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Our Vision

To be among the leading universities of the world - accessible to all, imparting qualityeducation and promoting cutting edge research.

Mission Statement

At BUITEMS, we are committed to providing quality education with focus on research andto equip students with the art of living as productive members of society, contributing to thesocio-economic uplift of Pakistan in general, and Balochistan in particular.

Our Goals

X To provide outstanding academic programs that further strengthen our performance,pre-eminence and efficiency.

X To provide an excellent teaching and learning environment to students to reach a levelthat matches the atmosphere prevailing at best universities in the world.

X To raise revenues from partnerships, research grants and technology transfer whilestrengthening our ability to more effectively invest and allocate resources for education.

Our Core ValuesAccountability: We are committed stewards of the human, fiscal and physical resources entrusted to us.

Diversity : We recognize that diversity leads to excellence, enhancing ourteaching, scholarship and service as well as our ability to respectand interact with people.

Integrity : We practice honesty, truth and integrity in all that we do.

Respect: We treat each other with civility, dignity and respect.

Social We contribute to intellectual, cultural, spiritual and economic well-beingof the society.responsibility:

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CONTENTS� Chairman HEC Visited BUITEMS

� Engineering Surveying Camp

� 31st Meeting of BUITEMS Syndicate

� Found In Translation Workshop

� Farewell Party 2018

� Welcome Party

� Interactive Session for Preparing the Potential Proposal for Technology Development Fundof the Higher Education Commission

� BUITEMS FICT 4th Undergraduate Research Colloquium

� Workshop on Innovation Management in Theory & Practice

� Lecture on “The Current Trends of Media Languages” by BBC Reporter Ms. AnyannaNdukwe

� TEC Education Foundation Conference

� Poster Competition of Technical Textiles

� Field internships for Petroleum & Gas Engineering students

� Career Counseling Session

� Research Seminar on Warm Mix Asphalt Technology for 21st Century

� Volunteer Leadership Training

� No comparison of BUITEMS

� Balochistan Climate Change Awareness Festival Radio Roadshow

� Three Days Cascading -Pakistan University Linkages Program

� Pure Mathematics Conference

� Vienna International Christian-Islamic Summer University

� Paper Presentation in International Conference at Sri Lanka

� BUITEMS Alumni Spends Eid-ul-Adha at SOS Village

� Study Tour

� Strategic Thinking

� Training Workshop on “Advanced MS-Excel”

� Accreditation of BS Mechanical Engineering

� Seminar on “Future of Balochistan with prevailing Drought status quo”

� Awareness Session on the Cultural Exchange Programs In USA

� Department Research committee DRC Initiative

� International Conference on Social Sciences

� Fundamentals of Research Process for Effective Writing of Research

� Global UGRAD Program Awareness Session Initiative

� Workshop on "Outcome-Based Education System"

� Final Year Thesis Juries and Display

� PCATP Visit for Accreditation of B. Architecture

� MS Thesis Defense, Department of Chemical Engineering

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Universities HEI’s are essentially the cribs of the nation’s leaders. Life-long lessons ofdedication, perseverance, professionalism and kindness are impacted by the academiathrough a number of academic and co-academic activities. Fortunately, the efforts extendedby the BUITEMS leadership are reflected through our alumni’s affability and aptitude. Wemay have little control over future, but we can make our present significantly brighter andthrough that our future too. Through initiatives for promoting professional skills, BUITEMShas succeeded as an educational institution to prepare a better generation of leaders. Hence,in effect, BUITEMS inspires those who come in contact with us. Our visitors take a positivevibe from the buzz of energy, particularly in the corridors of the campuses. This veryrealization, that our youth is endowed with a zesty vigor that is being utilized for healthierdrives and is inadvertently inspiring academic leaders towards new possibilities. They arenow trying to channelize this energy towards fostering hope.

Historically speaking, the developed nations have depended predominantly on theiruniversities and educational institutions. The very existence of our Country is the evidenceof efforts by enlightened and vigilant minds, educated at visionary academic institutions.Therefore, to revive the same spirit that united us for a joint cause we must refurbish oureducational system for the better. In this connection, BUITEMS is already doing its part byeducating the youth despite all circumstances. Moreover, we are coming up with socialsolutions and giving exemplary support in the social realms, trying to overcome ourshortcomings.

This quarter, the prevalent theme of various activities at BUITEMS have chiefly focused onthe same motif: if we want to see this country progress, we need to change the way we lookat Education and the Educators. From the visit of the Chairman of HEC, the syndicate meetingto the conferences and workshops, the common discourse pattern indicated a realization thatacademic involvement in policy making and public services is indispensable for the growthof the nation, particularly in the wake of the anticipatory awareness of an economic andcultural surge that will accompany the CPEC. The nation has to be prepared, the HEI’s haveto equip our future intelligentsia and BUITEMS is part of all other institutions which are readyto shoulder such responsibility. BUITEMS has always sought evolution and perfection throughinvolving the students and teachers in workshops, seminars, conferences and competitionswhich broaden their vision and introduce them to new techniques.

Editorial

The Chairman HigherEducation Commission(HEC), Dr. Tariq Banorivisited BUITEMS on July 02, 2018. Onarrival, he was warmly welcomed by theVice Chancellor, Mr. Ahmed Farooq Bazai.He visited various departments and had

meetings with senior officials and faculty.The Vice Chancellor highlighted BUITEMS

contributions to education, society and theprovince in particular BUITEMS He said, is playing

an important role as leader promoting education, research, andtechnology, and is creating a knowledgeable and skilled workforcefor economic growth.Chairman HEC, while addressing the students and faculty expressed that thepressing need of the areas hit by long term conflict was higher education, aconcern close to his heart and his priorities for visiting BUITEMS. Heemphasized that strengthening universities is not to make buildings only but toequip the students and teachers to face the challenges of the modern world.Teachers also need professional skills to impart knowledge to the studentseffectively. He said that we need to strengthen our research activities. Hementioned that a 9 % increase in students getting higher education in the country inlast sixteen years is promising.He also praised BUITEMS as one of the best universities of the region and it is the responsibilityof such universities to help other institutions in their journey towards advancement andbetterment. He further assured the BUITEMS Family that he would play his role and provideall resources to the students and faculty for the uplift of their educational standard andbetterment.

