Ground breaking Ceremony of multi-storied Aman Tower held at IBA City Campus
Ground breaking Ceremony of multi-storied Aman Tower held at IBA City Campus
Karachi, March 25: The ground breaking ceremony of multi-storied Aman Tower was held on Friday March 25, 2011 at IBA City Campus. It started a new chapter of collaboration between a philanthropic enterprise and educational institution. The audience was pleasantly welcomed by Dean and Director IBA, Dr. Ishrat Husain at the occasion. Addressing the audience, Dr. Ishrat shared IBA’s philosophy to remain rooted in the innovative urge to excel in all areas of academic environment including culture, curriculum, faculty and infrastructure. He said that IBA aspires to turn bright students with leadership potential into outstanding leaders and business professionals of tomorrow.
He expressed his gratitude to Aman Foundation for its generous support of Rs. 905 million to construct two new IBA buildings including Center for Entrepreneurship Development and Aman Tower with state-of-the-art facilities. The multi-storied Aman Tower is just one of the several ongoing projects that are a part of IBA’s futuristic physical expansion and infrastructure development program.
“IBA has embarked on a dynamic strategy based on the four pillars viz., facilities and physical infrastructure growth, faculty development, technology up gradation and community outreach/links to the industry. With multidimensional approach IBA aspires to become one of the top 100 global business schools and 10 regional business schools in future”, He added.
The welcome speech was followed by the project brief given by the Director Projects, Mr. Rehan-ul-Ambia and Project Architects. The ground breaking and laying of foundation stone was led by the Chief Guest Mr. Waqar Hassan Siddique, Managing Director Abraaj Capital Holdings. The Commander Karachi Admiral Khawar, guests from the corporate sector, Mr. Ahsan Jamil, the CEO of Aman Foundation and Mr. Mohd Ali Saya CFO of the Foundation also graced the occasion. The events culminated with the chief guests’ speech which led to the presentation of souvenirs, refreshments and a tour of the academic block. The Aman Tower being constructed has two basement levels, one ground level and thirteen floors. It boasts of lecture theatres, faculty spaces, residential suites for visiting faculty / students, two large seminar halls, two entire floors for use as Centre for executive education, classrooms, extensive parking space and a library.
Aman foundation is a major social sector enterprise that has Aman Trust engaged in philanthropic giving for many years through the MENASA region. Since its inception in 2008, Aman has made appreciable strides in healthcare, education and other development sectors in Pakistan. It collaborates to leverage other people’s good work, striking partnerships with reputed institutions like IBA Karachi, Acumen Fund, Aga Khan University, The Citizens Foundation and i-Care.