Capital University holds annual convocation
The Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST) held its annual convocation wherein 1,269 graduates including BBA, MBA, BS, MS and PhD in the fields of Management Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Engineering Management, Project Management, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Bioinformatics, Biosciences, Biotechnology, Microbiology and Doctor in Pharmacy (PharmD) will be awarded degrees.
A large number of students, their parents and relatives, members of the faculty and distinguished figures in the field of education attended the convocation ceremony that was held at the Convention Centre.
Chief guest on the occasion, Chairman Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Akif Saeed in his address congratulated the passing out graduates on the ‘special day’ in their lives and wished them success for their future endeavours.
Akif Saeed, while delivering his keynote address, said education plays a vital role in the economic development of the country.
Nowadays, modern technologies should be adopted by students to meet the challenges of 21st century. “We should act like an educated nation to solve our problems and demonstrate our abilities to meet the challenges of the high-tech era,” he added.
Executive Director CUST, Prof Sohail Afzal presided over the ceremony. Earlier, Prof Dr Mansoor Ahmed, Vice Chancellor of University in his inaugural speech briefed the Chief Guest and the audience about the CUST’s past achievements, its contributions to education and nation-building.
He also congratulated the graduating students on achieving the fruit of their labour. He highlighted the contribution made by the University in the field of higher education. “Education plays a vital role in economic development of country.
It raises the productivity and efficiency of individuals and thus produces skilled manpower that is capable of leading the economy towards the path of sustainable economic development,” he added.
On the occasion, 33 graduates were awarded PhD degrees including 16 in the field of Management Sciences, 8 in the field of Engineering, 4 in the field of Computing, 4 and 05 in the field of Biosciences.
The 72 position-holder students from different departments were awarded 32 Gold, 20 Silver, and 20 Bronze medals.
The ‘Jinnah Gold Medal’ was awarded to best graduate of the Convocation Khadeeja Iqbal of the BBA programme, on her overall distinguished performance in curricular and extracurricular activities.