Chairman HEC Visited BUITEMSReported by: Abdul Qadeem Kakar

The Department of Civil Engineering, BUITEMSconducted a one-week training course of FieldSurvey for the batch of Fall-2014, from 2nd July,2018 to 6th July, 2018. The survey camp includeddifferent field projects of civil engineering suchas triangulation, fly leveling, road surveying,horizontal curves etc. The survey camp wascoordinated by Dr. Saeed Ullah Jan and Engr.Shiva Nath and it was supervised by faculty andlab staff. The training session ended with theplotting work.

Engineering Surveying CampReported by: Engr. Shiva Nath

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The 31st meeting of theSyndicate of BUITEMS washeld on July 05, 2018 underChairpersonship of the Vice ChancellorBUITEMS at Takatu Campus BUITEMS,Quetta.

The Syndicate deliberated upon agenda itemspertaining to academic and administrative matters

of the university and made the decision accordingly. Themeeting ended with a vote of thanks for the Chair.

A workshop titled “FOUND IN TRANSLATION” wasorganized for fourth and sixth-semester students,Department of Architecture by their batch coordinators

Ar. Umer Ahmed and Ar. Babar Khan. The workshop washeld from May 18 to July 6, 2018. The aim of this 3 weekslong workshop was to support students to understand thedifferent schools of thought in architecture. The studentsconceptually translated the philosophies of the pioneeringarchitects according to their own interpretation andunderstanding. Students practically learned to executetheir project from 2-dimension drawings on paper into3-dimension pavilions on site. The execution phase of theproject was aimed at a thorough understanding of woodjoineries and the use of recycled materials in construction.

31st Meeting of BUITEMS SyndicateReported by: Abdul Wadood

Found In Translation WorkshopReported by Ar. Urooj Nagi

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Department of Economics, BUITEMS arranged an annualfarewell party for the students of BS (Economics) 8th semester

on 6, July 2018. The party wasorganized by Muhammad Baqir,lecturer, Department of Economics forstudents of BS (Economics) 7th & 8thsemester exclusively at BalanaRestaurant, Baleli. The event startedwith the recitation of Holy Quran afterwhich a warm welcome was given by Mr.Jamshed. Students organized differentactivities including singing, mimicry, andpoetry. All the teachers shared theirvaluable thoughts and encouraged thestudents for their future endeavors.In the end, souvenir as a token ofappreciation was given to the studentsby Mr. Muhammad Jawad Khan,Chairperson Department of Economics.

Farewell Party 2018Reported by Seher Faiz

On 11th July 2018, theChemistry departmentarranged a welcome partyin the Expo Centre, BUITEMS. The event wasarranged to welcome the newly 2018 BS Students.The event began with the recitation of from HolyQuran. Students Najamus Sahar and Hamza Majeedhosted the event which comprised of a series ofheart-warming segments. The most exciting segmentwas the general knowledge quiz round of the facultymembers. The remaining segments saw the lively andenjoyable interaction between seniors and thefreshmen. The Party ended with wonderfulrefreshment served and photographs.

Welcome PartyReported by: Samra Farooq

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The Office of Research Innovation andCommercialization (ORIC) arranged aninteractive session was held on the July11th, 2018 in training hall at theBUITEMS. The purpose of the sessionwas to create awareness and facilitate

the faculty members regarding thefunding opportunities announced by HEC.

The session comprised of a shortintroduction by Director ORIC Prof Dr.

Muhammad Naeem Shahwani, he informed that HEC will fund 13 million Pakistanirupees for projects under TDF. The next presentation was by Dr. Ali NawazMengal who explained the procedure of proposal writing and submission forTDF as well as he shared his own experience. Lastly, Dr. Mujtaba Elahidiscussed the technical aspects of the TDF. He encouraged the participants towrite up projects and to conduct research. Twenty Five faculty members from

different departments attended the session. The event ended with an opendiscussion followed by refreshment.

Interactive Session for Preparing the Potential Proposal forTechnology Development Fund of the Higher Education Commission

Reported by: Marwa Nawaz

The 4th Undergraduate Research Colloquiumwas held on 11th July 2018 at the ArifaKareem Randhawa Expo Center and OrangeHall Sir Syed Block, BUITEMS Takatu Campus.

The colloquium included a live demonstrationof student-developed projects, posterexhibition, evaluation of the projects by judgesand award distribution ceremony. The eventshowcased 97 undergraduate projects across all ICT disciplines. A wide range of student-developed products were presented on different themes such as Enterprise Software andHardware Solutions, Home Automation, Robotics, Control Systems, Surveillance and Security,Telecommunication, Technology Based Business and Educational Solutions.

Industry experts, academia and the government officials attended the event, their participationprovided an opportunity for linkages and technology transfer between academia, industry, andgovernment. The event was an effort towards identifying a road-map to address local and nationalproblems by locally developed technology and ideas with a special focus on subject areas suchas energy crisis, security, ease of human life, information and communications, promotion ofresearch and development, policy making, e-education, and green technologies.

