Welcome to IBA's Office of
Student Affairs (OSA)
Become part of an Engaging and Diverse Student Experience!
Welcome to IBA's Office of
Become part of an Engaging and Diverse Student Experience!
The Office of Student Affairs at IBA is dedicated to creating an engaging and diverse student experience for every student at the IBA Main and City campuses. The Office plays an integral role in community engagement, talent and skill development, and student leadership development. It provides students with opportunities to extend their passions, talents, and competencies beyond academia by participating in curricular, co-curricular, and service-oriented activities. The Office proactively responds and is adaptable to student-centric needs, and evolving trends and priorities.
Student Affairs is also committed to fostering a culture of inclusion, mutual respect, and tolerance with respect to diversity. It plays a pivotal role in promoting a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment and campus life for students, and especially for those who may have disabilities or special needs – our job is to support students' individual and group needs and to endorse the value of a diverse society.
The Office of Student Affairs is a one-stop-solution to address all student needs and queries - to direct them to the relevant Schools and student support offices, including facilitating them with Academic, Career, Mental Health, or General Counseling as well.
Dean, Student Affairs
Maheen Ghauri is Dean of Student Affairs at the IBA Karachi. She is also an alumnus of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi, having graduated with an MBA degree from IBA and a Fellowship in Entrepreneurship Education from Babson College, MA, USA. She has extensive experience in organizational/talent development, training and development, student development, diversity and inclusion, institutional partnerships, program development/management, and education management. She has 11 years of corporate experience in the development and banking sector, and 15 years of IBA experience as a Full-time Faculty, CED Adviser and Faculty, and Director Summer School at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi.
Maheen has had a versatile and diverse career, engaged in a range of roles and projects, with experience across industries and countries. She has developed and conducted training programs and created partnerships in South Asian countries (Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Singapore), USA (as part of her Fellowship program at Babson College), and Australia.
In her current and previous roles, she has launched and headed four new departments. Currently, as Dean-Student Affairs, she is responsible for launching the new Office to create an engaging and diverse student experience at the IBA through community engagement, talent and skill development, and leadership development.
In her previous roles, she has been instrumental in identifying new opportunities, executing marketing campaigns, including the launch campaigns for the new British Council libraries in Pakistan, developing and deploying training programs, and building strategic partnerships with local and international partners. She has led on Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI), developing new policies and strategies to build a diverse workforce and ensure an inclusive workplace. She has also spearheaded career development events including panel discussions, conferences, seminars/webinars, and industry meet and greets during her career.
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