REPORT 2020

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL PUNJAB

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM

Presented by:
Dr. Faisal Mustafa
Provost
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................................................... I

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 1

OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................................................................. 2

1. FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES (FOMS) ............................................................................ 3

2. FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (FOIT) ..................................................................... 33

3. FACULTY OF LIFE SCIENCES (FLS) .............................................................................................. 38

4. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING (FOE) .............................................................................................. 42

5. FACULTY OF ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES (FASS) .......................................................................... 44

6. FACULTY OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION STUDIES (FMCS) ........................................................ 46

7. FACULTY OF PHARMACY (FOP).................................................................................................. 47

8. FACULTY OF LAW (FOL) ............................................................................................................ 50

9. FACULTY OF SCIENCE (FOS) ....................................................................................................... 53

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Introduction
The academic year 2020 proved to be a challenging year for University of Central Punjab due

to COVID-19 and uncertain situation globally. Changing expectations, multiple demands,

issues of new knowledge and skills, globalization, competition, accountability,

multiculturalism and the influence of technology challenge us.

To meet ever rising expectations, UCP is continuously engaged in professional development

of its faculty members in terms of latest knowledge, research capability, professional

behavior and delivery methods. The development of faculty encapsulates around different

methods i.e. new qualified recruitment, different academic trainings, workshops, academic

seminars and conferences.

Therefore, Faculty development Programs (FDP) has been conducted each year to encourage

and reward the UCP permanent faculty for developing and enhancing their education and

teaching skills in key areas of their expertise. It not only addresses the needs of faculty in the

present but also anticipates future needs through environmental scanning; introduce

innovative research-based approaches to teaching, assessment of learning, and leadership

development; and engages in scholarship that can guide future programs.

The FDP focuses on strengthening of university’s’ academic programs through national and

international qualified faculty and enhancing effectiveness of teaching and learning. It will

also bring opportunities to develop research projects and simultaneously build capacity in

the education system.

Faculties at UCP take every step forward to professionally develop their faculty for

maintaining high quality human capital in terms of excellent teaching staff. Faculty

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development programs facilitating to improved faculty performance in a variety of domains

including institutional, intellectual, personal, social, and pedagogical. The most important

resource that any higher education institution has is its faculty members who teach

knowledge and skills to students.

Objectives

Faculty professional development sessions at UCP are conducted each year and the
objectives are;

1. Ensuring that faculty develop their skills and capabilities to be able to work efficiently

and improving performance of their present responsibilities.

2. To train and develop the faculty for execution of their duties efficiently, including the

delivery of knowledge to a diverse group of students joining this field of education.

3. Providing faculty with training opportunities to achieve maximum effectiveness.

4. Ensuring that the best use is made of the natural abilities and individual skills of all

faculty for the benefit of the organization and their professional career.

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1. Faculty of Management Sciences (FOMS)
Faculty of Management Sciences (FOMS) has conducted 79 sessions during Aug.-Sep 2020.
These sessions were delivered by 79 local and international speakers in 26 days including
lectures, workshops, webinar and curriculum review activities for faculty development
program. All the faculty members attended the sessions. Below table present the details of
the sessions;

Date Duration Presenter Topic

 A constructivist view of learning

August 19, 10:00 AM- Dr. Ather Azim
2020 10:30 AM  Stakeholders’ view of teachers’ performance
 Careful choice of words while providing feedback
 What is the right question
 Emotional Intelligence, Empathy
August 19, 10:45 AM - Dr. Huma Khan
2020 11:15 AM  Self-Awareness,
 Self-management
 Social Awareness
 Info graphics
August 19, 11:30 AM - Ms. Nahan Iqbal
2020 12: 00 PM  Recapitulation
 Activity-based Learning
 Consistency to engage students
 Consistency and focus
August 20, 10:45 AM - Mr. Usman Mumtaz
2020 11:15 AM  Real-Life Scenarios and case studies
 Do not teach on the very first day of the class
 Encourage student participation
August 20, 10:00 AM - Dr. Aqeel
2020 10:30 AM  Student Counseling
 Informal discussion in the last lecture
 Pay attention to students with a non-business
August 20, 11:30 AM - Ms. Mariam Rao
background
2020 12: 00 PM
 Teach the language of the subject
 Define level from where to start
 Encourage students to define clear goals and
objectives from the very first day
 Visualization: Bring theory to life

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  Pose more why and how questions
August 21, 11:00 AM - Dr. Rubeena
2020 11:30 AM Tashfeen  Stay cool
 Surprise strategy
 Care and respect
 Do not promote mediocrity and target a particular
skillset
 Updated student portal
August 21, 11:30 AM - Mr. Ehtasham ul
2020 12: 00 PM Haq  Group work

 Motivational skills
August 24, 10:00 AM - Ms. Mahwish
2020 10:30 AM Hassan  Multiple methods for solving the same questions
 Peer work
 Individual counseling of students
 Phrasing comments carefully while providing
feedback
 Love your job
August 24, 10:45 AM - Ms. Amina Rizwan
2020 11:15 AM  Learning by doing
 Personality grooming
 Play with strengths rather than weaknesses
 Coaching and mentoring Networking
 Methods of teaching depend upon the background
August 24, 11:30 AM - Mr. Azfar Ali
and how one develops oneself over time
2020 12:00 PM
 1st impression is the last impression
 Punctuality
 Remembering news
 Knowing students concerning diversity
 Relationship with students with equality and
equity without any vested interest.
 The lecture should not be lengthy
August 25, 10:00 AM -
2020 10:30 AM  Class management
Dr. Zahid Ahmed
 Assignments should be subjective
 Keeping a record of class participation
 Discrimination, personal favors, and gifts from
students must be avoided

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  Knowledge of the subject
August 25, 10:45 AM -
2020 11:15 AM  Activity-based learning
Mr. Irfan Siddique
 Purposeful activities
 Appreciate student work
August 25, 11:30 AM - Mr. Nizam Feroz
2020 12:00 PM  Make yourself accessible/ available to the
students
 Consider individual differences
 Positive reinforcement
 Informal discussions
 Effective use of whiteboard
 A teacher must be a good actor
 Imagination and Effort
August 26, 10:00 AM - Dr. Ghulam Saghir
2020 10:30 AM  Innovation
 Metacognitive Strategies
 Implicit and explicit feedback
 Interacting with students in clusters rather than
August 26, 10:45 AM - Mr. Nabeel Haider
individual interaction
2020 11:15 AM
 Students filter out things they do not understand
or dislike
 Average attention span has reduced to 8.25
seconds
 Different ideas and lingoes to engage students
 Using social media creatively
 Using Narrative/Storytelling
 E-books, case studies, and industry notes
 Relatable scenarios
 Embedding videos with scenarios
 Use technology and google creatively
 Inductive vs. Deductive method of teaching
August 26, 11:30 AM - Dr. Snober Javed
2020 12:00 PM  Memorizing students’ names
 Maintaining good communication
 Reasoning behind methodologies
 Don’t be reactive to bad behavior: Ignore
 Student engagement
 Precise and understandable explanations

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  Be a psychologist and try to understand the
individual needs of students
 Provide constructive feedback
 Synchronization of the previous lecture with the
new one
 Peer learning
 Ice-breaking/Storytelling/ Narrative
August 27, 10:00 AM - Dr. Salman Iqbal
2020 10:30 AM  Start by Info about Roadmap/Course and Module
related info
 Student engagement through role-plays, mock
interviews, and discussions
 Using simulations
 Content relevant quizzes and assignments
 Presenting research proposal in 3 minutes
 Openness to learning and criticism
 Self-assessment
 Industrial thinking
August 27, 10:45 AM - Dr. Raja Irfan Sabir
2020 11:15 AM  Fieldwork
 Bargaining/Zone of tolerance
 Semiotics
 Pictorials/Info graphics
 Perceptual maps
 Drawing concepts help to infer qualitative or
quantitative meaning
 Networking
 Moral and ethical values/Dignity
 Management games
August 27, 11:30 AM - Ms. Quratulain
2020 12:00 PM Muqarab  Time management
 Quizzes without invigilation to teach ethics
 Entertainment
 Diversity
 Informing about the course/module on the very
August 28, 10:00 AM - Mr. Bilal Sarwar
first day of the class
2020 10:30 AM
 Linking subject with pre-requisites and following
modules