The Provincial Minister for Communications, Mr. Malik Khurram Shehzad inaugurated the eventalong with Dr. M.A.K. Malghani, Dr. Ehsanullah Kakar, Dr. Faisal Ahmed Khan, Deans andDirectors at BUITEMS. Also in attendance were Director General Information TechnologyBalochistan, Director Pakistan Telecom Authority and various other guests.

BUITEMS FICT 4th UndergraduateResearch ColloquiumReported by: Yousaf Khan

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Industrial participants included Technical Lead Jazz Karachi, Quetta-based Technical Leads ofUfone, ZTE, Wateen, and Telenor, PTCL, QESCO, Civil Aviation Authority, and various privatefirms.

The invited academicians were also part of the event jury Dr. Ihsan Ullah Chairperson ComputerScience Dept. (UoB), Dr. Junaid Baber AP, UoB), Dr. Maheen Bakhtiar (AP, UoB), Dr. BasitAhmed (AP, UoB), Dr. Usama Mir (AP, Saudi Electronic University), Dr. Owais Talat, Mr. SyedAurengzeb (Rector, BITMS, Loralai).

The jury also included industry experts and BUITEMS alumni; Asim Tauqeer (Business TechnicalLead Jazz Karachi) Mr. Rehan Sheik (Area Manager Mobilink), Mr. Jamil Ahmed (TechnicalManager Ufone), Mr. Moosa Khan (Zonal Manager E-doctor) and others. Six cash prizesamounting Rs.10,000 each were awarded in different categories of the competition. The topprize Rs.100,000 called the Lodin Prize for Innovation in addressing a local problem was sharedbetween two groups, one called Natural Gas Safety Systems for Homes and Offices and theother one called Online Blood Donation Management System.

The event was managed by the Final Year Project coordination team at the FICT lead by Dr.Yousuf Khan Naudhani, the undergraduate research coordinator at FICT. The event wassupervised by Dean FICT Dr. Faisal Ahmed Khan and Faculty Coordinator Dr. MuhammadNadeem. FICT faculty and staff were instrumental in the organization the event.

A one day workshop on innovation management and Pakistan’s innovativepotential development was organized by the Registrar’s office BUITEMS,on July 12, 2018 for the students of BSBA 8th at City Campus BUITEMS.Dr. Abdullah Ismail was the invited resource person; he received his Ph.D.in Innovation Management from the Technical University of Denmark in

2011 and has served as assistant professor & management consultant inseveral renowned universities & have consultancies located in Denmark, Saudi

Arabia, Brunei, and the UAE.The focus of the workshop was to introduce the theories of innovation and practices in the globaland regional context. The vision cycle, Pakistan’s vision of becoming an innovation leader, therole universities play to encourage innovation and their Impact on the Community, were the majorsubjects discussed.Dr. Abdullah stressed the importance of social capital and of broadening the vision one has ofwhat they want to achieve, and thatthese great ideas will attract theresources needed to bring that idea intocommercialization. The workshop endedwith a short presentation of the ImpactCommunity and the students were askedto become members of it. The studentsand faculty appreciated Dr. Abdullah fordelivering such an inspiring andmotivating workshop and hoped thatthere would be more such workshops inthe future.

Workshop on Innovation Management in Theory & PracticeReported by: Khalida Durrani

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The Certified Educators Conference wasorganized by TEC, in collaboration with HEC &Microsoft in four places; Islamabad, Lahore,Karachi & Quetta. The main focus of the eventwas to speak about the importance ofInternational IT certifications for students andstaff, distribution of certificates to high achievers.Also to have an open discussion betweenvarious universities on their past two years’experience so far, the challenges they faced,

and recommendations to improve things for the future to maximize utilization of Microsoft OfficeSpecialist Exams. In this connection, a conference was organized at Orange Hall, BUITEMS onJuly 12 2018 in which the honorable Vice Chancellor BUITEMS, Ahmed Farooq Bazai, (S.I) wasthe guest of honor. Senator, Engr. Rukhsana Zuberi, President TEC Education Foundation wasalso present at the occasion. With the support of Directorate of IT BUITEMS, the MOS examsfor the students were scheduled in the first phase and for faculty and staff of BUITEMS, the MOSexams were conducted at a later stage in HBLComputing lab during June 2016.There were almost 800 registered applicantsout of whom 335 achieved the certification inMicrosoft Word, MS Excel, and MS Powerpoint.The results of individual students wereobtained from the Certiport site and distributedamong the successful applicants after printing.

The Department of MassCommunication invited London

based BBC reporter andmedia expert Ms. AnyannaNdukwe to deliver a lectureon July 12, 2018, on thetopic of "the current trendsof media languages”. The

lecture began with TariqMehmood Assistant Professor introducing the guest speaker to the

audience. Then there was a reference to the comparison of the UK andPakistani media practices. A number of examples were mentioned with respect

to western media mediatization theory following the process of news reporting. The scholarlylecture provided thorough knowledge about the dynamic media shaping and presenting differentlynews stories based on culture, religion, language, economic status, global political system, andmost importantly, race. The lecture ended with an intensive Q&A session. Ms. Anyanna thankedeverybody, the chairperson, the dean and the Vice Chancellor for their impressive efforts onstudents, and promised to deliver another informative lecture in the near future.

TEC Education Foundation ConferenceReported by: Farhan Elahi

Lecture on “The Current Trends of Media Languages”by BBC Reporter Ms. Anyanna NdukweReported by: Tariq Mehmood

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In order to promote the technical datapresentation skills of the students, aPoster Competition for Technical

Textiles was organized by Dr. Syed Zameer Ul Hassan in the Department of TextileEngineering on 31st July 2018. The Final year students of BS textile engineering presented themodern trends in technical textiles along with the display of product manufactured locally inthe said domain. The Dean, Faculty of Engineering Dr. Kamran Sami presided over the eventand presented cash prizes for the best three posters at the closing. The event provided aninsight into the modern research activities going on, in the field of textile engineering andhighlighted the importance of modern day textiles in food, medical, packaging, sports, anddefense.

