, and M. Majid copper isotopes and lepton capture rates in 1531-1544 (2018). [14 pages] stellar matter {I.F. (2017) 0.998}.
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173. M. T. S. Chani,, K. S. Design, Fabrication and Investigation of International Journal of Karimov, Jameel-Un Nabi, Semitransparent Thermoelectric Cells Based on Electrochemical Science, 13, M. Hashim, I. Kiran and A. M. Graphene 11777-11786 (2018). [10 Asiri pages]. {I.F. (2016) 1.469}. 174. S. Khan, G. Hussain, M. Appropriate heat treatment and incremental Journal of Materials Processing Ilyas, M. Imran Khan, H. forming route to produce age-hardened Technology, Vol. 256, pp. 262- Rashid, Wasim A Khan. components of Al-2219 alloy with minimized 273, 2018 (IF: 3.65) form error and high formability 175. M. Ilyas, G. Hussain, C. Failure and Strain Gradient Analyses in International Journal of Espinosa Incremental Forming using GTN model Lightweight Materials and Manufacture, 2018 (In press).
176. I. Khan, G. Hussain, M. Ilyas, Fabrication of UHMW Polyethylene / nano International Journal of M. Tariq Hydroxyapatite biocomposite via heat assisted Advanced Manufacturing Friction Stir Processing Technology, Vol.96, pp. 3651– 3663, 2018 (IF: 2.6) 177. X. Shi, G. Hussain, S.I. Butt, The state of residual stresses in the Cu/Steel Journal of Manufacturing F. Song, D. Huang, Y. Liu bonded laminates after ISF deformation: An Processes, Vol. 30, pp. 14–26, experimental analysis 2017(IF: 2.81)
178. G. Hussain, Khalid A Al- Empirical modeling and simultaneous International Journal of Ghamdi optimization of energy efficiency/demand, cost Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 42, pp. and productivity in incremental forming of 20375-20385, 2017 (IF: 4.23) metallic clad composite 179. Khalid A Al-Ghamdi, G. On the CO2 characterization in incremental Journal of Cleaner Production, Hussain forming of roll bonded laminates Vol. 156, pp. 214–225, 2017 (IF: 5.65). 180. Khalid A Al-Ghamdi, G. Stress-gradient due to incremental forming of Materials and Manufacturing Hussain roll-bonded laminates Processes Vol. 32, pp. 1384- 139, 2017 (IF: 2.7)
181. B. Heidarshenas, G. Hussain, Development of a TiC/Cr23C6 composite Coatings, Vol. 80, pp. 1-12, M.B.A. Asmael coating on 304 stainless steel substrate through 2017 (IF: 2.35) a tungsten gas process 182. K.A. Al-Ghamdi, G. Hussain, Fabrication of metal-matrix Proc. IMechE, Journal of R. Hashemi AL7075T651/TiNnano composite employing Engineering Manufacture, Vol. friction stir process 231, 2017 (IF: 1.445)
183. A.B. Dawood, S.I Butt, G. Thermal model of rotary friction welding for Metals, Vol. 224, pp. 1-14, Hussain, M.A. Siddiqui, A. similar and dissimilar metals 2017 (IF: 1.7) Maqsood, F. Zhang 184. G. Hussain, M. Ranjbar, S. Trade-off among mechanical properties and Proc. IMechE, Journal of Hassanzadeh energy consumption in multi-pass friction stir Engineering Manufacture, Vol. processing of Al7075 alloy employing neural 231, pp. 129-139, 2017 (IF: network based genetic optimization. 1.445).
