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Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology
درسگاہِ کراچی برائے علومِ معاشیات و فنونِ سائنسی
Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, National Computing Education Accreditation Council(NCEAC), Pakistan Engineering Council, National Technology Council (Pakistan)
Websitekiet.edu.pk

Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology (KIET) (

Urdu: درسگاہِ کراچی برائے علومِ معاشیات و فنونِ سائنسی) was established in 1997. KIET received recognition by the Higher Education Commission (formerly named UGC) vide letter no. 15-22/UGC-SEC/97/1291 dated 1 August 1998. HEC ranks KIET as 8th best university in Business/IT category.[1][2]

KIET was awarded a degree-granting status through a charter from the government of Sindh on 24 May 2000. KIET has also been granted NCEAC Accreditation for its BSCS, MCS program.[3][2]

History

In June 2000, Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Educational Foundation agreed to collaborate for the establishment of an educational institution at PAF Korangi Creek Base.[4]

1997–2000

The Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology was launched in 1997. Academic departments offering degrees in

MCS and MS–IT NCEAC accredited degrees.[4]

2000–2003

In September 2000 the institute moved to its current location at

PAF Base Korangi Creek
. The campus is spread over 22 acres (0.09 km2).

The City campus of KIET was established in April 2002 to provide evening programs for the working students. The campus is located off Shahrah-e-Faisal near Nursery.

The North campus of KIET is located at North Nazimabad near KDA Chowrangi, Karachi. The North Campus offers Bachelors, Master, MPhil and PhD level degrees.[4]

2003–2006

The departments of

PhD. Specialization in MIS, Finance and Accounting
were added.

Department of Corporate Relations and

R&D
Departments were launched.

Two more academic colleges were established; namely, the College of

Social Sciences
offers courses in Mathematics, English, Oral and Written Communication and Social Sciences areas.

In 2005 the institute added specializations in the BE in Electronics. These include

Telecommunication Engineering was also launched. In fall 2008 another specialization was added as Mechatronics

An program of Bachelor of Computer Arts (BCA) was launched.[4]

2006–2019

KIET gets PEC Accreditation for its engineering programs and NCEAC accreditation for its Computer Science programs. HEC ranks KIET as a six-star university for its IT Department.

2020–present

KIET Logo

Started using full legal name as brand with abbreviation "Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology (KIET)" in newspapers advert.[5]

Colleges & Departments

College of Management Sciences[6]

College of Engineering[7]

College of Computing and Information Sciences[8]

College of Media & Arts[9]

Graduate School of Science and Engineering[10]

College of Management Sciences

Programs

The College of

project Management and Production and Operation Management

Market Forces

College of Management Sciences publishes twice a year, research journal recognized by HEC (Y-category).[11]

IRCBM-2020

College of Management Sciences, organized "International Research Conference on Business & Management" (IRCBM-2020) on 1 & 2 April 2020. The theme of the conference was “Redefining Business Opportunities in Emerging Markets”.[12]

College of Engineering

Programs

The College of

electronics engineering
.

KIET also provides a College of Media Arts 4 year bachelor's degree in

film Making, graphics
Animation and one year master.

Research at CoE

Telecommunication Engineering
has been designed to provide a framework for research by students and faculty.

There are several students involved in the MS research. Research is taking place in the following areas: Quality of Service for

MPLS Networks, Reachability and Stability in personal area networks, Security of wireless LANs, and wired and wireless
communication devices. Several research papers have been published by the faculty in reputed journals, magazines and conferences.

Intellect 2019

College of Engineering, organized conference, "International Conference on Latest trends in Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (Intellect 2019)" on 13–14 November 2019 in Karachi.[13]

Graduate School of Science and Engineering

Fire Fighting Robot!

Fire fighting robots developed by IMR Lab[14] were tested at KIET along with the Pakistan Air Force firefighting team. Two robots were the wheeled mobile robot and the tread based robot. Alhamdulillah both the robots carried the fire hose directly connected from the fire brigade to the testing area and extinguish fire. The cost of the project is 14.68 million PKR funded by ICT RnD.[15][16][17]

Guest Speaker Sessions

KIET holds guest speaker sessions. Professional researchers like Dr. Hanif Muhammad of DOW university and Dr.Syed Mehboob, Director Research Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, gave presentations to the students.[18]

References

  1. ^ - Ranking of Higher Education Commission (HEC) Recognized Universities in Pakistan Archived 2015-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b "KIET | Welcome to Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology". Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  3. ^ [1] [dead link]
  4. ^ a b c d "PAF-KIET, PAF-KIET, PAF Base, Korangi Creek, Karachi (2020)". www.glunis.com. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  5. ^ "PAF KIET Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology Admission 2020-2021 Ads - PaperAds.com". paperads.com. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  6. ^ "PAF Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology". Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  7. ^ "College of Engineering – Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology". Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  8. ^ "College of Computing and Information Sciences – Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology". Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  9. ^ "PAF-KIET College of Media & Arts". PAF KIET CMA. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  10. ^ "Graduate School of Science & Engineering – Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology". Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  11. ^ "Market Forces". www.pafkiet.edu.pk. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  12. ^ "3rd International Research Conference on Business & Management (IRCBM-2020) | PAF Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology". Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  13. ^ "Intellect 2019 - Second International Conference On Electrical Engineering & Computing Technologies". intellect.pafkiet.edu.pk. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  14. ^ http://imrlab.pafkiet.edu.pk/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ^ khadija. "Successful testing of Fire Fighting Robot! – Graduate School of Science & Engineering". Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  16. ^ khadija. "Intelligent Mobile Robots for disaster mitigation and firefighting – Graduate School of Science & Engineering". Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  17. ^ "I.M.R. Lab – Intelligent Mobile Robotics Lab at PAF KIET". Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  18. ^ "KIET | Guest Speaker Session". Retrieved 2020-10-11.

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