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  Discussing course outline
 Recapitulation
 Motivating students to solve/ attempt questions
on their own
 Revision sessions
 Open discussion for problem-solving
 Scenario-based questions for student engagement
 Relatable videos and examples from a familiar
environment
 Pedagogy and andragogy
August 28, 10:45 AM - Mr. Talha Zubair
2020 11:15 AM  Sources of personal motivation: Student success
as a source of motivation
 Continuous Learning
 Observing the desired outcome of the degree that
students perceive
 Article: Bad management theories are destroying
good management practices
 Missing link between how we teach and what we
teach
 Students’ background and institutional factors
affect learning
 Experiential learning
 Formative and summative assessment
 Using rubrics to assess class participation
 Psychological safety
 Be friendly with students but do not be a friend:
Maintain appropriate distance with students
 Empowerment
 Punctuality and professionalism
 Technology integration
 Keeping a record of students’ assessments
 Written feedback
 Project-oriented learning: Project exhibitions and
guest lectures
 Many activities and assessments

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  Developing criteria for exams
 Consistency
 Dress up nicely before going to the class
August 28, 11:30 AM- Dr. Qais Aslam
2020 12:00 PM  Use of slides and whiteboard
 The productivity of students and value addition
 Analytical skills
 We learn something new out of crises
 Creation of new knowledge
 Look at the future trends and build students
accordingly
 Teachers must also have self-assessment criteria
 It’s not to reason why? It’s better to do and die.
 A teacher must be a good learner
September 10:00 AM - Dr. Junaid Ahmed
9, 2020 10:30 AM  Positive attitude towards students: Facilitating
students
 LEMON (Love, Energy, Motivation, Organization,
Neutrality)
 Separating personal feeling and instruction
 Organize lecture well before class but keep some
flexibility
 Feel proud about your job
 Encourage students for awakening curiosity and
September 10:30 AM - Dr. Samiullah
willingness to learn
9, 2020 11:00 AM
 Promote critical thinking
 Regulating emotions
 Lesson Planning
 Calling students by name
 Repeating the questions to the desired outcome
and then summarizing all responses at the end
 Interactive lectures: Small discussion breaks
during the lecture
 Motivating high achievers/quick learners to
control their urge to answer immediately and
letting slow learners think and respond
 Student central teaching

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  Flipped classroom
 Design thinking: case method
 Storytelling
 Self-learning and learning from peers
 Open discussion, Group discussion
 Cross-checking of responses by other groups
 Familiarizing students with new concepts from
September 11:00 AM - Ms. Faiza Akhtar
known to unknown
9, 2020 11:30 AM
 Modifying teaching strategy as per the level of
learners
 Teamwork
 Bringing students out of their comfort zone
 The mental health of students is very important:
Positive attitude and good mental health is a part
of the training
 Hope is greater than fear
 The relationship between teacher and students
should be positive
 Be punctual
 Don’t discourage students
 Careful choice of words while providing feedback
 Be positive and go to the class with a positive
mood
 Build a culture of positivity and avoid negativity
 Icebreaking: Discussing career path and creating
September 11:30 AM - Mr. Zeeshan
an urge to study on the very first day of the class
9, 2020 12:00 PM Ahmed
 Align students with their career objectives
 Creating in students a sense of honor self-respect
and value their achievements
 Discipline
 Empathy
 The teaching methodology must be opted as per
the module and level of students
 Be less vocal during invigilation and use non-
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  Do not discriminate
 Use rubrics for assessment
 Audience analysis
September 12:00 PM - Ms. Samra Abbas
9, 2020 12:30 PM  Recapitulation
 Telling students about the application of concepts
in real life
 Use humor and probing questions to engage
students
 Make intentional mistakes to make students more
attentive and involved in self-study
 Helping backbenchers
 Creating a sense of value by remembering
students’ names, appreciation, regard, respect,
and motivation
 Faith
September 10:00 AM - Mr. Imran Shazad
10, 2020 10:30 AM  A balance between academics and administration
 Recapitulation
 Integrating the disaggregated part of a lecture
 Avoid Discrimination
September 10:30 AM - Ms. Madiha Hamid
10, 2020 11:00 AM  Do not focus just one student, rather give
attention to all students
 Punctuality
 Avoid indecent conversation with students and
nicknames
 Encourage students
 Involve students in discussions
 Identify why students withdraw from course
 Scenario-based teaching for basic courses and
long cases for specialization courses
 Mock interviews, videos, debates,
 Negotiation activity (making hat)
 Students’ response is very important
 Strike a balance between friendly and being strict
 Pushing students towards honest learning and
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  Attending all student’s questions
 Exams must not be very difficult
 Bigger challenges are maintaining a polite
impression, diversity management, and making
students develop their own opinion
 Avoid using slang language
 Listening with attentiveness is important
September 11:00 AM - Mr. Arif Iftikhar
10, 2020 11:30 AM  Do not discriminate based on gender
 Constructive criticism
 Credibility and integrity
 Availability
 FIA (Follow, involve, appreciate)
 ISI (Integrate, symbolic (righteousness), Initiate
(imagination)
 Teaching method varies with the nature of the
September 11:30 AM - Ms. Madeeha Islam
course
10, 2020 12:00 PM
 Mock presentation
 Video clips
 Chapter review exercise
 Case studies
 Virtual trading stations
 E-books
 Use of keywords
 Build confidence
 Avoid unnecessary appreciation
 Provide verbal feedback
 Personal and professional development
 Self-evaluation and self-motivation
 Teaching is an art or science?
September 12:00 PM - Mr. Numan Yaqoob
10, 2020 12:30 PM  A balance between knowledge and speaking skills
 Generation Z
 Conscious and Subconscious mind
 Update course knowledge
 Share news

