ISLAMABAD: The oath-taking ceremony for the newly-elected NUST Alumni Association (NAA) General Assembly was organized on Friday. Owing to the current pandemic, the ceremony was held online as 97 newly-elected members of the central and school-level Alumni Associations were sworn in.

Administered by Engr Salim Daud, Registrar NUST and Chairman Election Commission of NAA, the oath-taking was attended by Lt Gen Naweed Zaman (retd), Rector NUST, Principals and Commandants of the NUST constituent Schools and Colleges, alumni, etc.

In his remarks, Rector NUST congratulated the newly-elected NAA President, Dr Sohail Sarwar, Governing Board of the central association as well as constituent associations. Speaking about the importance the university accords to its alumni, he called upon the NAA to play an active role in the university's development across the domains of academics, research, innovation, entrepreneurship, industry relations, etc.

The new President NAA, Dr Sohail Sarwar, is a graduate of NUST School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (SEECS), Class of 2009. In his first address as the President, Dr Sohail vowed to work for the good of the alumni and their alma mater.-PR

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