News and Announcement

Educate Distinctively International Symposium

Accreditations and Academic Quality Improvement Cell (AAQIC) in collaboration with School of Business and Economics (SBE) organized a digital international symposium on 30^thJanuary, 2021. The agenda of the symposium was to showcase best practices of SBE at UMT and to embrace distinctively new approaches to higher education that helps students to develop a global point of view, and willingness to create new values. The symposium connected experts from the Academia, Industry, Alumni and Employers to provide suggestions and share best practices for achieving the myriad goals of education: academic excellence, resource equity, students’ learning and development. The session was started on a welcome note by Mr. Asif Saeed Haider, Director AAQIC. The keynote speakers of the session were:

• Dr. Naveed Yazdani

           Dean, School of Business and Economics (SBE), UMT

• Dr. Rukhsana Kaleem

           Former Dean and Professor of Economics School of Business and Economics (SBE), UMT

• Dr. Atish Chattopadhyay

           Vice-Chancellor, Vijaybhoomi University, Mumbai, India

           Director, Jagdish Sheth School of Management (JAGSOM) – AACSB Accredited, India

• Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ashfaq

           Program Director, Digital Business, IUBH University of Applied Sciences, Germany

• Mr. Khobaib A. Vahedy

           Group CEO, VMulti

• Mr. Mirza Zia Hussain

           Founder, Faisalabad Alumni Chapter

           International Home Textile Marketer, Social Scientist, Columnist

• Ms. Ada Jaffery

           Advisor to Commissioner Rawalpindi

           Global Active Cities Project, Government of Pakistan

• Mr. Adeel S. Shaikh

           Chairperson, Department of Finance, School of Business and Economics (SBE), UMT

• Shri Ramakrishna Chirravoori

           Executive Director, Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia, (AMDISA), India

• Dr. Ijaz Yousaf

           Department of Supply Chain, School of Business and Economics (SBE), UMT

• Dr. Shajara ul Darar

           Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

• Ms. Saima Amjad

           Vice-President, Askari Bank Limited, Islamabad, Pakistan

• Dr. Athanasios Tsirikas

           Associate Professor of HR & Talent Management, ESCE International Business School, Paris, France

• Dr. Nadia Tahir

           Managing Director, Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad, Pakistan

• Mr. Usman Aziz

           Head HR, Hardees

• Ms. Briqa Altaf

           Lead HR, Allied Marketing

The faculty, students and staff joined the educational session. Dr. Naveed Yazdani thanked the speakers for their active participation and intellectual contribution that will make a positive difference in higher education, particularly in business education.
The AAQIC Team is thankful particularly to Mr. Aamir Abbas Ch., GM Accreditations at UMT for inviting distinguished speakers from all over the world and organizing the symposium successfully.