Punjab University Hailey College of Banking and Finance Management Committee met on Tuesday with Vice-chancellor Arshad Mahmood in the chair, to review the progress of the college developments, new schemes of courses and future challenges.
Principal of Hailey College of Banking and Finance (HCBF), Professor Dr Khawaja Amjad Saeed made a presentation on the occasion.
He said construction and renovation of teaching rooms, hall, lecture theatre and other rooms have been completed before the stipulated period.
The classes of B.S. (Hons), M.S. and Executive M.S. have been launched at the college and an adhoc committee serving as Board of Studies has been constituted, he added.
About the new scheme of courses Dr Khawaja said existing M.S. and Executive M.S. programmes would be revised and a new innovative programme of three years tri-semester consisting of 152 credit hours would be introduced.
The renovation and improvement of classrooms have already been completed with the provision of quality furniture, air conditioners, overhead projectors, multimedia and sound systems, he maintained.
He further said that a lecture theatre and a hall cum library have also been established at the college, besides the establishment of two computer labs with a server room, Internet facility and 50 state-of-the-art P-IV workstations.
Giving a long-term vision of the college, he said that Rs 20 million would be required for the academic and physical uplift of the college.
The vice-chancellor stressed for on-job training, besides setting up a dummy bank for the practical orientation of students.
He also underlined the need for strengthening relations with the banks and corporate sector to improve banking and finance education in the country.
Professor Dr Zafar Iqbal Jadoon, Dr M. A. Pasha, Professor Muhammad Azhar Ikram Ahmed and Sheikh Muhammad Sajid also attended the meeting.