Is it sufficient or necessary to give money? - PakAlumni Worldwide: The Global Social Network 2024-03-28T19:02:34Zhttp://www.pakalumni.com/forum/topics/1119293:Topic:11502?commentId=1119293%3AComment%3A59384&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHere's a note from an NED fac…tag:www.pakalumni.com,2008-05-30:1119293:Comment:598842008-05-30T14:36:56.628ZRiaz Haqhttp://www.pakalumni.com/profile/riazul
Here's a note from an NED faculty member re Aamir:<br />
"As a matter of fact, Dr. Aamir has helped many ned students in their<br />
final year project in digital design, getting admission abroad and in<br />
getting jobs during late 90s and early this century. He is a known<br />
person in the field of VLSI. I also used to think he was an old<br />
nedian. He even held some competition and gave awards from his pocket<br />
and contacts. I think two out of three award winning groups belonged<br />
to ned.<br />
But something happened (may be…
Here's a note from an NED faculty member re Aamir:<br />
"As a matter of fact, Dr. Aamir has helped many ned students in their<br />
final year project in digital design, getting admission abroad and in<br />
getting jobs during late 90s and early this century. He is a known<br />
person in the field of VLSI. I also used to think he was an old<br />
nedian. He even held some competition and gave awards from his pocket<br />
and contacts. I think two out of three award winning groups belonged<br />
to ned.<br />
But something happened (may be the way his proposals were dropped),<br />
that charged him. His anger is obvious while arguing his case." For what it's worth, it's bee…tag:www.pakalumni.com,2008-05-30:1119293:Comment:598662008-05-30T05:18:16.412ZRiaz Haqhttp://www.pakalumni.com/profile/riazul
For what it's worth, it's been pointed out by Azhar Tufail (NED Alumni Assoc of UAE) that Aamir Farooqui "did his graduation in Electronics Engineering from Dawood College, and was from batch 1986-1987. We all know what happened at later stage, when NED University revoked the recognition of Dawood College. "<br />
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I am personally not taking a position on this issue. This is just in the spirit of full disclosure that I am letting you know this information. You are free to draw your own conclusions.
For what it's worth, it's been pointed out by Azhar Tufail (NED Alumni Assoc of UAE) that Aamir Farooqui "did his graduation in Electronics Engineering from Dawood College, and was from batch 1986-1987. We all know what happened at later stage, when NED University revoked the recognition of Dawood College. "<br />
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I am personally not taking a position on this issue. This is just in the spirit of full disclosure that I am letting you know this information. You are free to draw your own conclusions. I absolutely agree that all b…tag:www.pakalumni.com,2008-05-22:1119293:Comment:596842008-05-22T21:01:41.183ZM. Afzalhttp://www.pakalumni.com/profile/MuhammadAfzal
I absolutely agree that all brand name institutions have an Alumini Organization. How come at NED thought about that. Its the alumini organization which brings a lot of value to an institution. I would say that NED should have some seats for Aluminia's Childern also. Mr. Riaz probably can help to set up NED Alumini Organization. Regards, M. Afzal
I absolutely agree that all brand name institutions have an Alumini Organization. How come at NED thought about that. Its the alumini organization which brings a lot of value to an institution. I would say that NED should have some seats for Aluminia's Childern also. Mr. Riaz probably can help to set up NED Alumini Organization. Regards, M. Afzal Well, money does matter !! Th…tag:www.pakalumni.com,2008-05-08:1119293:Comment:593842008-05-08T13:05:24.508ZAqsa Hafeezhttp://www.pakalumni.com/profile/AqsaHafeez
Well, money does matter !! There isn't any doubt about it.<br />
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Be it low salaries or the monopoly of Grey-heads or any other reason<br />
No matter what the grounds are we are deprived of quality teachers and this is quite an alarming situation!!<br />
I am afraid where are the labs which are being facilitated by the FUNDS? Even in our Electrical Project Lab we don't have a proper oscilloscope. The systems sucks big time and so do the faculty and management ! University is ISO certified but still the rights…
Well, money does matter !! There isn't any doubt about it.<br />
<br />
Be it low salaries or the monopoly of Grey-heads or any other reason<br />
No matter what the grounds are we are deprived of quality teachers and this is quite an alarming situation!!<br />
I am afraid where are the labs which are being facilitated by the FUNDS? Even in our Electrical Project Lab we don't have a proper oscilloscope. The systems sucks big time and so do the faculty and management ! University is ISO certified but still the rights of students are badly humiliated, no freedom of expressions, no regard to their self-respect. I know i am sounding a bit childish but thats what they do !!<br />
