NUST Engineering Convocation: Degrees conferred on over 400 students

ISLAMABAD: Over 400 students of the College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) passed out on Monday during the 23rd convocation of the college.

Rawalpindi General Headquarters Adjutant General Lieutenant General Anwar Ali Hyder congratulated the graduating students and appreciated the college of EME for providing quality education in electrical, mechanical, computer, mechatronics engineering and engineering management. He also lauded the college for its focus on research and development at both, the undergraduate and postgraduate level and for the accreditation of its engineering programmes by the Washington Accord.

NUST Rector Lt Gen (retd) Naweed Zaman hoped that the graduating students would apply the knowledge and skills they had gained at their alma mater to make a difference in the lives of the needy and deprived segments of the society.

As many as 318 degrees were awarded to undergraduate students and 112 to postgraduate students in their respective disciplines.

The President’s Gold Medal for best performance in postgraduate programmes was awarded to Engr Mavera Butt, Engr Saadia Ismail and Engr Sumaiyya Farooq in Computer and Software Engineering, Engr Kashif Akram in Mechatronics Engineering and Engr Syed Ashfaq Husnain in Engineering Management.

At the undergraduate level, the President’s Gold Medal was awarded to Engr Muhammad Usama in Electrical Engineering, Engr Mohammad Salman in Mechanical Engineering, Engr Anam Yasir Kiani in Computer and Software Engineering and Engr Muhammad Saad Bin Ubaid in Mechatronics Engineering.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 19^th, 2017.