By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
(Pakistan News & Features Services)
(Pakistan News & Features Services)
The preparations are in the full swing for the 19th Convocation of the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi, scheduled to be held on March 19 at the Karachi Expo Centre.
The arrangements for the forthcoming event were reviewed in detail and finalized at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chancellor Jawaid Anwar.
The meeting was attended by Vice Chancellor, Prof Dr Jawaid H. Rizvi, Dean, Dr S M Makhdumi and other functionaries of the university.
Around 1,400 graduates will be awarded BS degrees in the Computer, Civil, Electronics, Telecommunication, Bio-Medical Engineering and Computer Science besides degrees in Masters in these disciplines as well as Mathematics.
Some 14,000 engineers have passed out from this university since the first convocation held in 1998 when 200 graduates were awarded degrees. Since then the University is holdings its convocation regularly every year without any break.
The university had the Presidents, Prime Ministers, Chief Justices of Supreme and High Courts as chief guests at its various convocations besides attended by BOG members like Dr Ata-ur-Rahman, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, Gen (Rtd) Moinuddin Hyder, Justice Sadiq Hussain Bhatti and Prof. Shami.
Meanwhile, the SSUET’s Board of Governors is scheduled to meet on March 18, a day before the convocation, under the chairmanship of Vice Chancellor, Prof Dr Jawaid H. Rizvi.
The Convocation 2016 will be presided over by the SSUET Chancellor, Jawaid Anwar, who is also the President of the Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys Association (AMUOBA).
