Dawood College of Engineering and Technology

Dawood College of Engineering and Technology
Motto	ایمان اتحاد تنظیم (Urdu) Faith, Unity, Organization.
Established	August 04, 1962
Type	Public
Chancellor	Governor of Sindh
Principal	Dr. Muhammad Ali Shaikh
Academic staff	90
Students	2000
Location	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Campus	5 acres (0.020 km2)
Affiliations	Higher Education Commission Pakistan Engineering Council Pakistan council of architects and town planners
Website	http://www.dcet.edu.pk http://www.dawoodcollege.edu.pk

Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (or DCET) is a Public Degree-Awarding Institution located in Karachi, Pakistan. Established in 1962, the College is one of Pakistan's finest Engineering Institutes, and is one of the country's pioneers in the disciplines of Chemical, Electronics, Industrial and Metallurgical Engineering.

History

The foundation stone of the college was laid on 4 August 1962 by former former President of Pakistan Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan. The institution was established by the Dawood Foundation as Dawood College of Engineering and Technology. The college houses two purpose-built campuses.

Before 2007, Dawood College of Engineering functioned as an affiliated institute, initially with University of Karachi, then NED University of Engineering and Technology and then with Mehran University of Engineering and Technology. After this period, the decision was made by the government to upgrade the college to an autonomous institution and as a a result the College was granted a Degree-Awarding status by a Presidential Ordinance on 31 October 2007. Later on, the Degree-Awarding status was approved by the National Assembly and Senate of Pakistan on 3 November 2010.

Departments

• Electronics Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Metallurgy & Materials Engineering
• Industrial Engineering and Management
• Architecture and Planning
• Energy and Environment Engineering
• Petroleum and Gas Engineering
• Telecommunication Engineering
• Basic Science, Maths and Humanities
• Electrical Engineering

Campus

College's main campus known as Jinnah campus, is located on New M.A Jinnah Road, situated in the vicinity of National Mausoleum commonly known as Mazar-e-Quaid. This campus is home to the Engineering studies. After becoming a Degree Awarding Institution, the campus was expanded and new floors and buildings were added to accommodate new Departments and Laboratories. The existing 750-seat Auditorium was completely renovated. Currently the Cafeteria is being renovated and an Elevator is being planned to be installed in the main block.

College's second campus known as Iqbal Campus, is located in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, situated near National Stadium. This campus is home to the Architectural studies.

Transportation

College offers transportation facilities to its students, which are available on both campuses. College operates buses, specifically for students which are available on major routes in the city.

Admissions

Applicants may become eligible to be admitted to the university if they have completed secondary education. Eligible students must sit in the Admission test conducted by the college for the purpose of admission. Final merit decisions are made by the College on the basis of combined marks of the HSC, SSC and Admission test exams.

Notable alumni

X-Students	Designation	Firm/company	Country	Comments
Muhammad Yaseen	Chairman	Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
Sohail Wajahat H. Siddiqui	Managing Director	Siemens Pakistan Engineering Company		Served as college's member of senate.
Walid Irshad	President and CEO	Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd
Shabbir Hashmi	Board of Directors	Engro Corporation
Faisal Manzoor Arain	Chair of Construction Project Management	Southern Alberta Institute of Technology		Listed in Outstanding Scientists of the 21st Century
Syed Ali Ahmed Zaidi	CEO	Winson Engineering
Aila Pervaiz	Architect			D/O Gen Pervez Musharraf
Mubarak Shah	Scientist	Harris Corporation		IEEE Fellow Award, Engineering Achievement Award, Director Computer Vision Lab, University of Central Florida
Arif Masood	Architect			Designer of National Monument Islamabad
Asif Javed Ghori	Project Director	Fellow Pakistan Nuclear Society, NESCOM
Khalid Siraj Subhani	President and CEO	Engro Corporation		Engro Fertilizer limited Pakistan
Akram Paracha	General Manager	Refinery Byco Petroleum Limited
Wasi Khan	President	Byco Petroleum Limited
Air Comodore Wajahat Kazmi	Project Director	Pakistan Aeronautical Complex	Kamra,
Kamran Masood	Chief Research Engineer	NASA
Hameed Wajahat	Chief Avionics Engineer	NASA
Shamim Raza Naqvi	General Manager	(P&C) and Marketing OOTCL	Karachi,
Khalid Bashir	GM Technical	Qatar Petroleum
Rashid Hameed	GM Production	Qatar Refinery
Asad Ullah Shah	GM Operations	Saudi Aramco
Abdul Basit Khan	GM Technical	Saudi Aramco
Kursheed Nawaz Khan	Vice President	Chevron	California,
Arif-ur-Rehman	Director	Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited
Mian M. Akbar	General Manager	Production Fertile
Muhammad Saleem		Pak-Arab Refinery (PARCO)
Muhammad Fahad Uddin	Operational Manager	Cybernet
Syed Ashar Imam	Manager	SPE LINKdotNET
Mohammad Reza Noghsan Mohammadi	Architect and urban designer	Yazd University		Dean of Faculty of Art and Architecture at Yazd University
Sadiq Bashir	General Manager Plant	Fauji Moroco Phosphoric Acid Plant
Jawaid Shams	Chairman EED,	Civil Aviation Authority		11-05-2010–Present
Shahid Hussain	Chairman	The Automators (pvt)Ltd		Automation Engineer
Sami Ur Rehman	Manager Supply	Pakistan Refinery Limited

External links

• The official website (mirror site)