Day: August 30, 2022

Lahore, August 30, 2022 (PPI-OT):The Career Services Office (CSO) at LUMS held a Higher Education Webinar as a part of their Webinar Series on August 19, 2022, via Zoom. The theme was ‘Business Grad Schools’ and targeted current LUMS undergraduate students from classes of 2023 and 2024. The webinar was open to students of all disciplines, so students become aware that a different discipline can also be chosen as a post-grad degree to add diversity in their future careers.

The webinar was conducted and moderated by Iman Abid Khan, Assistant Manager, CSO. A team of panellists was carefully selected: graduates from the Suleman Dawood School of Business who had pursued diverse disciplines in their post-grad degrees. The panellists were Dr. Farid Ahmad (BSc Economics 2007), Mahnoor Shahid (BSc Management Science 2017) and Humna Shakeel (BSc Accounting and Finance 2018).

The webinar was a one-hour long session. The panellists started off with an introduction about themselves. The students then engaged in an icebreaking activity. The panellists also shared their candid experiences with the attendees to keep the session light-hearted while sharing their incredible journeys with real-life examples. Students were given an insight on the ‘when, how and what’ of applying for a Master’s degree. Specific examples were shared to give the students an understanding about the timelines and requirements for pursuing their higher education.

Towards the end, the panellists shared their respective email addresses and LinkedIn profiles to be contacted by the students for any remaining questions. A feedback survey and a thank you email was circulated amongst the attendees post event.

For more information, contact:
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
D.H.A. Lahore Cantt. 54792
Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-35608000
Fax: +92-42-35725048
Website: www.lums.edu.pk

Lahore, August 30, 2022 (PPI-OT):Career Services Office (CSO) held a webinar on August 26, on the theme Engineering Grad School to teach students that a different discipline can also be chosen as a postgraduate degree.

The webinar was conducted by Iman Abid Khan, Assistant Manager, CSO. A team of panellists were carefully selected from the LUMS alumni database. All had graduated in different years from LUMS but in different disciplines. The panellists were Jaffer Haider (BSc Computer Sciences, 2006) Nabeel Abdur Rehman (BS Electrical Engineering, 2013) and Usama Javed Mirza (BS Physics, 2013)

The panellists shared their candid experiences with the attendees to keep the session light-hearted all the while sharing their incredible journeys with real-life examples. Students were given an insight into the ‘when, how and what’ of a Master’s degree applications procedure. Examples were shared to give the students a realistic timeline and requirements for pursuing higher education.

Panellists shared their respective email addresses and LinkedIn profiles to be contacted by the students for any remaining questions. A feedback survey and a thank you email was circulated amongst the attendees post-event.

For more information, contact:
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
D.H.A. Lahore Cantt. 54792
Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-35608000
Fax: +92-42-35725048
Website: www.lums.edu.pk

Lahore, August 30, 2022 (PPI-OT):Last week students, faculty, and staff from LUMS and the University of Baltistan, Skardu (UoBS) celebrated the successful completion of the inaugural session of ‘Learning Without Borders: The Baltistan Experience’. 150 students from LUMS, and 150 students from UoBS, came together for a month in Skardu, where they participated in one of five experiential learning programmes. The closing ceremony on the Anchan campus in Skardu provided an opportunity to share learnings and to commemorate the successful conclusion of this ground-breaking programme.

Dr. Ishtiaq Hussain, Assistant Professor and focal person, UoBS, highlighted the opportunities that the programme provided. “There is a lot of knowledge and wisdom hidden behind these mountains. As students and faculty, you observed the environment around you, picking up rocks, flowers, going in the water, seeing energy resources – observing them all and embracing this opportunity for learning,” he said.

Representing the LUMS faculty, Dr. Muhammad Tariq, Associate Professor, congratulated students and said, “I can say with full conviction that this dream that we have woven together is the seed you have sown for a new era, new research and new teaching. InshaAllah we will harvest its fruit together in the coming years.”

Dr. Naeem Khan, Vice Chancellor, UoBS, referred to the landmark academic collaboration between both universities. “This partnership will continue and become a model on how to learn together, how to help each other, how to study the environment and learn from our ecology and culture.”

Dr. Arshad Ahmad, Vice Chancellor, LUMS, encouraged the graduating cohort to look beyond disciplinary boundaries: “Remember that everything that you have learned is connected. Real education unlocks what we didn’t understand before.” He also echoed sincere appreciation to everyone involved and looked forward to further strengthen the programme next year.

Speaking about the future, he continued: “We are going to build a foundation for many more iterations of the programme that will go beyond universities to serve communities at large.”
For more information, contact:
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
D.H.A. Lahore Cantt. 54792
Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-35608000
Fax: +92-42-35725048
Website: www.lums.edu.pk

Lahore, August 30, 2022 (PPI-OT):The Office of Human Resources (HR) organised a campaign, ‘Hum Sab Ka Pakistan’, celebrating Pakistan’s Independence Day which involved a photo contest using the gift package of balloons and badges sent to them.

The entire LUMS community participated with great enthusiasm and shared team pictures demonstrating their patriotic spirit. It was incredibly difficult for the HR team to choose the winners from a wide range of contributions but after much deliberation, two different categories of winners were announced – Winners (those who won the contest) and Creative Stories – those who won our hearts.

The top three winners, along with the ‘Early Bird’ prize winner included:

The Department of Finance and Internal Audit: For the incredible vantage point.

National Incubation Centre Lahore: For going the many extra miles (quite literally!).

Department of Physics: For breaking the ‘Engineering’ stereotype.

Suleman Dawood School of Business: For being the first entry in the contest.

The HR team was inspired by the creativity and bespoke messages embodied through the pictures and created a separate category of winners called ‘A picture worth a thousand words’.

The top four departments that encouraged this decision included:

LUMS Learning Institute: Celebrating who we are by highlighting the ethnic diversity of Pakistan.

Centre for Business and Society: For demonstrating that screaming out loud is not always enough and a wake-up call takes more than that.

The Department of Life Sciences: For paying a tribute to all the Pakistani women in science because “not all heroes wear capes, some wear lab coats!’

Office of Academic Advising and Student Success: For going truly ‘beyond borders’ as remote team members share the spirit.

The top three winners were presented with their framed winning picture along with a cake arranged by LUMS Pepsi Dining Centre, while all the other winners also received their framed pictures.

The HR team wholeheartedly congratulates all the participating departments for displaying such camaraderie and sharing their wonderful stories!

For more information, contact:
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
D.H.A. Lahore Cantt. 54792
Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-35608000
Fax: +92-42-35725048
Website: www.lums.edu.pk