As forerunner initiative, the library section of IBA has compiled digital copies of historical materials about the history of IBA and its transition and transformation over the time. The Historical collection contains digitized documents of historical records starting from the inception of the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi.
The archives of the IBA historical documents contain a diverse collection of hand written, rare printed, photocopied, and tele printed documents. The holdings include documents related to the establishment of IBA, five-year plans, institutional manuscripts, grants, financial aids and scholarship, course outlines, IBA hostel bulletin, student societies, alumni association, pension scheme, budget and audit report, training, official visits, introduction of degree programs and casebook etc.
These digitized historical documents can be found below-
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Meet the Business Leaders Programme 1981
Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
'Meet the Business Leaders Programme' held on August 23, 1981 at the IBA University Campus. The programme was attended by leading businessmen of Karachi as well as important teachers of the University of Karachi. Professor Dr. Abdul Wahab-Director of Institute of Business Administration gave the welcome address.
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Pension Scheme 1978
Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
The Pension Scheme has been constituted with effect from let July, 1972 under Statute No.32 assented to by the Chancellor on 29th June, 1973.
The Pension Scheme shall apply to;
- All University servants appointed on probation on or after 1st July, 1972.
- All confirmed University servants who were in service on or before 1st July, 1972 unless they opt for the existing Provident Fund.
- All employees who retired from University service on or after 1st July, 1972, but before the date of publication of Pension Statutes, if they opt for these Statutes.
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Powers and duties of the IBA Director 1973
Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
Under Section 25-A of the University of Karachi Ordinance, the powers and duties of the Director of the Institute of Business Administration are;
- Director shall be the Principal executive officer of the Institute
- Responsible for the execution of policies
- Exercise supervisory control over the academic and non-academic staff
- Prepare Annual Budget
- Authority to make appointments and promotions to positions
- Power to grant annual increments
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Recruitment and service rules for ministerial staff 1972
Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
Recruitment and Service Rules for Ministerial Staff were approved by the Syndicate on 15-1-1972.
- Ministerial Staff means all the employees belonging to Class 111 and Class IV.
- Ministerial Staff is the whole-time employee of the University whose salary is charged to the University budget and shall not include any person appointed on daily wages.
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IBA Hostel Bulletin 1971: Volume A-1
Institute of Business Administration
The residents of IBA hostel and Literary society published the first issue of Hostel Bulletin in July, 1971. The contents of this bulletin looked at the lighter side of life and gave anecdotes, poetry and other such light articles to read and enjoy.
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Advertisement- Admission to the MBA program 1971
Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
Attached is the advertisement for admissions to the MBA program, the most valued degree for jobs and salaries of Institute of the Business Administration printed in news paper's issue of October 31, 1971.
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Correspondence-joint research project (urban development and slum improvement) 1971
Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
This document is the correspondence of the Joint Research Project (JRP-IV). The JRP-IV (Joint Research Project No.IV) has started functioning at the IBA city buildings from September, 1970. The office of the Project has been located in six rooms of the Administration block. Besides these six rooms, one class-room is also used by the Project for its field workers.
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Introduction of the B.B.A program 1970
Institute of Business Administration
Objectives of the B.B.A Programme:
- To provide the students with a broad-based vocational education & training.
- To provide the students with an understanding of the internal working of business organizations, the external environment of business, and the interaction of the business with the external environment.
- To help the students acquire experience in analysis and synthesis of information, which would enable them to apply principles to specific problems.
- To prepare the students for supervisory and junior executive positions in business and industry giving them at the same time necessary background for promotions to higher echelons of managerial hierarchy.
- To prepare the students to continue their studies in business administration at the master's and doctoral level.
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The fourth five-year development plan of IBA 1970-75
Institute of Business Administration
The Institute of Business Administration Is unique among the institutions of higher learning in Pakistan, offering training in business as the post-graduate division of the Faculty of Business Administration, University of Karachi. It was set up by the Government of Pakistan as a technical assistance project under the aegis of the University of Karachi. The universities which technical assistance to the Institute were the University of Pennsylvania (1954-59) and the University of Southern California (1960-64). The Institute has an outstanding Pakistani teaching staff, trained in the United States of America.
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Evaluation of Technical Assistance Programmes in Pakistan 1970
Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
The evaluation cell of the economic affairs division prepared a report on the technical assistance provided to Pakistan by the international organisations under the aegis of Technical Assistance Programmes.
The sole objective of this program is to produce educated and trained managerial personnel for the developing economy of Pakistan through the following activities;
- Providing post-graduate education and training to prospective executives of business and industry
- Assisting business and industry through provision of facilities of in-service training
- Understanding research and publications in the fields of business problems
- Co-operating with public and private agencies in programmes that are conductive to the achievement of the institute's objective
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IBA Inaugural Function 1970
Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
The Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi, held its Inaugural Function on December 28, 1970. The Inaugural Function was an annual feature, and served a very useful purpose in giving a preview of the academic year to the student body and the faculty.
In the Inauguration address, Dr. I.A. Mukhtar took note of the changing political and the expected academic set up in the country and outlined the modifications in the Institute's academic programs in view of those changes.
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IBA Basic Data 1954-1968
Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
University of Karachi established in April 1955, with the assistance of the United States International Cooperation Administration (now the United States Agency for International Development), the Institute of Public and Business Administration. In 1960 the program of this Institution was modified to include only business administration and its name changed to that of the Institute of Business Administration.
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Ordinance: Degrees of Master of Public Administration and Master of Business Administration
Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
The Institute of Public and Business Administration offers two courses of graduate study;
- One leading to the degree of Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) and one leading to the degree of Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.).
- The requirement for the degree in either course is 56 semester credits (including the satisfactory completion of a thesis).
- Ordinarily two years of full time work is necessary to successfully complete the prescribed course of study.
- Entering students must have obtained their Bachelor's degrees.
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Course Outline-Advance Statistics
Dr. Hashmi
This document is the course outline by Dr. Hashmi from the Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi for the course of Advance Statistics (Operations Research).
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Course Outline-Managerial Economics
Dr. Hashmi
Attached document is the course outline prepared by Dr. Hashmi from the Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi for the course of Managerial Economics (Business Forecasting).
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Course Outline-Sales Management and Advertising
Abdul Wahab
Attached is the course outline by Abdul Wahab from the Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi for the course of Sales Management and Advertising.
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Grant-in-aid for the establishment of Institute of Business Administration 1966-67
Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
The attached correspondence consists of email exchanges, and teleprinter messages on Grant-in-Aid received for the establishment of the Institute of Business Administration during the period 1966-67. The document also provides information on technical assistance to the Institute of Business Administration from USAID, Pakistan, under contractual arrangements between USAID, Pakistan, and the University of Pennsylvania from 1955 to 1959.
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Student enrollment in the MBA program and Diplomas 1955-67
Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
The attached document is the statement showing annual data for the academic year (1955-1967) on the number of students who enrolled and qualified for the MBA degree programmes and students who have been awarded the Diplomas.
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Board of Advanced Studies of IBA 1966
Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
Functions of the IBA Board of Advanced Studies:
- To prepare courses and syllabi for post-graduate examination in Business Administration
- To advise the Academic Council and the Board of Governors on all matters connected with the objectives of the Institute.
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Constitution-Business Administration Students Club (BASC) 1966
Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
Aims and Objectives of Business Administration Students Club (BASC):
- To promote and safeguard the general interest and discipline among the students of the Institute of Business Administration.
- To promote such extra-curricular activities as might supplement the academic training of the students of the IBA.
- To bring out annually a students magazine.
- To provide such opportunities as might be helpful to students ; in utilizing their leisure in the best possible manner.
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The proposed Master of Business Education Program
Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
- To raise the standard of business education at college level.
- To train qualified teachers who can profess business disciplines effectively and with competence.
- To train the participants in research methodology and techniques, enabling them to undertake independent research in business problems and produce reports, studies, case materials, and textbooks.
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The third five-year development plan of IBA 1965-70
Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
The Institute of Business Administration was set up by the Government of Pakistan in 1955, as a division of the University of Karachi.
In order to develop the Institute on modern lines, the government sought technical assistance from USAID in the matter of;
- Provision of American advisers,
- Training of Pakistani teachers in American universities
- Provision of an adequate library of business and allied subjects.
In the 5-year development budget of IBA , three to four million dollars have been spent on the development of the Institute in the form of technical assistance, vast sums of rupee expenditure have also been incurred to bring it to its present level of performance.
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PC-1 Proforma for development scheme 1960-65
Institute of Public and Business Administration, University of Karachi
The development of the National Graduate School of Business Administration involves:
- The selection and training of qualified teachers
- Conducting of regularly scheduled academic courses leading to the degree of Master of Business Administration
- Conducting of regularly scheduled evening diploma courses for employed persons
- Conducting in-service training courses and management development programs for business and industry
- Carrying out various research projects beneficial to education, business, and industry
- Production of text books and teaching materials
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IBA New Leave Rules
Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
General Rules of the IBA New Leave Rules
- Leave is earned by duty. It cannot be claimed as a matter of right even when due, and if the exigencies of duty so require, an application for leave can be refused, or if leave has already been granted the remaining portion of it can be revoked and the employee can be recalled to join forthwith.
- Holidays falling within the period of any kind of leave shall be counted as leave. They may either be added at the beginning and/or at the end of the leave with the permission of the sanctioning authority.
- No leave shall be availed of unless it is actually granted, except leave applied for under emergent circumstances, proved to the satisfaction of the sanctioning authority.
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Yearly basis of grants since the inception of IBA
Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
On September 24, 1954 the University of Pennsylvania (USA) signed a contract with the Foreign Operation Mission of the USA, under which they sent a team to Karachi to carry out a project in the field of Business and Public Administration for the purpose of strengthening the educational, research, and consultation programmes of the University of Karachi.
This Project was to be financed from two sources.
- Funds supplied by the University of Pennsylvania
- Funds provided by the Government of Pakistan through University of Karachi