Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology

Motto	رَبِّ زدْنيِ عِلْماً (Arabic) O my Lord! Advance me in Knowledge
Established	June 1, 1988
Type	Private
Staff	Approx 600
Rector	Dr. Abdullah Sadiq
Students	Approx 1000
Location	Topi, Pakistan
Affiliations	HEC, PEC, UGC
Website	www.giki.edu.pk

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History

The GIK Institute is a non-governmental, non-profit institute. Named after former President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, it is one of the best engineering universities in Pakistan. Ghulam Ishaq Khan wanted to establish an institute which would reduce Pakistan's dependence on foreign expertise and imported technology. The genesis of the Institute can be traced back to the early 1950's. The Institute was registered in June, 1988 by its parent body, namely, Society for the Promotion of Engineering Sciences and Technology in Pakistan (SOPREST). Ghulam Ishaq Khan, then the President of the country, was elected the president of the Society for life and Mr. H. U. Beg was appointed its honorary Executive Director. The ordinance of the Institute was promulgated by the Frontier Government in March 1993 and the first batch of students entered in October 1993. Flag of the President of Pakistan The President of Pakistan (Sadr-e-Mamlikat or صدرِ مملکہ in Urdu) is Head of State of Pakistan. ... Ghulam Ishaq Khan Ghulam Ishaq Khan (born January 20, 1915) was President of Pakistan from August 17, 1988 until July 18, 1993. ... Ghulam Ishaq Khan Ghulam Ishaq Khan (born January 20, 1915) was President of Pakistan from August 17, 1988 until July 18, 1993. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Major founding donors include Benevolent Community Care, Infaq Foundation, Chiniot Anjuman-e-Islamia, Dawood Group of Industries, and the Government of NWFP which has donated land at Topi. Topi is a small town in NWFP, Pakistan ...

Faculties

GIK Institute offers graduate and post graduate degrees in six disciplines including

1. Electronic Engineering
2. Mechanical Engineering
3. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
4. Computer Systems Engineering
5. Computer Software Engineering
6. Engineering Sciences

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International Recognition

GIKI is an engineering institute which is accrediated by UGC and other professional eductaional bodies. According to The Times Higher Education Supplement (2005), the university is ranked at the 50th position along with Indian Institutes of Technology in the top 200 universities of world. The university's curriculum is designed in an international fashion, hence facilitating the acceptance all over the world specifically in the USA and Europe. The graduates have been given jobs in the top end IT and Technology companies. Ghulam Ishaq Khan (GIK) Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology - GIKI is one of the premier institutes of higher learning in Pakistan. ... UGC is the largest European cinema operator with, as of October 2004, 92 sites and 929 screens across six countries: UK: 41 cinemas, 391 screens France: 40 cinemas, 365 screens Spain: 5 cinemas, 88 screens Belgium: 4 cinemas, 56 screens Ireland: 1 cinema, 17 screens Italy: 1 cinema, 12 screens... The Times Higher Education Supplement, also known as The Times Higher or The THES for short, is a newspaper based in London that reports specifically on issues related to higher education. ... Location of IITs The Indian Institutes of Technology (Hindi: भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान), or IITs, are a group of seven autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institutes of higher education established and declared as Institutes of National Importance by the Government of India. ... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... Look up It in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a level of technological mastery sufficient to leave the surface of the planet for the first time and explore space. ...

Location

The University is situated beside the mighty River Indus in the mountains of Tarbela and Gadoon-Amazai, in the province of North West Frontier Province (N.W.F.P). The small town nearby is Topi, whose population largely comprises Pathans. It also lies in proximity to the lakes of Tarbela and Ghazi. The Indus River in Northern Areas of Pakistan, near the rock Aornus. ... North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) is geographically the smallest of the four provinces of Pakistan. ... Binomial name Damaliscus lunatus Burchell, 1823 Topi standing in Masai Mara The Topi, or Tsessebe, as it is called in Southern Africa, (Damaliscus lunatus also known as Tiang or Korrigum) is a savannah and floodplain antelope found in Sudan, Chad, Kenya, Tanzania, and Southern Africa. ... The Pashtuns (also Pushtun, Pakhtun (Persian: پختون) (Urdu: پشتون ), or Pathan) or ethnic Afghans[4] are an ethno-linguistic group living primarily in eastern and southern Afghanistan and in North West Frontier Province, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Baluchistan provinces of Pakistan. ... Image of the Tarbela Dam from space. ... Ghazi (March 21, 1912 - April 4, 1939) was king of Iraq from 1933 to 1939. ...

Its lush green campus, nested in the scenic mountains of Tarbela and Gadoon-Amazai, is fully residential where teaching and learning take place 24 hours a day. Located next to the crystal clear blue lakes of Tarbela and Ghazi, it is less than 2 hours drive from the national capital, Islamabad and the provincial capital, Peshawar. Many world renowned historical and archeological sites are within one hour drive from its campus. This includes Lahore, where Panini is supposed to have composed the Sanskrit grammar, and near which Alexander and his Greek army crossed the Indus on his way to India, Shabaz Ghari famous for the Ashoka inscriptions and Takht Bhai, the site of one of the best preserved Buddhist Monasteries. Image of the Tarbela Dam from space. ... Ghazi (March 21, 1912 - April 4, 1939) was king of Iraq from 1933 to 1939. ... Islamabad (Urdu: اسلام آباد, abode of Islam), is the capital city of Pakistan, and is located in the Potohar Plateau in the northwest of the country. ... Peshāwar (Urdu:پیشاور) is the provincial capital of Pakistans North-West Frontier Province. ... The Minar-e-Pakistan represents Pakistani independence The Hazuri Bagh, looking towards the Roshnai Gate Lahore (Urdu: لاہور) is a major city of Pakistan and is the capital of the province of Punjab. ... Panini can refer to: Pāṇini, the 5th century BC Sanskrit grammarian Panini (sandwich), a type of Italian sandwich Panini (stickers), a brand of collectible stickers Giovanni Paolo Panini, an Italian artist This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Sanskrit grammatical tradition (, one of the six Vedanga disciplines) begins in late Vedic India, and culminates in the Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini (ca. ... Bust of Alexander the Great in the British Museum. ... Emperor Ashoka (a possible depiction) Ashoka the Great (Devanagari: अशोक; IAST transliteration: ) (304 BC–232 BC) was the emperor of the Maurya Empire from 273 BC to 232 BC. After a number of military conquests, Ashoka reigned over most of South Asia and beyond, from present-day Afghanistan and parts of... Takht Bhai is a Buddhist monastery in Pakistan. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... Monastery of St. ...

See also

• List of universities in Pakistan

The following is a list of major universities in Pakistan, organized by subnational entities. ...

External links

• Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology - Official Website
• Alumni Offical Site