DHA Suffa University’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Professional Development Center (PDC) conducted a four day CPD short course on ‘Renewable Energy Technologies and Smart Grids’, for professionals from the industry. The training was conducted by Engr. Dr. Muhammad Sabih and Engr. M. Asadullah Siddiqui of DSU’s Dept. of Electrical Engineering. The four day training course was attended by engineers from Peoples Steel Mill. During the training, trainees were given hands-on exposure of Solar & Wind Power technologies in DSU’s state-of-the-art Electrical Power Systems Lab. They were also given insight into concepts pertaining to IoT and IoT’s role in modern Power Networks. The training concluded with a Certificate Distribution Ceremony in which trainees were awarded certificates by DSU’s Dean (EAS), Engr. Prof. Dr. Johar Khurshid Farooqi

Under the supervision of Ms. Tehseen Azhar- Director Alumni Relations & Senior Lecturer MS, a guest speaker session on ‘Dressing Etiquettes for Business Professionals’ was conducted by Mr. Hamid Saeed – International Image Consultant. The session was conducted at DSU’s Executive Lecture Theatre (ELT) on Friday 7th January 2022 for the students of the Professional Development course (BBA 7 & 8).

Hamid Saeed is an Image and Corporate Wardrobe Consultant from New York. Over the past two decades, Hamid Saeed has dressed and advised more than 50,000 men and women, including the Governor of New York and hundreds of executives from USA Fortune 500 companies. Hamid Saeed has also conducted thousands of training sessions on ‘Corporate Dressing Etiquettes’ for Big 4 Consulting Companies, Financial Institutions and Educational Institutions. Hamid Saeed has also conducted seminars on ‘ Dressing Etiquettes for Professionals’ for State Bank of Pakistan, LUMS, NUST, GIKI, IOBM & HEC and Corporate Pakistan. Hamid Saeed believes clothing is a marketing tool. He is passionate about helping graduate students in building a strong ‘Visual Resume’ to land the job of their dreams.

At the end of this highly interactive session, Pro-VC – Prof. Dr. Ahmed Saeed Minhas addressed the audience and enlightened them with valuable tips from his wealth of experience. Pro-VC then presented a memento to Mr. Hamid Saeed as a token of thanks on behalf of DSU.

Google Developer Student Club at DSU visited DHA City Karachi for the launch of GDSC@DCK where the talk was conducted by Syed Ateeq – Former GDSC Lead at Google Developers and Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum along with the current GDSC Lead Syed Hassam and the core team members.

The session was focused on bridging the gap between industry and academia. Helping students understand the gap and the standard to enter the tech industry. The session briefed about the methods to prepare for technical rounds of interviews in top startups of Pakistan, building the right resume, and having an industry-standard LinkedIn that can help students stand out from the crowd. Emphasis on core programming courses with concepts implementation by building pilot projects and how their idea can be implemented in the Final Year Project.

GDSC also promoted the Iqbal Philosophy of Khudi, where the approach instead of running after the corporate world, the students were briefed to admire excellence in their own technical domain, make a strong decision to choose one domain, follow the roadmap religiously and become master at it.

The GDSC@DSU Team was received by distinguished Faculty Members which included Mr. Farooq Shibli, Col.(R) Mahmood ul Hassan, Dr. Muhammad Mobin Idrees, and Mr. Imran Arshad.  The GDSC Team also toured DHA City Karachi and was highly impressed by the quality of campus life and facilities available to the students that are not only un-matchable in Pakistan but are equivalent to the life of dream Foreign University of any student. The Future planning of the computer science department with state-of-the-art facilities and infrastructure was not only futuristic but exemplary said by the core team.