Poster Competition of Technical TextilesReported by: Dr. Muhammad Saqib Siddiqui

The students from the Department ofPetroleum and Gas Engineering went ona fully paid summer field internshipsstarting from 1st August 2018 onwards atdifferent Oil and Gas Fields of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) andPakistan Petroleum Limited for 4-6 weeks. The detailed list of students & field locations aretabulated below:

Coordinator for Field Affairs, Department of Petroleum and GasEngineering appreciated the Petroleum Industry for providingleading internships and Field tours to BUITEMS.

Field internships forPetroleum & Gas Engineering students

Reported by: Engr. Zafarullah Abro

S.No Name Field Location Company Duration1. Syed Afzal Shah Sui Gas Field PPL 4 week2. Hamza Sui Gas Field PPL 4 week3. Asim Khan Sui Gas Field PPL 4 week4. Ajmal Khan Sui Gas Field PPL 4 week5. Zakir Ali Sui Gas Field PPL 4 week6. Tariq Khan RMD Head Office OGDCL 4 week7. Ahmed Jan RMD Head Office OGDCL 4 week8 Osama Khalid Sui Gas Field PPL 6 week9 Luqman Ali Khan Sui Gas Field PPL 6 week

10 Muhammad Jawad Sui Gas Field PPL 6 week11 Noman Sabit Sui Gas Field PPL 6 week12 Khurram Mumraiz Sui Gas Field PPL 6 week13 Farhan Rasheed Gambat Gas Field PPL 6 week14 Adeel Ahmed Gambat Gas Field PPL 6 week

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Career Services Office BUITEMS organized a careercounseling session for the students at Pink Hall on 10thAugust 2018. Deputy Director Career Services, Mr. Imran Khan introduced the speaker Mr.Aneek Cheema a Full BrightScholar. The purpose of thesession was for the studentsto improve their CV writingand to get an introductionregarding the Full BrightScholarship; enabling thestudents to create their CV’saccording to the job theywould be applying for; andan understanding of whatthe GRE is and requiredscore for the scholarship.There was an interactiveQ&A session. The eventended with a thanking noteand appreciation for thespeaker for his time andknowledge.

Career Counseling SessionReported by: Maria Khalid

Department of Civil Engineeringorganized a one-day researchseminar on “Warm Mix AsphaltTechnology for 21st Century” for

the faculty members and students of Civil Engineering Department on 10th August 2018 atPurple Hall, BUITEMS Takatu Campus.The objective of the seminar was to introduce the effect of Warm MixAsphalt for a variety of technologies that allow producers of Hot MixAsphalt pavement material to lower temperatures at which the materialis mixed and placed on the road. The seminar began with verses fromthe Holy Quran. Dr. Saeedullah Jan Mandokhail, ChairpersonDepartment of Civil Engineering welcomed all participants andresource person Deputy Director at National Highway Authority,

Pakistan, Dr.M u h a m m a dRafique Kakar. Hedescribed the effect ofWarm Mix for different types of pavementmaterials used for roads. He alsodiscussed the working of HighwayResearch and Training Centre (HRTC)comprising of fully equipped and well-organized material testing laboratories.The seminar concluded with a Q&Asession and at the end, Dr. MuhammadRafique Kakar was presented with theUniversity souvenir by Dr. Syed KamranSami, Dean FOE&A.

Research Seminar on Warm Mix AsphaltTechnology for 21st CenturyReported by: Engr. Shiva Nath N

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The IEEE Branch Counselor Dr.Bushra Naeem, IEEE

coordinator, Mr. Raza Ali and IEEE Student Branch members includingChair, Zain Nadeem, Vice Chair, Muhammad Asim Electronic Eng.department, and WIE Chair Hira Mohiuddin, Software Eng. departmentattended a training session on Volunteer leadership and StudentProfessional Awareness Activities at Institute of Business Management(IoBM), Karachi on 12th August, 2018. The training began with therecitation of Holy Quran and then proceeded with the welcome note ofEngr. Khalid Bin Muhammad, IoBM to the participants. There were keynotespeakers including Engr. Saqib Munawar, Engr. Parkash lohana and Engr,Hassan Idrees, who discussed how IEEE can help students to build their careers?,Humanitarian Challenges through Technology, and Importance of Email Communication.Prof. Dr. Tariq Rahim Soomro addressed achieving professionalism through ethics and

section norms, in which he discussed the completeIEEE code of Ethics. Prof Dr. Muhammad ShahabSiddiqui highlighted the IEEE Pakistan-Futurechallenges and opportunities. A panel of differentIEEE branches had a detailed discussion ongoverning a student branch efficiently by sharing theirown stories and experiences. The keynote speakerMr. Haris Bin Ashraf and Ms. Saira Amir discussedthe IEEE Technical Chapter and Women inEngineering Affinity Groups and highlighted theirimportance. Branch counselors were provided hands-on training on IEEE reporting tools.

The training ended with a note of thanks by Dr. Muhammad Shahid Sheikh, the honorablechief guest and distribution of souvenirs and certificates among the guests and participants.

