The Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, welcomed the Accreditation Inspection Committee (AIC) from the National Business Education Accreditation Council (NBEAC) from Oct 3-5 to re-accredit the MBA and BBA programmes and accredit the BS Accounting and Finance programme. The AIC from National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC) visited the Institute on Sep 27 to re-accredit the BS Computer Science programme.

The AIC from NBEAC comprised of Professor SDSB, LUMS (Chairman PRT) Dr Jawad Syed; Dean, NUST Business School Dr Naukhez Sarwar; Dean, FAST School of Management, FAST NUCES Islamabad Dr Sadia Nadeem; Dean, Air University, Islamabad Dr Idrees Khawaja; Executive Vice President, National Bank of Pakistan Dr Arshad Khan; and Programme Director, NBEAC Ahtesham Ali Raja.

The AIC from NCEAC comprised of Associate Professor, NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Dr Sharifullah Khan; and Assistant Professor Department of Engineering NUML, Dr Basit Shahzad.

IBA Karachi Executive Director Dr Farrukh Iqbal briefed the AIC from NBEAC about IBA's strategic direction, program overview, infrastructure and facilities. During the NCEAC visit, Associate Dean Faculty of Computer Science, Dr Sayeed Ghani, Chair Computer Science, Dr Shakeel Khoja, Program Director, Computer Science, Dr Faisal Iradat from IBA, Karachi briefed the team about the IBA's historical milestones, program overview, infrastructure and facilities. The meetings were held with faculty members and relevant stakeholders.

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