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  Google particular opportunities relevant to the
course on the very first day and share with
students
 Teach logic behind concepts
 Quote examples from a familiar environment
 Create curiosity
 Guide path of knowledge and learning
 Book: Outliers by Malcolm
 The 10000 hours rule for getting successful
 Believe in yourself
September 10:00 AM - Mr. Agha Mehmood
11, 2020 10:30 AM Ali  Be empathetic
 Trust until you have a reason not to
 Stay relevant
 Be engaging
 Encourage communication
 Be a moderator and facilitator in class
 Forgive and forget
 There are no bad students
 Be a good elder and a good human
 Believe in giving chances
 Exhibit fair character
 A constructivist view of learning
September 10:30 AM - Syeda Uzma Tahira
11, 2020 11:00 AM  The teacher acts as a facilitator
 The prior ability of the learner determines the
learner’s approach to a learning task
 Conceives learners as active recipients of the
knowledge
 Creating perceptual Maps: Software Mind Maple
Lite
 Rooh Afzah Distribution Game to learn bullwhip
effect and coordination in supply chain
 Contract negotiation session for developing
negotiation and deal-making skills of students
 Toy Assembly Line Game: for teaching production
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  Game: Communicate the right message for
teaching the process of information sharing and
information distortion in the supply chain
 Assessment of multiple learning outcomes instead
of same outcome repetitively
 Assessment must be aligned with learning
outcomes
 Reliability of different tools for assessment
 Career Counseling and networking with students
on social media groups
 Industry academia Liaison and MOUs
 Flipped Classroom
 Issues of online teaching
 Absence of the learning environment
 Connectivity issues
 Sleep deprivation
 Depression
 Change management
 Ergonomics
 Proposed new Modules
 Warehouse management (BBA)
 Shipping and maritime management (MBA)
 Total quality management (BBA)
 Supply chain quality management (MBA)
 Supply chain analytics (BBA)
 System dynamics (MBA)
 Teaching area
September 11:00 AM - Mr. Waqas Zaki
11, 2020 11:30 AM  Common Practices
 Character Building
 Punctuality
 Student Feedback
 Teacher as facilitator
 Student Achievement
 Young Researcher award
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  Shared his learning experience
September 11:30 AM - Dr. Ahmed Faisal
11, 2020 12:00 PM Siddiqui  Diversity
 Curiosity and Fairness
 Assessment Rubric for Class Participation
 Brief Introduction about himself. Area of interest,
September 12:00 PM - Dr. M. Shehzad
skill, achievement, and distinctions
11, 2020 12:30 PM Hanif
 Shared his teaching philosophy
 Virtual Learning Environment
 Tips & Tricks
 The vision of the business school should be
September 10:00 AM - Dr. Nasir Malik
shared among all
14, 2020 10:30 AM  Program directors must design the course
objectives and ask the relevant faculty to plan the
learning outcomes for the execution of the
module
 The teaching approach must be consistent with
the kind of output or product you want to
produce
 Content should be strong: It does not matter
whether you use the case method or lecture
method
 Diversity is difficult rather impossible to manage
for a certain group of people
 You need to focus those students that are valuable
for the business school
 There will be some students that cannot do
anything in their life but there will always be
genuine hard workers in every class
 The teacher does not matter but it is the content
that matters
 Teaching quality must be assessed from the
industry’s perspective, rather than from the
university’s perspective
 Specific concepts, skills, and tools must be focused
 The teacher’s role is more important as a
consultant in the industry
 The student is either a customer or a product to
the industry
 Students with medium to high IQ are more
valuable for the business school.
 Diversity is impossible to manage in all the nine
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  Titanic syndrome: why companies sink and how
September 10:30 AM - Mr. Farrukh Iqbal
do they revive
14, 2020 11:00 AM
 The Toyota way
 Volvo Production System
 Industry-Academia Liaison: Consultancy projects
 Management must engage employees to have
some valuable tasks and activities rather than
engaging in non-productive tasks
 Employees must be provided an opportunity
during the summer semester to work on building
industry-academia liaison
 Mauda (Waste)
 Mauri (Overburden)
 Mura (Unevenness)
 Management owes more than 50% responsibility
to tackle the above-mentioned waste and
employee productivity issues
 Diversity in the marketing discipline
September 11:00 AM - Ms. Faghia Mazhar
14, 2020 11:30 AM  Making yourself available for students
 Prompt feedback
 Storytelling: real industry examples
 Teaching students to count is fine but teaching
what counts is the best
 The teacher is as important as the content is
 Teacher matters a lot
September 11:30 AM - Mr. Tahir Ashfaq
14, 2020 12:00 PM  If you don’t wear formal, you cannot think formal
 Self-awareness and self-respect
 The teacher is an actor: a performer and problem
solver
 Feedback and feed forward
 Use of narrative for student engagement
 Respond to problems positively
September 12:00 PM - Mr. Abdul Karim
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  Every set of practices may work if modified as per
September 10:00 AM - Mr. Amjad Hussain
the circumstances
15, 2020 10:30 AM
 Value (Non-priced) + Value (Upgraded) needs to
be provided to students
 Competitive convergence: All looks similar
 Value determinants of the student being a
product of the university
 Develop a liaison with industry
 Webinar on online earning
September 10:30 AM - Ms. Ambreen
15, 2020 11:00 AM Khursheed  Classroom Management: Appreciation and
motivation
 Dress code policy implementation
 Blanks and MCQ based power points for
recapitulation
 www.becreat.ch
 Draw, input, and output APP
 Individual and collective feedback
 Provide positive and constructive feedback to
students
 Also, have feedback from students
 Idea Stage Rubric
 Startup mentoring
 Skill development workshop
 Students’ career counseling
 Importance of accent and pronunciation
September 11:00 AM - Mr. Basharat Ullah
15, 2020 11:30 AM Malik  Sense of responsibility
 How to handle difficult students: Do not respond
immediately to the misbehavior
 Do not enter in power struggle arguments
 Do not report to management for petty issues,
deal yourself
 Ensure judicious assessment
 Have social contribution: celebrating religious
events of minorities
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  Be spontaneous and unexpected in your humor to
maintain a lively environment in the class
 Discuss religion and politics without prioritizing
any particular person or sect.
 Understanding the thought process
September 11:30 AM - Mr. Sarfraz Rashid
15, 2020 12:00 PM  Greeting the students on the first day of the class
 Ask, names, the purpose of joining the course and
what are their expectations
 Explain the theme of the course in detail on the
very first day of the class
 Share assessment criteria
 Body language must be appropriate for both
students and teachers
 Lesson plans
 Class activities
 The first impression is important
September 10:00 AM - Mr. Bilal Ilahi
16, 2020 10:30 AM  Comparing and contrasting the concepts
 Understanding numbers in seconds
 Book: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
 Plan quiz on the first day of the class
 Give a helicopter view of the course
 Revising and reinforcing
 Storytelling
 Students are not comfortable with quantitative
stuff
 Story of Jeff Bezos
 Youth empowerment
September 10:30 AM - Mr. Kashif Ali
16, 2020 11:00 AM  Moral, the social and ethical upbringing of
students
 The teaching profession is not for granted
 The teacher must act as a mentor and a team
member of students
 Teach for the future as per the industry needs
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  The teacher is like a white paper and any stain on
September 11:00 AM - Dr. Rab Nawaz
the white paper becomes very prominent
16, 2020 11:30 AM Lodhi
 Maintain a relevant distance with students
 Students must see teacher by appointment but
too much distance also creates barriers to
learning and results in de tracking and ultimately
failure of students
 Great teachers teach from the heart not from the
books
 Software: Max QDA, Atlas.ti (for text analysis),
Smart PLS, ENvivo, M. Plus, Quick book, etc.
 The first class is not for teaching, it is to have a
September 11:30 AM - Dr. Saqib Ilyas
formal introduction of the course
16, 2020 12:00 PM
 Plan surprise quizzes during the semester
 Involve and engage backbenchers by asking them
to sit in the front rows
 Asking students to come to the board and present
 Calling students by names
 Sharing evaluations frequently and in a
straightforward manner to the students with
clear instruction regarding their performance
 Good teachers teach, great teachers transform
 Great teachers make students celebrate mistakes
 Be very careful in your communication
 Consider individual differences
 Give constructive feedback that leads to the
improvement of students rather than
discouraging students
 Great teachers do self-evaluation
 Student engagement and encouragement
September 12:00 PM - Mr. Khurram
16, 2020 12:30 PM Hamid  Create job creators rather than job seekers
 Be professional and inculcate professionalism
 Show empathy
 Always set rules of the class
September 11:00 AM - Ms. Eesha Tariq
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  Teach in English but repeat everything in Urdu: is
quite challenging
 Give individual attention to students
 Use worksheets
 Refer books and make sure students use it too
 Encourage discussion
 Reduce Screen Time e.g. laptop, mobile, etc.
 Manage diversity in class
 Avoid jokes and personal comments in class
 Follow objective marking
 Provide frequent and timely feedback
 Teach students to focus on learning rather than
grades
 Do not react to misbehavior
 Change management
September 10:30 AM - Mr. Salman Ahmed
17, 2020 11:00 AM  Massive online courses
 Do not depend upon a single skillset
 Link old expertise with the new teaching skills
 The knowledge of Data Analytics is the need for
the upcoming years
 Replicate international courses and practices in
class
 Reduce complexity from the course: Have student
feedback for this
 Knowledge of different subject enhances
innovation in teaching and learning
 Try to play with the psyche of students: Observe
their gestures
 Do not challenge the self-respect of students
 Stay a step ahead of students
 Working a few years in the industry does not
September 10:00 AM - Dr. M. Zeeshan
qualify you as a good teacher
17, 2020 10:30 AM
 Teaching skills need to be acquired
 Teaching values to students is more important
 Book: 8th Habit by Stephen Covey