Volunteer Leadership TrainingReported by: Dr. Bushra Naeem

No comparison of BUITEMS”, this is repeatedly quotedby the two associate professors and media experts;Dr. Bakht Rawan from Allama Iqbal Open University,Islamabad and Dr. Shabbir Hussain from InternationalIslamic University, Islamabad. Dr. Bakht Rawan andDr. Shabbir Hussain Both have post-doctorates onpeace journalism from the UK and Australiarespectively. Assistant Professor Tariq Mehmoodinvited the scholars to a visit of BUITEMS on 13thAugust 2018. While interacting with faculty and

students of mass communication,they praised the state of the art

buildings and appealingenvironment. They brieflydiscussed their purpose ofvisiting Quetta City andthe millions of rupees funded a research project on peacejournalism. The faculty exchanged their views on the currentchallenges of peacemaking faced by the journalists in Pakistan.The moment while saying goodbye to the guests, it wasmentioned again that there is, no comparison of BUITEMS.

No comparison of BUITEMSReported by: Tariq Mehmood

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A radio roadshow regarding climate change was held byIslamic Relief (IR) in collaboration with the Department ofEnvironmental Sciences BUITEMS on August 13, 2018 atSir Syed Block, BUITEMS. The aim of the radio roadshowwas to get the views of the students regarding climate changeand its impact on the social and economic health of thecountry through a Q&A session. This radio roadshow waspart of Balochistan Climate Change Festival that began onthe of August 06 2018. The event comprised of differentactivities in which students of environmental sciences alsoparticipated. A TV talk show on PTV Bolan was also part ofthis festival, where students Mr. Zakir BS Environmental

Sciences 5th semester & Mr. Nafay BS Environmental Sciences 8th participated. The showwas also about climate change and its impacts on human health and country economy.

Balochistan Climate Change Awareness Festival Radio RoadshowReported by: Sanam Zeib Khan

The University linkage program is aninitiative of University of Nebraska,Omaha and is funded by the USDepartment of State. BalochistanUniversity of Information Technology, Engineering,and Management Sciences (BUITEMS) Quetta,Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad and ShaheedBenazir Bhutto University Peshawar participatedin this linkage program. In the first phase of theprogram, 15 participants (5 from each university)visited the University of Nebraska Omaha in April2018 for three weeks. The aim of the visit was toexpose Pakistani university teachers to newteaching and learning techniques and researchmethodologies. Participants in this connectionvisited various educational and government institutions in Omaha. Upon return, BUITEMSHR department required the cascading of the training program at BUITEMS, so that theBUITEMS young faculty members may benefit from the exposure of their senior colleaguesby the university linkages program.The Directorate of Human Resource Development at BUITEMS in collaboration with RegistrarOffice organized a three-day Cascading - Pakistan University Linkages Program training forits faculty members from 15th to 17th August 2018.The Resource Persons; Dr. Ali Nawaz Mengal, Dr. Aurangzaib Alamghir, Mr. Sameen Khan,Ms. Malghalara Kakar, and Mr. Ahsan Achakzai conducted interactive sessions in thefollowing areas:

Three Days Cascading -Pakistan University Linkages Program

Report by: Fakhra Ramzan

· Teaching Diverse Learners: Learning Styles

· Interactive Teaching

· Planning for Learning: From lecture-based toengaged classrooms

· Conflict Resolution in Education

· Research Skills

· Teaching Technology

· Intercultural Communication

· Leadership

· Civic Engagement & Student Affairs

· About Pakistan University Linkages Program

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The training program ended with a certificate distribution ceremony, where participants andresource persons were given certificates upon successful completion of the training.

The 19th International PureMathematics Conference 2018(IPMC), on Algebra, Analysis,

and Geometry was held on August 16, 2018 in Islamabad, under theauspices of; Advanced Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS),Pakistan Mathematical Society (PMS), and The Islamia University ofBahawalpur. The main goal of this conference was to bring researchersand professionals together in order to find mathematical challenges ofcommon interests and to foster synergies and collaboration amongfaculty of Mathematics, natural sciences and engineering.

Dr. Adbul Ghaffar Jaffar,Associate Professor Department ofMathematical Sciences attended theconference as a forum speaker. The title ofhis talk was "The family of 2n-point binarynon-stationary subdivision schemes''. Theconference provided an inspiring opportunityto meet with experts from various universitiesin a variety of branches of Applied andComputational Mathematics. The meetingalso provided a platform for informationexchange and discussions about ongoingcollaborative efforts within the community.

Pure Mathematics ConferenceReport by: Sahar Raza

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The Vienna InternationalC h r i s t i a n - I s l a m i cSummer University(VICISU) is a religious

and intercultural program that aims at bringing together students andprofessors from different universities in Christian and Muslim countriesall around the world to study intercultural topics from the perspectivesof various academic disciplines. VICISU started in 2008 and isorganized on a biannual basis. Professors and students come fromseveral countries on five continents including Australia, Austria, Ghana,Germany, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, SaudiArabia, Turkey, Uganda and United States of America. VICISU was organized

at Stift Altenburg, a Benedictine monastery in lowerAustria. The baroque monastery, which is well knownfor its ‘Garden of the Religions,’ offers campus facilitieswith a unique learning atmosphere surrounded by thebeautiful landscape of lower Austria.Mr. Asmat Ullah Kakar participated in the VICISUprogram from Pakistan along with Aminah Gillani andMaheen Samreen from Lahore. The modules in theprogram mostly consisted of the religious topics fromthe religions of Islam and Christianity. The discussion inthe class comprised of the topics such as introductionto Christianity, introduction to Islam, Islamic diversity,International law, and human rights, women andJihadism, religion and politics, Censorship, Islam, Sharia

