Mechanical Engineers Alumni Association (MEAA) of Department of Mechanical Engineering held the very first Alumni Reunion in collaboration with
Alumni office IIUI. The graduates of DME (Batches F10, F11,F12) were invited, working all over Pakistan and abroad, to grace this event.
Alumni and the Guests including Chief Guest Vice President (Acad) Dr. Muhammad Bashir Khan, Vice President HS &R Dr Aqdas Naveed Malik , In-charge Alumni Office Hafiz Muhammad Anwar, Chairman DME Dr. Saeed Badshah, Dr Afzal Khan, all the faculty and students of department first gathered formally in the Auditorium where the audience (specially students) were briefed by the guest speakers, mainly graduates of DME, about the challenges in jobs and encouraged to excel themselves in entrepreneurship by effectively utilizing their current time in study and learning basic technical skills.
Final year students were stressed to put their best efforts in FYPs and learn all the pros and cons in the completion of the certain projects. The program also included some of messages in recorded videos from the alumni who couldn’t come. Alumni from different working backgrounds shared their experiences and conveyed some important tips for appearing in interviews.
VP HS&R Engr. Dr. Aqdas Naveed Malik underscored the importance of engineers for developing nations and effectively distinguished between the theoretical and practical aspects of engineering. He shared his own experiences and said that he is glad to be there in the ceremony.
He also also emphasized the role of engineers in the society and admired the alumni for their efforts to bring IIUI a good name and praised the organizers for their efforts.
Chairman DME, Dr. Saeed Badshah paid his gratitude to all the worthy guests including Alumni for sparing their valuable time and making this event successful and assured arranging more in future. He praised the faculty and MEAA team for their efforts. He also launched a website of his departmental alumni section built by MEAA members.
Other speakers were Dr Afzal Khan, In-Charge MEAA and Current President MEAA (F14 Student) who discussed the certain achievements and future horizon of their association.
After that Chief Guest awarded shields to MEAA team members (present and former) for their efforts and souvenirs were presented to the worthy guests by HOD DME.
Informal session was carried out in which currently enrolled students were given the opportunity to meet their senior fellows and sought any help in studies and internships.