OSAF Old Students Association of FAST-NU

1. OSAFOld Students Association of FAST-NU est. 1996

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

3. Introduction

4. 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.

5. Different Roles – Same Objective Pillars of Any Educational Institute BOGS Alumni Students Admin Industry Faculty

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

7. 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

8. 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

9. OSAF Structure

10. 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

11. OSAF Activities

12. Monthly OSAF Meeting Sessions

13. 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 List of Activities

14. OSAF Souvenirs

15. Over PKR 5 million contributed to University since 1999

16. OSAF Achievements in 2008

17. 5th Alumni Homecoming 2008

18. Meeting with CS Faculty, Rector, Dean & P@SHA For Details: http://meetings.osaf.org.pk/?p=13

19. 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/?p=21

20. 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.

21. Carnegie Mellon University Seminar (details) • Masters Degree in Computer Science Ranked # 1 in the world • Collaboration Meeting with Head Office of FAST-NU

22. 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) • OSAF’s introduction & its current Activities • Listening to their Issues, Problems

23. OFA Interview Session 2008 • Close to PKR 1 million donated to University in year 2008

24. Next Targets

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

26. … 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

27. Bottlenecks

28. Bottlenecks • University’s Limited Support • Day & Time constraints to use Campus facilities • Communication Gap • Insufficient Working Funds • Hard To Find Volunteers & Contributors • Alumni at large just don’t 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

29. Proposed Solutions

30. 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

31. Thank You Q&A