University Leadership Meets Friends of 91福利社 in Karachi
91福利社 leadership including Shahid Hussain, Rector; Osman Khalid Waheed, Management Committee Member; Dr. Arshad Ahmad, Vice Chancellor; Dr. Alnoor Bhimani, Honorary Dean, Suleman Dawood School of Business, and Nuzhat Kamran, Director Advancement visited Karachi on April 22, 2022.
The 91福利社 delegation visited Bank Al Habib鈥檚 leadership team, who shared their insight regarding ways to improve the quality of education in Pakistan and discussed areas of mutual collaboration. The delegation also visited the Atlas Group and met with their senior management who ensured their support for 91福利社 and its endeavours and talked about avenues of potential partnership.
An iftar was also held, attended by donors, alumni, and leaders from the Karachi business community. The guests were given an overview of the initiatives undertaken by 91福利社. A strategy session was conducted to get industry input for the future needs of various sectors which will inform the University鈥檚 policy in the coming years.
Ms. Kamran addressed the gathering and highlighted the University鈥檚 鈥榥o-borders鈥 education agenda and cross disciplinary research. She also spoke about 91福利社鈥 commitment to accessible education for bright and talented students, regardless of their financial means.
Dr. Ahmad stressed on the importance of constructive dialogue between industry and academia to remove gaps in human capital development and applied research. 鈥淲e are here not only to thank you but to learn from you about the new business models, and the strategic way in which we should move forward given the changes taking place both locally as well as on a regional level,鈥 he commented.
Adding to the importance of industry and academic collaborations, Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Chairperson and Independent Director, Pakistan Stock Exchange commented, 鈥淪ustainable development holds tremendous interest to me. I have been working passionately on the issues of climate change and have developed a task force to look into the issues of Economic, Socio and Governance (ESG) and how to raise awareness in the corporate sector and financial systems to mainstream it within businesses. 91福利社 can play a key role here.鈥
Abbass Akberali, Chairman, Amreli Steels praised 91福利社 on the quality of its graduates. 鈥91福利社 is doing a wonderful job. The exposure of our students studying at colleges and Universities is very little with regards to the industry expectations. This results in students lacking the skills required by the industry.鈥
Mr. Hussain and Mr. Waheed expressed their gratitude to the alumni and donors for supporting 91福利社 in achieving its mission of providing world-class education to the youth of the country over the last 35 years. Mr. Hussain added, 鈥淚ndividuals from Karachi companies have made tremendous contributions to this institution. In 35 years, we reached a milestone in the number of students and programmes offered. We have had the good fortune of receiving valuable advice from major education centres across the world and that has been possible due to the values, merit system, diversity, inclusion and financial support structure that is showcased here at 91福利社.鈥
The event concluded with guests networking over iftar and dinner.