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WE HAVE GOT THE BEST OF WORST FACULTY HERE!! (ain't talking about the few exceptions)<br />
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And Alumni are pride and support of any organization,they have their roles to play and to serve back . I wonder,why NED don't have any official alumni association yet. I strongly appreciate the idea for setting up an alumni association to exert some pressure at the high officials and to bring some constructive change ! The time is now to unleash the silver lining of the NEDian cloud. I did an online survey last y…tag:www.pakalumni.com,2008-05-05:1119293:Comment:593442008-05-05T01:40:29.040ZRiaz Haqhttp://www.pakalumni.com/profile/riazul
I did an online survey last year of about 1000 NEDians including alumni, students, faculty etc. Money was an issue, particularly faculty salaries and curriculum quality in the top 5 issues. However, the #1 issue cited by the majority was lack of vision by the NED administration. If you do not articulate a vision backed up by clear goals. workable strategy and concrete plans, it is hard to move forward to accomplish anything great...such as preparing engineers for the challenges facing them now…
I did an online survey last year of about 1000 NEDians including alumni, students, faculty etc. Money was an issue, particularly faculty salaries and curriculum quality in the top 5 issues. However, the #1 issue cited by the majority was lack of vision by the NED administration. If you do not articulate a vision backed up by clear goals. workable strategy and concrete plans, it is hard to move forward to accomplish anything great...such as preparing engineers for the challenges facing them now and expected in the future. It also involves establishing close industry-academia alliances and joint research projects with the assistance of alumni working in Pakistan and overseas. I agree with Zeshan's opinion…tag:www.pakalumni.com,2008-05-03:1119293:Comment:593282008-05-03T18:28:07.069Zkhalid Hassanhttp://www.pakalumni.com/profile/khalid001
I agree with Zeshan's opinion that Compensation does matter and is one of the major decisive factor to attract competent faculty but at the same note, work environment is also very crucial to keep the faculty for considerable period of time. If they are not given the space and authority to do what they do best and they are tied with the RED TAPE & Bureaucracy, then eventually we will end up with the type of faculty that we have now. (I mean no disrespect to any one but we all know the…
I agree with Zeshan's opinion that Compensation does matter and is one of the major decisive factor to attract competent faculty but at the same note, work environment is also very crucial to keep the faculty for considerable period of time. If they are not given the space and authority to do what they do best and they are tied with the RED TAPE & Bureaucracy, then eventually we will end up with the type of faculty that we have now. (I mean no disrespect to any one but we all know the credentials of our senior/junior faculty members, i.e., almost no research at all, several decade old teaching materials, lectures, even test papers). I heard about Dr. ATTA’s program about hiring qualified Ph.D's with proven track records with very competitive salaries with one condition, that is to keep their jobs they have to be able to publish certain number of research papers in international scientific journals every year or so. I think this would be the best stimulus that is needed in our higher education, especially in science and technology sector. The problem is no matter what salary is paid or what facility is provided, unless there is a research and development culture is present, every thing will turn down to the old fashioned 9-5 easy going, cool, no hassle teaching job. Dear Riaz sahib;
NO it is the…tag:www.pakalumni.com,2008-04-28:1119293:Comment:592262008-04-28T05:39:52.407ZAamir A. Farooquihttp://www.pakalumni.com/profile/AamirAFarooqui
Dear Riaz sahib;<br />
NO it is the not money which can attract the good faculty. It the environment, current admin is not supportive of young faculty. I do not understand why the govt. can not get a competent VC. Please read my articles in Pakistanlink NED University Deteriorating Standards and in the attachement.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Aamir
Dear Riaz sahib;<br />
NO it is the not money which can attract the good faculty. It the environment, current admin is not supportive of young faculty. I do not understand why the govt. can not get a competent VC. Please read my articles in Pakistanlink NED University Deteriorating Standards and in the attachement.<br />
<br />
Thanks,<br />
Aamir