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Alumni Role in
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Mirza Zia Hussain
Marketing Manager at MK Sons (Pvt) Ltd. |Marketing & 43 articles
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June 9, 2023

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Alumni role in strengthening the Industry – Academia

relationships

By Mirza Zia Hussain

MBA (P) Batch 16 class of 1998-2000

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It’s always pleasure for me to write for Alumni and my alma Imdad Construction Com…
mater. This time I am brining my thoughts on Alumni role
in strengthening the industry – academia IA relationships.
ILM/UMT is on positive side for their alumnus and always
back their graduates on the other side we ILMIANS are also
setting a role model whenever our alma mater called us.

Considering the significance of this issue countries like us

are giving due importance to AI relationships. Although
Pakistan, among other Asian countries is far behind in
developing such relationship. There are many reasons but
it’s always feel that without IA linkage preparation of
human capital as per the era’s demand is not possible.

UMT is a great learning place and offering many programs

in 55 disciplines in their 16 schools and three institutes. The
university has +25000 students enrolled with 30K alumni
around the globe. During the last 30 years university
graduates made a significant contribution in their positions
locally and internationally. We have names recognized as
national entrepreneurs, top most seniors in all sectors of
Pakistan.

Universities serve the industry in two ways. It provides the

workforce necessary to run the industry, and two, it
furnishes innovative ideas to start new business endeavors.
This seeming simplistic relationship does not work so
simplistically because of the essential differences between
the two. Universities desire to contribute to the theory. On
the other hand, the industry is restrained by profitability.

Therefore, academia and the industry are parallel to two

sides of a river that flow individually. As far as science and
engineering disciplines are concerned, creating linkages
between the two sides of the river has the potential to
contribute to the betterment of both—the industry and
universities.

Pakistan among its other Asian counterparts is lagging

behind in the development of quality products and its
export to the world due to lack of Research & Development
(R&D), which leads towards lack of advancement in science
and technology and lack of innovative products.

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In Pakistan out of 195 HEC-recognized public and private Imdad Construction Com…
universities, 114 are collaborating with 85 public sector
organizations. Higher education of a country and
advancement in science and technology are two major
fields which have a key role in developing a nation but we
are facing budgetary cuts in these fields. Unfortunately, a
recent survey shows that Pakistan ranks at 125th among
132 countries in terms of budgetary allocation for higher
education.

Maintaining attraction with alumni after graduation can

provide invaluable, lifelong support to UMT and currently
enrolled students which are now 25000 and seems to 40K
soon. Ensure to engage alumni immediately after
graduation to avoid intervals in contact which may lead to
permanently losing the connections. It is significantly easier
to maintain relationships than to build them later. The
Global Industry Classification Standard clarifies that
currently, there are 24 industry groups, which are listed
below in alphabetical order:

1. Automobiles and Components

2. Banks

3. Capital Goods

4. Commercial and Professional Services

5. Consumer Durables and Apparel

6. Consumer Services

7. Diversified Financials

8. Energy

9. Food, Beverage, and Tobacco

10. Food and Staples Retailing

11. Health Care Equipment and Services

12. Household and Personal Products

13. Insurance

14. Materials

15. Media and Entertainment

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16. Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, and Life Sciences Imdad Construction Com…

17. Real Estate

18. Retailing

19. Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment

20. Software and Services

21. Technology Hardware and Equipment

22. Telecommunication Services

23. Transportation

24. Utilities

An industry group is not the same as a market sector. The

GICS categorization system includes 11 sectors, 24 industry
groups, 69 industries, and 158 sub-industries, indicating
that a market sector is typically broader than an industry
group. The market sectors under GICS are:

1. Communication Services

2. Consumer Discretionary

3. Consumer Staples

4. Energy

5. Financials

6. Health Care

7. Industrials

8. Information Technology

9. Materials

10. Real Estate

11. Utilities

Now UMT and ILMIANS both needs to build a bridge which

bring both sides to support university in preparation of a
road map which serve the industry as per their
requirements. The office of Alumni is playing a very
significant role and can play more vital role by engaging
alumnus in different ways to get the recent industrial
updates. This is a two way traffic which can contributing in

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the grooming of our future leaders, managers, Imdad Construction Com…

entrepreneurs and most important a patriotic nationals who
remember nation, country, community and alma mater.
Let’s increase our speed on this highway of knowledge,
research & development because the goal is to prove that
ILMIANS are fully equipped with the modern skills and
updated knowledge. If we follow the path then we will
claim for our passing graduates to industry – come – see –
meet and select. Here at UMT we have best human capital
suit for each sector of industry.

UMT my Love

Live long UMT

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Best articulation about Alumni role in strengthening the Industry 👏👏👏

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