Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology

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Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology
Insignia of GIKI
Motto: رَبِّ زدْنيِ عِلْماً (Arabic)
O my Lord! Advance me in Knowledge
Established: June 1, 1988
Type: Private
Rector: Dr. Abdullah Sadiq
Faculty: 32[1]
Students: 959
Undergraduates: 866[1]
Postgraduates: 93[1]
Location: Topi, Pakistan
Campus: 400 acres[1]
Affiliations: HEC, PEC
Website: www.giki.edu.pk

Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology - GIKI is one of the premier institutes of higher learning in Pakistan.

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[edit] 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 was inducted the same year in October. GIK Institute remained in Top Ten Technical Institutes in Asia by Asia-Week. It maintained its position as 4th and 9th best technical university in 1997 and 1998 respectively (Asia-Week).

Major founding donors include Benevolent Community Care, Infaq Foundation, Chiniot Anjuman-e-Islamia, Dawood Group of Industries, and the Government of the North-West Frontier Province which has donated land at Topi.

[edit] Location

The university is situated beside the mighty riverIndus in the mountains of Tarbela and Gadoon-Amazai, in NWFP near the town of Topi. It also lies in proximity to the lakes of Tarbela and Ghazi.

Its lush green campus, nested in the scenic mountains of Tarbela and Gadoon-Amazai, is a residential campus with adequate accommodation for all students. The campus is not far from the lakes of the Tarbela dam and Ghazi Barotha. Many world renowned historical and archaeological sites are within one hour drive from its campus. These includes Lahor, where Pāṇini is believed to have composed the Sanskrit grammar, and near which Alexander the Great 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.

Some of the most important national industries are also located quite close to this Institute. These include the Telephone Industries of Pakistan, Heavy Mechanical Complex (Taxila), the Heavy Foundry and Forge Engineering of the Kamra Aeronautical Complex, the Heavy Rebuild Factory and the Locomotive Complex. Though away from the congestion, noise and pollution of big cities, the Institute has easy access to important urban centres; it is less than 2 hours drive from the national capital Islamabad and the provincial capital Peshawar.

[edit] Faculties

Central Library - GIK Institute
Central Library - GIK Institute

GIK Institute offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in six disciplines:

[edit] Academic Setup

An academic year comprises two regular semesters of sixteen weeks each, and an eight-week summer school. The timings of two semesters and summer school are as follows.

  • Fall: August to December
  • Spring: January to May
  • Summer: June to July

The last week of a semester is allocated to the final examinations. There is normally a mid-semester break in a semester.

[edit] International Advisory Board

This board consists of scientists, engineers and academicians of international standing who are responsible for monitoring the Institutes's standards of education and research. It comprises faculty members from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Florida, Kyoto University, McGill University, Kansas State University and other prominent institutions.

[edit] Student Societies

There are two kinds of societies in GIKI:

  1. Professional Societies
    Each faculty in the institute supports a professional organization, devoted to advancing theory and practice of their respective fields.
  2. Non-Professional Societies
    These societies are created for non-technical purposes and do not represent any particular faculty.

List of societies:

[edit] GIKI Web Development team

The GIKI website is designed, developed and maintained by a group of undergraduate students called the webteam.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Quick Facts - About GIKI - Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute

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