Centre for Industrial Linkages

NUST Business School - Annual Report 2012

Centre for Industrial Linkages

Under the umbrella of NUST Business School, Centre for Industrial Linkages (CIL) is a centre of

excellence which aims at building the critical relationship need between the graduates and the corporate

sector. This will help students in familiarizing with the practical aspects of the industry and the corporate

sector. The corporate companies are built on well-developed networks which produce measurable

business results such as faster learning, quicker response to needs, better problem solving, new ideas and

innovations. CIL is responsible not only for arranging internships and placements for students, but also

facilitating the corporate sector’s investment in the new technology smart campus of NUST at H-12. In

addition, it is focusing to establish long term relations with the industry. CIL assists the students in

finding mentors for career counseling, in these connection industrial visits, mentoring sessions, grooming

sessions, employer sessions, job fairs, recruitment drives, induction of students in corporate and business

plan competitions and guest speakers’ sessions are regularly arranged at NBS.

Internship is an essential part of the curriculum and serves as an important purpose in imparting practical

experience as well as an insight into the working of the organization. Realizing the importance of the

internship, NBS incorporated a six to eight week’s mandatory internship in its MBA, BBA and BS

Economics programs. CIL arranges 75 to 80% of internships for the students in leading corporate sectors

every year.

“Bridging the gap between the Academia and the Corporate World”

Internship:


To meet the demands of the job market, CIL links academia and industry via effective linkages. CIL

arranges and facilitates campus drives for different organizations to hire and interact with talented

graduates. Job opportunities are posted on different alumni and student networks on a daily basis in close

coordination with leading multinational and national companies. Since establishment of NBS more than

1200 Alumni have passed out and a good majority is employed at the leading organizations of Pakistan.

Job Placement:


Following is a list of few top recruiters of NBS graduates:

CIL provides opportunities for NBS graduates at their door steps via job fairs. This event acts as a

platform where prospective employers and business executives meet and interact with graduating

students. A large number of leading business firms participates in this mega event with a chance to select

the best graduates for employment in their organizations.

Job Fairs:


CIL also deals with Alumni Affairs and maintains close relations with Alumni by working on the

following grounds.

Mentoring and Career counseling of students and fresh graduates of NBS.

Liaison of students and Alumni for NBS Alumni Scholarship Program- A body to provide need

based financial aid/loan to NBS students. Please see the link for details

http://authoring.nust.edu.pk/INSTITUTIONS/Schools/NBS/Campus-

Life/Support%20Services/NBSASP/Pages/NBS-Alumni-Scholarship-Program.aspx

Facilitate industrial liaison for exploiting career development opportunities for students of NBS.

Facilitating the expansion of NBS collaborations with its alumni in Pakistan and around the

world.

Facilitating alumni to get connected with the university management and provide them with a

platform where they can interact with each other.

To maintain a well-knit relationship with Alumni and provide them with an opportunity to renew their

bond with their parent institution, CIL along with NBS Alumni, arranges the “Alumni Get Together”.

This is a treat for both alumni and the school which plays an important role in getting valuable ideas and

suggestions regarding improvement of the system.

Alumni Get Together:

Alumni Affairs:

http://authoring.nust.edu.pk/INSTITUTIONS/Schools/NBS/Campus-Life/Support%20Services/NBSASP/Pages/NBS-Alumni-Scholarship-Program.aspx

http://authoring.nust.edu.pk/INSTITUTIONS/Schools/NBS/Campus-Life/Support%20Services/NBSASP/Pages/NBS-Alumni-Scholarship-Program.aspx


Sr# Event Date Participants

1 Mr. Shazil Pervez, Associate Officer of

Mobilink Pakistan delivered lectures

on Career Guidance to the students of

final and 3rd

years of NBS

13, 20 & 21

Dec, 2012

40 students participated

2 A team of VIEC Pakistan, Australian

Education consultants worldwide

visited NBS to lay out their help desk

stall. The team comprised of:

Mr. Nadeem Afzal, Country Director

Mr. Hamid Raza, Area Manager,

Islamabad

12 Dec, 2012 46 students participated

3 Mr. Abdul Aziz, President and CEO of

Ufone PTML, distributed certificates

and awards to the best Interns of

“Ufone Summer Internship Program

2012” in a ceremony held at Marriott

hotel Islamabad

01 Dec, 2012 05 Students

4 Mobilink Pakistan conducted Student

Development Workshop for the

students of NUST in SEECS seminar

hall. Ms. Hira Tasleem, Specialist

Talent Management at Mobilink

organized the workshop.

20 Nov, 2012 133 students of MBA-2K11 and

MBA-2K12

5 A team of Standard Chartered Bank

headed by Ms. Ayesha Saleem,

Talent Acquisition Specialist

conducted Graduate Recruitment

Drive at NBS. After the

presentation, SCB conducted on line

test of the registered students.

19 Nov, 2012 33 Students of MBA and BBA

final year.

6 A lecture on Career Guidance Program

by Mr. Shazil Pervez, Associate

Officer of Mobilink Pakistan was

given to the students of NBS

14 Nov, 2012 10 students of MBA and BBA

final year

7 A team of three students of NUST

participated in Rawalpindi Chamber

of Commerce & Industry (RCCI)

Business Plan Competition held at

RCCI House, Rawalpindi. Main

Ayaz Afzal MD Stock Exchange

was the Chief Guest on the

occasion,

14 Nov, 2012 Mr. Muhammad Ali, MBA

NBS

Ms. Sandleen Khan, MBA NBS

Mr. Zarak Babar, IESE

8 The test for Coca Cola Management

Trainee Program took place at SEECS

Seminar Hall.

12 Nov, 2012

Seven shortlisted graduates of

NBS

Events Organized by NBS CIL during 2012


9 A team of Standard Chartered Bank

headed by Ms. Ayesha Saleem,

Talent Acquisition Specialist

conducted “Explore You Workshop”

in NBS Seminar Hall.

