Usman Institute of Technology
| Usman Institute of Technology | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Innovation and Excellence |
| Established | 1995 |
| Type | Private |
| Endowment | Grants/private funding |
| Undergraduates | 1050 (full-time) |
| Postgraduates | 40 (full-time) |
| Location | Karachi, Pakistan  |
| Affiliations | PEC |
| Website | http://www.uit.edu |
Usman Institute of Technology (or UIT) is a private higher education institute (HEI) in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is governed by an Executive Board, comprising business, industry and education experts of the province of Sindh.
Usman Institute is located on University Road in Karachi. Its surroundings include NED University and the Institute of Industrial Electronics Engineering.
The regular faculty consists of 26 teachers, many of them with degrees from foreign universities.
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[edit] History
UIT had its genesis due to an endowment from the Hasham family of the Memon community in remembrance of Mohammad Usman Hasham, son of Haji Hasham, a tycoon and a philanthropist.
Haji Hasham started his business carrier at the age of 11 in India early in 20th century. After moving to Karachi in 1936, he started to expand his business. Industrial concerns like Mehran Sugar Mills, Mogul Tobacco, Pakistan Molasses Company, Usman Textile were part of his business. His sons had a desire to do something for the welfare of the community. Among his sons was a student of Dr. Manzoor Ahmad, a scholar and Dean of the Department of Philosophy at Karachi University. Usman was influenced by Dr. Manzoor's philosophy and shared his humanist values.
Usman passed away in 1973 at the age of 38 due to brain haemorrhage. However, his father and brothers, wanting to keep his memory alive, decided to make Usman's dreams a reality. Following the advice of Usman’s mentor, Dr. Manzoor Ahmad and with the patronage of lawyer and writer, late Mr. A.K. Brohi, the ‘Usman Memorial Foundation’ was founded in 1973. Mr. Brohi agreed to be the President and Dr. Manzoor Ahmad was requested to be General Secretary of the Foundation.
The Foundation organized lectures by scholars, established a library and offered research scholarships. The Foundation acquired a piece of land in 1976 on the University Road to establish an educational institution.
Eventually at the suggestion of Mr. Ebrahim Hasham and with the financial assistance of the Hasham Family, the Usman Institute of Technology was established in 1995 in affiliation with Technical University of Nova Scotia, Canada. In 1997, Usman Memorial Foundation signed an Agreement with Hamdard University for awarding their degrees to UIT students. Dr. Manzoor Ahmad, was made the Life Chairman of the Executive Board of UIT.
[edit] Programs offered
All engineering programs offered at UIT are accredited by Pakistan Engineering Council
[edit] Undergraduate
- B.E Electrical (Electronics)
- B.E Electrical (Computer Systems)
- B.E Electrical (Telecommunication)
- B.S Computer Science
[edit] Postgraduate
- M.E Communication & Signal Processing
- M.E Computer System Engineering
- M.E Industrial Controlling
- M.E Telecommunication
- M.S Computer Networks
- M.S Mobile Computing & Information System
[edit] Student organizations[1]
[edit] UITCS ACM Student Chapter
The UIT Computer Society (UITCS) is a group of undergraduate students dedicated to develop the interest of people in computing and information technologies. UITCS activities include poster sessions, seminars, workshops and competitions.
The society has established an R&D department to discover the problems facing local IT industries and find possible solutions.
In March 2006, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) officially chartered UITCS as a Student Chapter, so UITCS was renamed UITCS ACM Student Chapter. ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, is an educational and scientific society uniting the world's computing educators, researchers and professionals. www.utics.acm.org
| Designation | Officer | |
|---|---|---|
| Faculty advisor–mentor | Parkash Lohana | |
| Chairman | Arif nazeer | |
| Vice chairman | Usamakhan | |
| Secretary | Ahad Jamshed | |
| Webmaster | Syed Asad Raza |
[edit] UTECH
UTECH is a software competition in Pakistan. UTECH 2009 was organized at UIT campus at Abul-Hasan Isphani Road, Karachi. It was one of the largest information technology event of Pakistan with contests and exhibitions of software from all over the country and the neighboring countries of South Asia. It includes a Software Competition, Dynamic Programming Contest with the collaboration of ACM's NUCES Chapter, Kids Corner (where students from Grade School display their ideas), G3n. X (Generation Xtreme) Gaming Competition and book festival.
[edit] UIT Literary Society
For polishing literary skills, UIT has a literary society organized by students under the supervision of faculty from humanities department. UIT Literary society has yet to arrange any competitions/event.
[edit] UIT Reader's Club
Reader’s was formed by Mufti. Emad-ul-Haq to develop the understanding of the sociopolitical condition of the Pakistan and the importance of Islam to the country and its impact on the society and individuals. Readers club intends produce well behaved personalities with capabilities of tolerance. The discussions in this club are very analytical in nature and has developed strong debating skills among the students. Sessions of Reader's Club are arranged and organized by students on topics set or voted by students on their facebook page. Topics regarding current events, no matter how controversial, are mostly preferred and have been discussed in previous sessions. All sessions are headed by Mufti Emad-ul-Haq. Faculty members from various departments also join the sessions.
[edit] International partnership
Due to UIT’s linkage with Dalhousie University of Canada, not less than 40 UIT students are continuing their education at Dalhousie University. A number of them after graduating from there have joined UIT faculty. Professors from Dalhousie University visit UIT to conduct guest lectures.
[edit] Accreditation
UIT's engineering programs are approved by Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC).
[edit] Notable alumni
Engr. Jahanzaib Hanif, IT Manager at Millat Tractors.
Engr. Shoaib Ahmed, Cisco and Juniper engineer
Engr. Furqan Ahmed,Manager Electronics at Pakistan Security Printing Corporation Ltd.
Engr. Tariq Jawed, Vice President, Bank of America
Engr. Zeeshan Aslam, Dy.Manager Instrumentation & Control at Tuwairqi Steel Mills Ltd.
Mr. Zafar Alam, Manager IT Operations at Dawn News
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[edit] External links
Coordinates: 24°55′54″N 67°06′46″E / 24.931792°N 67.112646°E