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  Students should not be able to predict your style:
Be unpredictable
 Pose more why and how questions
September 11:30 AM - Dr. Muhammad
17, 2020 12:00 PM Naeem  Involve students by asking questions
 Assign roles to students
 Patience, integrity, and tolerance are among the
important characteristics of a good teacher
 Be truthful no matter how hard it is
 Don’t take things personally: Be tolerant
 Spend time productively
 Act and react as per the situation
 Don’t make a negative perception of someone
 Don’t be judgmental
 Create skills
 Meet the current demand of the market
 Content must be upgraded as per the market
needs
 Remember the names of students
September 12:00 PM - Mr. Ghulam
17, 2020 12:30 PM Mustafa  Maintain class discipline
 The process is more important than the definition
 Avoid negative discussions
 Engage in continuous learning
 Think like a man of actions and act like a man of
September 10:00 AM - Mr. Aitazaz
thought
18, 2020 10:30 AM Khurshid
 Identify the role models of students
 Reliability and responsiveness stand high among
other elements of the service quality
 Pay attention to class culture e.g. freedom of
expression
 Plan seating arrangement and use template to
mark class participation
 Exams should be meticulously designed, it will
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  Mark exams and arrange in descending order and
call students one by one to review in the same
order
 Use personality tests for career counseling
 Lecture, theory, concepts, and practical problems
September 10:30 AM - Ms. Javaria Qais
18, 2020 11:00 AM  Case Laws
 Writing different contracts, partnership deals,
promissory note, and bill of exchange
 Scenario-based questions
 Problems with appropriate reasoning
 Social articles are written and published by
students
 There is no such thing like the best strategy, Best
strategy is the one that works and the one that
yields the best results
 High performance is never an accident, it is
always the result of high intention, sincere efforts,
intelligent direction, careful planning, and skillful
execution, it represents the wise choice of many
alternatives
 Emotional Labor: A journey from surface acting to
September 11:00 AM - Dr. Zeeshan
deep acting
18, 2020 11:30 AM Shaukat
 The teacher is an actor
 Develop your character
 Know your audience
 Put on your best performance
 Learning to improvise
 Teaching is an art to deliver and relate things
more effectively
 Creating effective analogies
 Teaching is like fishing: You use different lures for
different fish. You need to use different methods
for different learners
 Teaching is like beautiful music: Where
instructional methods are instruments, when
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 together in tune, rhythm, and feeling, they
become amazing music
 Don’t throw the blame on students for the failure
of creating an impact with your lecture
 Students are family. There are no bad students.
Students want to listen. Students learn from
students in a better way.
 We need to channelize the energy of students in a
positive direction
 Reduce the gap and develop a rapport with
students
 Social exchange relations
 Creating a learning environment
 Making things simple
 Never get personal
 The ultimate source of guidance is the Holy Quran
 Respect the profession
 Always go prepared to the class
 Give students the confidence to ask
 Mutual learning
 Don’t ask others to handle your family (Students)
 Teaching is not about teaching others, rather it is
to learn from others.
 Learning sequence (I do, you do, we do, you all
do)
 Selling technology is like selling ice: Teaching
September 11:30 AM - Mr. Haider Rizavi
technology-based courses is also like selling ice
18, 2020 12:00 PM
 Do not spoon-feed students
 Treat students as mature individuals
 Impartiality: No undue benefits to students
 Be professional with students: Call them by their
names nicely and respectfully
 Learn to teach online to meet the challenges of the
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  Icebreakers to be used in the first class in the
September 12:00 PM - Mr. Kashif Butt
semester
18, 2020 12:30 PM
 An honest icebreaker is a smile
 Alliterative name game
 Bingo
 Two truths and a lie
 Poker hand
 Dinner Plans
 Best and worst classes
 Syllabus Icebreaker
 Teaching is a personal calling
September 10:00 AM - Dr. Shabana
21, 2020 10:30 AM Naveed  Teaching is a source of energy
 Make learning interesting not hard and boring
 The process of teaching and learning must be
engaging
 Using the whiteboard effectively enhances
learning and student engagement
 Project-based learning
 Midterm, end term exams, and project reflect the
quality of teaching and content covered during
the semester
 Use multiple teaching methodologies
 Appreciation with precise feedback works
 Make complex things simple
 Humanizing moments: Create attachment with
students
 Take every situation as an opportunity
 The teacher should be a good actor but he/she
must be natural rather than artificial
 Hybrid classes are going to be a bigger challenge
 The tone of the lecture matters a lot
September 10:30 AM - Mr. Waseem Irshad
21, 2020 11:00 AM  Encourage students to share their opinion about
general issues
 www.greatideas.com (for marketing courses)

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  It is not the level of the student but the level of the
teacher that matters
 The teacher has a responsibility to uplift the level
of the student
 English communication is important as it is the
corporate language
 Presentation of informal activities before the start
of every class to engage students
 Short motivational stories once a week
 Motivation with practice and particular direction
is required
 Star of the Class: Make slow learners star of the
class and make their participation mandatory in
the classes in which they are being nominated as
a star of the class
 Stay relevant to the course
September 11:00 AM - Mr. Abid Rasheed
21, 2020 11:30 AM  Diversity is not difficult to manage at all
 Do not discuss religion in class
 Social constructionism
September 11:30 AM - Dr. Nadeem Dogar
21, 2020 12:00 PM  Case writing
 Teachers can shape the perception of
students/individuals
 Sensitization of the student learning process:
improving their learning process
 Biological clock
 Triangular approach (Research, Consultancy,
Teaching, and training)
 Book: A new history of management
 Book: Dark Side of the management history
 Retain the attention span of students
September 12:00 PM - Mr. Kazim Ali
21, 2020 12:30 PM  Storytelling is the best way to retain the attention
of students
 The human mind is a story processor, not a logic
processor (Jonathan Heidt)
 Neuroscience of storytelling: Storytelling targets
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  Evolutionary biology of storytelling
 Trigger the curiosity of students by leaving the
end of the lecture with some surprise or
unpredictability
 Leave the lecture at a curious note
 Quiz in first class
September 10:30 AM - Dr. Aslam Javed
22, 2020 11:00 AM  Dedicating a day for conducting quiz during the
semester
 Customized quizzes: A different quiz for each
student
 Avoid gender discrimination
 Stay impartial while marking exams: Do not
prioritize any specific student
 Inculcating personal experiences in students
September 10:00 AM - Mr. Abid Noor
22, 2020 10:30 AM  Teach religious and moral values in class
 Try to say no when you want to say yes
 No co gathering in-class activities
 Making groups gender wise
 Conduct and mark quiz during class and upload
marks on the portal
 Share schedule of quizzes and assignments with
students from the very first day of the class
 Career Consultancy
September 11:00 AM - Mr. Nadeem Bhutta
22, 2020 11:30 AM  Guide careers as per the personality type,
aptitude, and motivations
 Orient the students to the right course
 Current and future trends must be observed
 Ignite curiosity in students
 Exposure of the real world through industry visits
 Let students be a decision-maker
 One day observation-based assignment in the
market/industry to give the students practical
exposure of what is going on
 Let students feel they have accomplished
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  One day job must be offered to students and if
possible, it must be a paid opportunity
 Link job requirements with teaching
requirements
 Teachers are required to plan short term,
medium-term and long term horizon of students’
learning and the skill set that will be required in
the upcoming years
 Make the unknown visible
 Pull strategy not push strategy
 Train students to ask why questions
 Plan courses in line with the managerial position
requirements
 Create conceptual maps of all courses and their
contents to know where a particular topic will fit
in
 Use software and simulations
 Time management, antiquate, morality, and ethics
must be inculcated among students
 Viva and comprehensive exam must be conducted
 Students’ background affects the learning process
September 11:30 AM - Dr. Kanwal Zahra
22, 2020 12:00 PM  Convert collage learning behavior to university
learning behavior
 Know your students and plan content as per the
level of students
 Understand students’ cognitive processing
capacity
 Instructor’s networking and exposure also
matters to guide students as per the industry
needs
 Managing low performers is the real challenge for
a teacher
 Teach students to use their mobile phone
creatively
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  First-class is dedicated to students’ introduction
September 12:00 PM - Mr. Usman Yousaf
22, 2020 12:30 PM  Conducive class environment: no need for pin-
drop silence
 A conducive learning environment improves
learning and motivates students to ask questions
 No spoon-feeding
 The theory is important for teaching concepts
 Be impartial
 Use humor to engage students
 Group discussions among and between students
 Ask students to solve questions in groups during
class
 Maintain the same behavior with backbenchers
and students sitting in front rows
 Have an unbiased behavior, maintain respect for
students
 A one-to-one relationship with students
 No compromise on university policies
 Bad students are the attention seekers
 Learning by doing: teach trough your action,
behavior, and practice
 Teachers are among the many resources available
including technology and the internet
 Teach theory first and then move to the numerical
part
 Multiple ways of solving one question
 Assignments fill the gap between theory and
practice
 Teaching and research should go hand in hand
10:00 AM - Dr. Abdul Waheed
September
10:30 AM  Order anarchy
23, 2020
 Let students think, deliberate, and have
conflicting opinions but within the limits that are
being set for them as the course content is to be
covered in time
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  Business education is an academic discipline vs.
as a professional discipline
 If we treat business education as an academic
discipline, we will depend upon different
activities, but if we treat it as a professional
discipline, we will depend upon different best
practices
 Business school’s journey started with a
practitioner’s approach
 Practitioners were technically sound but weak in
conceptualization and theory building
 Practitioners shifted their professional to a
scientific approach but are still being criticized
 Sustaining practitioner orientation is easier in
professional education like medicine and law and
sustaining a scientific orientation and approach is
easier in pure sciences
 Business education is more variegated: thus
business graduates can be hired for many
different tasks
 Students need scientifically prestigious education
with relevance
 Should not consider this as a dilemma rather it
should be treated as a paradox
 There will be chances of paradoxical tension in
this case also and emotional ambivalence
 Faculty should be involved in multi-disciplinary
research (intra-school and inter departments)
 We must be scientifically prestigious and we must
be relevant as well
 Consultancy can be one of the options
 Professionals should teach but cautiously
 We can have team teaching to manage this
 Professionals can be instrumental in developing
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  Say no to cheating
September 10:30 AM - Mr. Haroon Amin
23, 2020 11:00 AM  It has become an instinct for students to cheat
 Originality is important
 Seating students serial wise as per the attendance
sheet during assessments
 Teach students to read the question carefully and
avoid panic
 Cheating leads to unethical practices in personal
and professional life
 More weightage should be assigned to the class
activities and participation
 Students’ themselves are responsible for their
grades, so they need to put in real hard work and
effort
 If you make a mistake, accept it. Life goes on
 No begging for marks: Self-respect is very
important
 The paper review is not a begging session
 Punctuality is important
 Relate examples from a familiar environment or
surrounding
 Technology brings choices, whether to use it
productively or misuse it
 Any person can be defined by the choices he/she
makes
Briefly discussion on Vision, Mission of Business School,
September 10:00 AM - Dr. Ather Azim
Program Objective, Course Objectives, Course Learning
2, 2020 10:15 AM Khan
Outcomes, and Program Learning Outcomes.
September
2, 2020

