OSAF Old Students Association of FASTNU

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OSAFOld Students Association of FAST-NU

• est. 1996

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Contents

• Introduction
• OSAF Activities
• OSAF Achievements in 2008
• Next Targets
• Bottlenecks
• Proposed Solutions

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Introduction
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Who We Are?

• OSAF (Old Students Association of FAST-NU)
• Lahore Chapter of FAST-NU Alumni Association
  (FAA) Registered as NGO
• Ambitious graduates of FAST-NU who want to work
  for the betterment of their Alma Mater, Its
  Students, Alumni and the Society.

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Pillars of Any Educational Institute
BOGS
Alumni
Students
Admin
Industry
Faculty

• Different Roles Same Objective

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Connecting the Dots...
Scientists, Leaders and Trend Setters of Tomorrow
Best Intellectual Resource Pool
BOGS Officers
Industry
Alumni
OSAF
Students
Faculty
Admin
FAST Foundation
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OSAF Mission

• To work for the betterment of FAST-NU, its
  faculty, students and Alumni by
• Fostering a beneficial relationship between the
  Alumni and students of FAST-NU based upon
  providing academic, intellectual, social,
  professional and financial assistance
• Supporting efforts to create and maintain the
  required environment, conducive to Research
  Development inside the University.
• Bridging gaps between the Industry and FAST-NU
• Helping FAST-NU identify and develop the best
  intellectual resource pool to serve the current
  and future needs of Industry

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Common Myths

• OSAF is an unstructured society comprising of 4-5
  overly enthusiastic members
• OSAF has representatives from Computer Science
  department only
• OSAF provides only scholarships and arranges
  yearly alumni homecoming

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OSAF Structure
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OSAF Body

• OSAF body comprises of OSAF representatives
  elected every year from each graduated batch
• OSAF comprises of Computer Science, Engineering,
  and Management Science graduates
• 30 members are serving on OSAF board
• 100 volunteers work for OSAF round the year
• Over 1000 Alumni make contributions to OFA
  program every year

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OSAF Activities
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Monthly OSAF Meeting Sessions
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List of Activities

• OSAF Financial Assistance Program
• FAST-NU Employee's Kids Education Fund
• Annual Gazette
• Alumni Homecoming
• Alumni Sports Activities
• Mentoring Program

• Alumni Networking
• Seminars
• Final Year Project (FYP) Orientation and Advisory
• Career Development Higher Studies
• Job Placement Mock Interviews
• For Details
• http//osaf.org.pk/activities.htm

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OSAF Souvenirs
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• Over PKR 5 million contributed to University
  since 1999

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OSAF Achievements in 2008
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5th Alumni Homecoming 2008
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Meeting with CS Faculty, Rector, Dean P_at_SHA
For Details http//meetings.osaf.org.pk/?p13
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Mock Interview Sessions

• OSAF organized Mock Interviews session for
  Management Science (MBA and BBA) students on
  March 28th, 29th 2008.
• Panelists from well reputed organizations like
  Mobilink, Wateen Telecom, Nestle, Nishat Chunian,
  Oracle Consultant etc. participated in this
  seminar.
• Panelists from Wateen, Nishat Chunian and Oracle
  shortlisted bright candidates for further
  interview.

For Details http//meetings.osaf.org.pk/?p21
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Seminars

• Final Year Project (FYP) Orientation and Advisory
• OSAF in collaboration with IEEE-NUCES, held the
  Final Year Project Orientation Seminar for the
  final year Computer Science and Telecommunication
  students.
• Career Development Higher Studies
• OSAF in collaboration with the Career Society of
  FAST-NU organized this seminar. Alumni from
  reputed organizations like Microsoft, Mobilink,
  Techlogix, MetaApp, CambridgeDocs LUMS
  participated as guest speakers.

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Carnegie Mellon University Seminar (details)

• Masters Degree in Computer Science Ranked 1 in
  the world

• Collaboration Meeting with Head Office of FAST-NU

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Important Meetings

• Meeting with Alumni of Peshawar Campus (details)
• Introduction of OSAF and its activities
• Discussion on the idea of having one Alumni Body
  representing Alumni of all campuses
• Inter-Campus Alumni Conference (details)
• Creation of one Alumni Body representing Alumni
  of all campuses
• FAST-NU Alumni Association (FAA) declared as
  parent Body
• OSAF declared as the Lahore Chapter of FAA
• Meeting with Students (details)
• OSAFs introduction its current Activities
• Listening to their Issues, Problems

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OFA Interview Session 2008

• Close to PKR 1 million donated to University in
  year 2008

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Next Targets
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Next Targets

• Funds Generation
• Alumni Homecoming
• Alumni Sports Activities
• Gazette (ads space)
• Technical Short-courses
• Alumni Networking
• Collections
• Alumni Cards
• Souvenir Shop

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Next Targets

• Help FAST-NU gain Global Recognition and
  Acceptance to attract
• International Employers
• International Universities
• Help FAST-NU gain Local Recognition in
  disciplines recently introduced
• Management Sciences
• Engineering
• Feedbacks from Industry
• Curriculum Emerging Trends
• General Impression of FAST-NU
• Consumers Expectations/Demands

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Bottlenecks
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Bottlenecks

• Universitys Limited Support
• Day Time constraints to use Campus facilities
• Communication Gap
• Insufficient Working Funds
• Hard To Find Volunteers Contributors
• Alumni at large just dont want to keep a link as
  they find no sense of association, and would
  prefer going abroad or other local Institutes
  like LUMS for Masters/PhD because of
• ad-hoc rules policies
• tense relationship issues (accounts, academics,
  faculty)
• lack of research facilities research culture
  including very limited financial support for
  Masters/PhD students researchers

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Proposed Solutions
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Proposed Solutions

• Few words by Alumni Representative (like
  President OSAF) in events like Convocation,
  Welcome, Farewell
• Inviting members of Alumni Association as guests
  on recent Convocation was a step forward in this
  regard initiated by Director, Lahore Campus, Dr.
  Arshad Hussain worth appreciation
• University inviting Alumni to attend homecoming
  event organized by University in collaboration
  with OSAF
• Designating an individual as representative of
  University to attend OSAF meetings

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Thank You

• QA