23 Oct, 2012 77 students of graduating

batches

10 A lecture on mentorship by Mr.

Shazil Pervez, Associate Officer of

Mobilink Pakistan was given to the

students of NBS.

23 Oct, 2012 Students of graduating batches

11 A workshop on Skills Inventory for the

students of 1st & 2

nd year students was

conducted in NBS Seminar Hall by

Mrs. Atiya Zulfiquar, Deputy Director

CDC NUST.

17 Oct, 2012

146 students of 1st & 2

nd year

12 Daraz.pk, a subsidiary ecommerce

business of the German venture

capitalist firm called Rocket Internet

has conducted an Employer Session

for the students of 2nd

, 3rd

& 4th year at

SEECS. Ms. Aleena Ahmed from HR

department-Rocket Internet organized

the session.

05 Oct, 2012

Students of 2nd

, 3rd

& 4th year

13 A seminar on Unilever’s Pakistan

Competition “Lipton Talent Hunt”

was held in SEECS Seminar Hall

17 Sept, 2012 Students of graduating batches

14 Sheikh Amad-ud-Din, Managing

Director - Fayyaz Group of

Industries took interviews of

shortlisted candidates for different

position in Group of Industries as

they are going for business

expansion in Lahore.

27 Aug, 2012

Shortlisted students of MBA

and BBA graduated batches on

Job Fair 2012

15 Ufone PTML Campus Dive for

Summer Internship.

Interview conducted at NBS by Mr.

Junaid Mr. Ahsan and Mr. Umar

29 May, 2012 Students of MBA-2K11, BBA-

2K9 and BS Economics-2K9

appeared in the walk-in

interviews.

16 ZONG recruitment drive for NUST

graduates at E&ME College.

21 May, 2012 Shortlisted students of final

years batches.

17 Standard Chartered Bank Assessment

centre for shortlisted students who

applied online for SCB International

graduates program.

16 May, 2012

Shortlisted students of final

years batches.

18 P & G conducted comprehensive

interviews of short listed students of

NUST.

10 & 11 May,

2012

18 short listed students from

NUST including nine from

NBS appeared in the interview.

19 Seminar and Interview session by

KASB Bank for Summer Analyst

Program 2012 – Internship.

04 May, 2012

43 Students of 3rd

and final year

participated in interviews


Conducted by Mr. Harris Jamil Alam

Khan, Relationship Manager HR

Division, KASB Bank

20 Society for Human Resource

Management (SHRM) session by

Mr. Zahid Ali Mubarik, Global

Professional in HR (GPHR)

25 Apr, 2012

Students of graduating batches

attended the session.

21 SNL Presentation & Recruitment/

Networking Session. Team members:

Mr. Abdullah Mateen, HR Executive

Mr. Mikedowd, Executive

Mr. Musa Khan, Marketing BDO

24 Apr, 2012 33 short listed students of

MBA-2K11, MBA-2K10 and

BBA-2K8

22 Briefing and test by Standard

Chartered Bank internship drive 2012.

Team of SCB consists of Ms. Ayesha

Saleem, Talent Acquisition Specialist

and Mr. Bilal Ahmed, Business Client

Relation.

17 Apr, 2012

86 students of 3rd

year applied

online and 48 students appeared

in the test

23 Engro Test and Interview session

conducted at E&ME College.

12 Apr, 2012

14 students of MBA-2K11 and

BS-Economics -2K9 appeared

in the test/interview.

24 Career Counseling session by

University of Hertfordshire UK &

ABN Overseas Education.

Guest Speaker: Mr. Akif Khan,

Regional Marketing Manager,

University of Hertfordshire UK

12 Apr, 2012

36 students of BBA-2K9 F & S

25 Nestle Pakistan Employer Session. The

aim of the session was to brief students

on how to apply for job/internship at

Nestle. Session held at SCEE seminar

Hall.

10 Apr, 2012

Students of 3rd

and final year

26 A Seminar on Employer Session by

Telenor Pakistan was conducted at IESE

Seminar Hall.

22 March 2012

80 students of 3rd

and final year

of NBS attended the session.

27 Procter & Gamble Pakistan conducted

Summer Internship 2012 test &

interviews. P&G team consist of:

Mr. Umer Malik & Ms. Muneeza

Khan, Assistant Brand Managers

11 Mar, 2012 Students of 3rd

year batches

appeared in Unilever test. After

the test 30 students were short-

listed for screening stage

interviews.

28 Procter & Gamble Pakistan conducted

a seminar on diversity session for

female students. The team of P & G

comprises:

Mr. Shiraz Siddiqui & Faisal Arfeen

Talent Practice Managers

08 March, 2012 60 female students attended

diversity session.


29 Presentation and campus interview by

a team of Standard Chartered Bank for

Floor Relationship Managers &

Financial Consultants recruitment.

Team Headed by Ms. Ayesha Saleem,

Talent Acquisition Specialist and Mr.

Bilal Ahmed , Cost & Performance

Manager

29 Feb, 2012

40 students of Graduating

batches

30 A lecture by Mobilink Pakistan to the

students of graduating batches.

Guest speakers were:

Mr. Osama Amin, Senior Mange

Mr. Umair Yousaf, Asst Mgr. Product

Services

27 Feb, 2012

105 students of Graduating

batches

31 Industrial Visit to Rawalpindi Flour

and General Mills Rawalpindi

organized by Chamber of Commerce &

Industry (RCCI)

22 Feb, 2012

05 students of MBA & BBA

32 Management Trainee & Summer

Internship Program 2012 conducted by

Unilever Pakistan

13 Feb, 2012

80 students of 3rd

& 4th Year


Details of Events & Activities carried out by Centre of

Industrial Linkages (CIL)

NBS During 2012

Unilever Management Trainee and

Summer Internship Program 2012

A team of Unilever Pakistan headed by

Mr. Hammad Mozaffar, HR Business

Partner and Mr. Haroon Khan, Territory

Manager Islamabad visited NBS on 13th

Feb, 2012 for Management Trainee &

Summer Internship Program 2012. After

the presentation, a test of 65 mins was

conducted by Unilever’s team.

