FUUAST MAGAZINE

KARACHI The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology’s (FUUAST) botany department will organize an international conference on plant ecology from November 6. The organizer  Prof. Dr Moinuddin Ahmed, said that experts have been invited to share their research. The inaugural session will be held at the university’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal campus at 10 am on November 6. SOURCE: http://tribune.com.pk/story/449369/plant-ecology-fuuast-to-hold-conference-on-nov-6/

Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Islamabad, for the first time ever in Pakistan has offered Official Adobe Authorized Training. The is an opportunity for creative-minded people to become Adobe certified. Official hands-on project-based Adobe authorized training is being offered in following applications: Photoshop CS6 Illustrator CS6 InDesign CS6 Fireworks CS6 Audition CS6 Premiere CS6 Photoshop Lightroom Photoshop Elements Acrobat Dreamweaver CS6 Flash CS6 Actionscript 3 AIR Flex ColdFusion Phonegap Muse Edge Animate Learning Benefits Once in a life time opportunity to learn and interact with the world’s only Adobe Training Partner and Microsoft Certified Trainer with 100+ official credentials including 70+ teaching credentials from Adobe, Microsoft, Oracle and Zend. Use of approved and up-to-date curriculum to teach latest technologies Use of creative, challenging, and visually appealing projects and exercises Industrial e...

Rawalpindi The best writer award was given to Waqar Aziz of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology in the week long drama competition in connection with the Punjab Youth Festival concluded at the Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) on Monday October 1, 2012. The title of FUUAST drama was “Umeed Abhi Baki Hai” and was written and directed by Waqas Aziz. The main subject of the drama was fanaticism and social evils and cure of these evils was education. Waqas Aziz (FUUAST) and Saba Manzoor were the comperes of the ceremony. Students of the Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) staged a play titled ‘Ye Hosla Kaisey Rukay’ on the last day. In the closing ceremony, Senator Najma Hameed, MPA Raja Mohammad Hanif, MPA Ziaullah Shah, Air Commodore (r) Naseer Ahmed and Naheed Manzoor were the guests of honour.  Overall, the Quaid-i-Azam University secured first position, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology got second position and th...

KARACHI, Aug 28 The engineering, law and pharmacy faculties of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (Fuuast) have been registered in the academic councils concerned, says a statement issued here on Tuesday. After the registration, the degrees awarded by the faculties would have proper recognition in the job market and the national and international educational institutions, it said. FUUAST Officers Welfare Forum hosted a reception to celebrate the occasion and presented a shield to Karachi University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Qaiser in recognition of his efforts in this regard. SOURCE: http://dawn.com/2012/08/29/three-fuuast-faculties-get-registration/

KARACHI The 51st death anniversary of Baba-e-Urdu Molvi Abdul Haq will be observed on August 16. This was announced in a statement of Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu Pakistan issued here on Monday. It said that Administrator Karachi, Muhammad Hussain Syed, will lay floral wreath at the mazar of Baba-i-Urdu and will offer Fateha. The president and office bearers of Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu Pakistan will also lay floral wreath and offer Fateha. The faculty and students of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) and people from various walks of life would also visit the mazar to pay respect to Baba-i-Urdu Molvi Abdul Haq. SOURCE: http://www.brecorder.com/arts-a-leisure/44-arts/73524-51st-death-anniversary-of-baba-i-urdu-on-aug-16.html

Islamabad The workshop was organised by the Electrical Engineering Department of the university in collaboration with University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA. More than 60 participants, including external faculty members, researchers, telecommunication professionals and students attended the training workshop. Professor Dr Raziq Yaqoob gave lectures. In the concluding ceremony, special guest member telecommunication, Ministry of IT, Dr Syed Ismeel Shah, said that they have to bring major reforms in the IT sector to make the country at par with international standards.

Federal Urdu University Karachi, Text Books of Science available for sale. Contact Gulshan e Iqbal Campus Please see the details below

The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology along with other institutions launches journal of biology on the Topic of "ASSOCIATION OF ASTHMA WITH CARBON MONOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS ON THE ROADS OF KARACHI AND POTENTIAL BLOOD LEVEL OF CARBOXY HAEMOGLOBIN" This paper aims to investigate carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations on roadways of Karachi, potential blood levels carboxy hemoglobin (COHb) in Karachiites and evaluate its association with asthma prevalence in Landhi and Korangi towns of Karachi city. Geographical information system (GIS) was used for spatial analysis of diseases potentiality while an interpolation technique has been applied for surface generation with town boundaries and later evaluates risk areas. The results depicted that the Union Councils wise estimated carboxy hemoglobin (COHb) levels with mean and maximum values were found in the range of 1.24% to 1.86% and 1.35% to 3.06% respectively. This study shows that the asthma pre...

Karachi Almost all the speakers on the second day of a three-day media conference, themed “Media Agenda 2012”, on Wednesday expressed concern over the changing trends in journalistic norms, the falling standards of the language and the market-oriented pursuit the field is turning into. The conference is being held under the joint aegis of the Federal Urdu University of Arts Science, and Technology (Fuuast) and the Higher Education Commission (HEC). Zaffar Abbas, the editor of Dawn, stressed the need for objectivity in reporting and journalism. He said that what was supreme was public interest and if public interest demanded uncensored publication of a news story, it must be done. Jawed Naqvi, Dawn’s correspondent in New Dehli, said that freedom of the press to a great extent was a myth as there would only be freedom to the extent that the newspaper owner wanted. He would not let freedom of the press go beyond the limit where it would hurt his corporate or personal interests...

