KARACHI: About twenty-five meritorious students of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi were awarded laptops under the Prime Minister’s Laptop Scheme.
The ceremony was held here at the Governor House. Sindh Governor Mohammad Zubair was the chief guest, a spokesman of the institution said in a statement on Tuesday.
Karachi’s Higher Education Commission Regional Centre Director Javed Ali Memon, Acting Dean and IBA Director Dr Syed Ghani and many others attended the ceremony.
Dr Syed in his welcome note congratulated the 25 students of IBA, selected from 310 students from different disciplines (PhD/MS programmes in Maths, Computer Sciences and various undergraduate programmes), who were awarded laptops.
“Such initiatives by the government assist learning in our youth and establish a culture of research,” said Dr Syed. He also urged the students to use these laptops for the progression of their studies and the country.
Dr Syed also thanked the Sindh governor and BoG member IBA Shahid Shafiq for making the event possible.
He also informed the audience about IBA’s journey from being just a business school to a mini university, highlighting the fact that IBA has introduced MS in Islamic Finance and will be introducing MS in Journalism this year.
He also expressed his gratitude to Ex-Dean and IBA Director Dr Ishrat for his magnanimous contribution to both IBA’s academics and infrastructure.