Approximately 80 students from NBS who

registered online and were shortlisted by

Unilever appeared in the test.

A Visit to Rawalpindi Floor & General Mills

A group of five students of MBS/BBA from NBS paid an industrial visit to Rawalpindi Flour and

General Mills Rawalpindi organized by Chamber of Commerce & Industry (RCCI) on 22 Feb,

2012. The students observed different activities at Rawalpindi Flour and General Mills

Rawalpindi and then submitted a report which follows details the process undertaken at the

Rawalpindi Flour & General Mills. The report attempts initially to detail the process being

undertaken at the mill, along with a brief history of its operations. This is then followed by

comparison with the Sarhad flour Mills to gauge its efficiency. This is finally followed by

recommendations for improvements based upon independent observation of the group members

during the tour.

Alumni Talk Series Lecture by Mobilink Pakistan

NUST has planned series of lectures for the graduating students of NBS under the program

“Alumni Talk Series”. The lectures aimed at giving final year students of various disciplines, a

sneak peak of what life might be like once they enter the corporate world after graduation. The

first lecture of series was delivered by Mobilink Pakistan to the students at NBS on 27 Feb, 2012.

Around 105 students of final year attended the lecture. Following were the guest speakers:

Mr. Osama Amin Senior Manger

Mr. Umair Yousaf Assistant Manager Product services


Standard Chartered Recruitment Drive

A team consisting of Ms. Ayesha Saleem, Talent

Acquisition Specialist and Mr. Bilal Ahmed, Cost

and Performance Manager of Standard Chartered

Bank visited NBS on 29th Feb, 2012. After the

presentation the team conducted interviews for

Floor Relationship Managers & Financial

Consultants recruitment. Almost 40 students

appeared in the screening interviews by SCB team.

It was such a success that Standard Chartered will

visit the campus again in next month with their

summer internship program.

NBS JOB FAIR - 2012

NUST Business School (NBS) has organized Job Fair-2012 on 18th July, 2012 at NBS Campus

H-12, Islamabad. This mega event was a resounding

success and over 32 companies/organizations

benefited from this opportunity to evaluate and

select quality human resource from this elite

academic institution.

Industry and corporate sector used this

platform to hire and interact with talented

graduates in the disciplines of Business

Administration and Economics fields. The

job fair expo demonstrated how NBS faculty

prepare and groom their students to meet the

demands of the job market.

Dr. Ashfaque H. Khan, Principal & Dean NBS,

welcomed delegates from the industry including top multinational. Dr.

Ashfaque H. Khan highlighted the recent achievements of the NBS students which

include winning of the prestigious Procter & Gamble University Challenge Competition for

second year in a row (2009 & 2010) and winning of the CFA Investment Research Challenge in

Pakistan which enabled them to compete for the Regional Challengeship in Bali, Indonesia on

February 24-25, 2011 and . He said, I am happy to state that the NBS team representing Pakistan

in the Regional Challengeship comprising sixteen teams across the Asian region, managed to

reach to the final round comprising six teams with Thailand emerging as the winners.

Industry representatives from various business ventures set up recruitment booths and interacted

with students. The companies used the occasion to search for prospective employees in various

fields i.e. Finance, Human Resource Management, Marketing and Economics.


The recruiters shared their organizational needs with the graduates, reviewed graduate resumes

and scheduled follow-up interviews. The participating companies appreciated the talent of the

candidates and expressed confidence that potential new-hires would prove to be worthy assets for

their respective organizations.

The companies present were:

Abudawood Trading Company

Ali Akbar Group

Allied Bank

Bank Alfalah

Channel 7 Communications

European Complex

Fauji Fertilizer Company

Fayyaz Cotton Limited

First Microfinance Bank

IBM

Icarus Incorporated

Khushhali Bank

Metro Cash & Carry

MOL Pakistan

Norwegian Refugee

Council (NRC)

MTBC

Nayatel (Pvt) Ltd.

Net Tech

OVEX Technologies

Pearl Continental Hotel

RMT Enterprise

SUCH TV

Shifa Foundation

Standard Chartered Bank

Standard Chartered Bank

(North)

Techno Bird

Touchstone Communications

Transworld

TRG Group

Ufone

USAID

US Education Foundation

Wi-Tribe


NBS CIL Internship Drive 2012

During the year 2012, 216 students completed six week mandatory internship in different

companies and organizations. The key organization /companies that provided internship

opportunities to NBS students were:

Askari Bank

Askari Welfare Trust (AWT)

Bank of Punjab

Barclays Bank Pakistan

Bestway Cement

British Council

NUST in collaboration with NBP

Channel 7 Communications

Citibank N.A.

Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)

Coca Cola Beverages

Emaar Pakistan

Engro Foods Limited

Fauji Fertilizer Company (FFC)

Habib Bank Limited

Infosurf (Pvt) Ltd., Islamabad

Interflow Communications

Islamabad Stock Exchange

Kohinoor Spinning Mills

Medical Transcription Billing Company

(MTBC)

Mobilink Pakistan

NADRA

National Bank of Pakistan

Nestle Pakistan

Nokia Siemens Networks

Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority

(OGRA)

Pak Gulf Construction Company

Pakistan International Airlines

Pakistan Oilfields Limited

Pakistan Television Corporation

Pakistan Tobacco Company

Pappasallis Cuisine

Pearl Continental Hotel

Pak Arab Refinery

PIA Speedex

Procter and Gamble Pakis


Foreign Student Internships & Exchange Program 2012 o AIESEC, Indonesia

o AIESEC AUC, Egypt

o Famagusta, Turkish Republic of North Cyprus(TRNC)

o Mercy Corps. Portland

o Association for Women Total Advancement and Development (AWTAD), Cairo, Egypt

o Korean Government Invitation Program 2012

o Wuhan University of Technology, China

Students’ Particulars Anum Sarwar -BBA-2K9 S

Contact number: 0333 - 9016664

Email Address: [email protected]

Name of Program:

Where It all begins, AIESEC Alexandria, EGYPT

Internship Duration/ Duration of

exchange program:

6 Weeks- 1st July to 16th Aug 2012

Country & City (where internship was

performed):

Egypt, Alexandria

Roles & responsibilities:

· Networked with the local l people trying to understand the

culture

· Created a blog about the local experiences

· Devised marketing plan for promotion of the project

· Developed a pamphlet about “Experience Egypt”

Summary of Tour: Where it all begins a cultural exchange program where we

created a marketing plan and devised the promotional strategy.

