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Lahore, June 17, 2021 (PPI-OT):The Rausing Executive Development Centre (REDC) and Pakistan Telecommunication Limited celebrated their learning partnership for the FueL Leadership Academy in a concluding ceremony organised on the centre’s gardens in compliance with Covid SOPs.

Spanning over six modules, the programme provided participants with a mix of real-time faculty-led learning sessions, case studies, and guest speakers sharing their experiences, to make their learning journey all the more interesting. Shahid Siddique, General Manager PTCL, expressed, “It opens up new horizons for your development. This programme is a paradigm shift in your leadership cohort.” While the programme was earlier designed to be conducted in-person at the REDC facility in LUMS, the extended nature of the programme – first initiated in November 2019 – called for re-thinking programme delivery methods at the beginning of the pandemic.

Participants also attended the later modules in the online and hybrid formats for which they commended the programme model, content and faculty for maintaining the high standard attributed to REDC. Ahmad Tahir, Senior Manager HR PTCL shared, “It was a great learning environment, impressive use of technology, and very well coordinated programme.”

Conducted under its custom initiatives, the programme is exclusively designed to meet the challenges faced by the telecommunication industry due to its competitive positioning in terms of fast-tracked innovation and digitalization of the market. According to Ch. Khizar Hayat, Senior Manager PTCL, “An enticing programme for learning, it was a very useful and up-to-date learning experience.”

The programme modules were designed to facilitate interactive learning through deliberation on real-world business situations, allowing the participants to deal with complex problems and explore prospective solutions in a collaborative learning environment. Syed Athar Shah, Senior Manager PTCL, said the programme was “practical, concise and to the point. It was helpful in not only our professional but personal lives as well.” The FueL Leadership Academy is a first of its kind modular programme which comprised a mix of online live and on-campus components that engaged the executives from PTCL in an extended learning journey.

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, June 17, 2021 (PPI-OT):Dr. Mohsin Bashir, Associate Professor, Suleman Dawood School of Business (SDSB), LUMS has been appointed by the Governor of Punjab as a member of the Academic Council for Punjab Tianjin University of Technology (PTUT). LUMS is the only private sector university to be represented on the council.

Established under an Act of the Punjab Assembly, entitled Punjab Tianjin University of Technology Act 2018, PTUT is the first technology university of Pakistan and has been formed under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a joint venture between the government of Punjab and three Chinese universities. The Academic Council leads the standards of instruction, research, publications and examinations of the University. It is made up of university officials, provincial government officials and five external academics appointed directly by the Governor of Punjab.

Dr. Bashir’s name was recommended to the Governor by the PTUT’s Vice Chancellor. He was selected due to his publications and consultancy in the area of Punjab government’s provision of technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Additionally, Dr. Bashir has a concrete track record of developing new courses and programmes at LUMS and his recent work involving curriculum review at the Civil Services Academy Lahore was also a plus.

Commenting on the role LUMS played in his appointment to the council, Dr. Bashir says, “The Vice Chancellor became familiar with my work on public administration and technical and vocational education after being led to it by LUMS alumni. The entire body of work that made my case was produced in my capacity as a faculty member at the University and through the academic freedom and research facilitation provided by SDSB and LUMS.”

Dr. Bashir feels that “LUMS faculty and staff can make a lot of impactful contributions if they reach out and collaborate with public sector educational institutions. The synergies in terms of mutual learning and knowledge creation are limitless.” We wish Dr. Bashir the best of luck in his endeavours.

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