Trainings

Faculty development is core of Directorate of ORIC. Keeping this in view, a training workshop on Systematic Literature Review (SLT), was arranged for respected faculty members today at SMIU.
Director ORIC, Dr. Aamir Iqbal Umrani welcomed the faculty members and trainer for the session. The trainer of this session, Dr. Muhammad Azeem Qureshi is working as an Assistant Professor at IoBM and a well-known researcher having great research knowledge. He has introduced SLT and it’s different types.


* GRE International Training at Smiu-City Campus.

SMI University, in collaboration with HEC & USEFP has started GRE International Training at its City Campus, I.I. Chundrigar Road, Karachi for faculty/staff and students. It is a 6-weeks training program consist of 12 preparatory classes and 02 classes per week.
A large number of faculty/staff and students enrolled themselves in this program and attended their first class on Tuesday November 26, 2019.


* Three Days Orientation Programme for Newly Established ORIC Personnel

NUST in collaboration with Higher Education Commission (HEC) has organized a three-days orientation programme for newly established ORIC personnel of national universities on 2nd-4th May 2018 at Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, NUST H-12 Campus, Islamabad. The objective of this training was to brief participants on HEC policy and to discuss NUST ORIC managing activities related to Research, Intellectual Property, Tech Transfer/ Commercialization and Incubation as guide for best practices. National universities such as Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Mehran University of Technology, Lahore University, National Textile University Faisalabad, Quaid e Azam University Islamabad, Khyber Medical University Peshawar, Isra University Hyderabad, IoBM Karachi, UET Lahore, Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi and KASB Institute of Technology Karachi participated in this interactive and informative programme for ORIC. The programme was segmented into different presentations and activities. Over all, it was very interactive and informational.

* HEC Conducted 2- day Training Workshop on Building Academic Writing Skills in Social Sciences Discipline

A two-day workshop on Academic Writing Skills was arranged by Higher Education Commission at the HEC office Karachi on 29th and 30th March, 2018. Faculty members from regional universities of Sindh participated such as IBA Sukkur, Sindh University, Mehran University, Hamdard University, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Greenwich and Karachi University.
First day of the session was conducted by Dr. Cusrow J. Dubash on academic writing skills. He focused on effective writing practice and techniques needed specifically while writing research papers. He highlighted common errors found in research material and hypotheses.
Second day session was led by Mohammad Shakil Ahmed. This session focused on analyzing impact factors in academic writing. He shared technical key resources which boost the impact factor of academic/research papers. He further discussed the criteria to select journals for publishing academic papers and research articles. He shared software which are incredibly helpful for conducting researches. Moreover, he mentioned a number of online courses which can enhance writing and research skills.


* 5-Day Faculty Training Program For the Professional Development of Newly Inducted Faculty Organized by SMI University Karachi

A 5-Day Faculty Professional Development Training Program for new inductees was organized by Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) Karachi, from January 15 to 19, 2018. This was the 3rd extensive in-house training opportunity for the teaching faculty brought into the loop by Office of Research innovation and Commercialization (ORIC) and Directorate of Human Resource Management of SMIU. The training program comprised of 9 different sessions in five – days, for professional and personal grooming and improvement in Teaching Pedagogies, Research Methodology and Communication Skills (Listening, Speaking, and Writing).
The introductory session was conducted by Ms. Uzma Batool, Deputy Director HRM. She introduced the Principal Officers i.e Registrar, Mr. Gulzar Ahmed Mughal; Director HRM Mr. Shakeel Ahmed Abro and Director Finance Mr. Ghulam Ali Surahio to the participants. All the participants were welcomed by principal officers. Ms. Uzma Batool Deputy Director HRM was the focal person of the Program.

In concluding ceremony, certificates were distributed to the participants by the Registrar of SMIU.