Afterward we traveled across Egypt and blogged about

our experience which was published in local news paper as well

as a pamphlet. Initially we were given basic Arabic classes, and

then we attended workshops on Egyptian culture, art. Later a

workshop on how to develop our writing skills for blog.

Likewise a photography workshop was also arranged. The we

traveled to Cairo, luxor, Aswaan, Siwa , Dahab,Ras Sadar and

Sinai to develop our blog.

Moreover attended a conference for Internees.

mailto:[email protected]


Students’ Particulars Muneeb Ur Rehman- BBA-2K8

Contact number: 0323-5215751

Email Address: [email protected]

Name of Program:

MySelf MyWorld


exchange program:

11th June 2011 to 26th July 2011


performed):

Istanbul, Turkey


Represented Pakistan in a Team of 70 Interns from 35 Different

countries

Summary of Tour: Gave Presentations about Pakistan in Educational

Institutes and Istanbul Chamber of Commerce

Conducted Trainings on different Soft Skills for Local

Turkish Children

Designed a detailed Teaching Manual to be used in

Local Schools

Students’ Particulars Zahra Shah- BBA-2K8 B

Contact number: 0321-5506430, 0346-5375584, 00965-94

903179

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Name of Program:

-


exchange program:

Six Weeks


performed):

KUWAIT


Marketing Head For Promoting Cloud Computing Project At

Isys Telecom In Kuwait

Summary of Tour: A good learning experience which helped us in application of he

concepts we learned, to professional life.

Students’ Particulars Muhammad Umer Farooq - BBA-2K9 S

Contact number: 03216037471

Email address: [email protected]






Name of Program:

Every Child is ours


exchange program:

Six to Eight Weeks


performed):

Mauritius


To work with others in grooming and providing teaching

facilities to students

Summary of Tour: Got to know about International working atmosphere

and interacting with people of more than 22 countries gave me

opportunity to work with them in a team

Students’ Particulars Aneeqa Lareb - BBA-2K9 F B

Contact number: 0321-889494-8


Name of Program:

AIESEC Summer Exchange


exchange program:

Six - Eight Weeks


performed):

Cairo, Egypt


I taught English to the students at Gego Sada Nursery.

Summary of Tour: I arrived Egypt on 30th June 2012 and started my work right

after. Apart from teaching at the nursery, I helped managing the

voluntary work of Ramadan packages distribution at Emaar Misr

Corporate Offices. I also worked at an Orphanage Foundations

as a helper.

Students’ Particulars Muhammad Ghufran - MBA 2K10-12 (currently taking classes

with MBA2K11-A)

Contact number: +923455156560


Name of Program:

Wuhan University of Technology


exchange program:

December 2011 to August 2012


performed):

China, Wuhan


Worked at Wuhan University of Technology for International

office. I was responsible for the management of international

student’s affairs. Served as executive in communication

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department. Duties involved writing notices regarding any news

concerning foreign students. Compiling the record of new

students. Calling new students to ask for their joining date and

Flight information, to make arrangement for their residence in

the university dormitory(There were around 1000 foreign

students in the university and last year 423 foreign students

joined the university from all over the world) . Worked with

Chinese cultural exchange association to organize many events

such as Cultural exhibition Wuhan University of Technology

2012.

Summary of Tour: Stayed in Wuhan, China from 16 September 2011 to 8

September 2012 in Wuhan University of Technology from

Cultural Exchange program.

Students’ Particulars Mehreen Ahmed Sajjid - MBA 2K10

Contact number: 0334-7085741


Name of Program:

Global internship Program


exchange program:

30 June 2012-18 August 2012


performed):

Famagusta, Turkish Republic of North Cyprus(TRNC)


I was Management Trainee. Represented Pakistan on Global

Platform. I had to deal with 80 development interns from more

than 32 countries. I conducted workshops and delivered

marketing lectures to all the interns.

Summary of Tour: I went to TRNC in June for 6 weeks. I worked with Eastern

Mediterranean university Turkey (North Cyprus). I represented

Pakistan on live Morning Show in TRNC. I met President, Prime

Ministers and many other ministers of Turkish Republic of

Pakistan. Over all my stay in TRNC was amazing and learnt a

lot about different cultures and how to deal with people from

different culture and religion.


Explore You Workshop

by Standard

Chartered Bank

(SCB)

A team of four members

of Standard Chartered

Bank headed by Ms.

Ayesha Saleem, Talent

Acquisition Specialist

conducted “Explore You

Workshop” in NBS

Seminar Hall on 23

October, 2012. 77

students of final year

attended the workshop.

SCB team welcomed all

the students and set up a

fun Ice breaker where

they interacted with each

other. They helped the

students to explore their journey, of self exploration, the whole workshop was a fun and real leaning

experience for the students and they identified their characteristics by visually presenting and drawing

themselves where they want to be in long run. Students took a lot of interest in this workshop and tried to

reveal their true self and understand who they are? What employers want from them? What they want

from life and what they can do to achieve their goals?

At the end of workshop the team was greeted by Dr. Ashfaque H. Khan, Dean and Principal NBS and

Ms. Javeria Saleem Coordination officer NBS and exchanged views on mutual interest. Shields were

presented to the member of the SCB team.

Employer Session by Daraz.pk

Daraz.pk, a subsidiary ecommerce business of the German venture capitalist firm called Rocket Internet

has conducted an employer session for the students of 2nd

, 3rd

& 4th year at SEECS. Ms. Aleena Ahmed HR

Manager- Rocket Internet organized the session.

