Hussain Dawood
Hussain Dawood (born 20 September 1943) is a Pakistani businessman, investor, educationalist and philanthropist. Dawood is the Chairman of two publicly listed companies in Pakistan: the Dawood Hercules Corporation and Engro Corporation. Dawood is the Chairman of the Dawood Foundation (TDF) which focuses on creating collective change by building interactive spaces for formal and informal learning through projects such as the Dawood Public School in Karachi. He is also the Chairman of the Karachi School of Business & Leadership (KSBL), and a Director of the Islamabad Policy Research Institute. Early life and education Dawood was born in Bombay, British India (now Mumbai) into a Memon family. His father Seth Ahmed Dawood, a noted businessman, moved 1947 with the family to Karachi. Dawood visited a school in Yorkshire. He studied Metallurgy at the Sheffield University from where he graduated in 1966. He went on to study at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern Univers ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bombay
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-most populous city in India after Delhi and the eighth-most populous city in the world with a population of roughly 20 million (2 crore). As per the Indian government population census of 2011, Mumbai was the most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore) living under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ahmed Dawood
Seth Ahmed Dawood (15 March 1899 – 2 January 2002) was a Pakistani industrialist and a philanthropist. Dawood founded several companies and The Dawood Foundation (TDF), which established the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (renamed Dawood University of Engineering & Technology after being granted the status of a university in 2013). Early life Dawood was born in Bantva, a small town in Kathiawar, British India, as the second born and eldest son of seven children in a trader family. He had three years of formal education, like many others in his time and environs. He followed the family tradition and went into the family business. When he was 12, he was sent to stay with his maternal grandfather, Abdul Ghani Haji Noor Muhammad. Over two years, he learned basic trade of cotton yarn, wheat, and grains in Shimoga (later Karnataka). He was then sent for another two years to the Madras area and assigned more responsibilities. The death of his father Yaqoob was a turn ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Beaconhouse National University
Beaconhouse National University (BNU) is a private liberal arts university located in Lahore, in the province of Punjab, Pakistan.Overview and rank of Beaconhouse National University on UniRank international website Retrieved 28 September 2017 BNU was founded in 2003 by its parent company , it is located at , a subdivision of Lahore District; the BNU campus is adjacent to the [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pakistan Business Council
The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) ( ur, ) is a business policy advocacy platform, established in 2005 by 14 of Pakistan's (now 68) largest private-sector businesses / conglomerates, including multinationals. It is a professionally run organization headed by a full-time chief executive officer and Company Secretary. The current CEO is Mr. Ehsan Malik, who brings with him considerable experience of working in the corporate sector and with the government, and the company secretary is Mustafa Kamal Zuberi. The PBC is a not-for-profit entity, registered under Section 42 of the Companies Ordinance 1984. Though it is not required under the law to do so, the PBC follows to the extent possible, the Code of Corporate Governance as applicable to listed companies. Objectives of the PBC: The major objectives of the PBC as stated in its founding documents are: * To provide for the formation and exchange of views on any question connected with the conduct of businesses in and from Pakis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Inbox Business Technologies
Inbox Business Technologies Limited ( Urdu1, ان باکس بزنس ٹیکنالوجیز لمیٹڈ, ''Inbox'') is a public unlisted information technology (IT) company headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan. Inbox has regional offices in Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Originally started in 2001 as a PC assembler, Inbox emerged to a system integrator and has evolved in the last two decades to a managed service provider. Inbox is one of Pakistan’s largest IT companies (in terms of domestic revenue). The company has offices in 50 cities across Pakistan, over 1500 employees. Its customers include companies from the public, commercial, financial and telecom sector. Inbox was in 2016 recognized by the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) as the largest IT Company of Pakistan in terms of domestic revenue. The company, has in 2021 a consolidated annual revenue of over PKR 5,500,000,000 (US$ 35 million). History In 2001, Inbox started as the first local assembler of computers i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dawn Newspaper
