The Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi (KU) Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi inaugurated the KU Department of Computer Science, UBIT Career Fest 2023, in front of the Department of Computer Sciences (DCS), UBIT Building here Tuesday.
At the feast, software houses, information technology companies and organizations also conducted interviews for internships and jobs during the daylong activities, and also distributed offer letters to the selected students.
Addressing the students, Vice Chancellor KU Professor Dr Khalid Iraqi urged that students should have a good command of IT products, applications, tools and software as it is one of the fastest growing industries which changes very quickly the world.Dr Khalid Iraqi believes that job fairs play an important part in boosting the manpower of our industries and told the audience that such activities also help in understanding the needs of the market as well as lend a hand to the students to learn about the interview process and what kind of expertise and potential they should have before stepping into the field.Earlier, the Chairman of the DCS–UBIT DrNadeemMahmood shared that the department has regularly been engaging major stakeholders of the IT market to train and update their students about the recent trends of the industries. He said that with the help of software houses and IT companies, the department is planning to make changes in the curriculum and shed light on the outstanding performance of its past and present students.
DrNadeem mentioned that more than 30 entrepreneur products had been introduced in the local and international markets during the last few years.Representatives of various software houses and IT companies also expressed their views and informed the students about the market’s trends and requirements of their respective companies.