Rocket Internet's first venture in Pakistan is named daraz.pk, which was launched in June of this year and

sells clothes, footwear & accessories to consumers all across Pakistan. It is an online multi brand store

which has all major national and international fashion brands on board.

As part of their marketing campaign, they will be holding a competition “Design a t-shirt for your college"

in leading universities, colleges and schools in Pakistan. The idea is to bring out originality and creativity

from youth, encourage maximum number of students to compete, and appreciate talent in the country.

There will be one winner from each institution who will be awarded a grand prize of Rs. 20,000 after Eid.

The design will also be put up on our website and facebook page to create more awareness about

university and get students excited about donning university merchandise. Once the best design from

institution is decided, Daraz.pk will acknowledge the winner's talent by actually printing their design on t-


shirts, hoodies, seat shirts, caps and other merchandise. They will like the authority to print the best design

on merchandise and sell these items on their website.

Unilever’s Lipton Talent Hunt Competition

Unilever Pakistan has organized its flagship competition “Lipton Talent Hunt” on 17 Sep, 2012 in

SEECS Seminar Hall. The program offer students the opportunity to test the business skills they

have learned and to get a hands-on experience as well as to provide them with internship

opportunities. The students of graduating batches participated in the competition. NUST was

enrolled in this program last year as well and won in both the engineering and business teams.

DISCOVER Kick off Gala

A Kick-Off Gala was held at NBS ground on 25th Sept, 2012 to introduce students to DISCOVER

2012 - Prosperity through Entrepreneurship”. The NUST Centre for Innovation &

Entrepreneurship (CIE), in its ongoing quest to promote Innovation & Entrepreneurship and

ensure maximum participation by students has organized this gala. Students of NBS actively

participated in this event.

The Kick off Gala aims to promote the concept of DISCOVER competition among students at

NUST. It also provides a platform through which faculty and students from universities across the

country are going to compete and transform their ideas into practical business plans and strive to

develop products as well as services in order to ultimately establish business enterprises.

DISCOVER 2012 has been extended not only to all constituent Schools/Colleges/Centers of

NUST, but also to more than 50 universities across Pakistan.

Visit of Team of VIEC Pakistan

The team of VIEC Pakistan, Australian Education consultants worldwide visited NBS to lay out their help

desk stall on 12 Dec, 2012. The team comprised of:

Mr. Nadeem Afzal, Country Director

Mr. Hamid Raza, Area Manager

VIEC is an Australian Company with head office at Sydney, Australia. With a network of over 50 offices

across Australia, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines and Sri Lanka, VIEC is one of the

leading education consultants worldwide. They represent more than 300 education providers including

universities, colleges, vocational institutions and schools across Asia, Australia, Europe and North

America. Since its inception in 1997, VIEC has recruited more than 30,000 students to its partner

institutions.

Mentoring Lecture on Discover 2012

Syed Azhar Rizvi, an entrepreneur from Career Advisory Network (CAN), NUST has delivered a lecture

to mentor 3rd

and 4th year students on DISCOVER – 2012 ON 1

ST October, 2012. 90 students of 3

rd and 4

th

year attended the lecture. CIE, NUST organized this lecture to familiarize students about the second Prime

Minister’s Entrepreneurial Challenge: DISCOVER-2012 launched on 3rd

Jul, this year. A student-level

Business Plan Competition (BPC) titled; “DISCOVER - Prosperity through Entrepreneurship” will work

towards the development of entrepreneurial skills among the participating students. Discover 2012 has


been extended not only to all constituent school, colleges and centers of NUST, but also to more than 50

universities across Pakistan. Mr. Akhtar Ali Qureshi, GM TIC, NUST was also present during the session.

After this session the adminsterartion of NBS encouraged the students of NBS to join the noble cause and

addressed them how they can give back to society what you have gained from it"

Workshop on Skills Inventory

A Workshop on Skills Inventory for the students of 1st & 2

nd year students was conducted on 17 October,

2012 in NBS Seminar Hall by Mrs. Atiya Zulfiquar, Deputy Director CDC NUST. 146 students of 1st &

2nd

year attended the workshop. It was the first workshop of the series planned by the CDC NUST for the

year 2012-213.

Mentor Session - Career Guidance Program

Centre of Industrial Linkages office

introduced an informal learning

chapter for students of NBS. Career

Guidance Program by NBS Alumni,

Mr. Shazil Pervez. Mr. Shazil is

currently working at Mobilink

as technical platform executive for the

Mobile Financial Services Team. He is

one of the most active members of

Alumni Association of NBS (AAN)

who is striving to establish AAN as

the most effective network of Alumni.

He have over two years’ of experience

in the Telecomm Sector. He briefed

students on a semester plan for counseling devised by him for students of graduating batches to guide them

throughout their last two semesters with an aim to prepare them for the job market.

Mr. Shazil Pervez, an Alumni of NBS has delivered lectures on Career Guidance to final and 3rd

year

students on through out the year more then 50 students have benefited from these lectures.

On-Campus Activation for Lipton Talent Hunt Competition

The team of NUST comprising of five teams of NBS students has reached to the second round of the

Lipton Talent Hunt Competition. A total of 250 teams applied from all over Pakistan and NUST team is

now one of the 20 teams to go through to the second round. As competitor of the second round, the team

has organized an on campus activation for Lipton Green Tea on 13 Nov, 2012. On the basis of which

teams will be short listed for the final round to be held in Karachi. The team held a session in seminar hall

and displayed poster and banners of the brand.

Unilever Pakistan is conducting the Lipton Talent Hunt for the third year, in which HEC recognized

universities are participating. The competition revolves around designing a marketing campaign for

Unilever product and having an on-campus implementation of the proposed plan.

Last year, a ream from NUST Business School won the competition and one of the team members was

later offered a job at Unilever. The win brought good name to the university and also provided

employment for students.