September 10:30 AM - Faculty Course Outlines (Activity)

2, 2020 1:00 PM

September 02:00 PM - Faculty Course Outlines (Activity)

2, 2020 4:00 PM

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September 10:00 AM - Faculty Course Outlines (Activity)
3, 2020 1:00 PM

September 02:00 PM - Faculty Course Outlines (Activity)

3, 2020 4:00 PM

September 10:00 AM - Faculty Course Outlines (Activity)

4, 2020 1:00 PM

Course Outlines ( Final Compilation/Presentations)

September 02:00 PM- Faculty
4, 2020 4:00 PM

August 21, 10:00 AM - Mr. Faraz Khan University Education and Institution Building & Impact
2020 11:00 AM

August 31, 10:00 AM - Mr. Syed Hussain 4Q Model and Emotional Intelligence towards Excellence
2020 12:00 PM Haider

September 10:00 AM - Dr. Agha Tariq Emotional Intelligence

1, 2020 12:00 PM

September 10:00 AM - Mr. Syed Hussain 4Q Model and Emotional Intelligence towards Excellence
7, 2020 12:00 PM Haider

September 10:00 AM - Dr. Ibrahim Neuro-linguistic Coaching Breath, Story, State

8, 2020 12:00 PM Siawash

September 10:30 AM - Mr. Kazim Ali UNODC Training and Development Kickoff Session and
29, 2020 5:30 PM Prep-Workshop
Syed Hussain
Haider

September Flexible Mr. Kazim Ali Online Training

29, 2020
Syed Hussain (This training is a pre-requisite to the interactive modules
Haider training webinars)

October 2, 10:00 AM - Mr. Kazim Ali UNODC Training and Development Follow-up Session and
2020 4:30 PM Mock-Presentations
Syed Hussain
Haider

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October 5, 3:00 PM - Mr. Kazim Ali Module Training 1
2020 6:00 PM
Syed Hussain  Ethical Leadership
Haider  Challenges of Ethical Living,
 Behavioral Ethics
 Detecting and Investigating Corruption

October 6, 1:30 PM - Mr. Kazim Ali Module Training 2

2020 4:30 PM
Syed Hussain  Ethical Leadership
Haider  Challenges of Ethical Living,
 Behavioral Ethics
 Detecting and Investigating Corruption

October 7, 1:30 PM - Mr. Kazim Ali Module Training 3

2020 4:30 PM
Syed Hussain  Ethical Leadership
Haider  Challenges of Ethical Living,
 Behavioral Ethics
 Detecting and Investigating Corruption

October 8, 1:30 PM - Mr. Kazim Ali Module Training 4

2020 4:30 PM
Syed Hussain  Ethical Leadership
Haider  Challenges of Ethical Living,
 Behavioral Ethics
 Detecting and Investigating Corruption

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2. Faculty of Information Technology (FOIT)
Faculty of Information Technology (FOIT) has conducted 39 online (MS Teams, ZOOM) and
physical sessions during Augt-Sep 2020. These sessions were delivered by 27 local and
international presenters in 24 days including lectures, workshops and webinars for faculty
development program. Below table present the details of the sessions;

Date Duration Presenter Topic

August 26, 12:30 PM - Haroon Abdul Waheed FYP Documentation Workshop, Phase-wise
2020 01:45 PM outcomes, Relevance of documentation,
Shortcomings, Evaluation criteria, Diagrams
(UC/Architecture/Sequence/Class/ER)

September 12:30 PM - Sadaf Baloch FYP Documentation Workshop, Design and Test
02, 2020 01:45 PM Specification, Phase III contents, Common Mistakes
In Test Cases, SDP (FYP) Complete System, Phase IV
contents

September 03:00 PM - Sadaf Baloch FYP Documentation Workshop, Design and Test
16, 2020 04:15 PM Specification, Phase III contents, Common Mistakes
In Test Cases, SDP (FYP) Complete System, Phase IV
contents

September 03:00 PM- Haroon Abdul Waheed FYP Documentation Workshop, Phase-wise
23, 2020 04:15 PM outcomes, Relevance of documentation,
Shortcomings, Evaluation criteria, Diagrams &
(UC/Architecture/Sequence/Class/ER)

September 02:00 PM - Mr. Shafiq Ur Rahman C++ for ITC, Universal Initializer, range-for loop,
02, 2020 04:00 PM functions’ in ITC, Introducing dynamic arrays in ITC

September 02:30 PM - Mr. Shafiq Ur Rahman C++ for PF, Static vs. Dynamic arrays, Matrices
16, 2020 04:30 PM using ‘Vector’, Introducing Template Functions in
PF

September 02:30 PM - Mr. Shafiq Ur Rahman C++ for OOP, Concept of Class, Move Semantics,
23, 2020 04:30 PM Delegating Constructor, Iterator Design

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September 02:30 PM - Mr. Shafiq Ur Rahman Data Structures, Calling Stack & ARI, Teaching Maps
30, 2020 04:30 PM (Key, value), using Vocabulary Types of C++ in
implementation of Data Structures

September 11:00 AM - Dr. Shahzad Majeed NoSQL Databases, Introduction and Properties,
15, 2020 01:00 PM Tiwana Main characteristics of NoSQL databases, Main
NoSQL data models.

September 11:00 AM - Dr. Shahzad Majeed NoSQL Databases, Document Databases

17, 2020 01:00 PM Tiwana

September 10:30 AM - Dr. Shahzad Majeed NoSQL Databases Lab Session

18, 2020 12:30 PM Tiwana

September 01:00 PM - Prof. M. Suheyl Umar Webinar: Ethical Issues and Challenges of COVID-
03, 2020 01:40 PM 19: Corona brought us face to face with many
ethical challenges– both professional and religious
ethics– in online teaching. The participants share
their experiences.

September 01:00 PM - Prof. M. Suheyl Umar Webinar: Religious Issues- responsibilities of

09, 2020 01:40 PM islamic scholars and challenges of covid-19

September 06:30 PM - Prof. M. Suheyl Umar International Webinar- Covid-19 and Religion: URL
12, 2020 09:30 PM

September 01:00 PM - Prof. M. Suheyl Umar Webinar: Flood of information media, solidarity
19, 2020 01:40 PM and covid-19. What should we do in the crisis of
information about covid-19?

September 01:00 PM - Prof. M. Suheyl Umar Webinar:

26, 2020 01:40 PM
COVID-19: DEPRIVATION, ISOLATION and
SOLITUDE Corona brings about deprivation. We are
deprived of our freedom, of our habits. We lose
things, and even more so- people we love. How does
one deal with all forms of deprivation

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September 09:30 AM - Prof. Dr. Shahid S. Comparison of scalar valued function with vector
14, 2020 11:00 AM Siddiqi valued function

September 09:30 AM - Dr. Maria Naseem Application of Multivariate Calculus via

15, 2020 11:00 AM optimization

September 10:00 AM - Prof. Dr. S. M. Husnine P-Sylow theorems

16, 2020 11:00 AM

September 11:00 AM - Mr. Ahmed Jamal Dogar Variable Change and Conditional Probability
16, 2020 12:00 PM Lecturer

September 09:30 AM - Dr. Sumaira Sharif Mathematics Learning Practices: in View of

17, 2020 11:00 AM (Asistant Professor) Numerical Methods

September 09:30 AM - Ms. Rohsha Tahir Understanding and real life applications of
18, 2020 11:00 AM Differential Equations
Lecturer

September 09:30 AM - Dr. Abdul Rauf Nizami Line integral and Green’s theorem
21, 2020 11:00 AM (Assistant Professor)

September 09:30 AM - Mr. Muhammad Local linear approximation using derivative

22, 2020 11:00 AM Zeeshan Lecturer

September 09:30 AM - Ms. Fareeha Anjum Linear Algebra and its connection with everyday life
23, 2020 11:00 AM (Lecturer)

September 09:30 AM - Dr. Zain Ul Abdin Zafar Differentiation, Integration and IVPs in Numerical
24, 2020 11:00 AM (Assistant Professor) Computing

September 11:30 AM - Dr. Anam Mustaqeem Research Methodology: (Importance of Research,

30, 2020 12:00 PM Process/Method of doing Research and types of
Research will be discussed briefly).

