Second DME FET Alumni Home Coming 2019

Second DME Alumni Home Coming 2019

Department of Mechanical Engineering (DME) in collaboration with the office of Alumni International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) organized the Second DME Alumni Get together & Dinner at the new campus of the university. The event was attended by Vice-President (HS&R) Prof. Dr. Aqdas Naveed Malik, Chairman DME Dr. Athar Masood, and Assistant Director IIUI Alumni Office Mr. Muhammad Ashraf.

The get together comprised speeches given by the Chairman DME, welcoming the Alumni and how the Alumni is essential to the institute and how proud their Alma mater is for achieving such milestones in their professional lives.

 Dr. Saeed Badshah encouraged and welcomed the alumni back and expressed his humbleness towards the organizers and appreciated their efforts for conducting such a wonderful event.

The chief guest Prof. Dr. Afzal Khan enlightened the environment and suggested to focus on career than salary. He suggested that he would go with students to get them jobs. He mentioned that now a days employment is hard to get and focusing on salary packages instead of employment keeps the individual unemployed. The chief guest mentioned that  IIUI would remain in touch with alumni and alumni should keep in touch with the university as this can further strengthen the pursuit of objectives of the university and alumni together.

Mr. Muhammad Ashraf Assistant Director Alumni Office talked to the alumni and assured them that the IIUI alumni office is striving hard to achieve a great goal for all, he mentioned the office is displaying job opportunities provided by the Alumni and urged the alumni to share any job vacancies or internships with the university to help students benefit. He also assured them that the alumni cards are coming soon.

Alumni also participated in motivating the students and share their experiences about how life is after graduation. Mr. Zain ul Abideen working in an MNC shared his experience of how the job market is and what to expect from the new market opportunity.

Mr. Ahmad Adnan talked about the hurdles and opportunities and scope of having a PHD and getting a scholarship from abroad. Captain Salaman an army personnel and Alumni shared his knowledge and area of expertise. Mr. Waqar Ahmed discussed the opportunities of HVAC and being an Entrepreneur provides more opportunities and development than a 9-5 job does.

Around 130 DME Alumni & Guests attended the event. The DME prestigious Alumni Prof. Dr. Afzal Khan Academician in COMSATS University and Engr. Zain, Project Manager in Huawei shared their experiences and thoughts about the Alumni program. After the event the guests and the Alumni of IIUI visited the DME building and had a gathering at dinner, where all shared their experiences and their life at IIUI.