Discover WIE Episode 4

IEEE WIE Bahria University Islamabad conducted “Discover WIE” session on Friday, 16th March 2012 of their recently established WIE affinity group. BUI is the first university from Islamabad section to have conducted this session becoming the first one with an active WIE branch. The introductory WIE session was followed by a CV writing workshop for better interest of students.

The Chief Guest of the event was HOD EE department Mr. Jehanzeb Ahmed. We were honored by the presence of the General Secretary of PWF; Maryam Saeed , MS in Finance from university of Auckland; Mr. Ameer Hassan as guest speaker for CV writing workshop , Ishba Shehzad from FAST and Miss. Sumbal from NUST.

The event started with WIE introductory session. Students were informed about the benefits of IEEE WIE. All the necessary and possible questions were tackled effectively in the presentation by WIE Chairperson Rumshaa Yunus. The main agenda of the session also declared as WIE BUI’s aim was that “Progress is proportional to contribution and contribution is incomplete without women’s share in it.” After the presentation Miss. Maryam was invited to share her experience with the students and to enlighten them about the IEEE Pakistan WIE Forum. Maryam explained the students about the functioning of the Pakistan WIE Forum and how this forum has effectively been playing its role in integrating the WIE Affinity Groups of Pakistan. She highlighted various projects that are being carried out by the IEEE Pakistan WIE Forum including Pakistan Mission to Progress and the Biannual Newsletter and also talked about various volunteering opportunities offered by the Pakistan WIE Forum.