September 11:30 AM – Dr. Shahzad Awan Formal Methods in Software Engineering

22, 2020 12:30 PM
Rubab Javed Web Engineering

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September 11:30 AM – Dr. Anam Mustaqeem, Software Quality Engineering
18, 2020 12:30 PM Sadaf Baloch, Farah
Software Construction and Development
Naz

September 11:30 AM – Dr. Shahzad Awan, Formal Methods in Software Engineering, Web
15, 2020 12:30 PM Rubab Javed, Dr. Anam Engineering, Software Quality Engineering
Mustaqeem, Sadaf
Baloch

September Nabeel Ahsan Stochastic Processes

11, 2020
Farah Naz Software Construction and Development

September 10:00 AM – Dr. Shahzad Awan Formal Methods in Software Engineering

8, 2020 11:00 AM
Rubab Javed Web Engineering

September 11:30 AM – Dr. Shahzad Awan Operations Research

4, 2020 12:30 PM
Nabeel Ahsan Stochastic Processes

September 11:30 AM – Dr. Anam Mustaqeem, Software Quality Engineering

1, 2020 12:30 PM Sadaf Baloch, Farah
Software Construction and Development
Naz

August 31, 11:30 AM – Dr. Shahzad Awan Formal Methods in Software Engineering, Web
2020 12:30 PM Engineering
Rubab Javed

August 28, 11:30 AM – Dr. Shahzad Awan Operations Research

2020 12:30 PM
Nabeel Ahsan Stochastic Processes

August 27, 02:00 PM – Guest Speaker Ms. Mental Health and Coping Stress during Pandemic
2020. 03:00 PM Zobia Amin

September 03:00 PM – Saba Javed Improving Emotional Awareness

2, 2020 04:00 PM

September 03:00 PM – Saba Javed Thoughts and Our Mental Wellbeing

17, 2020 04:00 PM

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3. Faculty of Life Sciences (FLS)
Faculty of Life Ssciences has conducted 38 sessions during Aug-Sep 2020. These sessions
were delivered by 38 speakers including 29 international and 9 local speakers in 9 days for
faculty development program. Venue for the sessions were board room, building A and Room
B105 and all the faculty members attended the sessions. Below table present the details of
the sessions;

Date Duration Presenter Topic

September 8, 9:45 AM-10:00 Dr. Mushtaq A. Welcome Note

2020 AM Saleem

September 8, 10:00 AM- Ms. Aisha Kashif How to overcome negative thoughts
2020 11:00 AM

September 8, 11:30 AM- Dr. Nauman Khalid Publish Don’t Perish

2020 12:30 PM

September 8, 12:30 PM-1:30 Mr. Uzair Shahid Technology Transfer Project funding and

2020 PM industrial linkages

September 8, 2:00 PM-3:00 Dr. Syed Qasim Raza Innovative teaching methods
2020 PM

September 8, 3:00 PM-4:00 Dr. Tahir Mahmood National Professional standards for Teachers
2020 PM in Pakistan

September 9, 10:00 AM- Mr Anees ur Rahman Discovering the Personality Attributes of the
2020 11:00 AM team for Better Collegial engagement

September 9, 11:30 AM-1:00 Muhammad Rizwan My life time learned interpersonal skills
2020 PM learned

September 9, 2:00 PM-2:30 Mr. Raheel Anjum Teachers responsibilities’ in exams

2020 PM

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 September 9, 2:30 PM-3:30 Dr. Ali Raza Awan Presentation skills
2020 PM

September 9, 3:30 PM-4:00 Dr. Mushtaq A. Concluding remarks and certificates

2020 PM Saleem distribution

2:00 PM-2:30 Dr. Muhammad Use of Phytochemicals

August 24, 2020
PM Afzal

2:30 PM-3:00 Dr. Javed Iqbal Translational genomics for crop improvement
August 24, 2020
PM

3:30 PM -4:00 Dr. Raza Hussain Best teaching practices followed by me

August 24, 2020
PM

4:00 PM -4:30 Dr. Sajid Mansoor Immune system: an introduction

August 24, 2020
PM

2:00 PM -2:30 Dr. Zia ur Rahman Role of Genetics in Crime Investigation

August 25, 2020
PM

2:30 PM -3:00 Dr. Amina Arif Applying the Basic Sciences to Clinical
August 25, 2020
PM Medicine

3:30 PM -4:00 Dr. M. Naveed Molecular and Computational Gold standards

August 25, 2020
PM for the Identification of novel bacterial species.

4:00 PM -4:30 Dr. Sumera Zaib Mechanism of apoptosis

August 25, 2020
PM

2:00 PM -2:30 Dr. Basit Zeshan Recombinant Vaccines

August 26, 2020
PM

2:30 PM -3:00 Dr. Tanzeela Riaz Insecticides resistance management strategies

August 26, 2020
PM

3:30 PM -4:00 Dr. Salma Batool Potential of Alkaloids and other secondary
August 26, 2020
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 4:00 PM -4:30 Dr. Asma Zafar Biofuel production from plant biomass
August 26, 2020
PM

2:00 PM -2:30 Dr. Arslan Sarwar Purification and structural elucidation of

August 27, 2020
PM antibiotics from bacteria

2:30 PM -3:00 Dr. Aatif Amin Bio fertilizers: A Gateway to Enhance Crop
August 27, 2020
PM Yields

3:30 PM -4:00 Dr. Kanza Aziz Restorative potential of date fruit against
August 27, 2020
PM oxidative stress mediated diseases
Awan

4:00 PM -4:30 Dr. Sanabil Yaqoob Characterization of corn flour to improve its
August 27, 2020
PM properties

2:00 PM -2:30 Ms. Hira Mubeen "Big Data" Analysis in Biological Sciences
August 31, 2020
PM

2:30 PM -3:00 Aleena Qadeer Genetic Variability and Evolution of

August 31, 2020
PM Hepacivirus

3:30- PM 4:00 Ms. Sadia Zia Characterization of COVID-19 and Comorbidity

August 31, 2020
PM in Lower Middle Income Countries.

4:00 PM -4:30 Ms. Ammara Plant hybrid promoters

August 31, 2020
PM Masood

September 01, 2:00 PM -2:30 Ms. Izzah Shahid Impossible Foods to Fight Future Food
2020 PM

September 01, 2:30 PM -3:00 Muhammad Awais qPCR; An introduction and Applications
2020 PM

September 01, 3:30 PM -4:00 Ms. Huda Rehman Green Technology

2020 PM Mir

September 01, 4:00 PM -4:30 Ms. Manam Walait Pesticide Biodegradation: Strategies to
2020 PM Enhance the Process

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September 02, 2:00 PM -2:30 Ms. Saba Kabir National action plans for Global antimicrobial
2020 PM resistance; time to translate ideas into reality

September 02, 2:30 PM -3:00 Dr. Madiha Khan Probiotics: A promising alternative approach
2020 PM to antibiotics

Ms. Zara Rafaque Lambda Red: A Homologous Recombination-

September 02, 3:00 PM -3:30
based
2020 PM
Technique for Genetic Engineering

September 02, 3:30 PM -4:00 Ms. Amal Shaukat Inhibition and antioxidant potential of cheddar
2020 PM cheese

September 02, 4:00 PM -4:30 Mr. Waleed Sultan Influence of dietary fiber to improve health
2020 PM status

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4. Faculty of Engineering (FOE)
Faculty of Engineering (FOE) has conducted 16 sessions during Aug.-Sep 2020. These
sessions were delivered in seminar hall Mechanical Engineering department by 16
international and local speakers in 16 days for faculty development program. All the faculty
members of FOE attended the sessions. Below table present the details of the sessions;

Date Duration Presenter Topic

August 18, Engr. Sadaf Zeeshan Effective methods to keep students motivated
10:00 AM –
2020 through online learning
01:00 PM

August 19, 10:00 AM – Prof. Dr. Nazar Hussain Grounding and Safety in Electrical Installations
2020 01:00 PM Malik

August 20, 10:00 AM – Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Future of