Mobilink Student Development Workshop

Mobilink Pakistan conducted Student Development Workshop for the students of NUST in SEECS

seminar hall on 20 November, 2012. A large number of students of NBS and SEECS participated in the

workshop. Ms. Hira Tasleem, Specialist Talent Management at Mobilink organized the workshop.

The workshop broadly covered following areas:

Introduction/Starting career

Resume writing

Good and bad resumes (interactive)

Key skills employers look for

Career Advice

Professional Grooming

Q & A session and feedback

Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) Graduate Recruitment Drive

The team of Standard Chartered Bank headed by Ms. Ayesha Saleem, Talent Acquisition Specialist

conducted its Graduate Recruitment Drive at NBS on 19 November, 2012. After the presentation and Q

& A session, an on-line test was conducted in Language Lab of NBS in that 33 registered student of

MBA and BBA final year participated. The students were briefed about various aspects of the test. There

are four tests, abstract, logical, numerical and wave assessment. Students clearing all the four

assessments will get a link to the next stage.

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Session

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) organized a session in NBS Seminar Hall for the

students of graduating batches on 25 April, 2012. Mr. Zahid Ali Mubarik, Global Professional in HR

(GPHR) was guest speaker in this session. Mr. Zahid Ali wanted to enable a student forum in NBS where

students can get access to hundreds of professional development opportunities at their desktops plus

250,000 HR professionals located in more then 140 Countries. He also wanted to seek permission for

video conferencing sessions to be arranged in NBS for students.

SNL Pakistan Session

A team of SNL Pakistan conducted a Recruitment/Networking Session for the students of NBS on 24

April, 2012. 33 short listed students of MBA-2K11, MBA-2K10 and BBA-2K8 participated in the session.

SNL Pakistan team comprised of Mr. Abdullah Mateen, HR Executive, Mr. Mikedowd, Executive and Mr.

Musa Khan, Marketing BDO. SNL was very positive about the caliber of NBS students.

NASCON Marketing Plan Competition 2012

NASCON Marketing Plan Competition was held at FAST University, Islamabad on 21 April, 2012. The

team of four students of BS Economics (Waleed Nasir, Muhammad Zohair Javed, Nabeel Ahmed Hashmi,

Sabeeh Rehman) of NBS secured third prize. Participation in such activities helps generating the sense of

competition and leadership among students.


Standard Chartered Bank Internship Drive 2012

A team of Standard Chartered Bank headed by Ms. Ayesha Saleem, Talent Acquisition Specialist given

briefing and conducted test for Standard Chartered Bank internship drive 2012 on 17 April, 2012. Mr.

Bilal Ahmed, Business Client Relation was member of the team. 86 students of 3rd

year applied online and

48 students appeared in the aptitude test and eleven cleared the test.

Engro Foods Session & Internship Drive 2012

Engro Foods Limited conducted test and Interview session at E&ME College, Rawalpindi on 12 April,

2012. 14 students of MBA-2K11 and BS-Economics -2K9 appeared in the test/interview. This time Engro

tested NBS students for internship program and will recruit NBS students in future. Over six interns were

hired by Engro in both Engro foods and fertilizers.

Career counseling session by University of Hertfordshire UK & ABN Overseas Education

University of Hertfordshire UK & ABN Overseas Education organized a Career Counseling session at

NBS on 12 April, 2012. Mr. Akif Khan, Regional Marketing Manager, University of Hertfordshire UK

conducted the session. 36 students of BBA-2K9 attended the session. Students were made familiar to the

processes for studying abroad especially about getting admission in the University of Hertfordshire UK &

ABN.

Nestle Pakistan Employer Session

Nestle Pakistan conducted Employer Session for the students of 3rd

and final year on 10 April, 2012 at

SCEE seminar Hall. The aim of the session was to brief students on how to apply for job/internship at

Nestle. Students applied online for recruitment in Nestle.

NBS Scholarship Program (NASP) donates 0.24

million to the needy students of NBS

NBS Alumni Scholarship (NASP) is an initiative of

NUST Business School Alumni and their friends and

family to support financially challenged students of

NBS. It has been five years since this program is

successfully running. The scholarship is awarded on the

basis of academic excellence; however, financial need

is also taken into consideration. The scholarship is

awarded by the Alumni Committee upon the

recommendation of various members.

During the Fall-2012, NASP and the students of NBS

has donated PKR 240,000 against tuition fee of most

deserving students of NBS. The amount donated in the

semester is higher than the donation made so far. This

time students of NBS along with alumni have launched a

donation drive to generate funds for NASP and they have

donated a lot for raising the funds and helping their friends. Mr. Junaid Khan – President NASP


Joint Research Projects- NBP & NUST

1. NUST Corporate Advisory Council &

National Bank of Pak (NBP)

The project involved NBS students (MBA

as well as BBA) as interns.

Joint research project on "Industry Ratings and

Strategic Positioning 2012

2. NUST Corporate Advisory Council &

National Bank of Pak (NBP)

The project involved NBS students (MBA

as well as BBA) as interns.

Joint research project on "Industry Ratings and

Strategic Positioning 2013 (to be published)


NBS Students’ Achievements 2012


Ufone PTM Certificates & Awards Best Interns of “Summer Internship Program 2012”

Mr. Abdul Aziz, President and CEO of Ufone PTML, distributed certificates and awards to the

best Interns of “Ufone Summer Internship Program 2012” in a ceremony held at Marriott hotel

Islamabad on 1st December, 2012. There were 12 best interns nationwide out of which 10 from

Islamabad. Out of these 10, five were from NBS and one from Engineering department of NUST.

Bisma Asif MBA-2K11 Best Marketing (Value added Services) Intern

Sarosh Tasneem BBA-2K9S Best Corporate Strategy & PMO Intern

Saniya Abbass BBA-2K10 Best Contracts, Procurement & Administration Intern

Zahra Nageen BBA-2K10 Best Human Resources Intern

Adina Sadiq BS Eco-2K10 Best Sales Intern

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The remarkable function was attended by many Corporate and Academic officials including

Rector COMSATS, Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi.

