First convocation: 29 students graduate from Commecs

22 students had completed their BBA while seven had completed their MBA

KARACHI: A total of 29 students from Commecs Institute of Business and Emerging Sciences (Cibes) held their heads high as they were awarded degrees at the first convocation ceremony of the institute on Saturday.

Thirteen successful students from 2010 batch of Bachelor’s in Business Administration (BBA), nine students of BBA batch 2011 and seven students of Master’s in Business Administration, in fields of finance, supply chain management and marketing, were awarded degrees.

The first three position holders from all batches were given gold, silver and bronze medals by the chief guest, scientist Dr Attaur Rahman. While addressing the students, Dr Rahman encouraged them to serve their country. “This is our country and we have gained it after a lot of struggle. It is high time to pay it back and cherish the work [that] our elders have done for the country.”



Dr Rahman motivated the young graduates to work hard in their fields and to come up with new ideas to make Pakistan’s economy better. “There is potential in our people and our younger generation,” he said, adding that education and knowledge is the key to success.

While sharing some statistics with the business graduates, Dr Rahman said that in the next one decade the number of students graduating will get doubled. He raised the question of whether or not Pakistan will be ready to cater these students in terms of vacancies. “The upcoming era will be of technology and research, as natural resources are diminishing slowly,” he added.

To explain how creative minds can make a huge difference, Dr Rahman referred to how students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are able to create jobs for others. He said that 11,000 company owners are MIT students, which have more than 1.1 million people employed. “Our students should also be creative, critical and project-based learners, so that they can also have the ability to create jobs.”



Cibes board of governors chairperson Irfan Adeel asked the graduates not to become money-making machines in the corporate sector, but instead be successful in their domain and use their abilities. Adeel added that a man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow, is uneducated despite having a degree.

One of the gold medalists, Hafsa Farooq from BBA batch 2010, was of the view that business graduates find it difficult to make their mark in the corporate sector. “The minimum requirement for better jobs is Master’s in the field,” said Farooq, who is currently enrolled in the Master’s programme and wants to pursue teaching as a career.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 17^th, 2016.