2020 01:00 PM Engineering
Dr. Ali Nasir

August 24, Effectiveness of Hybrid Teaching Learning

10:00 AM –
2020 using VLE
Dr. Muhammad
01:00 PM
Rizwan Shad

August 25, Dr. Muhammad Sarwar Role of Policy, Faculty, and Students in
10:00 AM –
2020 Ehsan Improving the Quality of Engineering
01:00 PM
Education

August 26, 10:00 AM – Dr. Muhammad Rafiq Writing Research Paper and Getting Published
2020 01:00 PM

August 27, 10:00 AM – Dr. Kamran Ezdi Brief History of Electrical Engineering
2020 01:00 PM

August 31, 10:00 AM – Dr. Muhammad Kashif Insight in the article reviwprocess-Reviwer's
2020 01:00 PM Prospective

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September 01, 10:00 AM – Col (R) Zia Ul Islam Night Vision Devices
2020 01:00 PM

September 02, 10:00 AM – Engr. Muhammad Direction Towards Successful Future

2020 01:00 PM Salman

September 03, 10:00 AM – Engr. Jalil Asghar Mirza Solar Technology

2020 01:00 PM

September 08, 10:00 AM – Dr. Zohaib Aftab Meaningful Research in Engineering

2020 01:00 PM

September 10, 10:00 AM – Dr. Muhammad Awais Can Traffic issues of urban areas be solved?
2020 01:00 PM Shafique

September 14, Dr. Muhammad Babur Water resources challenges in the world and
10:00 AM –
2020 way forward
01:00 PM

September 16, 10:00 AM – Prof. Dr. Syed Water stress and water wastage scenario of
2020 01:00 PM Muhammad Saeed Shah Pakistan

September 17, 10:00 AM – Dr. Khawaja Bilal Transboundary Issues of India and Pakistan
2020 01:00 PM Ahmed

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5. Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FASS)
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FASS) has conducted 7 sessions during Aug.-Sep 2020.
These sessions were delivered by 7 international and local speakers in 5 days for faculty
development program. All the faculty members of FASS attended the sessions. Below table
present the details of the sessions;

Date Duration Presenter Topic

August 21, 10:40 AM- Professor Dr. Fehmida Inaugural speech/ Interactive faculty Debate on
2020 11:40 AM Sultana “Common Class Room Issues”

August 24, 11:00 AM- Prof. Dr. Khalid Zaheer Ethical development of students: Role of a teacher
2020 12:00 PM

August 24, 12:30 PM- Ms. Rahat Bashir Assessment and evaluation
2020 1:30 PM

August 27, 12:15 PM- Dr Aneeq Khan USA, “‫”علم کے طالبوں کی کامیابی‬
2020 1:15 PM

August 27, 3:00 PM- Muhammad Shabaan Translanguaging and Multilingualism in Higher
2020 4:00 PM Education: Pedagogical Implications for Students
and Faculty

August 28, 10:30 AM- Dr. Khurram Sadiq,UK, A happy place- Dynamics of work Place-A
2020 11:30 AM compassionate leadership model

August 28, 11:45 AM- Ms. Tayyaba Bint-e - Interactive Learning

2020 12:30 PM Mehmood

September 3, 10:00 AM- Dr. Fehmida Sultana Certification

2020 10:30 AM

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6. Faculty of Media & Communication Studies (FMCS)
Faculty of Media & Communication (FMCS) has conducted 2 day workshop including 4
sessions delivered online and physical by 3 international and local speakers for faculty
development program during Sep 2020. The purpose of this workshop was to hold
interactive discussions among faculty members and key resource persons from the academia
and industry on areas concerning usage of big data and data journalism, mastering the art of
creating, maintaining a successful YouTube channel and analysis of a qualitative data using
NVIVO. All the faculty members of FMCS attended the sessions. Below table present the
details of the sessions;

Date Duration Presenter Topic

September 8, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Mr. Asad Baig Essentials of Data Journalism (Webinar)

2020

September 8, 1:30 PM-3:00 PM Mr. Abdullah Mastering the Art of YouTube Channel

2020 Yousaf

 NVIVO for Qualitative Data Analysis

September 9, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Dr. Rab Nawaz  NVIVO for Qualitative Data Analysis
(Practice)
2020 Lodhi
1:30 PM-2:30 PM

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7. Faculty of Pharmacy (FOP)
Faculty of Pharmacy has conducted 25 sessions during Aug.-Sep 2020. These sessions were
delivered by 32 international and local speakers in 21 days for faculty development program.
Below table present the details of the sessions;

Date Duration Presenter Topic

August 20, 10:40 AM – Dr. Muhammad Imran Sajid New Trends in Teaching at University
2020 Level
11:30 AM

August 27, 11:10 AM- Dr. Mahtab Ahmad Khan Tips & Strategies for Your Class Room
2020
12:30 PM

September 03, 11:10 AM- Mr. Imtiaz Majeed Student Assessment Methodologies
2020
12:30 PM

September 10, 11:10 AM- Prof. Dr. Syed Atif Raza Student Centered Teaching Approaches
2020
12:30 PM

August 18, 30 Minutes Dr. Nadeem Alvi An Introduction to B-Lactam Antibiotics

2020

August 30 Minutes Dr. Irfan Bashir Maintaining Patient Records

19,2020

August 20, 30 Minutes Mr. Imtiaz Majeed Assessment, Scoring, and Evaluation
2020

August 21, 30 Minutes Dr. Muhammad Zaman Publishing of The Scientific Writings
2020

August 24, 30 Minutes Dr. Ghulam Jilany Khan Student Centered Teaching Approaches
2020

August 25, 30 Minutes Dr. Mahtab Ahmad Tips & Strategies for Your Class Room
2020

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 August 26, 30 Minutes Mrs. Sana Jameel COVID-19 and Frequent use of hand
2020 sanitizers human health and
environmental hazards by exposure
pathways.

August 27, 30 Minutes Mrs. Sarah Ahmad Physical Instability of Drug Products
2020

September 01, 30 Minutes Dr. Waqar Mustafa Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy

2020

September 02, 30 Minutes Dr. Waqar Aman Computational Chemistry

2020

Mr. Shafeeque Ur Rehman  Diuretics

September 03, 30 Minutes
Ms. Samreen Tanveer  Structure Activity Relationship
2020

Mr. Waqas Akram  Pharmacovigilance

September 04, 30 Minutes
Ms. Seemab Ali  Chemistry of Morphine
2020

September 07, 30 Minutes Dr. Faheem Ahmad Siddiqui Standardization & Quality Control of
2020 Herbal Drugs

Mrs. Rabia Aslam  Patient Non-Compliance

September 08, 30 Minutes
Ms. Tooba Mehboob  Rational Use Of Insulin
2020
Ms. Naila Tabassam  A general Introduction to Mixing

September 07, 30 Minutes Mrs. Rabia Ali General Introduction to TLC

2020

September 08, 30 Minutes Ms. Tehseen Riaz General Introduction to EMULSION

2020

September 9, Ms. Ambreen Ishaque Renin Angiotensin Aldosteron System

2020 (RAAS)

September 10, 30 Minutes Ms. Qurat ul Ain Buccal Films

2020

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September 11, 30 Minutes Dr. Khalid Idrees Khan
2020

Ms. Hafsa Ihsan  Transdermal Drug Delivery

September 14, 30 Minutes
Ms. Mubeen Amjad System(TDDS)
2020
Ms. Maimoona Abdul Jabba  Preparation and characterization
of lipogel containing aceclofenac
 Application of “Quality by
Design” approach to develop the
tretinoin containing topical gel.
Mrs. Rabia Saleem  Honey and its products
September 16, 30 Minutes
Mrs. Ayesha Asif  Structure Elucidation of Organic
2020
Dr. Umer Farooq Compounds using Proton NMR
Spectroscopic Technique
 Volatile Oils

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8. Faculty of Law (FOL)
Faculty of Law has conducted 23 sessions during Aug-Sep 2020. These sessions were
delivered online by 40 international and local speakers in 23 days for faculty development
program. All the faculty members of FOL attended the sessions. Below table present the
details of the sessions;

Date Duration Presenter Topic

Dr. Hadia Awan

August 18, 2020 1:00 PM-4:00 PM Pedagogical Excellence in
Syed Hussain Haider
Online/Blended/Flipped Teaching

 Course design
 Course content
 Course conduct
 Integrity & values
 Best Practices
 Ethical Pedagogy

Miss. Shaista Anwar

August 27, 2020 1:00 PM-4:00 PM Tools of Online/Blended/Flipped
Mr. Sameer Ijaz Advocate
Teaching

 IT Tools
 Effective use of IT
 Guidelines
 Best Practices

Dr. Hadia Awan

September 1, 2020 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Assessment Excellence in
Mr. Zaroon Pirzada
Online/blended/Flipped Teaching
Advocate
Freeha Khalid  what to assess

Ms. Fatima Batool  How to assess

 Tools of assessment
 Best Practices
Miss Shaista Anwar
September 10, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM Plagiarism in Online/Blended/Flipped
Mr. Ibraheem Hassan
2020 Teaching
Advocate
Ms Sadia Hashmi  Tools to minimize
 Effective use of the tools

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  Inculcate values and their
importance
S. Husain Haider
September 17, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM Student’s Presence & Engagement in
Miss. Saba Awan
2020 Online/Blended/Flipped Teaching
Miss Ammara Rizwan
 Tools
Saad Khan Advocate
 Effective use of the tools
 Guidelines
 Best practices

September 7, 2020 30 Minutes Dr. Hadia Awan How did I manage switching to online
teaching?

