Meet the Faculty & Staff: The Center for
Computer Studies (CCS) at IBA is offering the following new degree
programs. Details
Study at the IBA
- Summer Program
2008
This summer consider updating your knowledge
in your business specialization at the pioneer business school in
Pakistan. Last year executives of 300 business organizations
participated in these programs. Details
Dr. Ishrat
Husain pays
tribute to
former IBA
Director
Karachi, April 6: The new Director of the
Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Dr. Ishrat Husain urged
the employees of IBA to work with a renewed zeal to enhance the prestige
of the institution. He was speaking at a reception arranged by the IBA
faculty and staff to welcome him and to bid farewell to Mr. Danishmand,
the outgoing director, at the IBA Main Campus on Saturday evening. Dr.
Ishrat Husain, in his speech, said: “We should pay tribute to the people
who have contributed to our nation and institutions”. Details
Attention! IBA
Alumni
We are in process of updating the IBA Alumni
database, so please join now or renew your profile urgently and become
an active member of the IBA Alumni network to enjoy the following
benefits: Details
Welcome to the
IBA's Open House
The
Institute of Business Administration (IBA) is the oldest graduate
business school outside North America. It was established in April 1955
in collaboration with the Wharton School of Finance, University of
Pennsylvania. Later it was associated with the University of Southern
California. In 1994, IBA's status was elevated to a degree awarding
Institution. Today an IBA degree is accepted as the benchmark for
quality business education. Details
IBA hosts FSP
Officers &
Foreign
Diplomats’ Visit
Karachi,
March 14: The Institute of Business Administration Karachi arranged an
orientation visit to the IBA City Campus for FSP Officers and foreign
diplomats on Friday.
The program was part of the orientation tour
to Karachi & Gwadar being arranged by the Foreign Service Academy,
Islamabad for 22 FSP probationers of the 27th specialized Diplomatic
Course & 26 foreign participants of 19th Advanced Diplomatic Course. Dr.
Muhammad Nishat, the acting Director of the IBA welcomed the guests and
informed them briefly about the past and present of IBA. Details
Dr. Ishrat
Husain has
joined IBA
Karachi,
March 12, 2008: Dr. Ishrat Husain arrived in Karachi from Islamabad to
take charge as the Director of the Institute of Business Administration
on Wednesday morning.
He was appointed as the Director of the IBA Karachi by the Governor
Sindh Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ibad last month. Details
Best Teacher
Award from Sindh
The
IBA congratulates Dr. Sayeed Ghani, Chairman Center for Computer
Studies, on receiving the Best Teacher of the year award from Sindh in
the Higher Education category. The award was conferred in a ceremony in
Islamabad by the caretaker Prime Minister, Mohammad Mian Soomro and
Education Minister, Dr. Shamsh Kassim-Lakha during the Salam Teacher Day
for 2007 that was observed on 11th February, 2008. The day is celebrated
every year on October 5, as proclaimed by the United Nations to
recognize the teaching profession and to raise public awareness about
the vital contribution of teachers to the society.
"Learning
Interventions
that last" GDLN
Event DLC Sri
Lanka, Colombo
Dr.
Zeenat Ismail, Professor and Chairperson, Social Sciences Department,
recently attended a workshop in Sri Lanka, “Designing Learning
Interventions that last” that was offered by Global Development Learning
Network (GDLN) in association with the World Bank Institute from
February 11 - 15, 2008. Details
IBA signs agreement with IFC
Karachi,
February 22,
2008: The
Institute of
Business
Administration
(IBA) Karachi
and the
International
Finance
Corporation (IFC)
have recently
entered into an
agreement to
provide state of
the art teaching
and training
facilities in
corporate
governance to
Pakistani
students.
Details
Workshop on
'Qualitative
Research'
organized by
Social Sciences
Department
A
Workshop on 'Qualitative Research' was organized by Social Sciences
Department on January 26, February 2 and 9, 2008. The Resource person
for the Workshop was Dr. Fauzia Shamim, Professor Department of English,
University of Karachi.
