management education with public spirit and market dynamism Volume No. 5, Issue No. 1 April 2010 Owais Ahmed Ghani INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES | PESHAWAR Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa I N S I D E Chairman Board of Governors Alumni Reunion USAID-KBL Scholarship Ceremony IM|Sciences LDP Scholarship Ceremony GCMS Debates CEP Debates Sports Gala Student’s Visit to Denmark IDPs Relief Efforts LUMS Olympiad And Many More........ The March Continues IM|Sciences Wins All Pakistan Business Idea Competition in YLES`10 at LUMS Maintaining its previous re- was the core of YLES. The cord; IM|Sciences has won the teams also took part in other Business Idea Competition events of the Summit includ- in a National Level Summit ing Enspire Us, Case Study, at Lahore University of Man- Quiz, Social Enterprise, and agement Sciences (LUMS). A Play It. These teams qualified group of 15-delegates (busi- several rounds and won laurels ness administration and IT for the province. students) represented the In- IM|Sciences faced a tough stitute in the Summit namely, competition in the final round YLES`10, Young Leaders of BIC. Institute of Business and Entrepreneurs Summit. Administration Karachi (IBA) The Summit was scheduled and LGS (Lahore Defense) from January 18-24, 2010. were the major contend- The event is a regular part of ers of the trophy in the fi- the co-curricular calendar of nal round. In this battle of LUMS. marketable ideas IBA and It is worth mentioning to LGS stood 2nd and 3rd re- point out that more than spectively while IM|Sciences 200 teams from the most clearly stood out as the win- IM|Sceinces’ students receiving the Trophy renowned educational insti- ners of the competition. It tutions of Pakistan (includ- is a matter of great gratitude ous categories of the LUMS performance of the delegates Dr. S. Waqar Hussain Shah ing IBA Karachi, NUST, and pride that the Institute Olympiad`09. and congratulated them on and Mr. Rafiq Ullah Jan FAST etc) participated in the retained its performance of The winning idea was out- their remarkable achievement. acknowledged the splendid Summit. IM|Sciences’ teams the previous year. Before the lined as the most feasible and He also praised the supervis- performance of the delegates. clean swept the Business Idea YLES`10, IM|Sciences also practical as to its nature of ing body, Social Committee They also admired the student Competition (BIC) which secured 6-trophies in vari- being a part of the publica- IM|Sciences for its tremen- heads of the delegation; Mr. tion’s industry. Game Mode dous efforts; which ensured Aasil Khan, Mr. Muhammad is a gamer magazine, is not an the proper training and guid- Usman, and Mr. Zarjan. The idea only, it had already been ance of the delegates, and presenters of the winning put to practice and responded admired the supervision of idea were Mr. Muhammad well by the target readers. Mr. Rafiq Ullah Jan (Incharge Sulaiman and Mr. Afzaal Game Mode is being pub- Social Committee), Dr. S. Humayun Khan while the lished with Mr. Muhammad Waqar Hussain Shah (Head technical assistance was pro- Usman Khan as its editor in Literary Society & Expert So- vided by Mr. Qasim Ali. They chief. Mr. Muhammad Omar cial Committee), and Faculty also praised the student heads Khan and Mr. Muhammad Advisors, Mr. Muhammad of the Social Committee es- Qasim Khan as sole patron to Saqib Awan (Faculty Mem- pecially the general manager, the trade mark. ber) and Ms. Shabana Gul deputy general manager, and (Faculty Member). the event manager and ex- Director IM|Sciences, Dr. pected them to further beef up Nasser Ali Khan lauded the In a message to the delegates, their zeal for setting standards. IM|Sceinces’ winning team members celebrating the success Editor in Chief : Dr. Sayed Waqar Hussain Mailing Address: Layout & Print: Staff Editor : Dr. Ismail Wali 1-A, Sector E-5, Phase-VII, Hayatabad, Khyber Printers - Peshawar Student Editor : Muhammad Usman Peshawar - Pakistan (P.O. Box 47 Main GPO Saddar) Sub Editors : Afzaal Humayun Khan Tel: (+92-91) 5861024-5 Small Industrial Estate, Sara Rasul Bangash E-mail: [email protected] Kohat Road, Peshawar - Pakistan Roshana Syed Website: www.imsciences.edu.pk Tel: (091) 2325196/5272407 Special Thanks : Mr. Rafiq Ullah Jan [email protected] We reserve the right to edit. April 2010 2 IM|Sciences Celebrates its 1st Alumni Association Reunion It might have been a usual morning the future development and growth of to serve the nation. The graduates also of February but for IM|Sciences it was IM|Sciences”. He informed the alumni expressed that academic talent must a special morning – a morning that that currently the Institute had got the be supported by professional guid- brought young but experienced faces highest ratio of scholarships and last year ance for which the above mentioned to the newly constructed building. They PKR 55 Million were distributed under departments should be established on were really happy and were roaming all 37 different scholarship programmes priority basis. around the