185. M. U. Javaid, T. A. Cheema Analysis of Passive Mixing in a Serpentine Micromachines, (IF=1.833) and C. W. Park Microchannel with Sinusoidal Side Walls 186. H. Ali, T. A. Cheema and C. Determination of the Structural Characteristics Energies, (IF=2.262) W. Park of Microalgal Cells Walls under the Influence of Turbulent Mixing Energy in Open Raceway Ponds 187. N. H. Khan, T. A. Cheema, J. Investigation on Effective Basin–Blade Journal of Energy Engineering A. Chattha and C. W. Park Configurations of a Gravitational Water Vortex (IF: 1.944) Turbine for Micro- Hydro Power Generation 188. F. Ashraf, T. A. Cheema and The Impact of Pulsatile Spiral Flow on the Applied Rheology (IF: 1.222) C. W. Park Wall Deformation Characteristics and Low- Density Lipoproteins Accumulation in the Aorta
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189. A. Z. Baig, T. A. Cheema, Z. A New Methodology for Aerodynamic Design Journal of Aeronautics & Aslam, Y. M. Khan, H. Sajid and Analysis of a Small-Scale Blended Wing Aerospace Engineering (IF:1.4) Dar and S. B. Khaliq Body 190. S M Ahmad, S M Siddique, Computational and experimental investigation Journal of the Brazilian Society M S Yousaf, M Tariq, M I of fluidic thrust vectoring actuator of Mechanical Sciences and Khan and M A Alam (2018) Engineering, 40:315 (IF:1.63)
191. Y. M. Khan, S. M. Ahmad, Flight Dynamics and Parametric Modelling of a IMechE, Journal of Aerospace A. Mohsin and M. Khan 2-DOF Lab Aircraft Engineering. (2018) https://doi.org/10.1177/095441 0018789313 (IF:1.04)
192. Adnan Jafar, Aamer Iqbal H-Inf Optimization based robust decoupling Transaction of the Institute of Bhatti, S M Ahmad and Nisar control algorithm in LPV systems using Measurement and Control, pp. Ahmed (2018) Hadamard weighting 1- 16. https://doi.org/10.1177/01 42331218788121 (IF:1.57)
193. Farhan Hussain, M. Ilyas Efficient motion estimation using two-bit Journal of Ambient Intelligence Ahmad, Sajid Anwar, Aimal transform and modified multilevel successive and Humanized Computing, 1– Khan, Pyoung Won Kim elimination 7, 2018
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ANNEXURE B – List of Conference Paper Publications during 2017-18
S. No Names of Authors Title of Research Paper Conference Details 1. Yousaf Ali, Muhammad Supply Chain Optimization of Oil Refineries, Paper presented at National Bilal, Muhammad Asees Case of Pakistan oil Refinery Ltd. (PRL) conference on Professional Trends in Awan Industrial & Systems Engineering at University of Engineering &Technology (24-25 April 2018), Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan. 2. Yousaf Ali, Muhammad Optimization of Emergency Procedure in Paper presented at National Bilal, Muhammad Asees Hospitals: Peshawar City a Case in Point conference on Professional Trends in Awan and Jehangir Khan Industrial & Systems Engineering at University of Engineering &Technology (24-25 April 2018), Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan. 3. Muhammad,N. Benchmarking practices of women Australian Centre for Saleem,B.S entrepreneurs operate home-based small Entrepreneurship Research Exchange businesses in rural areas. Pakistan a case in (ACERE) 15th International point conference Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia.2018 4. Muhammad, N., Measuring the success and failure of SMEs 7th International Conference on Nawaz.S., Sabir, M. (service industry) based on PZ&B service Interdisciplinary Social Sciences quality dimensions in rural areas: Evidence Studies (ICISSS) Oxford University. from Pakistan United Kingdom. (2017). 5. Ms. Sabeen Hayat Debunking Stereotypes: Role Reversal in Participated in the 3rd International Ufone AD Campaign - A case study Conference of the Linguistics Association of Pakistan: Global Developments and Local Perspectives: Expanding Scope for Linguistics Studies & Applied Linguistics Practices organized by Humanities Department, NED in collaboration with Higher Education Commission in Karachi from 12th- 14th October 2017. 6. Memoon Sajid, Soo Wan Single layer printed photodetector based on ICMAE 978-1-5386-7228-0/18 IEEE Kim, Hyun Bum Kim, MEH: PPV-MoS2 quantum dots composite 2018, Budapest, Hungary Kyung Hyun Choi 7. Hyun Bum Kim, Memoon Relative humidity sensor fabrication with ICMEAE 2018, Nagoya, Japan Sajid, Kyung Hyun Choi PEDOT: PSS-PEO composite on piezoelectric substrate using SAW-EHDA hybrid thin film deposition system
8. Memoon Sajid, Soo Wan High resolution drop-on-demand based IRES ICIET-339 2018, Istanbul, Kim, Jae Wook Lee, Electrohydrodynamic printing of conductive Turkey Kyung Hyun Choi, Yang silver micro patterns Hoi Doh