The Workshop was conducted to update the Faculty regarding the current
trends in the Qualitative Research.
The Faculty of Social Sciences Department and Faculty
members nominated by respective head of departments attended the
workshop.
The Certificate awarding ceremony was held on February 9, 2008. The
Director IBA Mr. Danishmand gave the Certificates to the Participants.
Mr. Danishmand stressed on the need and significance of Academic
research while speaking on the occasion.
Celebrating Dr.
Nasir Touheed's
successful SAP
ABAP Training
IBA
would like to congratulate Dr. Nasir Touheed who has successfully
completed the SAP ABAP Training. He has passed the SAP NetWeaver 2004 –
Application Development Focus ABAP Certification exam in January 2008.
The Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) language is a
special purpose language created by SAP AG for use in the development of
the application components of the SAP R/3 System, which is enterprise
software (ES) also known as enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.
SAP R/3 is the most widely used ES system. Details
Best University
Teachers Award
The IBA
congratulates
Mr. Aman U.
Saiyed, Ms.
Mehreen Nazar
and Mr. Yaseen
Ahmed Meenai on
being selected
by the HEC for
the Best
University
Teachers Award
for the year
2004, 2005 and
2006
respectively.
2nd
International
Conference on
Information and
Communication
Technologies (ICICT
2007), Karachi,
Pakistan
The
ICICT 2007 was held on 15th – 16th December at the IBA City Campus,
Karachi. The conference was an outstanding success and included a number
of key note speeches by international as well as national delegates from
all over Pakistan. The conference included workshops/tutorials as well
as forum discussions by industry participants including Microsoft, Intel
and Mobilink.
The chief guest at the inauguration ceremony was Professor Akhtar Kalam,
Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Health, Engineering & Science at Victoria
University, Melbourne, Australia. The closing ceremony was presided by
the Sindh Caretaker Minister for Information Technology, Environment,
Alternative Energy, Mines and Mineral Development Mr. Jam Karam Ali.
Also present on the occasion was Justice Khalid Ali Z. Qazi, Judge, High
Court of Sindh & Chairman, IBA Board of Governors.
Details
Dr.
Wasim Khan honored
with Fellowship of the
Institution of
Mechanical Engineers
On
28th Nov
2007 Dr. Wasim A.
Khan, HEC Professor at
IBA, achieved the
status of Fellow of
the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE).
Established
in 1847, the
Institution of
Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
is the leading body
for professional
mechanical engineers.
With a world-wide
membership now in
excess of 75,000
engineers, the IMechE
is the United
Kingdom's qualifying
body for Chartered and
Incorporated
mechanical engineers.
US expert
suggests check on
unbridled capitalism
KARACHI: Walter
Russell Mead, a
Henry A Kissinger
Senior Fellow in US
Foreign Policy,
Council on Foreign
Relations, has said
that the recipe for
a successful
economic policy is
proper integration
of capitalistic
principles and rules
that ensure fairness
in competition. Details
Inaugural of
IBA, Karachi led
Capacity Building
Program for Officers
from Grade 17-19
The HRM Wing,
Central Board of
Revenue led by the
visionary figure of
Member HRM, Mr.
Muhammad Talha has
initiated a series
of efforts aimed at
enhancing the
workforce
capabilities of
officers of Central
Board of Revenue. Details
Conferment of the
Award of Hilal-i-Imtiaz to
Dr. Matin A. Khan,
Professor Emeritus,
IBA
The IBA
congratulates Dr.
Matin A. Khan,
Professor Emeritus
of the IBA on the
conferment of
Hilal-i-Imtiaz on
him. Details
Prof. Inayat
N. Din appointed as
Registrar
The director has announced
the appointment of
Prof. Inayat N. Din
as Registrar of the
IBA with immediate
effect in compliance
with the decision
of the Board of Governors
of the IBA. Details
The IBA Business
Plan Team reaches
Oxford University’s
World Semi Finals.
