A graduation ceremony was conducted at Institute of Administrative Sciences (IAS), University of the Punjab on March 30 th 2013. The graduates of the year 2011 from the Programs of BS (Hons) in Management, Masters of Human Resource Management, Masters of Public Administration, Masters of Health Administration, MS/ M.Phil in Management and Ph.D. in Management were awarded with their Degrees and Roll of Honor. Top five position holders of all programs received the Merit Certificates and first position holder of each program were awarded with Shields. After the formal opening of the Convocation ceremony, Director IAS, Prof. Dr. Nasira Jabeen addressed the audience and shared the progress report of the institute.

She said that the purpose of the event is tocelebrate theachievement of every graduating student. She emphasized that students of IAS has huge potential to serve in leading positions in public, corporate sector and in civil society organizations. She congratulated the teachers, parents and graduating students for their hard work and accomplishment.

The Chief guest for the event was Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ehsan Malik, Dean Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, University of the Punjab and Director Institute of Business Administration ( IBA -PU) and Director General, Gujranwala Campus PU. Prof. Ehsan Malik said in his speech that Institute of Administrative Sciences is the only Institute of Punjab University which links Management education to Public Administration and Human Resource Management. Prof. Dr. Zafar Iqbal Jadoon, Dean Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Central Punjab, also spoke to the audience. He encouraged students to be the change agents in organizations they join in and challenge the status quo to transform organizations. Prof. Dr. A.R. Jafri, former Dean Faculty of Commerce and former chairperson IAS, coordinators of various academic programs, faculty and parents attended the ceremony.Towards the end, a graduation cake cutting ceremony was followed by Lunch organized in honor of guests and graduates.