9. Yasir Joya, Ashraf Ali Biomedical Industry and Advanced Design 3rd International Symposium on and Manufacturing of Materials Industrial Design &Engineering (ISIDE), 22-24 Nov. 2018 Antalya, Turkey 10. Muhammad Zahir Iqbal, Two Dimensional Materials based 15th International Conference on Sana Khan Heterostructures for Photo sensing Smart Cities: Improving Quality of Applications Life Using ICT & IoT (HONET-ICT) 2018/10/8 11. Muhammad Zahir Iqbal, Ultraviolet light induced photocurrent Smart Cities: Improving Quality of Nadia Anwar response of graphene-based field effect Life Using ICT & IoT (HONET- transistors ICT), 2017 14th International Conference on 2017/10/9
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12. Rehman, Khawar and River Flow Dynamics with Two- IOP Conference Series: Materials Saeedullah Jan dimensional Shallow-water Equations Science and Engineering, September Mandokhail. 2018 13. Mandokhail, Saeedullah Effect of the confining method on the IOP Conference Series: Materials Jan;Khawer Rehman; cyclic undrained behaviours of sand Science and Engineering, September Zafar Baloch; Shamshear 2018 Sadiq, and Marjan Gul Kakar 14. Danyal, Arbab Rahim, Surface electromagnetic waves propagation 40thProgress In Electromagnetic Husnul Maab, and M. guided by dissipative dielectric material Research Symposium (PIERS), Mahmood Ali sandwich between two periodic multilayered Toyama, Japan, August 1-4, 2018 isotropic materials in prism coupled configuration 15. Rana, Arbab Rahim, Modified Wang Shaped Ultra-Wideband 40th Progress in Electromagnetic Husnul Maab, and M. (UWB) Fractal Patch Antenna for millimeter Research Symposium (PIERS), Mahmood Ali Wave Applications Toyama, Japan, August 1-4, 2018
16. A Hussain, HA Sher, AF Improved Voltage Controlled Three Phase 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Murtaza, K Al-Haddad Voltage Source Inverter Using Model Industrial Electronics Society, Predictive Control for Standalone System IECON 2018 17. M. Noor Parametric Analysis of Spherical Cloaks for Accepted in "2nd European Microwave and Visible Light Conference on Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS 2018)"
18. Memoon Sajid, Soo Wan Fabrication of 3D printed smart key with DTAS 2018, Tokyo, Japan Kim, Kyung Hyun Choi embedded sensor and electronics using a multi-material smart 3D printer
19. M. Bilal, K.I. Khan, M. Validation of Kinetic Model of Naphtha In Proceedings of 4th International Hussain, H.A. Khan, S. Reforming Reactor for Optimization of Conference on Power Generation Hussain Process Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET), 10-12 September, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2018.
20. M. S. Haroon, Z. H. Analysis of Interference Mitigation in 28th IEEE International Abbas, G. Abbas, and F. Heterogeneous Cellular Networks using Soft Telecommunication Networks and Muhammad Frequency Reuse and Load Balancing Applications Conference (ITNAC 2018), November 21-23, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-6.
21. S. Bilal, G. Abbas, and An active queue management based 13th International Conference on Z.H. Abbas deterministic denial of service prevention Emerging Technologies (ICET 2017), December 27–28, Islamabad, Pakistan, pp. 1–6
22. I. Ullah, G. Abbas, and Energy-aware congestion-less dynamic 20th International Multi-topic Z.H. Abbas source routing for MANETs Conference (INMIC 2017), 24 – 26 November, Lahore, Pakistan, pp. 1–6.
23. Jameel-Un Nabi and M. Cross Sections of Electron Capture on 62Ni editor: K. Saifullah and M. Jamil Riaz for Supernova Simulation Aslam, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore (2017) https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/ abs/10.1142/9789813224971_0020
24. G. Hussain. I. Khan, Characteristics of friction stir processed International Conference on polymer matrix composite, 2nd Annual Advanced Material Research and Application, Wuhan, China, 10-12 Nov. 2017 25. Mykola Bannikov, Igor Test results of Pongamia biodiesel in diesel Proceedings of the 18th International Vasilev, Umair Zeb, engine Multidisciplinary Scientific Geo Shuaib Raza, Usama Faiz Conference (SGEM 2018), Albena,
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Bulgaria, 30 June – 9 July, 2018, 675-680
26. I. Ahmad, T. A. Cheema, Startup Investigations for Performance International Pakistan Research M. Rehman, A. Abbas, M. Improvement of Photovoltaic module using Summit, Islamabad, Pakistan. Khan Cooling Techniques October 24~26, 2017.
27. F. Ashraf, and T. A. Predicting Vascular Rupture and Cholesterol 1st International Conference on Cheema Accumulation in Human Aorta Health and Environment (ICHE), Islamabad. March 21~22, 2018.
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