Mr. Syed Munib Rizvi,
a BBA student at IBA,
has been selected
as a Semi Finalist
in the 2007 Youth
Business Development
(YBD) competition
by the University
of Oxford, Said Business
School. Students from
all over the world
are taking part in
this prestigious competition.
Details
Press Release -
IBA Admissions 2007
The Institute of Business
Administration (IBA),
Karachi has completed
the admissions process
for 2007 for MBA,
MBA - MIS, BBA and
BCS degree. Details
Mr. Chishty Mujahid
joins IBA as Director
Alumni, Public Affairs
& Resource Mobilization
The Alumni and Public
Affairs and Resource
Mobilization department
acts as a liaison
between the IBA and
its alumni. It deals
with any queries,
suggestions and proposals
from its past graduates.
It maintains an online
database of the alumni
and also requests
that the graduates
of IBA may please
send in their latest/updated
details including
address, telephone,
fax, email contacts
to our Department
at
Details
Dr. Shah presents
paper at WCE-2007
Imperial College
Prof.
Dr. Ahmad Ali Shah
of IBA’s Centre for
Computer Studies presented
his paper entitled
“Avant-Garde Matrix
Splitting for the
solution of Sparse
Non-Symmetric Linear
Systems” at the 2007
International Conference
of Applied and Engineering
Mathematics (ICAEM)
under World Congress
of Engineering 2007
(WCE 2007) held on
July 2-4, 2007 at
Imperial College London,
U. K.
Details
IBA
Teams Up with Microsoft
to Enable Hosted E-Mail
Service
Karachi,
Pakistan,
June 21,
2007:
Institute of
Business
Administration
(IBA) and
Microsoft
announced
today that
they had
together
achieved the
very first
implementation
of Windows
Live @ edu
in Pakistan
at the IBA
in Karachi.
Details
Karachi,
March 14: The Institute of Business Administration Karachi arranged an
orientation visit to the IBA City Campus for FSP Officers and foreign
diplomats on Friday. 
Karachi,
March 12, 2008: Dr. Ishrat Husain arrived in Karachi from Islamabad to
take charge as the Director of the Institute of Business Administration
on Wednesday morning.
The
IBA congratulates Dr. Sayeed Ghani, Chairman Center for Computer
Studies, on receiving the Best Teacher of the year award from Sindh in
the Higher Education category. The award was conferred in a ceremony in
Islamabad by the caretaker Prime Minister, Mohammad Mian Soomro and
Education Minister, Dr. Shamsh Kassim-Lakha during the Salam Teacher Day
for 2007 that was observed on 11th February, 2008. The day is celebrated
every year on October 5, as proclaimed by the United Nations to
recognize the teaching profession and to raise public awareness about
the vital contribution of teachers to the society.
Dr.
Zeenat Ismail, Professor and Chairperson, Social Sciences Department,
recently attended a workshop in Sri Lanka, “Designing Learning
Interventions that last” that was offered by Global Development Learning
Network (GDLN) in association with the World Bank Institute from
February 11 - 15, 2008.
A
Workshop on 'Qualitative Research' was organized by Social Sciences
Department on January 26, February 2 and 9, 2008. The Resource person
for the Workshop was Dr. Fauzia Shamim, Professor Department of English,
University of Karachi. 
IBA
would like to congratulate Dr. Nasir Touheed who has successfully
completed the SAP ABAP Training. He has passed the SAP NetWeaver 2004 –
Application Development Focus ABAP Certification exam in January 2008. 
The
ICICT 2007 was held on 15th – 16th December at the IBA City Campus,
Karachi. The conference was an outstanding success and included a number
of key note speeches by international as well as national delegates from
all over Pakistan. The conference included workshops/tutorials as well
as forum discussions by industry participants including Microsoft, Intel
and Mobilink. 
