IIOE National Center is delighted to invite you to sign up for the IIOE Multilevel Training Series – Cloud Essentials for Higher Education Workforce Training Programme. This training is now open for enrollment. Please join us and enhance your digital teaching capacity by understanding how Cloud Computing can empower Higher Education!

Upon successful completion of this training, participants will receive an ‘IIOE Multilevel training series – Cloud Essentials for Higher Education Workforce Training Programme Certificate’.

Here are some details for this program:

Start Date: August 22, 2022

Duration of Training: 21 days Self-paced

Language of Instruction: English

Enrollment: https://www.iioe.org/training/Cloud_Essentials_for_Higher_Education_Workforce

Leading Instructors:

• Kai HUANG, Professor at Sun Yat-sen University, the director of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Unmanned Systems of School of Data and Computer Science;
• Alex PENG, Professor in Information Systems in the School of Information Management at Sun Yat-sen University.

Training Brochure：https://iioe-files.iioe.org/resources/2022_8_25/CloudEssentialsForHigherEducationWorkforce.pdf

Prospective Participants: Educators and professionals in higher education who wish to enhance their understanding of Cloud Computing for improvement in their teaching, research, and work.

On the occasion of the 75th Independence Day of Pakistan, Al-Khwarizmi Institute of Computer Science (KICS), the University of Engineering & Technology Lahore, and the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) organized competitions among students. More than 100 students participated in Husn-e-Qirat Competition, Naat Competition, Declamation Contest, and National Song Competition. Director KICS, Prof. Dr. Waqar Mahmood graced the event as a Chief Guest. Manager Trainings, Mr. Kashif Bashir, Mr. Rehan Tariq, Mr. Aqeel Babar, Mr. Muzammil Hassan, Mr. Syed Imran Ali Shah, Mr. Abid Khan, Mr. Farhan Riaz, Mr. Hafiz Usman, Mr. Hafiz Atif, Mr. Hafiz Mubashir Javed, and Mr. Umair Farooq performed their duties as judges.

Students of different courses, instructors, and staff members of KICS attended the event. Director KICS, Dr. Waqar Mahmood addressed the students and told them about the struggle for the freedom of Pakistan and instructed the students to work on their own for the betterment of the country. At the end of the event, the winning students were awarded prizes while the judges and organizers were awarded honorary shields by Director KICS-UET Lahore, Dr. Waqar Mahmood, and Manager Trainings, Mr. Kashif Bashir.

2022 has continued to witness the widespread COVID-19 pandemic and its persistent disruptions on higher education. COVID-19 has forced higher education institutions to actively adopt online and blended teaching and learning (OBTL) as a solution. To impart advanced knowledge regarding the usage of new technology, IIOE has partnered with seewo, a pioneer in digital campus hardware tools production and information-based teaching ability training, in a series of collaborations. The first IIOE Online Courses Competition is one of the first in this series. The competition is divided into two parts: the Courseware Competition and the Video Course Competition.

Courseware Competition Part: On 12th January, the first IIOE Online Courses Competition-Courseware Competition has successfully ended. Since its inception on November 1, 2021, more than 210 teachers from 45 countries around the world have participated in this competition and submitted courses with quality and innovation. All submitted works have been strictly evaluated by our panel of experts and finally, 16 entrants from 9 countries have won the prize.

News Link on IIOE Portal:

https://www.iioe.org/news/Courseware_Competition_Global_Winners_Announced

Winners from Pakistan among all the participants from Asia-Pacific Region:

🏆First Prize:

Sadia Nawaz, University of Education, Pakistan

🏆Third Prize:

Sayyed Mohsin Ali Kazmi, UET Lahore

Muhammad Umair Ahmad Khan, UET Lahore

🏆Special Prize:

Tooba Ahmad, Virtual University

Quratulain Sarwat, University of Education

Arjumand Iqbal Durrani, UET Lahore

Izzat Iqbal Cheema, UET Lahore

🏆 Most Active Institution Award:

University of Engineering & Technology (UET) Lahore

Video Competition Part: On 15th April 2022, the first IIOE Online Courses Competition-Video Course Competition successfully ended. More than 207 teachers and university staff from 45 countries around the world have participated in this competition. All submitted works have been strictly evaluated by our panel of experts and finally, 13 entrants from 7 countries have won the prize.

News Link on IIOE Portal:
https://www.iioe.org/news/Video_Course_Competition_Embraces_a_Successful_Ending

Winners from Pakistan among all the participants from Asia-Pacific Region:

🏆First Prize:

Muhammad Tahir Naeem, KICS, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

🏆Third Prize:

Huda Riaz, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

🏆Special Prize:

Rzi Abbas, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

🏆Award of Excellence for Institutional Achievement on Active Participation in IIOE Online Courses competition and being Committed Supporter

University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science (KICS), UET Lahore is now an official accredited AWS Academy and access to official AWS resources including videos, slides, and sandbox lab environment of foundational and associate level courses on Cloud, Machine learning etc. We are pleased to invite the interested students and professionals to get enrolled and trained by accredited educators and official resources. KICS UET Lahore is one out of 6 active AWS Academies from Pakistan. Academy enrolled students can get 50 % discounts on the certifications as well.

Active AWS Academy Member Institutions: https://aws.amazon.com/training/awsacademy/member-list/

Huawei UET Joint telecom and IT center organized multiple seminars on career guidance, motivation, entrepreneurship, and counseling by inviting the industry experts in the field of networking and cloud computing and alumni of previous batch for the NAVTTC Networking and Cloud Computing batch of Kamyab Jawan Program to better prepare the students for industry and professional life after graduating from this course. Students are motivated and have clear idea of their career and future based on these seminars and training by the instructors.

1. On 9^th May 2022, Seminar on starting your own business was conducted by Ahsan Saleem owner and co-founder of Z.A IT Zone
2. On 10^th May 2022, Seminar on AWS was conducted by AWS User Group Leader & AWS Community Builder Sumama Zaeem

3.  On 20^th May 2022, Alumni of NAVTTC Batch-2 Visited to share their experience

4. On 26^th May 2022, Seminar on Networking Job Environment was conducted by Mr. Tasneef, Network Administrator from Sybrid
5. On 14^th June 2022, Seminar on Entrepreneurship was conducted by Mr. Farhan Riaz – Manager TICK KICS UET Lahore
6. On 30^th June 2022, Seminar on Cloud Computing Career Guidance was conducted by Mr. Abdullah Jamshed, Vice-President Cloud Infrastructure & Services and Mr. Nabeel Hamid, Managing Consultant Cloud Infrastructure & Services from Systems Limited

A certificate distribution ceremony was also held after the session for the first three position holders in the Mid-Term Examination of NAVTTC Networking and Cloud Computing.

1^st Position: Sidra Khan from Section A, Muhammad Atif Iqbal from Section B

2nd Position: Aqsa Saleem section A, Aqsa Mazhar Section B

3rd Position: Muzalfa Akram section A, Muhammad Adeel Raza Section B