NU- FAST awards medals to high achievers

Islamabad : To mark the success of high achievers in academic area, FAST-National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences (NUCES) held a medal distribution ceremony here on Friday at Islamabad campus of the university. FAST-NU Rector Dr. Muhammad Ayub Alvi conferred the medals on top position holders for fall 2018 semester.

While addressing on this occasion, Rector NUCES Dr. Ayub Alvi congratulated the top position holders and encouraged the students to play a proactive role in national development by showcasing their talent and spirit. Stressing upon the moral values, he said that true success lies in being a good human being and becoming a source of inspiration for others. Though getting good grades and top positions mean a lot in academic career but ultimate success in practical life depends upon commitment and team work, he added. While talking about different factors involved in the success of students, Rector FAST-NU said that many people including parents and teachers play huge role behind the scenes and their part must be acknowledged. Dr. Ayub Alvi said that spreading your knowledge should never be ignored because it’s the easiest way to play positive role in national growth.

On this occasion, NU-FAST Islamabad Campus Director Dr. Waseem Ikram congratulated the students to continue their efforts for academic excellence. Terming leadership crisis as a major cause behind weak performances of national institutions, Dr. Waseem urged the students to follow the footsteps of Quaid-E-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. While mentioning Quaid’s commitment and strong personality, campus director said that building the character of youth is prime responsibility of parents and teachers. He said that we, at FAST-NU are trying hard to bring positive changes in the lives of our students and hope that they will be generating positive impact.

Earlier, Rector FAST-NU awarded 59 medals including 21 Gold, 18 Silver and 20 bronze medals to students who secured top three positions in fall 2018 examinations for different batches of computer sciences, management sciences and Electrical Engineering department.

In computer Sciences, Maira Farooq, Usama Ali, Syed Haider Ali Shah, Ayesha Qamar, Syed Hammad Ali Shaha, Daniyal Hassan, Muhammad Farjad Ilyas and Nabeel Danish received the gold medals. Silver medals were conferred on Atqa Rabiya Amir, Muhammad Amer Farooq, Haysam Bin Tahir and Hurriya Nasir. Nauria Memoona Rashid, Aqib Ahmad, Sher Bano, Namrah Rasool, Muhammad Soban Raza Gillani and Muhammad Adil Fayyaz were awarded with bronze medal. Electrical Engineering department, Areeba Kamran, Qurat Ul Ain Somroo, Hamza Abbasi, Ayesha Ishaq were awarded with gold medal while silver medals were received by Raheel Ahmed, Muhammad Uzair, Muhammad Almas Mujeed, Hamna Noor and Mzna Naeem. Muhammad Aqib Khan, Malik Abdul Wahab, Umar Khurram Mirza and Ayman Sajjad achieved bronze medals. In Fast School of Management, Rijja Abid Ansari, Ramsha Waseem, Zoha Javaid, Humnah Khan and Muhammad Irshad Mirza, Muhammad Shahjamal Qureshi, Faizan Shahid, Arisha Baig and Muhammad Zuhaib Farrukh were given the gold medal for excellence in fall 2018 examinations. Sarah Rashid, Syed Ahmed Ali, Seemab Khan, Ali Asad Rabbani, Malik Mansoon Ali, Muhammad Bilal Khan, Rafia Naveed and Fatima Tahir received silver medal while the bronze medals were awarded to Sarah Khalil, Areeba Khan, Kainat Amjad, Akash Ahmed Kalhoro and Minahil Zara, Syed Asad Ullah Javed, Rooh Ul Amin, Momina Shuja, Hania Khan and Moeed Ejaz.

Earlier, the ceremony was started with the recitation of Holy Quran while the event was attended by a large number of parents, faculty members and a large number of students.