The 3rd Annual Board Meeting of AMDIP was held on February 06, 2018 at hotel Pearl Continental, Karachi during 5th Deans and Directors Conference by NBEAC, HEC, Pakistan. All Board Members that include; Chairperson, Founding Chairperson, Secretary, Chairperson of Local Chapters and representatives from selective business schools participated in the Board Meeting. The meeting was aimed to review the past year performance, highlight the opportunities and design future road map for AMDIP.
Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry (Chairperson AMDIP) welcomed all the participants and thanked the business schools who actively participated in the mission of AMDIP that is striving for excellence in management education and practices through collaborative efforts. Ms. Memoona Zareen (Secretary AMDIP) gave a brief review of the activities organized or partnered by AMDIP in the year 2017-18 and presented the agenda of the meeting including the plan for next year activities. Future road map was discussed by all chapter chairperson, and representatives of member institutions also share their insight on the opportunities and challenges business schools are facing.
It was decided that teaching and learning conferences would be organized on regional levels to discuss on going practices as well as innovation in teaching methodology, pedagogy, course contents and outlines. This conference will have a clear focus on faculty and teaching practices. To foster the experiential learning, A conference on Experiential Learning and Case-Writing will be organized jointly by LUMS and AMDIP under the guidance of Dr. Syed Zahoor Hassan, Professor, LUMS. Further to that AMDIP would develop a Centralized Cases Repository that will comprise on cases written on local Industry and a Business Programs Directory about specialized business programs being taught in Pakistani Universities. It will contain the information of each program including road map, courses, contents, outlines and teaching materials and would be benefice all business schools. The meeting ended with a vote of thanks by Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry.
