Institute Of Business &

Technology-IBT
Board Of Faculty IT & CS
Meeting
24 November 2015

Discussion
To discuss the progress of building partnerships
with national and international
colleges/universities
To discuss the progress of current research
activities
To discuss the revision of course outlines
To discuss student-faculty relationship
To discuss allocation of final activity
To discuss faculty training & development plan

Building Partnerships with

Colleges and Universities
IBT urges to collaborate with number of
national and international institutes,
professional bodies, and other corporations to
enhance its students exposure and expand
opportunities for them.

Building Partnerships with

Colleges and Universities
International institutes approached
George Mason University, USA
University of Victoria, Canada
Simon Fraser University, Canada
University of Northern British Columbia,
Canada
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Camosun College, Canada
University of Dubai, UAE
International Islamic University, Malaysia

Building Partnerships with

Colleges and Universities
National institutes approached
Isra University, Hyderabad
Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur
University of Karachi, Karachi
University of Sindh, Jamshoro
NED of Engineering & Technology, University,
Karachi
Habib University, Karachi
NUST, Rawalpindi
Foundations University, Rawalpindi

Current Research Activities

Overhauling and face-lifting of research
journals
JICT 9.2 in publishing process
Planning of up-gradation of JICT from Z to
Y category
Bringing new international members on
editorial board
Sending FYP to ICT R&D for funding
Launching student-oriented research magazine
Launching monthly newsletter

Current Research Activities

Proposal of establishing independent research
center with the scope of arranging workshops,
seminars, events, conferences, etc.
Realizing the importance of patents, Registrar
Office, in collaboration with IST Islamabad and
PEC, organized workshops on October 15, 2015
on the following topics:
Patents & their outcomes
Managing research using latest research software

Current Research Activities

Workshop on innovation and latest techniques in
research was organized by Registrar Office in
collaboration
with
Institute
of
Business
Management (IoBM) and Iqra University (IU).
Course folders checklist has been developed by
Registrar Office, in line with audit guidelines of
accreditation bodies which, will be used as a
benchmark for maintaining course folders.
Organizing
international
conference
on
information and communications technologies
ICONTECH 2016 in March 2016.

Program Structure and

Course Outlines
Revision of IT & CS program structure
Offering common courses for all IT & CS
programs in the first 2 years

Revision of course outlines as per

current technology and market trends

Student-Faculty Relationship
Student-faculty counseling cabins have
been made available at all the campuses
for compulsory interaction of faculty and
students
Process
of
assigning
mentors/batch
advisors needs to be initiated
Faculty feedback form for assessing their
areas of interest needs to be developed
Professional association of faculty members
need to be improved

Final Activity Allocation

Allocation of student activities should be
on teachers discretion
Mix students

Teachers may introduce final activities

according to their course requirement
Seminars, workshops, presentations, etc.

Faculty Training &

Development Plan
Faculty must be trained
Faculty training
developed

plan

needs

to

be

Budget allocation for faculty training and

development