Events and Activities Of 1st Day at NRC 2019

Inauguration of NRCoBM

On February 23, 2019, SZABIST Larkana organized “1st National Research Conference on Business and Management 2019”.

Keynote Speakers

Conference was officially started with a key note session, where 6 specialists spoke to audience on their respective field areas.

• Prof. Dr. Kaiser Bangali – Dean Management Sciences, SZABIST
• Prof. Dr. Sarwar Azhar – Professor, Sukkur IBA University
• Prof. Dr. Bushra Hamid – Dean MS, IMS University of Peshawar
• Dr. Shahid Qureshi – Assistant Professor, IBA Karachi
• Dr. Zafar Hayat, Senior Advisor, International Monetary Fund
• Dr. Waheed Umrani, Assistant Professor, Sukkur IBA University

Parallel Sessions

Parallel Sessions were held on HRM, Finance & Economics, and Marketing & Entrepreneurship, where 30 presenters contributed to their respective fields.

Session Chairs

• Dr. Kaiser Bangali.
• Dr. Sarwar Azhar.
• Dr. Irfan Hameed.
• Dr. Waheed Umrani.

Co-Chairs

• Mr. Majid Hussain.
• Mr. Farhan Ahmad Shaikh.
• Mr. Qasim Ali Shah.

Panel Discussion

In order to give the conference participants a flavor of one-to-one discussion with panel members, which were broken into two sessions, first, a session on Entrepreneurship and its potential in Pakistan, second, a session on Finance and Economics; the session included a talk on Issues and Challenges in our Economy.

Moderator

• Dr. Jawaid A. Qureshi

Entrepreneurship

• Dr. Shahid Qureshi.
• Dr. Sarwar Azhar.
• Dr. Irfan Hameed.

Finance & Economics

• Dr. Kaiser Bengali.
• Dr. Zafar Hayat.
• Dr. Niaz Ahmed Bhutto.

Gala Dinner & Musical Night

To absorb the extensive day-1 of the conference, a Gala Dinner & Musical Night was organized, where our guests witnessed and enjoyed the cultural richness of Sindh.