The Twenty Third Council Meeting of National Business Education Accreditation Council (NBEAC) was held on February 18, 2020 02:00pm – 04:30pm at Margalla Hall, PAFSOM ARENA, Islamabad. The meeting was moderated by Ms. Sania Tufail, Senior Program Manager, NBEAC. The agenda of the meeting was confirmation of minutes of the 22nd meeting of NBEAC, actions taken on decisions of the 22nd Council meeting, recent Decisions by the Accreditation Award Committee, issues for discussion and Quarterly Progress Report (Sept 2019-Feb 2020).

The meeting commenced with the recitation of the Holy Quran. Dr. Farrukh Iqbal (Chairman NBEAC) welcomed the Council members to the Board. He congratulated the NBEAC team for having organized a very productive 7th Deans and Directors Conference. Mr. Ahtesham Ali Raja (Program Director, NBEAC) briefed the committee regarding the agenda items which were then discussed in detail by the committee. Council members unanimously approved the Minutes of the 22nd Council Meeting, subject to some modifications suggested by Dr. Nadia Tahir and discussed at the current meeting. Three business schools had been considered for NBEAC accreditation since the last council meeting. The recommendations of Accreditation Award Committee (AAC) were presented before the Council.  The Council members unanimously approved the recommendations of Accreditation Award Committee (AAC).

In relation to a concern that some institutions were not providing feedback on accreditation visits on time, the Council asked staff to inform applicants that feedback that was not submitted within two weeks of a PRT visit would not be considered by it.

Dr. Farrukh Iqbal Chairman (Director, IBA, Karachi), Dr. Naukhez Sarwar Vice Chairman (Dean, NUST, Islamabad), Dr. Zahoor Hassan Syed (Professor, LUMS), Mr. Nissar Siddiqui (Vice Chancellor,Sukkur IBA University, Sindh) Dr. Sadia Nadeem (Dean, FAST School of Management, Islamabad), Dr. Muhammad Mohsin Khan (Director, Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar), Dr. Abdul Raziq (Dean, IQRA University Karachi), Dr. Syed Azhar Hussain Shah (Group Head, HRM, National Bank of Pakistan), Dr. Faheem Ghazanfar (Registrar, Faculty of Administrative Sciences, University of Kotli, AJKU), Syed Mazhar Ali Nasir (SVP, FPCCI), Dr. Nadia Tahir (Managing Director QAA, HEC), Ms. Humera Quddus (Assistant Director, QAA, HEC), Mr. Ahtesham Ali Raja (Program Director, NBEAC), Ms. Sania Tufail (Senior Program  Manager, NBEAC), Mr. Asad Khan (Accounts Manager, NBEAC), Ms. Nomeeta Maqsood (Deputy Program Manager, NBEAC), Muhammad Usman (Public Relations Manager), Ms. Maryam Akhtar (Assistant Manager Training & Development, NBEAC), Mr. Usman Ali Jadoon (Assistant Manager Accreditation, NBEAC ), Mr. Muhammad Irfan Khan (Assistant Manager Accreditation, NBEAC), Muhammad Tahir (IT Assistant, NBEAC) and Muhammad Usman Khan (MTO, NBEAC) participated through the whole session.