The delegation of DHA Suffa University has yet again showcased their skills this time at SZABIST Model United Nations (ZABMUN) at Movenpick hotel.
The award winners were:
Hamza Ahmed Khan with an Outstanding Diplomacy award (OD)
Asad Shah with an Honorable Mention award (HM)
Shazar Riaz with a Special Mention (SM)
The delegation also included Shahroz Hasan, Zunair Ahmed, Shaheer Airaj Ahmed, Farhan Kahlil, Rana Umer Farooq and Sadaf Shakir.
To foster entrepreneurial culture in the university, on 14th February, 2020 DHA Suffa University entered into an international collaboration with Bir Ventures USA Ltd. (IdeaGist). IdeaGist is a virtual incubation platform for people of every walk of life but with especial focus for the students. This platform trains them and connects them with innovators, entrepreneurs, investors and students globally to help them launch their dream business. It is an online community of students, alumni, researchers and industry to work together towards a better future by developing innovation-driven enterprises.
The MOU was signed by Brig. Muhammad Rafiq Ahmed (Registrar) representing DHA Suffa University, in the presence of Mr. Muhammad Afzal Haque (Vice. Chancellor), Engr. Dr. Johar Khurshid (Dean) and Ms. Eram Abbasi (Director Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Development – CEID). Mr. Hassan Syed the CEO of IdeaGist himself was present to sign the MOU.
This main purpose of this collaboration is to support the Prime Minister’s Startup Pakistan program by establishing strategic partnerships with the university and to offer virtual incubation to their students and alumni by offering entrepreneurship as a carrier choice. So, the idea is to work together under the initiative by starting, mentoring and supporting ‘business incubation programs’ and provide access to investment and funding for innovative new products developed by aspiring entrepreneurs especially by DSU faculty and students.
A workshop was recently conducted by DSU Professional Development Centre on Customer Centricity – A key Driver for Growth. The workshop facilitator was seasoned professional and trainer Mr. Farooq Shaikh (CEO Bablefish Consulting) who has a diverse experience of over 20 years in consumer, pharma, retail and telecom. In his session, he shared how putting customers and their needs as the number one priority as a business ethos pays off in the long run. Talking about potential areas for growing brands, the trainer shared case studies on how the world most successful brands became customer centric as a means of unprecedented growth. The day long workshop also included group exercises and discussions and ended with a team exercise where participants applied the concepts and ideas that they were taught in the light of their current roles. The workshop was attended by professionals from DIB, Attock Cement, Soneri Bank, Abbott Pharmaceuticals, Hilal Foods, Pakistan Railways, Vinci Cosmetics etc to name a few, and was very well received. The second round of this workshop will be conducted soon. Please watch this space for updates.
On 17th February 2020, Colonel Farrukh Mirza, SI(M) made a generous donation of Books to DSU Library.
Colonel Farrukh Mirza, SI(M) donating books to DSU Library.
Colonel Farrukh Mirza, SI(M) donating books to Management Sciences Departmental Library.
Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Development (CEID) recently organized the first stage of Startup Gathering Program ‘Startup Baithak’ exclusively for Alumni who are interested in mentorship for their business ideas or in need for strategic opinions for their running startup. Mr. Shabbir Halai, a Pakistani American Engineer running his business in USA for long and having widespread experience of working in the Microelectronics industry in USA and Canada, was the lead mentor for that session.
During the session he shared his valuable experience with the young entrepreneurs and discussed the modern insights of entrepreneurial practices throughout the globe. Mr. Halai had a very detailed and interactive sessions with all the startups where he not only discussed and addressed the problems related to each startup’s operations but also provided one-to-one mentoring and feedback to all the startups for further advancement and sustainability of their startups in the long run.
The purpose of initiating such sessions is to provide practical knowledge, realistic insight and entrepreneurial support for our alumni so that they can excel themselves and their startups to a much efficient level to remain sustainable.
It was a very interactive session and well-received by alumni as well as DSU faculty & management. Members from various Startups were present to attend that session and were well satisfied and benefited a lot with the valuable guidance and tips being offered by Mr. Halai.
DHA Suffa University (DSU) is a new generation University that has assumed the reputation of one of the leading University of the country. DHA Suffa University in collaboration with Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Pakistan organized All Pakistan 35th IEEEP student’s seminar at DSU. Pakistan’s prominent scientist and former HEC Chairman Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman was the chief guest of the seminar.
Major Universities from Pakistan were invited in this seminar including NEDUET, SSUET, Bahria Islamabad Campus, Riphah University, UET Texila, Mehran University Jamshoro, Sindh University, Mehran University SZAB Campus, NUST PNEC, Ziauddin University and Quaid-e-Awam University. The students presented their FYP from the domain of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering/Computer Science, Electronics, Biomedical and other ICT related fields.
As per the tradition of this event, best three from Undergraduate as well as Postgraduate papers of the seminar were awarded and recognized. Best selected papers were shortlisted for participation in IEEEP Multi topic Symposium 2020.
Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman said that education is the lifeline of a nation on which depends the progress and prosperity of the country. He appreciated the DHA Suffa University for making quality educational facilities for the community.