campus. They were talking among 1302 students. He informed the The graduates also visited different to the good old days when they them- graduates that the Institute was soon departments and building of the newly selves were students of the Institute. Yes, going to start departments of Career built campus along with the director it was the morning when the Institute Services, Financial Aid, and Advance- and faculty members. Graduates were was celebrating its 1st Alumni Associa- ment & Development to facilitate the briefed regarding the recent develop- tion Reunion. At about 10:00am with students in their professional careers. ments and were given the feelings of the arrival of the Director, they all got Responding to the director’s request ownership to their parent Institute. seated and the ceremony began. for graduates’ suggestions and sharing Dr. Muhammad Mohsin Khan, joint Addressing the graduates the director professional experiences, graduates director, faculty members, and the IM|Sciences welcomed all the gradu- emphasized on working for a cause and coordinators were also present in the ates and expressed, “we always want that cause of supporting the talented reunion gathering. At the end, the to remember our graduates because it’s students of IM|Sciences and paying back director lauded the performance of the our own community and are the lead- to the Institute in the shape of shared Grants & Placement Office. He also -ap ers of the tremendous growth that we experiences in the corporate sector, preciated the organizers for the brilliant have made over a short period of time. guidance and financial aid for develop- arrangements of the gathering especially Alumni Association is the binging plat- ing their careers. They also emphasized the manager grants & placement, Mr. form of bringing the Institute’s gradu- that the students must be encouraged Shaheryar Ahmad. ates and faculty members leading to for joining Public Services of Pakistan Graduates of Alumni Association (Session 2001-2006) with Director and Faculty Members of the Institute April 2010 3 IM|Sciences Gets the Lion’s Share Khushhali Bank – USAID Lend Support to Students Khushhali Bank Limited (KBL) in stan but also qualify for a degree pro- collaboration with United States Agen- gramme as per the admission criteria of cy for International Development the university. The scholarships include (USAID) has extended the out reach of tuition and examination fees, along with its scholarship programme by awarding course related material/ books, boarding 42 more scholarships to the students of and lodging expenses. The students who University of Peshawar, City University receive these scholarships may also be Peshawar, and Institute of Management offered special internship opportunities Sciences (IM|Sciences) Peshawar. during the course of their education. This increase in total number of schol- KBL-USAID Scholarship Programme arships recipients to 332 which helped was launched in 2005 to enable students them attend prestigious universities to acquire quality education in highly across the country under the KBL- reputed universities in Pakistan like USAID scholarship programme. IBA, LUMS, SZABIST, BUITEMS, University of Peshawar, and IM|Sciences Ghalib Nishtar, President Khushhali Peshawar. Bank Limited and Bob Wilson, USAID- Pakistan Mission Director, awarded USAID support to Khushhali Bank the scholarships in a ceremony held is a part of the support that US Gov- in Islamabad on June 29, 2010. These ernment is providing to Pakistan to scholarships are awarded to the capable improve economic growth, education, and deserving students who not only health, governance, and reconstruction belong to the marginalized areas of Paki- of earthquake affected areas. Students of IM|Sciences who recieved Khushhali Bank scholarships for FATA LDP Awards 25 Fully Funded Scholarships to FATA Students of IM|Sciences Upper FATA Livelihood Development ferent level of academic sessions which program. “We experience pain when and families of FATA region. “And for changing the present scenario into Programme FATA Secretariat awarded includes Master Degree Program, we look at the geo-political and socio- this initiative is a shield against the higher literacy and lower poverty rates”, Twenty Five 25 fully funded scholar- Intermediate (HSSC) Scholarships, Vo- economic situation in FATA. Students devastated hopes of FATA population he further remarked. ships amounting to Rs 10.36 million to cational / Technical (DAE) Scholarship are our potential leaders, as such they in such adverse literacy, poverty and geo- The Chief Guest Mr. Nazir Ahmad Upper FATA Students enrolled at Insti- and SSC (7th to 10th Grade) Scholar- should be provided with more opportu- political situation. Currently the literacy and Joint Director IM|Sciences Dr. tute of Management Sciences, Peshawar. ships. The number of beneficiary has nities for transforming themselves into rate in FATA is only 17.4 % with female Muhammad Mohsin Khan congratu- These scholarships were distributed now increased to 883 students.