NED Alumni Convention, Atlanta

 My third day of traveling.  Saturday, October 19, 2024

I could not sleep till about 3 in the morning and then I was up around 830 am.

Attended the Convention morning program, after the breakfast.

Speeches by:

Shahbaz Zubairi, New Jersey
Mohammad Shahid Khan, Chairman, Convention Steering Committee
Dr. Asma Ali, Chairperson, NEDIAN-NA

Panel discussion 1: NED Women Engineers with Entrepreneurial Success

Panelists: Asma Hashmi, owner, JPCL Engineering; Saba Engineer, Principal, Z&S Construction Group; Farah Gilani, President, Fastech Consulting Engineers

Moderated by: Rizwan Baig, Chief Engineer, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Speeches and presentations by:

Dr. Sarosh Lodi, Vice Chancellor, NEDUET

Ahmed Ali and Rashid Yousuf of NED-Alef, NED Alumni Endowment Fund

Ali Mallick, Associate Commissioner, New York City Department of Design and Construction

Panel discussion 2     Beyond Engineering- Entrepreneurial Success

Panelists: Amir UlIslam, President, Jersey Precast; Abul Islam, President, AI Engineers; Azhar Syed, President, Dataset, Inc.

moderated by Arif Zaffar Mansuri, owner of Pakistan Link and Urdu Link

Speeches and Presentations:

Farhat Adil, President, Institute of Engineers

Mukhtar Zaidi of NED Alumni Association of Silicon Valley

Abdul Majid Adam of Saaf Pani NGO

 














































Evening Program, Saturday, October 19, 2024

A lifetime achievement award for Ahmed Ali of NED-Alef.

A moving tribute by Amir UlIslam remembering fellow NEDians who left us.

Benjamin Sisters singing their hit numbers.

Alamgir 's mesmerizing performance.






















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