Alumni Reunion of Management Sciences Department, CUI Abbottabad, 2023

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the relationship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth. CUI, Abbottabad campus has a tradition of remembering its alumni as they are the real assets of the organization. Their placement in various prestigious institutions of the country reflects the excellence with which COMSATS is inculcating quality teaching, skill building and professional ethics in the students.

Continuing the tradition, Management Sciences department in collaboration with Student Development Center (SDC) of CUI Abbottabad campus has organized an alumni reunion event on June 15, 2023. The major objectives of the event were:

• To formulate a formal alumni association body.
• To engage their alumni in various activities like the development of curriculum as per latest industry trends, creation of industrial liaisons, special talks with the students who are pursuing their specializations in diverse fields like finance, marketing, HR etc. and in job/internship placement of graduating students.

The event was started with receiving of the guests at the monument. Guests were welcomed with flowers and were accompanied by senior faculty members, Mr. Ghias ud din Shah, Mr. Tauqeer Shams, Dr. Zuhra Saleem and Ms. Iqra Sajid on their way to the language lab, the venue for the event. Respective HOD of the department, Dr. Azizullah Sayal has given the welcome address and a brief presentation about the latest achievements of the department. After that, alumni have a time well spent with their teachers discussing old memories, real life experiences, and future growth prospects.

After it, the formal elections for the constitution of the alumni association body were conducted, through a democratic and transparent procedure, all the positions were allocated in the following hierarchy:

• President:                 Muhammad Arslan Ahmad Tariq 
• Senior Vice President : Madiha Shafique
• Vice President : Sana Farhad
• General Secretary:                Shahid Zeib
• Finance secretary: Sikander Zaman
• Secretary Membership: Shaikh Muhammad Ahtesham

After tea refreshment, campus visit was organized for the alumni to give them a nostalgic ride and to make them feel connected again. The worthy Director of the campus, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Maroof Shah, has been kind enough to spare some time from his busy routine and has briefed the alumni about the measures, his administration is taking for the strategic growth of their Alma matter. As a Goodwill gesture, Director has also presented souvenirs among the alumni. A meeting of the newly elected adhoc body was held with charge SDC in Student Development Center and they were given a task to ensure large-scale membership of Alumni with mutual consent it was decided that this body would arrange an Alumni Reunion in September this year.

At the end of the event, a group photo of the alumni, with the director, HOD, and senior faculty members was taken in front of the admin block and a farewell was said with the promise to meet soon again.