February 20-21, 2019: The IBA sports society hosted a series of sporting events for Special Olympics Pakistan (SOP). SOP provides a platform for people with disabilities to partake in sports activities. Sports played included tennis, basketball, futsal, football, 100 and 200 meter races, badminton and table tennis.

Sports Updates

IBA NEWSIBA KARACHI | www.iba.edu.pk Issue 11 | February 2019

February 15, 2019: The IBA, Karachi organized a session with Professor Bertrand Badie, a visiting professor of Political Science at universities of Geneva, Tunis, Florence, Berlin, Istanbul, Moscow, Cairo, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Mexico, Montreal, and Sao Paulo. His areas of expertise include Sociology and Theory of International Relations, Comparative Politics, Multilateralism, and Transformations of State and Sovereignty in International Relations. The session was attended by Chairperson SSLA Dr. Faiza Mushtaq, faculty members and students.

In his discussion, Professor Badie highlighted that in the current international arena, due to the changes it has gone through, traditional multilateralism no longer suffices. The new context that moulds the international arena is now dominated by issues such as transnational violence and multiculturalism. Currently the international institutions have fallen short of adapting to this new context because of their inability to take into account several social dimensions that come with globalization. Hence, there is a need to adopt the concept of ‘minilateralism’, which is a lot closer to bilateralism as opposed to multilateralism.

Towards a new Global Governance: A talk by Bertrand Badie

BBC: The Conversation held in Karachi

February 11, 2019: The IBA, Karachi hosted an event for the BBC titled, The Conversation at the G&T auditorium. The event, which was moderated by Kim Chakanetsa, comprised of a panel discussion between Pakistan's football captain Hajra Khan, award-winning actress Mahira Khan, pioneer comedian Faiza Saleem and lawyer and internet activist Nighat Dad. The aim of the discussion was to probe into the challenges and triumphs of being a woman in Pakistan.

Kim began the recording by putting forth a question about what it means to be a woman in a place like Pakistan which has stark contradictions in terms of issues on gender parity, educational challenges and societal pressures. Points of discussion included lack of public spaces available for women, stereotypes associated with women within the country, moral policing and fat shaming, generalizations regarding desi marriages, mental health and intersectional feminism.

Saleem shed light on the culture of body shaming that is done by relatives even if a woman is successful. Nighat, pioneer of the first cyber harassment helpline in Pakistan, addressed the audience and cautioned them about the safe usage of social media and the internet. Star athlete Hajra emphasized the importance of feminism and having male allies who stand up for women when they are being berated. Mahira discussed the challenges she faces being a woman in the industry and commented on the importance of the ‘Me Too’ movement. The discussion ended with a unanimous agreement that as compared to the last decade, women have progressed tremendously in Pakistan.

February 1, 2019: Two teams from the IBA, Karachi participated in the annual global Institute Research Challenge organised by CFA at the Avari Towers. The competition is geared to provide university students with hands-on mentoring and training in financial analysis. Both teams not only cleared the first round but were also ranked among the top five teams out of all participating teams. They presented a financial model along with an equity research report on Honda Atlas Cars. A team comprising of five undergraduate students including Hafsa Shad, Hibbah Muhammad, Manisha Gridhari, Mubashira Aslam and Muhammad Owais, was successful in winning the best presentation award at CFA IRC Local Final. The same team was also awarded the second position in the overall local final which included a report submission and presentation. The teams were guided by industry mentor Ms. Shumaila Badar and IBA faculty advisor Ms. Sana Tauseef.

Students win awards at CFA Institute Research Challenge

Students Achievement

February 2, 2019: AD IBA moderated a session reviewing Tariq Khosa’s book titled Inconvenient Truths: Pakistan’s Governance Challenges at Adab Fest. The session was organized at the Sindh Governor House.

February 10, 2019: Dr. Baqai participated and presented a paper on Great Power Rivalry in Indian Ocean Region at the International Maritime Conference organized by the National Institute of Maritime Affairs (NIMA) in Karachi.

February 21, 2019: Dr. Baqai moderated a panel discussion at CEJ-IBA on Challenges faced by Media Students organized at the city campus.

AD’s Engagements

Dr. Huma Baqai participates in academic discussions

CDC Gazette IBA

Career Development

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The CDC hosted the Corporate Connect Series sessions in collaboration with the IBA faculty members, on the subjects of Ethics, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Brand-driven storytelling, and Pakistan's Capital and Equity Market. The line-up of guest speakers for the series included Principal Consultant at Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates Private Limited, Mr. Asad Hasan; Director of Jan Textile Mills, Mr. Masood Jan Allawala; Board member and shareholder of TCS Holdings Private Limited, Mr. M.A. Mannan; Head of Marketing at Red Bull, Mr. Muneeb Rizavi; Executive Director, Research and Business Development at Intermarket Securities Limited, Mr. Raza Jafri and Finance Partner - High Value Projects at Unilever Pakistan, Mr. Muhammad Bilal Khan.

