KARACHI: Two mega events were recently held at the Institute of Business Management (IoBM) titled ‘UN International Mother Earth Day’ and ‘Career Fair’ attended by concerned national and international luminaries.

Sustainable Living Society (SLS) of the Institute of Business Management (IoBM), in collaboration with the Earth Day Network, the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, in nearly 195 countries, organized the ‘United Nations International Mother Earth Day’ on its campus on Sunday in a joint initiative with the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA). IoBM president Talib Karim, Chancellor Basheer Janmohammed and Dalda Foods chairman guided and helped the cause of this event. CEOs, Chairmen and Directors both from the public and private sector companies came and paired with students from across the city to plant trees at the IoBM campus; including the Consulate of Japan, National Accountability Bureau, Karachi, Sindh Chamber of Agriculture, Sindh Enterprise Development Fund, Mitsubishi Corporation, Careem and so on. Prominent educational institutions such as Karachi Grammar School, Mama Parsi, The City School, Beaconhouse School System, Foundation Public School, amongst 50 other schools, were also present.

A workshop, on the global Earth Day 2018 theme of ‘Ending Plastic Pollution’ was also conducted by Kulsoom Siddiqui, founder and president of SLS, with five esteemed environmentalists: FarukhAmil, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva was the Keynote speaker; AinulAbedin, Tofiq Pasha Mooraj, Nuzhat Khan, along with Shahid Amjad, who is also the HoD, Environment and Energy Management, IoBM and has been an elected UN representative for five years.

Earlier, the International Cooperation, Placement and Alumni Department of the IoBM organized ‘IoBM Career Fair 2018’. Gracing this occasion with their kind and inspiring presence were IoBM’s Talib Karim president and Sabina Mohsin, Executive Director Administration, Admissions and Finance. This Career Fair provided employers to connect with highly-talented IoBM students where they networked with representatives of leading companies for potential employment opportunities. Participating companies of this Career Fair included Adamjee Life Assurance Company Ltd, Al-Abbas Fabrics Pvt Ltd, Ismail Industries Ltd, The General Tyres and Rubber Company of Pakistan Ltd, NBP Fullerton Asset Management Limited, Logicose, Olive Digital and Goto.com, Gaditek, AKD Investments Management Limited, SBT Japan, The Indus Hospital, Bakri Energy Ltd, Ibex Global Solutions Pvt Ltd.—PR