January, 2012 Newsletter Vol: 4 Issue: 1 Three more PhDs Aga Hassan Abedi Memorial produced by Declamation Contest held 2nd All Pakistan Aga Hassan Dr. Gholam Mujtaba arrived. FAST-NU Abedi Memorial Declamation Dr Gholam Mujtaba began his The 13th meeting of the Board of Competition organized by The speech by highlighting need for Advanced Studies and Research Literary Club (TLC) was held on education as the most pressing need of (BASR) held on December 21, 2011 at November 15, at FAST-NU Karachi Pakistan. FAST-NU Headquarters approved the Campus. He emphasized the value of recommendations of Graduate Studies This event was dedicated to the education and the value of students, Committees of Islamabad, Karachi memory of Aga Hassan Abedi who for they are the true asset of Pakistan. and Lahore campuses for award of was also the man behind one of the The event was concluded with an PhD degrees to Mr. Sajid Anwar, Mr. most successful ventures ever award distribution ceremony where Imran Jami and Ms. Imrana Kousar. launched by a Pakistani, the BCCI the chief guest distributed the awards Mr Sajid Anwar successfully Bank. The floor for the competition among the winners, with PECHS defended his thesis titled ‘Software was opened by two fiery speeches by Government Degree College winning Maintenance Prediction: An FAST students, who were not the College round, and Muhammad Architecture Perspective’ on June 27, competing for the prize. The Ali Jinnah University (MAJU) 2011. Mr. Imran Jami defended his competition was divided into college winning the University round. thesis titled ‘A Framework for level, and university level. As the Provenance System in Open college level participants started their Distributed Environment on round, the podium was set ablaze with Gillete Team visits September 19, 2011 and Ms. Imrana dazzling speeches. Kousar defended her thesis titled As the speakers came and went, Karachi Campus ‘Dimension Theory of Graphs’ on the audience were treated to a wide The Gillete Grooming Gurus team November 28, 2011. variety of speech styles from including the musical group Strings The Board confirmed PhD humorous, to serious, with awe- (Faisal Kapadia and Bilal Maqsood), admission of 14 students as they inspiring diction, and unmatched Omer Malik, Assistant Brand fulfilled the current admission style. Manager, Gillette, Omer Imtiaz, requirements of the University. The As the speeches came to an end, a Human Resource Manager, Procter Board also approved foreign experts new hype was starting to grow, which and Gamble and Brand Logics Team, for evaluation of PhD thesis. reached its epitome as the chief guest, Omair, Ahmar, Akif, Kamran visited FAST-NU Karachi Campus on November 18, 2011 and shared some tips with the students on boosting confidence and physical appeal . The Gillette team made a presenta- tion on prepping up for everyday or any special event. Strings were very well received by the students. Faisal Kapadia and Bilal Maqsood shared real life experiences with the students and explained how refining personal presentation can make a difference. In the end, the Strings performed ‘Mein tau dekoon ga’ followed by ‘Sar Kiye’ before bowing out to a cheering Winners of Agha Hassan Abedi declamation contest with Chief Guest crowd. Page 2 January, 2012 Guest Speaker session by Senior Book accepted Executives of Metro Cash & Carry for publication strategic and operational levels while The book titled 'The Scriptural and sharing his own experience in the Sculptural Aspects of Isaac different countries with Metro and Rosenberg's Poetry' by Miraat Farnaz other global retail brands. Second part Syed, Asistant, Professor, Department of the session featured an interactive of Social Sciences and Humanities, talk by Mr Adeel Anwar, Head of FAST-NU, Lahore Campus has been Training for Metro Pakistan and accepted for publication by LAP Project Head HR for Metro Indonesia. Lambert Academic Publishing House His presentation mainly focused on Guest speaker is delivering speech Germany. opportunities for business graduates FAST Business Club (FBC), from FAST School of Business in Lahore Campus arranged an Metro Asia region as well as Balance between interactive guest speaker session in o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r P a k i s t a n i which senior executives of Metro professionals in different markets of studies, physical Cash & Carry Asia were invited to Far East. He elaborately discussed the speak on Supply Chain at Metro and areas in which students need to groom fitness stressed o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r P a k i s t a n i themselves to be able to apply for professionals in supply chain as well international assignments with A thrilling match of table tennis as in Metro Group. multinational organizations. This high was played on November 30, 2011 Head of Supply Chain for Metro's profile event was attended mainly by between one of the best players of his Asia operations, Mr Jamil Khan gave a MBA students, faculty members as time, Rashid Ahmed Saleh and presentation on how supply chain is well as two foreign guests from Metro Assistant Professor Rahat Ehsan of handled in Metro particularly when AG, Mr Milan Berger, Regional FAST-NU, Peshawar Campus. Rashid they intend to enter a new market. He Negotiation Supply Chain Manager- Ahmed, who had retired as also apprised the students about the Asia and Mr Rafal Elsner, Project Accountant General, remained key aspects of Metro's operations at Manager Supply Chain-Asia. official Table Tennis coach of Khyber- P a k h t o o n k h a P r o v i n c e a n d represented Pakistan abroad in this Imrana Kousar defends PhD thesis game. The best of five games match Ms Imrana Kousar, a PhD scholar defended her thesis started in the cafeteria building in the titled "Dimension Theory of Graphs" supervised by Dr presence of a large number of students S. M. Husnine at FAST-NU Lahore Campus. and the faculty. In the beginning, The foreign reviewers were Dr. Mirka Miller of the Rahat Ehsan was completely over- University of New Castle, Australia and Dr. Edy Tri shadowed by Rashid Saleh with his Baskoro of Institute of Technology, Bandung, skills and techniques. He lost first two Indonesia. games. However, he came back Local examiners were Dr. F.M.Bhatti of LUMS, Dr. strongly into the game and won the last M. Hussain of COMSAT Lahore and Dr. Gohar Ali of three games. It was a very interesting NUCES Peshawar Campus. and tough match that generated a lot of interest amongst the spectators. Every one present enjoyed it and appreciated Tech Talk on software held the physical fitness and well A tech talk to introduce some techniques used in calculated strokes played by 65 years software cost estimation was held at FAST-NU, Karachi old Rashid Ahmed Saleh. Before start Campus on November 21, 2011. Speaker, Asim Ali, of the match, Rashid Ahmed briefly Lecturer, Department of Computer Science shared his addressed the students and asked them knowledge in the respective area. He talked specifically to create a balance between studies about calculating the cost of websites by using various and physical fitness and explained that tools and techniques. He discussed key topics including sports activities could improve their cost estimation, over and under estimation techniques life style. At the end, Rashid Ahmed and website pricing during his presentation. The Speaker Saleh was presented the University's also spoke about techniques for planning a project and Shield by the Director Peshawar the reasons of failure of some large software. Campus Dr. Ghiasul Haq. January, 2012 Page 3 FBC industrial trip to Nestle Session on 'Be Your Own Boss' Sheikhupura factory FAST School of Business organized a session on 'Be Your Own Boss' was held at FAST-NU City Campus Karachi on November 22, 2011. Supported by extensive research and data over 200 years, Wali Zahid, CEO, Skill City discussed how the world will look like in 2050, technologically, economically and demographically. The startling facts got the youth thinking as to how they can be a part of this innovation and growth process and become their own bosses! Resultantly the session became highly interactive. Students of FAST Business Club pose after trip to Nestle factory Mr. Wali emphasized that a person Best Practices- FAST Business learn about the internal structures and can achieve much more through his Club at FAST School of Business, the processes within the organization. naivety and energy, than caution and Lahore Campus organized an The students also met the Human experience. Thus, youthfulness was industrial trip to Nestle's Sheikhupura Resource Manager who gave them a declared most important for opening a factory on November 2, 2011. Visiting thorough introduction of Nestle and new enterprise. manufacturing unit of one of the its brands across the globe. Students world's most renowned food brands were taken to different processing and proved to be a learning experience for manufacturing units especially related the students. Students were able to to juices and chilled dairy. Sportics: League of Glory held at Karachi Campus Bilal Maqsood is being received League of Glory, a mega intra- six sports. The major goal of the event Table Tennis, Volleyball and university event was organized by was to promote sports among the Throwball by ACES. It was a tie in the Sportics Committee of FAST-NU students of the University. Basketball match between TITANS Karachi Campus which concluded on The students participated in and ACES. ACES were on top of the November 23, 2011. The event, which Cricket, Football, Table Tennis, point list becoming the champions continued for a week, successfully Volleyball, Throwball (girls) and with TITANS being runner ups, concluded after holding competitions Basketball competitions.