Corporate Connect Series

CDC in collaboration with the IBA Alumni and Placement Society and Learning Minds Group organized Career Counselling Clinics at the IBA Career Fair 2019. Around 50 counselors facilitated almost 160 students individually in career exploration and career development.

Career Counselling Clinics

The Career Development Center (CDC) commenced the recruitment season at the IBA, Karachi by hosting various on-campus recruitment drives for the graduating students. Around 20 companies conducted their recruitment activities in the month including: HBL, Faysal Bank, 1Link, Fatima Group, P&G, Mondelez, Metro Cash & Carry, House of Habib, Indus Motors and L'Oréal Pakistan.

Recruitment season

CEIF Highlights

February 16, 2019: IBA-CEIF in collaboration with the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) launched a two-month Certified Islamic Professional Accountant (CIPA) refresher course. Local and international trainers will conduct the classes.

Launch of CIPA

February 18, 2019: IBA-CEIF conducted Product Development and Shariah Compliance Forum on Paradigm of Business Ethics in Marketing of Islamic Financial Services. The chief guest of the forum was Deputy Chairman (BOG), Minhaj University Lahore, Dr. Hussain Mohiuddin.

Product Development and Shariah Compliance Forum

February 26-27, 2019: IBA-CEIF conducted a two-day course on Trade Finance. It was attended by Shariah scholars and auditors.

Executive Learning Program – Trade Finance

February 28, 2019: IBA-CEIF successfully conducted a two-day course on Risk Management for Shariah scholars. The course was conducted by industry professionals.

Executive Learning Program – Risk Management

CEE – Expanding Horizons

February 16, 2019: Academic Director Family Managed Business Ms. Aysha Iftikhar and Academic Director Project Management and Family Business Faculty Dr. Syed Irfan Nabi presented recommendations for collaborations between the academia and industry to the KCCI.

Ms. Iftikhar proposed a framework for industry and academia linkages which was seconded by fellow academics. Upon Dr. Nabi’s request, KCCI members agreed to grant academics access to their factories.

3rd Health and Education Sub Committee Meeting of the KCCI

February 2, 2019: A session on Disruptive Innovation: Preparing Family Business for the Future was conducted by faculty Family Managed Business IBA Professor Mr. Kamil Shahbazker in collaboration with KCCI.

Mr. Shahbazker briefed the audience about the importance of disruptive innovation for the continuity of family business in light of the current economic conditions of Karachi. The discussion was followed by an interactive Q&A session.

Disruptive Innovation: Preparing Family Business for the Future

February 1, 2019: IBA-CEE commenced its 4th batch of Diploma in Family Managed Business (DFMB). The 4-month long diploma program will teach participants about the significance of family business along with the challenges involved in succession planning, wealth management, capital allocation and professionalization of family members. The learning involves immersion exercises, lectures by eminent speakers and industrial visits.

4th batch of Diploma in Family Managed Business commences

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February 9, 2019: IBA-CICT bid farewell to the first batch of the 4-month diploma program in IT Entrepreneurship at the IBA, city campus. Speaking to the students, Director IBA ICT & CICT, Mr. Imran Batada motivated them to implement learnings from the diploma in their start-up ideas.

IBA-CICT bids farewell to IT Entrepreneurship diploma program participants

February 12, 2019: Director IBA-ICT & CICT, Mr. Imran Batada attended the 159th Project Management Institute - Karachi Pakistan Chapter (PMI-KPC) seminar on Design Thinking as a chief guest. The seminar was organized by PMI-KPC at Marriott Hotel Karachi. In his address, Mr. Batada shared his own experience and views on the role of design thinking in managing projects and advised PMI-KPC members and industry for the promotion of Project Management Culture for internationally-tested practices, benefits of certifications and achieving success through good practice of professionalism.

Director CICT speaks at PMI-KPC seminar

February 14, 2019: IBA- CICT certificate distribution ceremony of batch - 1 of Diploma program in Big Data Analytics was held at the IBA, city campus. Mr. Batada appreciated the students for their hard work and their keen interest in learning. The chief guest of the ceremony was ED IBA, Karachi, Dr. Farrukh Iqbal who sought feedback from the diploma participants.

Certificate distribution ceremony of Big Data Analytics diploma program

Highlights from CEJ

February 19-20, 2019: A two-day workshop on Basics of Urdu News Editing was conducted by a columnist from Daily Express, Dr. Tauseef Ahmed Khan at CEJ-IBA, city campus, IBA. The participants attended the workshop in which they were taught the foundations of news editing, how to make headlines, and take pointers for a press release. They were also familiarized with the roles of an editor and a sub-editor in a news organization.

Director CEJ, Mr. Kamal Siddiqi proceeded to give a guest lecture on media ethics which was followed by a standardized test.

Workshop on Basics of Urdu News Editing

February 21, 2019: A panel discussion on Why study Media? was held at CEJ-IBA. The moderator for the panel was AD and Associate Professor of SSLA, Dr. Huma Baqai.

The panellists for the session included Director of International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, Dr. Christopher Merrill; award-winning journalist and scholar, Lawrence Pintak; founder and President of HUM Network Ltd., Sultana Siddiqui; founder of the digital agency East River, Faizan Syed and Managing Editor Dawn.com, Atika Rehman. The discussion focused on the importance of media studies in the time of a saturated job market.

Panel discussion on Why study Media?

February 21, 2019: Director of International Writing Program University of Iowa, Dr. Christopher Merrill conducted a workshop on creative writing at CEJ- IBA. The participants included Editor Herald, Mr. Badar Alam and partner at the Pink Tree Company, Mr. Mohsin Syed. Participants were encouraged to write vivid and compelling details in their pieces after which Dr. Merrill shared his feedback on the pieces.

Workshop on Creative Writing

February 21, 2019: Dr. Lawrence Pintak conducted a talk on journalism at CEJ- IBA. He said that covering a story is not as difficult as it used to be back in the nascent days of journalism. Now, the face of journalism has changed completely with the advent of smartphones as it enables journalists to record, edit and file a news story. The talk also highlighted the shift from print to digital media. Dr. Pintak added that print media is diminishing globally.

Talk by Dr. Lawrence Pintak

Faculty Achievements

February 2019: Management faculty Dr. Rameez Khalid received a certification in Certified Professional in Supply Management by Institute for Supply Management, USA. The certification comprised of three exams on procurement and supply management.

InternationalCertificationaquired by faculty

February 19, 2019: SSLA faculty Dr. Gulnaz Anjum participated in the Urbanisation and Climate Security panel at the Planetary Security Conference held at The Hague, Netherlands. The panel presented a trans-disciplinary research that was shared by researchers from Africa, Asia, Middle East and the UK. Representing Asia, Dr. Anjum and other panellists will be writing a policy brief based on research and practice in Central American, African, Middle Eastern and Asian cities, which demonstrates the exacerbated impacts of climate change, urban climate security risks, and the need to integrate climate security into urban peace-building agendas.

SSLA faculty participates in the Planetary Security Conference at The Hague

SSC organizes Chaikhaana session on Aurat March

February 6, 2019: The Social Sciences Club (SSC) conducted the first Chaikhaana of the semester with the organizers of the Aurat March Karachi 2019. The organizers Moneeza Ahmed, Rashida Muqadam and Haseem-Us-Zaman belong to a group of women called Hum Aurtein, the driving force behind Aurat March. The event comprised of a panel discussion which was followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

Aurat March is a platform for women to come together once a year to march on the streets of the city to advocate for their rights and to fight oppression under a patriarchal structure. The panellists discussed some basic issues that women face all over Pakistan and put forth their agenda for this year’s Aurat March held on March 8, 2019. A few points of the discussion included women lacking resources in remote areas of Pakistan, intersectional feminism, marital abuse and sexual harassment.

Forthcoming events

https://webapps.iba.edu.pk/com_event_cal/portal.phpFor more details please visit:

4:00 pm to 5:30 pmMarch 16Diploma in Family Managed Business Guest Speaker Session II CEE

Events Date TimeOrganizers

9:00 am to 3:00 pmMarch 14Nationalism & Pakistaniat CED

9:00 am to 1:00 pmMarch 17THP Assessment Test Batch 2019 THP

12:45 pm to 2:30 pmMarch 19Information session for final year students Marketing

9:30 am to 4:00 pmMarch 19-20Basics of Urdu News Reporting Workshop CEJ

9:30 am to 6:00 pmMarch 20Pakistan Philanthropy Forum 2019 PCP12:00 pm to 2:00 pm & 3:00 pm to 5:00 pmMarch 24Open House Marketing

2:00 pm to 4:00 pmMarch 25Basics of Urdu News Reporting Test CEJ

10:00 am to 5:00 pmMarch 26-27Humanitarian Bloggers Workshop CEJ

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