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Faculty Placement in Industry
In order to provide faculty with an opportunity to stay abreast of industrial practices that
enable them to identify research gaps & industrial problems, potential opportunities for the
students, and consultancy work, faculty placement programme was launched this year. This has
helped us to enhance our industrial-academic linkages and identify more routes for technology
commercialization. During the first chapter of this initiative, following faculty members were
placed in different industries:
Preferred Date
Industry
SR.
Person name Faculty Field
1
Shaista Anwar FOL
Legal
1st-14th August 2021
Ms. Freeha
2
FOL
Legal
Khaled
1st-14th August 2021
AUC Law Firm (Barrister Ahmed
Uzair)
AUC Law Firm (Barrister Ahmed
Uzair)
4
Ms. Sadia Zia
FOLS
Bio technolog
1st-14th August 2021
Punjab Food Authority
Dr. M. Nadeem
5
FMS
Dogar
Entrepreneurship
9th 20th
August 2021
Punjab IT Board
Ms. Amina
6
FMS
Entrepreneurship
1st-14th August 2021
Rizwan
Punjab IT Board
Ms. Ambreen
7
FMS
Khursheed
Entrepreneurship
1st-14th August 2021
Punjab IT Board
Mr. Sajid
8
FOIT
Computer Science
Hussai
15th-28th
August 2021
#
Farrukh Iqbal
FMS
Supply Chain
21st September 5th
October 2021
5G Properties Defence Lahore
10xEngineers Technologies with Dr
Bilal Zafar
External Linkages
The Department of External Relations began its work last year in December 2020, with the aim
to build new relationships and collaborate with external partners in furtherance of the University
of Central Punjab's vision and mission statement. In pursuance of which, under our flagship
initiative of Ideas Conclave we have invited over 40 speakers from more than 10 countries to come
and engage with our students, faculty and the Pakistani audience through University of Central
Punjab's platform. Guests have included globally recognized writers, thinkers and diplomats,
often speaking to a Pakistani audience for the first time - including Pulitzer Prize winning Libyan-
American author Hisham Matar & Indian writer Fatima Farheen Mirza. We have also organized a
range of workshops in an effort to expose our students to the best of industry practices and also
make them more employable. In this regard we have engaged up until December 2021 -
Fatima Bhutto - Globally renowned Pakistani writer - shortlisted for the Baileys Fiction Prize and
contributor for The Guardian, New Statesmen & Foreign Policy
Marium Chaudhry
-
American entrepreneur
-
Columbia University & Google Innovation Award winning Pakistani-
Tehmina Khan Editor UK based Libas South Asia Magazine Through this exercise, we have
managed to collaborate with the Atlantic Council, Amnesty International and British Council
Pakistan - helping us organize panel discussions on wide ranging issues including but not limited
to climate change, Pakistan's foreign relations and the state of women rights in Pakistan. We have
also managed to, through these sessions, connect highly respected professionals from the Oxford
University, Georgetown University, Wesleyan University, LUMS, Emirates Literature Festival, New
York Times, Asia-Europe Peoples Forum and many other organizations; to our students and
faculty here at UCP.
29
42
3000
11
Number of Sessions
(Incl. Workshops)
Speakers Engaged
(unique attendees)
Average Attendance
(Per Session)
online International
Partners
#
M. Usman
Afzal
FOIT
Computer Science
16th - 31st
August 2021
EPESOL, Lahore
#
Dr. Muhammad
Majid Gulzar
FOE
Electrical Engineering
6th-17th September
2021
TranfoPower (Katar Bund Road,
Lahore)
#
Faghia Mazhar
FMS
Marketing
16th-31st
August 2021
Haleeb foods
#
Rubab Javaid
FOIT
Computer Science
10th 30th August
Softintex Studio
2021
Dr. Salma
#
FOLS
Biochemistry
Batool
#
1st-14th
September 2021
Ms. Saba Ka-
FOLS
Microbiology
beer
23rd August 6th
September 2021
-
#
Dr. Muhammad
Rafique
Department of Math-
FOS
ematics
23rd August - 6th
September 2021
Nizami Brothers
Punjab AIDS Control Program (PACP)
Government of Punjab Primary and
Secondary Health care Department
Rashid Latif Medical College Lahore
4th 15th
#
Nabeel Haider
FMS
Marketing
eSpades
October 2021
#
Eeshah Ahmad
Tariq
FMS
Finance
11th-18th
October 2021
Zameen.com
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Policies Enhancing University Industry Linkages
Mandatory Industry Visits by UG and PG Students
In order to give exposure to our students on industry enabling them relate their theoretical
knowledge with the practices being followed in the industry, industry visits have been made
mandatory for all the UG and PG students. A policy has been made to govern the procedure
for smooth conduct of these visits. Industry and business are all about applied knowledge. The
purpose of industry visits by students is to familiarize them well with processes and procedures
being used by their program relevant industry, in order to relate their theoretical knowledge with
what is being taught in their classrooms.
Establishing Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) across all the Faculties
The importance of Industry Academia needs no emphasis. Universities are therefore increasingly
reaching out to industry to further their role and create societal impact. In this regard, Universities
are establishing Industry Advisory Boards (IABS) across their various academic departments
/ faculties and UCP is no exception. This policy document obligates each Faculty at UCP to
establish IABS in their respective faculties. The main role of the IAB is to assist and advise the
faculty in its efforts to achieve excellence in all the programs being offered under its umbrella.
The IAB comprises external representatives from key organizations / industries who can provide
a strategic input to the faculty on academics, research, placements etc. from industry's standpoint.
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