''Dawn'' is a Pakistani English-language newspaper that was launched in British India in 1941. It is the largest English newspaper in Pakistan, and also serves as the country's newspaper of record. ''Dawn'' is the flagship publication of the Dawn Media Group, which also owns local radio station ''CityFM89'' as well as the marketing and media magazine ''Aurora''. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan's founding father, launched the newspaper in Delhi on 26 October 1941, with the goal of establishing it as a mouthpiece for the All-India Muslim League. The first issue was printed at Latifi Press on 12 October 1942. Based in Karachi, it also maintains offices in Lahore and the capital city of Islamabad, in addition to having correspondents abroad. , it has a weekday circulation of over 109,000. The newspaper's current chief editor is Zaffar Abbas. History ''Dawn'' began as a weekly publication, based in New Delhi. Under the instruction of Jinnah, it became the official organ of the All In ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Chartered by the Illinois General Assembly in 1851, Northwestern was established to serve the former Northwest Territory. The university was initially affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church but later became non-sectarian. By 1900, the university was the third largest university in the United States. In 1896, Northwestern became a founding member of the Big Ten Conference, and joined the Association of American Universities as an early member in 1917. The university is composed of eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools, which include the Kellogg School of Management, the Pritzker School of Law, the Feinberg School of Medicine, the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, the Bienen School of Music, the McCormick ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kellogg School Of Management
The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (also known as Kellogg) is the business school of Northwestern University, a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1908, Kellogg is one of the oldest and most prestigious business schools in the world. Its faculty, alumni, and students have made significant contributions to fields such as marketing, management sciences, and decision sciences. History Early history (1908–1950) The school was founded in 1908 as Northwestern University's School of Commerce. It offered a part-time evening program. It was a founding member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, that sets accreditation standards for business schools. The school played a major role in helping to establish the Graduate Management Admission Test. Also, researchers associated with the school have made contributions to fields such as marketing and decision sciences. For instance, Walter Dill Scott, a pioneer i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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University Of Sheffield
, mottoeng = To discover the causes of things , established = – University of SheffieldPredecessor institutions: – Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield , type = Public research university , academic_staff = 5,670 (2020) - including academic atypical staff , administrative_staff = , chancellor = Lady Justice Rafferty , vice_chancellor = Koen Lamberts , students = () , undergrad = () , postgrad = () , endowment = £46.7 million (2021) , budget = £741.0 million (2020–21) , city = Sheffield , state = South Yorkshire , country = England , coor = , campus = Urban , colours = Black & gold , affiliations = Russell Group WUN ACUN8 Group White Rose Sutton 30EQUISAMBAUniversities UK , website = , logo = The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Metallurgy
Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys. Metallurgy encompasses both the science and the technology of metals; that is, the way in which science is applied to the production of metals, and the engineering of metal components used in products for both consumers and manufacturers. Metallurgy is distinct from the craft of metalworking. Metalworking relies on metallurgy in a similar manner to how medicine relies on medical science for technical advancement. A specialist practitioner of metallurgy is known as a metallurgist. The science of metallurgy is further subdivided into two broad categories: chemical metallurgy and physical metallurgy. Chemical metallurgy is chiefly concerned with the reduction and oxidation of metals, and the chemical performance of metals. Subjects of study in chemical metallurgy include mi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yorkshire
Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have been undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to History of local government in Yorkshire, periodic reform. Throughout these changes, Yorkshire has continued to be recognised as a geographic territory and cultural region. The name is familiar and well understood across the United Kingdom and is in common use in the media and the Yorkshire Regiment, military, and also features in the titles of current areas of civil administration such as North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Within the borders of the historic county of Yorkshire are large stretches of countryside, including the Yorkshire Dales, North York Moors and Peak District nationa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Memon People
The Memon are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group that originated in the Sindh region of Pakistan. The majority of the Memon people around the world follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. The Memon people have cultural similarities with the Khoja, Khatri (Vohra), and Gujarati peoples. Memon people speak the Memoni language as their first language. Some consider the Memon language to be a dialect of the Sindhi language. The Memon language shares vocabulary with the Sindhi language, Kutchi language and Gujarati language. Today, the Memon people are connected through globally recognized organisations such as the World Memon Organisation (WMO) and International Memon orgnisation (IMO). Sindhi Memons and Kutchi Memons are related ethnic groups. History Sindhi, Gujarati origins Memon lineage traces back to Lohanas of Lahore and Sindh, who practiced Hinduism. The origin of the name comes from Mu'min (, "believer" in Arabic) and later evolved to present name Memon. The Memon community was ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |