A guest lecture on “Film and Drama as channels for Social and Behaviour Change Communication” was held on June 17, 2022, Friday, at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University). It was arranged by Assistant Professor of Mass Communication, Mr Syed Muhammad Saqib Saleem, for the students enrolled in the course MCOM 415, i.e., Communication Campaign Design. Mr. Fayyaz Ahmad Khan, a public health expert, manager, and social and behaviour change communication specialist who has also produced the first-ever feature film on gender and family planning, Bol graced us with his presence and delivered the lecture. Students and faculty from the [...]

A seminar on Digital Media Management was organized on June 10, 2022, at the Department of Mass Communication, FCCU. It was arranged by Ms. Mehwish Batool for the students enrolled in the course MCOM 400: Media Management in Advertising and PR. Mr. Amman Aziz, a former Formanite who has worked in a number of advertising agencies in digital and client servicing domains, was the guest speaker on the occasion. He is currently serving as the Head of Client Services at Rich Media Inc, where he is handling client services for Sizmek by Amazon nationally across Pakistan. This included [...]

The Faculty of Humanities, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), in collaboration with Journalism & Media International Center (JMIC), OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway, hosted a one-day workshop on Climate Journalism Education. The workshop was held on June 1, 2022, with various academicians, postgraduate students, and journalists joining in from all over Pakistan and abroad. It discussed ways of teaching climate journalism and helped provide ideas for training journalism students through the collective effort of academicians and journalists who have worked in the field and are aware of the climate crisis. Dr. Altaf Ullah Khan, Dean of Humanities at [...]

Students of the Department of Mass Communication at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) organised an awareness seminar on “transgender rights” on May 31, 2022 as a part of their final project campaign for the course Communication Campaign Design (MCOM415). The campaigners included Ms Rameesha Waqas, Ms Hadia Irfan, Mr Usman Ikram, Mr Mahnoor Tariq, Mr Hassan, and Mr Daud Javaid. They were supervised by Assistant Professor of the Department of Mass Communication, Mr Syed Muhammad Saqib.Among the attendees were Ms Rachel Hasan, Chairperson Department of Mass Communication, and Brig (R) Dr Nayer Fardows, Registrar of Forman Christian College (A [...]

The Faculty of Natural Sciences at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) is committed to providing students with excellent teaching and research facilities. Research conferences, workshops, and competitions play a vital role in the training of young researchers. Such events provide students a platform for presenting work, an opportunity for interactive discussions with experts on scientific matters, and a means to establish fruitful contacts.To provide its Undergraduate students a platform for presenting their research work, the Faculty of Natural Sciences joined hands with the Office of Research, Innovation, and Commercialization - ORIC to organize the Undergraduate Research Poster Competition was held on [...]

The Faculty of Natural Sciences is committed to providing excellent Teaching and Research facilities to the students. Research conferences, workshops, and competitions play a key role in the training of young researchers. Such events provide students a platform for presenting work, an opportunity for interactive discussions with experts on scientific matters, and a means to establish fruitful contacts.To provide its MPhil students a platform for presenting their work, the Faculty of Natural Sciences joined hand with the Office of Research, Innovation, and Commercialization (ORIC) to organize the MPhil Poster Competition. The Postgraduate Research Poster Competition was held on Tuesday, May [...]

On Thursday, May 19, 2022 the Centre for Public Policy and Governance at Forman Christian College Lahore (FCCU) and The Civil Services Academy (CSA), Pakistan Administrative Service Campus launched three Policy Briefs under their continuing collaboration on developing a research course module for the CSA’s Mid Career Management Course.Mr. Omer Rasool, Director General CSA, and his colleagues including Additional Directors Mr. Muhammad Bilal Akram and Ms. Ammara Khattak spearheaded the collaboration. The CPPG faculty was lead by Founding Director CPPG, Dr. Saeed Shafqat and his team including Mr. Raheem ul Haque, Dr. Rabia Chaudhry and Ms. Saba Shahid.During the launch event [...]

The 134th Annual Athletics Championship 2021-22 and Intermural Championship 2022 were organized by the Department of Health and Physical Education. The event lasted from March 31 to April 1, 2022. The prize distribution ceremony was held on April 12, 2022. The event started with the recitation of the Holy Bible and the Holy Quran by College students. Ms. Maria Yousaf, Professor of Computer Sciences hosted the event and announced the names of all the winners and runner’s up.   Mr. Babar Kamil, Head of the Department of Health and Physical Education, presented the annual report. He appreciated the hard work and dedication [...]

Faculty of Humanities and Department of Mass Communication holds a Training Workshop on Journalists’ SafetyFaculty of Humanities and Department of Mass Communication hosted a four-day workshop on “Journalists’ safety During Conflicts and Working on Sensitive Issues”, from 19th April 2022 to 22nd April 2022. The trainers of the workshop were; Dr Altaf Ullah Khan (Dean of Humanities and Professor of Mass Communication at FCCU), Dr. Abeer Saady (an internationally recognized war correspondent, researcher, and media trainer), as well as Mr. Umer Farooq who is a journalist working for Voice of America (VOA).On the first day of the workshop, Ms. Rachel [...]