The Faculty Advising Office organized a lunch on June 29, 2022, at E-21 to acknowledge the services of Faculty Advisors and endorse chairpersons' role in the advising system and Their active participation in different events and training sessions. Deans graced the occasion with their presence. Group photos were also taken in front of the Distinguished Formanites Wall of the E-21.This tradition has been continued since 2012. Dr. Atiq ur Rehman, Head of Faculty Advising, presented a brief progress report on training sessions, events organized and material developed to facilitate Advisor/Advisees. Moreover, on one hand, he highlighted the importance and need [...]

FCCU has significantly strengthened its facilities and infrastructure for R&D and continuously making efforts to increase its interaction with the private sector, in accordance with HEC policies, the first meeting of the Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization – ORIC Steering Committee chaired by the Rector was held on Tuesday June 28, 2022, at 11:00 am in the Conference room E-002, attended by the following: a.   Dr. Jonathan S. AddletonChair/Rectorb.  Dr. Kauser Abdulla MalikDirector- ORICc.   Dr. Gloria CalebAssociate Vice-Rectord.  Ms. Badia RazaChief Marketing Officere.   Engineer Javed QureshiPresident, Pakistan Engineering Council, Chief Executive 4B Group of Companiesf.    Dr. Musaddiq AsifDirector National Feeds [...]

The Department of Computer Science at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) Lahore has successfully organized and hosted its annual prestigious event COMPSPEX 2022 on Wednesday 22nd June 2022. At the event, the final year students displayed their projects and posters for the evaluation and competition. It is commendable to note that the Computer Science Senior Project Exhibition has been a ritual of the Computer Science Department of FCCU for many years. This time it was being arranged at a large scale where faculty, staff, and students from various departments were also invited. In the exhibition, there were [...]

The Certificate Distribution Ceremony of the Soliya Connect Program was organized by Dr. Atiq Ur Rehman, Implementer/Coordinator of the Soliya Program under the Vice-Rector Office at FCCU. The ceremony was chaired by the respected Chief Guest, Dr. Gloria Calib, Associate Vice-Rector. She distributed the certificates to the students of Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 who have successfully accomplished this program. Dr. Gloria Calib expressed her thoughts on the Soliya Program and appreciated all of the students who have actively participated in it. Mr. Fareed ul Din and Miss Iqra Siddique represented the student body and shared their experiences [...]

A guest lecture on “Film and Drama as channels for Social and Behaviour Change Communication” was held on June 17, 2022, Friday, at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University). It was arranged by Assistant Professor of Mass Communication, Mr Syed Muhammad Saqib Saleem, for the students enrolled in the course MCOM 415, i.e., Communication Campaign Design. Mr. Fayyaz Ahmad Khan, a public health expert, manager, and social and behaviour change communication specialist who has also produced the first-ever feature film on gender and family planning, Bol graced us with his presence and delivered the lecture. Students and faculty from the [...]

A seminar on Digital Media Management was organized on June 10, 2022, at the Department of Mass Communication, FCCU. It was arranged by Ms. Mehwish Batool for the students enrolled in the course MCOM 400: Media Management in Advertising and PR. Mr. Amman Aziz, a former Formanite who has worked in a number of advertising agencies in digital and client servicing domains, was the guest speaker on the occasion. He is currently serving as the Head of Client Services at Rich Media Inc, where he is handling client services for Sizmek by Amazon nationally across Pakistan. This included [...]

The Faculty of Humanities, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), in collaboration with Journalism & Media International Center (JMIC), OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway, hosted a one-day workshop on Climate Journalism Education. The workshop was held on June 1, 2022, with various academicians, postgraduate students, and journalists joining in from all over Pakistan and abroad. It discussed ways of teaching climate journalism and helped provide ideas for training journalism students through the collective effort of academicians and journalists who have worked in the field and are aware of the climate crisis. Dr. Altaf Ullah Khan, Dean of Humanities at [...]

Students of the Department of Mass Communication at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) organised an awareness seminar on “transgender rights” on May 31, 2022 as a part of their final project campaign for the course Communication Campaign Design (MCOM415). The campaigners included Ms Rameesha Waqas, Ms Hadia Irfan, Mr Usman Ikram, Mr Mahnoor Tariq, Mr Hassan, and Mr Daud Javaid. They were supervised by Assistant Professor of the Department of Mass Communication, Mr Syed Muhammad Saqib.Among the attendees were Ms Rachel Hasan, Chairperson Department of Mass Communication, and Brig (R) Dr Nayer Fardows, Registrar of Forman Christian College (A [...]

The Faculty of Natural Sciences at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) is committed to providing students with excellent teaching and research facilities. Research conferences, workshops, and competitions play a vital role in the training of young researchers. Such events provide students a platform for presenting work, an opportunity for interactive discussions with experts on scientific matters, and a means to establish fruitful contacts.To provide its Undergraduate students a platform for presenting their research work, the Faculty of Natural Sciences joined hands with the Office of Research, Innovation, and Commercialization - ORIC to organize the Undergraduate Research Poster Competition was held on [...]

The Faculty of Natural Sciences is committed to providing excellent Teaching and Research facilities to the students. Research conferences, workshops, and competitions play a key role in the training of young researchers. Such events provide students a platform for presenting work, an opportunity for interactive discussions with experts on scientific matters, and a means to establish fruitful contacts.To provide its MPhil students a platform for presenting their work, the Faculty of Natural Sciences joined hand with the Office of Research, Innovation, and Commercialization (ORIC) to organize the MPhil Poster Competition. The Postgraduate Research Poster Competition was held on Tuesday, May [...]