Iqra University, Islamabad Campus

Center for Training/Teaching

Executive Development Center

How We Choose the Most Effective Instructor?

The Executive Development Center 's reputation as a provider of consistent, high quality professional education primarily rests with how our instructors perform in the classroom. That's why we feel it's important to let you know how we choose the talented people who do the most to help you learn.

There are always more than 70 instructors in our "active" pool, and we have met or worked with over 100 others. Some instructors are full-time or adjunct faculty. Others make their living as consultants or trainers for business and industry. Still others work full-time in the private sector and teach evenings and weekends for the Center.

CDMA HR Development Center

Iqra University in Collaboration with the Pakistan CDMA Forum (www.pakcdma.com ) has established CDMA Human Resource Development Center in the country. The center shall cater for the CDMA/WCDMA HR requirement not only for Pakistan but the whole region. Due to the rapid developments in local telecommunication industry there is a requirement of approximately 1500 CDMA and around 1700 WCDMA professional annually. The center offer courses on the pattern that is followed by QUALCOMM University , USA and the cost of these courses has been significantly subsidized so that engineers and operators from Pakistan as well as the region and operators can benefit from the program.

The center was formally inaugurated by Mr. Pertti Johansson, President, International Business Development, QUALCOMM Inc. (www.qualcomm.com). He appreciated the role of Iqra University Islamabad Campus and the Pakistan CDMA Forum in promoting the latest 3G CDMA wireless technologies and the establishment of the center. He promised QUALCOMM's support in developing the center further. The inauguration ceremony was attended by telecom professionals and member of the academia. Mr. Nooruddin Baqai, from the Ministry of IT & Telecom also addressed the participants.

The first batch of the CDMA HR Development center successfully completed the training program which started on August 15, 2006 and ended on September 15, 2006 . Th e center currently offers the following courses modules developed by QUALCOMM University , USA :

Basic Course
Course Title	Duration
CDMA Engineering Basics	24 hours

WCDMA/UMTS Courses
Course Title	Duration
UMTS/ WCDMA Overview	08 hours
UMTS/ WCDMA Physical Layers	16 hours
UMTS/ WCDMA Radio Interface Protocols	16 hours
WCDMA HSDPA: Protocols and Physical Layer	08 hours

CDMA2000 Courses
Course Title	Duration
CDMA2000 1 x RC1 and RC2	16 hours
CDMA2000 1 x Release 0	08 hours
CDMA2000 Network Planning	16 hours
CDMA2000 Voice Network Optimization	16 hours
CDMA2000 Wireless Internet Optimization	16 hours
CDMA2000 Network Performance	16 hours
Assessment Workshop	16 hours
CDMA2000 EVDO Release 0 Review	16 hours
CDMA2000 Handset Field Testing	08 hours

Next series of courses will start from December 11, 2006 . Please visit our web site or the web site of the Pakistan CDMA Forum (www.pakcdma.com) after Nov. 20, 2006 for registration information.

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Syed Ismail Shah
E-mail: ismail@iqraisb.edu.pk or syedismailshah@gmail.com
Mr. Khalid Khan
E-mail: kk@iacgrp.com