and politics in Southeast Asia, freedom of expression, religious pluralism and conflictmanagement training. The program modules were very thought provoking in-spite of sensitivereligious issues, the participants could easily understand the views of different faith believers.Religion provides a direction for life but different religions in different parts of the world can makeus understand the belief system. In fact, the existence of those believers who are in minority ina society and whose beliefs are very different from your beliefs cannot be ignored as believersbecause every religion has some principles and it is difficult to draw a line between those thatshould be followed and those that we think should not be followed. What seems good to oneperson can seem different to another person. Therefore, one cannot draw a line between beliefsbecause beliefs are not based solely on logic and religion is a system of beliefs that does notforce people to accept its principles. After evaluating issues related to religion the message thatthe program gave is the peace, tolerance, pluralism and the rights for the people choosing andpracticing a religion for themselves and also not to violate the fundamental human rights byimplementing laws and fatwas which are not consistent with the basic human rights and with theprinciples of a different religion people practice. Religion provides a direction for life but sometimeshuman rights are violated in a way that the religion is projected for personal benefits only.The VICISU program also consisted of some trips which included a guided tour to the Abbey ofMelk, which remained the political center of Austria for centuries and has an important history.A trip to the second largest river of the Europe The Danube river was arranged in a boat, differentreceptions which included a reception by the Abbey of Melk, Stift Altenburg, reception by theMayor of Vienna and guided tours to the University of Vienna and Stift Altenburg. The programconsisted of the sports activities for the participants which included soccer, snooker, table tennisetc. A full of learning VICISU program ended on 17th of August with the conclusion that in today’sglobalized world we need to accept different views. Therefore, we need tolerance for making oursociety a pluralistic society so that peace can be promoted and Islam can be represented in itstrue perspective. The participants received certificates of participation in the closing ceremonyof the program at the University of Vienna. The program ended with a farewell party to theparticipants in the evening on 17th of August 2018.

Vienna InternationalChristian-Islamic Summer UniversityReported by: Asmat Ullah Kakar

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An international conference titled; GlobalConference on Engineering and Technology(Contemporary issues in Engineering and

Technology Research) washeld on August 20-21, 2018 atColombo, Sri Lanka. Mr. NasarAlam, a student of BSChemical Engineering 7thsemester presented aresearch paper titled as“Analysis and Characterizationof Consumer Talcum Powder Marketed in Pakistan”. The paper wasauthored by Nasar Alam, Faisal Mushtaq, Muzzamil Hussain, and SamiaParveen. The full paper has been accepted for publication in Global Journalof Engineering and Technology review (A category journal). The authorsof the paper are grateful for the financial support from BUITEMS.

BUITEMS Alumni withAssistant Professor Ms.Khalida Durrani visited the SOS Village on the third day of Eid-ul-Adha on August 24, 2018.The visitors brought the usual delights that children expect on such a holiday; camel rides,gol gappay, and kulfi. BSBA alumni Neil Justin invited his colleagues and students to the visitand they entertained the children with their vocal talents.

While MBA alumni and gold medalist Shahid Marri a training supervisor at Family EducationServices Foundation Pakistan (FESF) is now planning to develop a training program for thechildren at SOS Village in Karachi.

BUITEMS Alumni Spends Eid-ul-Adha at SOS VillageReported by Khalida Durrani

Paper Presentation inInternational Conference at Sri LankaReported by: Dr. Faisal Mushtaq

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The students of batch 12S-BS-PG 8th semester, BS Petroleum

and Gas Engineering went on a study tour field visit to ChakNaurang Oil Field OGDCL, China National Logging CorporationCNLC, and Hydrocarbon Development Institute of PakistanHDIP Islamabad from September 03, to September 11, 2018.During these visits, the students studied the workingenvironment at the field and gained practical knowledge aboutfluid separations, health and safety measures and a well-

controlled system.During the visit to HydrocarbonDevelopment Institute of Pakistan(HDIP), students had demonstration of oil testing, relativepermeability, capillary pressure test, ASTM Distillation,ASTM Colorimeter testing. HDIP has the most advancedand digital Laboratories in Pakistan.At China National Logging (CNLC) students were taughtabout surface well testing, subsurface well-testing wireline,and slick line operation.The students also visited dehydration plant, gas sweeteningplant of Chak Nauarang Oil Field OGDCL. Chak Naurang

field has three production wells, where two wells are operational. One of these functionsnormally while the other uses an artificial lift. The third well has been abandoned. Currently,the cumulative production of these wells is 210-220bbl/day.Engr. Zafarullah Abro coordinator for field affairs Department of Petroleum and GasEngineering paid special thanks on behalf of BUITEMS management to Petroleum Industryfor providing the visit opportunity to the students.

Study TourReported by: Engr.Zafarullah Abro

BUITEMS Career Services Office organizeda session on “Strategic Thinking” at PinkHall on September11, 2018. Mr.Suleman Ahmer(Lead trainer, CEOTimelenders andDirector SahilW e l f a r e

Association) werethe guest speakers.

The session wasattended by Dr. Faisal Kakar

(Dean FICT), faculty members and studentsfrom different departments. The Sessionstarted with the recitation from the HolyQuran followed by the address of the guestspeaker. He provided the guideline on howto create a strategic vision. Different activities were performed helping the participants toidentify their vision and ambition. Question and answer session was held in the end. Dr. FaisalKhan presented a thanking note to the honorable guest speaker in the end.

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An accreditation team,comprising of three members

from Pakistan Engineering council visited the Department of Mechanical Engineering foraccreditation of BS program on September 12, 2018. Chairperson Department of MechanicalEngineering briefly presented the BS program to the convener, Prof Dr. Muzaffar Mahmood,and Technical Expert Prof. Dr. Adnan Tariq. Later the team visited the dedicated labs, centrallibrary, and departmental library and observed the course file provided by faculty members.The accreditation team had a long question and answer session with the passing out Batch,Fall 2014 of BS Program. After the technical evaluation of various areas, they also met withthe Vice Chancellor and showed their satisfaction on student’s knowledge and communicationskills. The team also admired the Vice Chancellor's efforts and dedication for developing theUniversity at a higher pace.