Ms. Bisma Asif while expressing her views on receipt of this award said:

“I am earnestly grateful to Ms. Javeria Saleem of Centre of Industrial Linkages and NUST

Business School for the recognition I have received, it’s truly because of the value NBS has

added to me in just one year. Ufone is also considering me for a job in their Marketing


Department as soon as I will complete my course-work. I think it’s a great achievement for NUST

Business School and I am truly thankful to NUST & NBS for this”

Mr. Waleed Iqbal, Senior Alumni of NBS currently working as Assistant Manager PMO in Ufone

said:

“Very happy to see NBS and NUST students grabbing majority of the top interns of the Ufone

Summer Internship Everyone at Ufone was talking high of NBS. Our NBS students worked really

hard during their period at Ufone to make us alumni proud. We all must acknowledge the

opportunity that Ufone offered to NBS students in the Summer Internship Program. Ufone

arranged a hi-tea and an interactive session for interns; the top management of Ufone interacted

with the NUST interns during the hi-tea. I saw almost every intern going out of the hall with at

least one of the lucky draw smart phones & iPods, or awards, or the gift packs.”

NBS is fortunate having bundle of bright and talented students who are trained to have right set of

skills tailored according to the specific need of industry. We have innumerable success stories of

students which make the institute “pompous” and its students “proud

NUSTAINS”.

Won Reckit Benkieser ‘We Made It” Lipdub Challenge

2012

Waleed Nasir BS Eco-2K9

Muhammad Zohair Javed BS Eco-2K9

Ali Taimur BS Eco-2K9

Rabia Akram BS Eco-2K9

Fatima Suleman BS Eco-2K9

Winning Team - NASCON Case Study Competition

2012

Syed Rafay Mehmood BS Eco-2K9

Wajih Amjad

Sumayya Batool

Winning Team (from two consecutive years) NASCON Marketing Plan Competition 2012

Waleed Nasir BS Eco-2K9

Muhammad Zohair Javed BS Eco-2K9

Nabeel Ahmed Hashmi BS Eco-2K9

Sabeeh Rehman BS Eco-2K9


NBS Team Wins RCCI

Business Plan

Competition

The NUST team secured 3rd

position at the Inter-

Universities Business Plan

Competition organized by the

Rawalpindi Chamber of

Commerce and Industry

(RCCI). The students

representing NUST

were Muhammad Ali (Team

lead NBS), Zarak Babar and

Sandaleen khan (NBS) who

delivered a comprehensive

business plan, “BIOGAS” gas

that is formed by the

biological breakdown and won

the competition. The competition was held at the RCCI and included participants from universities and

colleges from all over Rawalpindi. Mr. Main Ayaz Afzal MD Stock Exchange was the chief guest on the

occasion, RCCI President-Manzar Khurshid Shaikh , Senior Vice President Ch. Pervaiz Ahmed Warriach ,

Vice President Ch. Nadeem Rauf , RCCI Executive Committee Member were among the speakers at the

event. Addressing the participants, the speakers stressed that education was the only answer to the multiple

internal and external problems being faced by the country and urged the students to focus on their studies

as the country was in dire need of novel entrepreneurs and managers.

NUST Participation in the Asia-Pacific International Model United Nations (APMUN)

Conference 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand

A team of nine NUST students, headed by Ms Maria Qadri, President Student Affairs NBS and Sponsor

faculty NUST Drama and Debating Society/ NUMUN 2012, has participated in Asia Pacific International

Model United Nations (APMUN) conference held from 19th to 24th September 2012 in Bangkok

Thailand.

The event was attended by 84 teams in total representing universities from South Asia, Europe and Middle

East. The conference included 17 committees with competitive sessions from 8 in the morning till 10 at

night where students were required to exhibit their diplomacy skills along with extraordinary research and

communication capabilities. Resolutions were drafted in each committee on major world issues discussed

in UN currently. NUST was allotted two countries to represent in this MUN: Finland and Eritrea.

It is a great privilege for our institute and Pakistan, that the team won two out of five outstanding

delegation awards given to top performing teams. Along with this honor, two of our delegates won

individual best delegate awards on the basis of their diplomacy skills in selling their stance. Therefore

NUST team managed to bag for out of the top 15 awards in the conference.

Apart from providing us with a pedestal to showcase our talents, APMUN was also a platform for global

interaction and exposure. Our delegates received invitations from MUN clubs representing India, China,

Germany and Russia. The team also invited other delegations to NIMUN-213.


The Teams include:

- Outstanding Delegation of Finland:

Ms. Farah Khan BBA

Mr. Hamza Butt BS-Eco

Mr. Yasir Mehmood MBA

Mr. Hammad Khan MBA

Ms. Kanza Haider BBA

Mr. Akber Zaidi SCEE

-Outstanding Delegation of Eritrea:

Mr. Shaafat Gillani BBA

Ms. Zainab Cheema BBA

Mr. Ahmed Salman SMME

-Best Individual Delegates:

Syed Shafaat Gilani BBA2K9S representing Eritrea in General Assembly Second Committee

Ms. Kanza Haider BBA2K9S representing Finland in United Nation Environment Program(UNEP)

IBA Invent Entrepreneurial Challenge 2010, Team name: “Wave-o-Charger”

Developed detailed business plan along with feasibility report of universal radio wave charger.

Stood 4th out of 150 teams from All over Pakistan.

Presented in front of very high officials of Pakistan Industry in Karachi.

Awarded prize money of Rs 50,000/- by Former Governor State bank , Dr Ishrat Hussain

IBA Invent Entrepreneurial Challenge 2011, Team “Umeed-e-Jiggar”

Developed detailed business plan along with feasibility report of launch of interferon Lamba.

Stood 2nd

out of 188 teams from All Over Pakistan.

Awarded prize money of Rs 350,000/- by Former Governor State bank , Dr Ishrat Hussain

Prime Minister Entrepreneurial Competition- Discover 2011, “ Healiver”

Awarded 1st position out of more than 250 teams from All over Pakistan.