September 8, 2020 30 Minutes Miss. Shaista Anwar How did I manage switching to online
teaching?

September 7, 2020 30 Minutes Ms. Ammara Siddiqui How did I manage switching to online
teaching?

September 9, 2020 30 Minutes Miss. Freeha Khalid How did I manage switching to online
teaching?

September 8, 2020 30 Minutes Miss Saba Shahzadi How did I manage switching to online
teaching?

September 7, 2020 30 Minutes Ms. Sadia Hashmi How did I manage switching to online
teaching?

September 9, 2020 30 Minutes Miss Hina Ihsan How did I manage switching to online
teaching?

September 7, 2020 30 Minutes Mr. Afzal Haider How did I manage switching to online
teaching?

September 8, 2020 30 Minutes Mr. Zaroon Pirzada How did I manage switching to online
teaching?

September 8, 2020 30 Minutes Mr. Saqlain A shraf How did I manage switching to online
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September 9, 2020 30 Minutes Mr. Hussain Haider How did I manage switching to online
teaching?

September7, 2020 30 Minutes Ms. Fatima Batool How did I manage switching to online
teaching?

September 11, 30 Minutes Mr. Tahir Gondal How did I manage switching to online
2020 teaching?

September 11, 30 Minutes Mr. Aurangzeb Daha How did I manage switching to online
2020 teaching?

September 9, 2020 30 Minutes Mr. Saad Khan How did I manage switching to online
teaching?

September 8, 2020 30 Minutes Mr. Sameer Ijaz How did I manage switching to online
teaching?

September 7, 2020 30 Minutes Ibraheem Hassan How did I manage switching to online
teaching?

September 11, 30 Minutes Ghinasha ch. How did I manage switching to online
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9. Faculty of Science (FOS)
Faculty of Law has conducted 23 sessions during Sep 2020. These sessions were delivered
in two phases by 30 international and local speakers in 4 days for faculty development
program. All the faculty members of FOS attended the sessions. Below table present the
details of the sessions;

Date Duration Presenter Topic

September 1, 9:30 AM- Dr. Syeda Amber Yousaf Welcome and key information for the day
2020
10:00 AM  Recitation of Holy Quran
 National Anthem
 Welcome Note by Associate Dean, FOS

September 1, 10:00 AM– Mr. Ahmed Jamal Dogar Introduction to CMS Portal Readiness
2020
10:30 AM

September 1, 10:30 AM– Dr. H. Rizwana Kausar Latex Training Session I

2020
11:30 AM Mr. Asim Farooq  Installation and Execution

Mr. M. Zeeshan  Introduction to the Software

September 1, 11:30 AM– Dr. Syeda Amber Yousaf Activity 1

2020 Mr. Kaleem Ullah
11:50 AM  Puzzle Solving without the use of Mobile

Dr. H. Rizwana Kausar Latex Training Session II

September 1, 12:20 PM–
2020 Mr. Asim Farooq  How to write research paper on
13:30 PM
Latex
Mr. M. Zeeshan
 Exercise by the Participants

September 1, 14:30 P M – Mr. M. Saad Tariq 3D visualization in Physics

2020 15:30 PM

September 1, 15:30 PM– Mr. Haseeb Ahmed Parallel and Perpendicular axis theorem
2020
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September 1, 14:30 PM– Stereochemistry
2020 Ms. Sadaf Javed
15:30 PM

September 1, 15:30 PM – Dr. Khalida Naseem Catalysis and adsorption methodologies in

2020 16:30 PM research

September 1, 14:30 PM– Vector Field Vector Field

2020 15:30 PM

September 1, 15:30 PM– M.S Excel and Scientific M.S Excel and Scientific Calculator
2020 16:30 PM Calculator

Prof. Asgher Ali

September 1, 14:30 PM- Speciation
2020 (Rtrd. GCU, Lahore)
15:30 PM

September 1, 15:30 PM– Mr. M Waheed Anomalous Secondary Growth

2020
16:30 PM

Welcome and key information for the day

September 2, 9:30 A M – Dr. Syeda Amber
2020 Yousaf  Recitation
9:45 A M
 Day’s Planar
How to write B.S thesis: Review and
September 2, 9:45 A M – Dr. Faheem Khan
Research
2020
10:45 A M

Dr. Syeda Amber

September 2, 10:45 A M – Activity II
Yousaf
2020 11:00 A M
Mr. Kaleem Ullah

Dr. H. Rizwana Kausar Latex Training Sessin III

September 2, 11:30 A M –
2020 13:30 PM Mr. Asim Farooq  How to write thesis on Latex

Mr. M. Zeeshan  Exercise by Participants

September 2, 14:30 PM– Faculty Parallel Sessions

2020 15:30 PM

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 Closing Ceremony
September 2, 15:30 PM– Dr. Syeda Amber
2020 16:30 PM Yousaf  Souvenir awarding to the Guest
Presenters
 Closing Remarks by Associate Dean
FOS
Dr. Atif Shehbaz Schrodinger Wave Equation and Its
September 2, 14:30 PM–
Solutions.
2020 15:30 PM (GCU Lahore)

September 2, 14:30 PM– Dr. Rashida Bashir Lab Safety Protocols

2020 15:30 PM

September 2, 14:30 PM– Dr. Shahid Saeed Visualization of vector-valued functions

2020 15:30 PM Siddiqui

Prof. Javed Mughal

September 2, 14:30 PM– Gastrulation in Amphibians
2020 15:30 PM (Rtrd. GCU,Lahore)

Introduction to General
September 10:00 AM– Dr. Hafiza Rizwana
16, 2020 10:30 AM Kausar Relativity

September 10:35 AM– Dr. Asma Naeem Corona Virus

16, 2020 11:05 AM

September 11:05 AM–11: Dr. Shafiq ur Rehman Chemical Bonding

16, 2020 35 AM

September 12:00 P M – Dr. Nadeem Ullah Ethnobotany

16, 2020 12:30 P M

Introduction to Maxwell’s
September 12:35 P M – Mr. Atif Rehman Alvi
16, 2020 13:05 P M Equations

September 13:10 P M – Mr. Adnan Rafiq Constrained Optimization

16, 2020 13:40 P M Siddiqui

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 Kdm2a, a Novel Epigenetic
September 13:45 P M – Dr. Faheem Khan
16, 2020 14:15 P M Regulator of Obesity

Solar Cells: What Is There For

September 10:00 A M – Dr. Syeda Amber
17, 2020 10:30 A M Yousaf Us

September 10:35 A M – Dr. Khalida Naseem La Chateliers Principle

17, 2020 11:05 A M

Spectrophotometer and its

September 11:05 A M – Mr. Muhammad
17, 2020 11: 35 A M Saleem Applications

Bats: The Least Known Creatures.

September 12:00 P M – Mr. Muhammad Idnan
17, 2020 12:30 P M

Authentication of Medicinal
September 12:35 P M – Mr. Kaleem Ullah
17, 2020 13:05 P M Plants

Experimental Techniques in
September 13:10 P M – Mr. Usman Idress
17, 2020 13:40 P M Chemistry

September 13:45 P M – Mr. Asim Farooq The Derivative of a Tensor

17, 2020 14:15 P M

September 10:00 A M – Mr. M. Saad Tariq Computational Material Science:

18, 2020 10:30 A M Advancement and Application

September 10:35 A M – Miss Amna Mahmood Implementation of Slide Master

18, 2020 11:05 A M

September 11:05 A M – Miss Ayesha Kermani Limit and Continuity

18, 2020 11: 35 A M

September 12:00 P M – Miss Shazia Imtiaz Is Broiler Chicken Harmful? A Matter of

18, 2020 12:30 P M National Interest

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18, 2020 13:05 P M

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