Islamabad FUUAST announces Jobs for the posts of Assistant Professors, Lecturers, Deputy Director Deputy Treasurer, Lab Engineer. Click the image below to view the details

KARACHI:  A three-day international conference on exploring the media’s agenda in contemporary times would begin at the Arts Council today. The conference is being organised by the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Awaz Institute of Media Sciences, the Karachi Press Club and Pakistan International Airlines. “The conference will bring together journalists from print and electronic media, as well as experts from Pakistan, India, United Kingdom and the United States,” said Prof. Dr Tauseef Ahmed Khan, head of FUUAST’s mass communication department. FUUAST spokesperson Irum Fazal said that Dawn Group of Publications chief executive Hameed Haroon would be the chief guest of the inaugural session today. Dr Mubarak Ali, Ghazi Salahuddin, and Dr Jafar Ahmed are expected to speak at the moot today. SOURCE: http://tribune.com.pk/story/385503/conference-media-workshop-at-fuuast-from-to...

KARACHI, May 29: The impact of globalisation, corporatism and glamourisation on the media, interference by the management and the government in editorial content and journalists’ credibility were just some of the topics touched upon by senior media persons speaking at the third international conference organised by the Mass Communications Department of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology at the Arts Council here on Tuesday. Day one of the three-day conference called ‘Media Agenda 2012’ saw the holding of three sessions. The morning session, presided over by Dr Mohammad Qaiser, threw light on various threats to the media. Hence panellists historian Dr Mubarak Ali, educationists Dr Seemi Naghmana, Dr Tauseef Ahmed Khan, Prof Aijaz Farooqui and Dawn Media Group’s CEO Hameed Haroon were of the opinion that even though the press had gone through its share of difficulties over the years and this may be a relatively easier period for the press, there were still...

KARACHI:  Federal Urdu University of Arts and Sciences (FUAAST) has increased the monthly allowance of PhD teachers from Rs7,500 to Rs10,000. This allowance has also been added to the pensions of retired teachers. This was decided in the meeting of the university syndicate on Sunday. During the meeting, the dean of faculty of law, Justice (retd) Dr Ghaus Mohammad presented a report about the issues faced by the law faculty. SOURCE: http://tribune.com.pk/story/378313/better-benefits-fuaast-increases-phd-allowance-to-ra10000/

An Expert in LTE Technologies from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA, in Cooperation with Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science, and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, Presents a Crash Course on LTE ESSENTIALS (4th Generation Wireless Communications) 7th May 2012 to 11th May 2012. Registration Deadline is 4th May 2012. Workshop Details Registration Form Click to view the poster below. To be able to offer users a mobile broadband service over a truly fourth generation or 4G network a provider will have to completely upgrade their entire network infrastructure. One such technology currently being considered by mobile broadband providers is Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, which is currently one of the most likely candidates to be officially classes as a 4G technology by the telecommunications industry. When mobile broadband providers do roll out LTE technology over their networks it will offer users a whole range of benefits and new facilities, which ...

Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology Islamabad is conducting a "Job/Career Fair" in the last week of May 2012. It will help our students to gain an entry into the job market. The industry will equally be benefited to hire the competent, enthusiastic, young & energetic people. All students who are interested in sending their profile to the potential employers, are requested to fill up the "Attached Graduate One Page Profile" and send it to the placement office or submit your application to "Resources > Job Advertisement > Apply Online" Click the Link below Apply Online   Note: Only Sample Graduate profile is accepted. Sample Graduate Profile Layout

Karachi, 22 April 2012 Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology offers admissions in Post Graduate Diploma (Weekend) Program in Advance Pharmaceutical Marketing under Faculty of Pharmacy, starting 12th May 2012. Find the details in the below flyer.

22 April 2012 Higher Education Commission Pakistan offers overseas Scholarships for PhD in selected fields (Fall 2012 / Spring 2013). Click the below image to view the complete details. 

Islamabad Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology Islamabad campus participates in Spring Splash 2012, a week-long festivity comprising several inter-university competitions, organised by Preston University, kicked off in Islamabad on Thursday April 12, 2012, says a press release. First of the series of events that are being held during the festivity, an inter-university sports competition (comprising of T-20 Cricket, Badminton, Table Tennis and Football tournaments) is commencing today at Pakistan Sports Complex and Marghazar Cricket Ground, Saidpur, Islamabad. Universities participating in the T-20 cricket tournament are: Quaid-i-Azam University, SZABIST, Islamabad, National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Hamdard University, Islamabad, International Islamic University, Federal Urdu University, Islamabad and Preston University, Islamabad, Kohat, Peshawar and Lahore. Universities participating in the Table Tennis competition are: Quaid-i-Azam University, Int...

A two-day Sindhi Conference will be held under the auspices of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) and in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) from April 10. The Vice-Chancellor of FUUAST, Professor Dr Muhammad Qaiser will preside over. According to organisers, scholars from various parts of the country will present their research papers at the conference. Source: http://www.brecorder.com/general-news/172/1173728/

Karachi Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) Friday announced the schedule of submitting exam forms of LLB and LLM. The exam forms could be obtained from the prescribed banks from April 9-18 and deposited up to April 20, 2012.