Team presented the business plan in front of Prime minister and chairman HEC.

Awarded prize money of Rs 500,000/- by Prime Minister of Pakistan.

The Indus Entrepreneurs” (TIE) Business Plan competition 2012- Pakistan Chapter

Won TIE Business plan competition Pakistan Chapter and were ranked number 1 team of

Pakistan.

Awarded prize money of Rs 100,000/- by Chairman HEC Dr Javed R. Lagahri


The Indus Entrepreneurs” (TIE) Business Plan competition 2012- Asia Final. New Delhi,

India.

Represented Pakistan in New Delhi, India

Was ranked 5th out of 70 teams from 17 Asian Countries.

Gave guest interview at PTV on “Date Line Pakistan”

NASCON 2012, FAST-NU Islamabad. Won Business Case Simulation

Participation of NBS Student in World Economic Forum Malik Shaheryar, a student of BS Economics-2K10 participated in World Economic Forum 2012 held in

Delhi, India from 04 to 09 November, 2012. World Economic Forum 2012 invited Malik Shaheryar as

president of Youth Economic Forum. He was youngest participant there and only student at World

Economic Forum. It was a great honor for NBS to earn name in World Economic Forum

Paper Presentation

Following students of NBS participated and presented their Research Paper in the 4th Annual South

Asian International Conference held in Pearl Continental Hotel, Bhurban from 05 to 07 Dec, 2012.

Mr. Muhammad Ali Abbas

Mr. Muhammad Ali Raza

Mr. Mugees ur Rehmen

Mr. Badar Muneer

Mr. Faizan Rasool,

Mr. M. Abeer Khan

Ms. Ammarah Aftab,

Ms. Mehmoona Naseer

MBA-2K11

MBA-2K11

Bs Eco-2K8

Bs Eco-2K8

Bs Eco-2K8

Bs Eco-2K8

BBA-2K8

BBA-2K8

Meeting of outstanding students with Rector NUST On 27

th November, 2012 Engr. Muhammad Asghar, Rector NUST held a meeting with thirty six

outstanding students of NUST who won awards and positions in different contests and competitions out of

which sixteen were solely from NBS. Following is the list of outstanding students of NBS who attended

this meeting:

Farah Khan BBA-2K9S Outstanding Delegation Award in APMUN Bangkok

Hamza Butt Outstanding Delegation Award in APMUN Bangkok

Yasir Mehmood Outstanding Delegation Award in APMUN Bangkok

Hammad Khan Outstanding Delegation Award in APMUN Bangkok

Kanza Haider BBA-2K9S Outstanding Delegation Award and individual Best

Delegate Award in APMUN Bangkok

Shafaat Gilani BBA-2K9S Outstanding Delegation and Individual Best Delegate

Awards in APMUN Bangkok

Zainab Cheema BBA-2K9S Outstanding Delegation Award in APMUN, Bangkok

Farheen Salman Best Delegate at UN WHO (WMUN-12)

Maria Shaukat Honorable Mention at the UN Disarmament

Committee (WMUN)

Sadaf Basharat Honorable Mention at the UN Security Council


(WMUN)

Esha Iqbal BBA-2K9S Selected through Atlantic Council for Culture Student

Exchange Program and represented NUST in USA

conference for three weeks

Mehreen Shahzad BBA-2K9 NUS 2012

Zahra Belal

BS Eco-2K8 Internship fro 8th July to 22

nd July 2012 “Korean

Government Invitation Program 2012”

Wafa Imran BS-Eco 2K9 AIESEC, Indonesia at Istanbul, Turkey

Shayan Hyder BBA-2K9F Mercy Corps. Portland

Aneeqa Lareb BBA-2K9F Internship AIESEC AUC, Egypt

Anum Sarwar BBA-2K9S Internship AIESEC, Alexandria, Egypt

Muhammad Umer Farooq BBA-2K9S Internship at Mauritius

Aimen Shah BBA-2K9F Association for Women Total Advancement and

Development (AWTAD), Cairo, Egypt

Muhammad Ghufran MBA-2K10 Worked in Wuhan University of Technology, China

for the management of international student’s affairs.

from 16 September 2011 to 08 September 2012 from

Cultural Exchange program.

Mahreen Shahzad BBA-2K9F

National University of Singapore (NUS) Summer

Program Economic & Enterprise Development in

Singapore 1st to 14

th July, 2012.

PM, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf awarded Rs. 0.2 million to Ms. Aleena Waheed Qazi

On 22nd

November, 2012, the

Prime Minister of Pakistan, Raja

Pervaiz Ashraf awarded Rs. 0.2

million to Ms. Aleena Waheed

Qazi, a student of BS Eco-2K12

at NBS. She was invited to the

Prime Minster’s House, where

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf commended

her in person. Ms. Aleena

Waheed Qazi topped the A Level

Accounting exam in the entire

world, with a score of 600 out of

600. This not the first time she has

proven herself. She scored the

highest in Pakistan in Economics

and Commerce in O level exams,

and Economics and Business

Studies in AS level. Aleena also

has an artist in her. She was the

head of Art and Décor for FRODOC - a documentary competition at her school Froebel’s International,

designed the logo for Frolympics - the annual spots event at the school, and produced a portfolio on the

Asian culture using mediums like charcoal, watercolor, acrylics and ink pen. She is also goo at sports, and

love table tennis.


Top in the World in Accounting (securing 100%) in AS-Level (Announced in Sept, 2012)

Top in the World in Accounting (securing 100%) in A-2 (Announced in Dec, 2012)

Top in Pakistan in Economics AS-Level (Announced in Sept, 2012)

Top in Pakistan in Economics A-2 (Announced in Dec, 2012)

Top in Pakistan in Business Studies AS-Level (Announced in Sept, 2012)

Top in Pakistan in Business Studies A-2 (Announced in Dec, 2012)

Top in Pakistan in Economics O-Levels

Top in Pakistan in Commerce O-Levels

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