B U I T E M SExecu t i veEducation Center (BEEC) conducted a3 days training session on AdvancedMS-Excel, from 11-13, September 2018.

Participants from NADRA and BUITEMSstaff attended the training. Pre and post-

training evaluation of employees indicatedsignificant enhancement in the participants knowledge andskills in MS-Excel. This training was conducted in view of theorganizational needs of Advanced MS-Excel tools related todatabase management, financial management and others.BEEC is committed to contributing to capacity building oforganizations. Mr. Ahsan Achakzai a leading expert on MS-Excel was the facilitator for thistraining.

Training Workshop on “Advanced MS-Excel”Reported by: Mayen Khan

Accreditation of BS Mechanical EngineeringReported by: Arshad Ali

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On September 13, 2018, a one-dayseminar was organized by theDepartment of EnvironmentalSciences in collaboration with IslamicRelief at Orange Hall, BUITEMS. Themain objective of the seminar was todeliberate the future of Balochistanwith prevailing Drought status quoand to develop the linkage betweendifferent stakeholders. Mr. Ali Dost

Baloch, Area ProgramManager from IR gave an introductory presentation about the organization, its

mission and current activities carried out in different areas ofPakistan and other countries. Dr. Malik Muhammad Akhtar,Chairperson Department of Environmental Science gavethe welcome address and Dr. Jamil Ahmad, Dean FLSIwas invited as the chief guest of the session.Speakers from various academic and private organizations

were invited to the seminar. They gave their talk regardingthe prevailing drought status of Balochistan. Dr. Zahoor Bazai,

Director QA, UOB gave his views. Capt. Ret. Muhammad Tariq,Director General EPA, enlightened the attendees with a solution to the problemson future of Balochistan with current drought scenario. Mr. Naseebullah Tareen, Area ProgramManager, IUCN, spoke about the water crisis inBalochistan. Mr. Yahya Musakhail, Area ProgramManager, WWF gave his talk about the climatechange impact and its consequences. Ms.Neelofar Jamil, Assistant Professor, SBKWUpresented on the importance of drip irrigationsystem in agriculture in her talk. Dr. MuhammadShareef Buzdar, HOD Soil Sciences Dept.Agriculture College Quetta gave his talk about thesoil management under drought and changingclimate. The whole session was informative andenriched the target audience with currentscenarios of drought and solutions on how tocombat them; also on how every individual can play their role in this battle. The session wasended on the souvenir and certificate distribution ceremony.

Seminar on “Future of Balochistanwith prevailing Drought status quo”Reported by: Sanam Zeib Khan and Taimoor Shah Durrani

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On Friday, September 14, 2018, the studentsof the city campus conducted an awareness

seminar on the exchange programs that arebeing offered to students at theundergraduate level by the United States ofAmerica. The seminar was hosted byAlumni of Global UGRAD Pakistan, namely:Ms. Laila, Ms. Rida, Ms. Mahgul, and Ms.Sidra from SUSI (Study of the US Institutes),under the supervision of Mr. MuhammadJawad Khan, Chairperson Department ofEconomics. The hosts shared their valuableexperiences with the students and providedthem with guidance regarding theapplication process, which included draftingof the personal statement. This wasfollowed by an in-depth question andanswer session, in which both teachers andstudents participated actively.

Dr. Muhammad ZubairChairperson of theDepartment of Mathematical Sciences reconstituted department’sResearch Committee with the inclusion of external members fromother universities of Balochistan, in order to set higher standardsfor MS-Mathematics synopsis evaluation and approvals. OnSeptember 14, 2018; the 1st DRC was held in FICT meetingroom, at 10 am, which was chaired by Dr. Muhammad Zubairalong with committee members; Dr. Abdul Ghaffar Assoc.Prof., Dr. Mohammed Sardar Asst. Prof., Ms. Naheeda IftikharAsst. Prof., Dr. Raheela Manzoor, Assoc. Prof. / HOD, SardarBahadur Khan Women University, and Dr. Asma Khalid Assoc.Prof., Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University. Three studentspresented their synopsis, Ms. Ayesha Saif, Ms. Maryam, andMr. Aziz-ur-Rehman. External members shared their views andrecommended few changes to each of the presented synopsis,which was appreciated by other members of the committee.

Department Research committee DRC InitiativeReport by: Sahar Raza

Awareness Session on theCultural Exchange Programs In USAReported by: Ms. Rida

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The 5th International Conferenceon Social Sciences (ICOSS 2018)was conducted on September

20-21, 2018, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In thisconference, researchers and academiciansfrom all over the world presented theirresearch work in the domain of SocialSciences. Out of a total of 217 abstracts, only12 abstracts were selected from Pakistan.Miss Sania Sabir, Lecturer, EconomicsDepartment; had the honor of presenting herwork at the pulpit of the ICOSS 2018. Herresearch paper entitled "The Role of UNHCRin preventing an identity crisis among AfghanRefugee Children" was lauded by theaudience, as she ensured a profoundrepresentation of not only Pakistan but alsoBUITEMS at the international platform.

International Conference on Social SciencesReported by: Sania Sabir

Directorate of HumanResource Development

in collaboration withFaculty of Arts & Basic Sciences organized a one day workshop onFundamentals of Research Process for Effective Writing of Research Article.More than 35 faculty members including MS students gathered in the traininghall on September 24, 2018 to learn and broaden their knowledge in therealms of research. Dr. Liaquat Ali Channa and Dr. Syed Abdul Manan,

highly qualified professionals from the department of English guided theparticipants through the three fundamental stages of research endeavor:

planning, processing, and publishing.

The facilitators began the program by demystifying the preconceived notion of a researcheras someone working in a laboratory, wearing a white coat and putting in his life experienceinto an experiment; a person anything but ordinary. "Where actually any person can be agood researcher, there are no set standards to be able to embark on the journey except totravel the roads with passion and patience" asserted Dr. Manan. The scholars further insistedover the importance of the first and foremost step in the research process, "planning". Theyemphasized over and over again that it isn't all about getting a paper published but rathergetting a work published in a well-reputed journal. The researchers in making were amazedto know about the spread of predatory journals over the internet and paid close attention asthe scholars demonstrated how they can avoid falling a prey into the hands of predators.

Dr. Rani Gul from the Department ofEducation took out her precious time andfamiliarized the participants with APA,Chicago and MLA citation and referencestyles. The composition and parts of thearticle were discussed thoroughly in thesecond half of the session. Towards the end,the resource persons passionately quoted avery famous research cliché in the air to ringa bell in the heads of the stakeholders oftomorrow, "Publish or Perish"!

Fundamentals of Research Process forEffective Writing of Research

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The Directorate of HumanResource Development,

BUITEMS in collaboration with Faculty of Engineering andArchitecture, organized a two-day training workshop titled“Outcome Based Education System” for EngineeringDepartments Teaching Faculty members and LabEngineers from September 26 to 27, 2018 at BUITEMSTakatu Campus.

Outcome-Based Education System,OBES is an educational theory thatbases each part of an educationalsystem around goals. The purpose of

this training workshop was the capacity building of the faculty. Moreover,all engineering programs need to follow Outcome Based Education systemas per PEC policy for accreditation after becoming a full signatory of"Washington accord". Dr. Abdul Majeed, Assistant Professor, COMSATS,Islamabad was the resource person who discussed all aspects of OBE Systemin detail and informed the participants as to why it's needed to implement in

universities and how it can be implemented through hands-onexperience. On the Second day of the training, a practical session on OBES

was conducted for faculty members. The participants made a presentationon the mapping of Program Learning Outcomes (PLO's) to their respectivecourses. They also developed course description files. The same exercisewas also implemented by lab engineers. In the end, the resource personhad a detailed meeting with Directorate of IT for linking the universitycampus management solution system with the prerequisites of the OBEsystem. Training ended with a vote of thanks and group photograph.

Department of MathematicalSciences took a laudableinitiative in conducting apropitious Global UGRADCultural Exchange ProgramAwareness Session. For a

better exposure of thestudents, resource persons

were invited not only from theDepartment of Mathematical

Sciences but also from other departments. The firstever Awareness session was held on September 26,2018, in Room SSG 61 at 3 pm, organized byChairperson Mathematical Sciences Dr. MuhammadZubair. The resource persons, Rasham Chaudry, Department of Mathematical Sciences andMs. Laiba Burq, English Department, are the Alumni who are trained mentors for UGRADProgram in BUITEMS.Ms. Zamzam Qazi welcomed the resource persons. Ms. Laiba Burq gave a brief introductorysession on Application Process while Ms. Rasham Altaf shared some useful tips with thestudents on writing a personal statement. At the end of the session, Chairperson Departmentof Mathematical Sciences thanked the resource persons and encouraged the students to applyfor this Program.

Global UGRAD Program Awareness Session Initiative

Report by: Zamzam Qazi

Workshop on "Outcome-Based Education System"Reported by: Fakhra Ramzan, Muhammad Aazan

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Department of Architecture conducted thefinal year thesis juries on, September 28th,2018. Altogether, eighteen students

presented their architectural theses projects. Notable projects were Dystopian Living throughUtopian Notions, and Kalash Cultural Centre and Architectural Nostalgia.

Renowned Architects from Quetta and Pakistan were invited as jurors to evaluate the workof students. PCATP team also visited and they appreciated the efforts and work of thestudents. Theses display was opened for public viewing for two days.

Final Year Thesis Juries and DisplayReported by Ar. Urooj Nagi

The RegistrarP C A T P ,

PakistanCouncil of Architects andTown planners, Ar. TahiraSadia Fazli, with executiveaccreditation committeemembers Ar. Arif Changeziand Ar. Farooq Hassan

visited the Department ofArchitecture, BUITEMS on

September 27 and 29, 2018.The visit included introductory

meeting with Vice Chancellor, Engr. AhmedFarooq Bazai. Dean Faculty of Engineering &Architecture Dr. Kamran Sami and Chairperson Department of Architecture, Ar. Jalal Faisalwelcomed the PCATP team. The team visited all studios of the departments and allied facilitiesand had a satisfactory response from the visitors. At the end of the visit, arrangements weremade for the interaction of visiting the team with the faculty members and students separately.

PCATP Visit for Accreditation of B. ArchitectureReported by Ar. Urooj Nagi

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Engr. Nawab Zada, MS scholar at theDepartment of Chemical EngineeringSpring-2016 Batch, successfullydefended his MS Chemical Engineeringthesis on September 28, 2018. Histhesis title was “Production of Biocharand Pyrolysis Heating Performance ofAlmond Shell Waste biomass”. Prof. Dr.Suhail Ahmed Soomro, Director of CoalResearch and Resource Center,Mehran University of Engineering andTechnology, Jamshoro, Sindh was theexternal examiner.

Dr. Faisal Mushtaq, ChairpersonChemical Engineering – the thesissupervisor, Dr. Syed Kamran Sami,Dean Faculty of Engineering andArchitecture and Dr. Muhammad NajamKhan Malghani, Graduate coordinatorattended the thesis defense session.

MS Thesis Defense,Department of Chemical Engineering

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