Course Orientation Session

COMMUNITY SERVICE
LEARNING COURSE CSL-401
SPRING 2020
 Resource Person from
Community Service Program
Personal Profile :
Dr. Niaz Bahadur Khan
Assistant Professor ( SMME)
Course Director CSL-401 (Sep , 2015)
Faculty Head NUST Community Service Club

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Specialization
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), Fluid structure interaction (FSI), Structural,
Vibrational and other Failure Analysis. Multiphase flow.

Education
PhD (Mechanical Engineering), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Office hours: 1400hrs- 1700hrs every Wed-Fri

Email Address :  niaz.bahadur@smme.nust.edu.pk & n_bkhan@yahoo.com
Phone No : 03459036803, 9085-6074
Office Location: SMME New building
Faculty cabins ( Second floor)
 Resource Person from
Community Service Program
Personal Profile :
Sehrish Hamid Butt
Assistant Manager Community Service-
(Course Coordinator)

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Specialization
Media Effects: Advances in Theory & Research, Theories of Influence on
Mass Media Content, TV and Radio production
Education
M.Phil in Mass Communication

Office hours: 1400hrs- 1700hrs every Mon-Fri

Email Address : sehrish.hamid@smme.nust.edu.pk
Phone No : 9085-6085, 03215315648
Office Location: Al Jazari Block, SMME
Room No : 107 ( Ground floor)
 Resource Person from
Community Service Program
Personal Profile :
Maheen Mumtaz
Assistant Manager Community Service

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Specialization
Marketing , Management, Content writing and development
Education
Masters in Management Sciences

Office hours: 1400hrs- 1700hrs every Mon-Fri

Email Address : maheenmumtaz@smme.nust.edu.pk
Phone No : 9085-6084
Office Location: Al Jazari Block, SMME
Room No : 106 ( Ground floor)
 Resource Person SEECS (EE)
Personal Profile :
Mr. Yasir Iqbal
Assistant Professor

Specialization

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Microwave Engineering
Education
MS – RF and Microwave Engineering – University of Gavle, Sweden

Office hours: 1400hrs- 1700hrs every Thursday

Email Address : yasir.iqbal at seecs.edu.pk
Phone No : 9085-2111
 Resource Person SEECS (SE)

Personal Profile :
Miss Ayesha Kanwal
Lecturer

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Specialization
Information Security, Cloud Computing Security

Education
MS-Information Security – Information Security, Cloud Computing
Security – (SEECS), NUST

Office hours: 1400hrs- 1700hrs every Thursday

Email Address : ayesha.kanwal at seecs.edu.pk
Phone No : 9085-2184
 Resource Person SEECS (CS)

Personal Profile :
Mr. Jaudat Mamoon
Assistant Professor

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Specialization
Communications Engineering

Education
M.Sc. in Communications Engineering
TUM Munich, Germany
Office hours: 1400hrs- 1700hrs every Thursday
Email Address : jaudat.mamoon@seecs.edu.pk
Phone No : 9085- 2154
 Overview & Aim
• Community Service Learning Course CSL-401
has been made compulsory for all NUST UG
students (approved ACM 35). In spring 2015
semester it has been opened for all PG students.

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• Aim
• To impart general awareness & knowledge
along with social guidance to develop NUST
students into socially active citizens in line with
NUST Community Service strategy of having a
discernible positive impact on society through
active citizenry
 Learning Objectives
& Expected Outcomes
Students should:
1. Become aware of various areas of community
service and of relevant ongoing philanthropic

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activities in the community.
2. Develop a sense of responsibility, compassion and
empathy towards the community.
3. Contribute to have a discernible impact on the
community
 Applicability , References
• Applicability
• Final year UG students: by curriculum
• PG students: by preferred participation ( opened in Spring, 2015
semester)
• References / Relevant Documents (available
on LMS- has to be upload by

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concerned faculty on LMS / or share online via email)
• Course Outline (Online)

• List of Proposed / approved Project Ideas for Assignment 1 and 2 (Online)

• All exercise materials as provided in respective workshops and lectures (via LMS)
• A Practical Guide for Integrating Civic Responsibility into the Curriculum (2nd Edition), 2006,
Community College Press Washington DC USA by Karla Gottlieb and Gail Robinson
• Trainer’s Manual of Community Based Disaster Risk Management NDMA- Pakistan by Mariser
Palencia
• Project Plan Report (availability/submission : Via email/ hard Copy as per the faculty choice)
• Project Completion Report (availability/submission : Via email/ hard Copy as per the faculty choice)
 Course Format
• Comprises of
• 1 credit hour comprising minimum of 15 hours of workshops related to
the topics listed in course guidelines booklet (5 sessions) – by attendance
taken on line
• 1 credit hour of field work comprising
• 1st assignment of 10hrs – community service focused

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• 2nd assignment of 20 hours – community development/empowerment
focused
• Group activities are advisable
• List of sample activities provided for both projects in a separate document
(available on LMS)
• Students are asked to propose their own projects and implement after advisor’s
approval
• Project plan report and project completion report – to be submitted online via email/hard
copy as per the concerned faculty’s convenience by due dates ( one project head from
each participating school will submit)
• Each group has to appear in a viva/ presentation session after the project completion
deadline (the presence of all group members is mandatory)
 Grading & Evaluation
Criteria
Criteria for Merit Criteria for Course Conditions upon which
Certificate Qualification  student will be
withdrawn from the
course 
1.Workshops 1. Participation in all 1. Participation in 4 or 1. Not meeting any of the
  workshops more workshops out of 6 course qualification
requirements
 

2.Project 1 of 2. Submission of both
10hrs (service project plan reports
oriented) (fully complete) by due
  dates
  3. Submission of both
  project completion
3.Project 2 of reports (fully complete)
20hrs by due dates with total
(community 30 service hours
development/ 4. Submission of course
empowerment feedback by due date
oriented) 5. 80% or more score for
  quality of work
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2. Violation of code of
conduct
2. Submission of both project
plan reports (fully complete)
by due dates
3. Submission of both project
completion reports (fully
complete) by due dates with
total 30 service hours
4. 50% to 79% score for
quality of all submitted
work
 Code of conduct
• Every student involved in community service pledges not
to lie, steal or cheat and not to tolerate those who do the
same
• A community service student will neither claim a false

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credit nor vouch for any un-witnessed / wrong claims
 Course Schedule SEECS
Activity Date Venue
Workshop 1: Course Orientation and Deriving Inspirations 23rd Jan Thur NIT Seminar Hall

Workshop 2: Community Service Project Management & 30th Jan Thur As per the school
advisor’s choice
Applications of your specialty to benefit community (by
respective school advisors)
Workshop 3: Disaster Preparedness and Response 6th Feb Thur NIT Seminar Hall

Workshop 4: First Aid & Fire Fighting 13th Feb Thur NIT Seminar Hall

Assignment 1: Project Plan Submission 7th Feb Thur LMS/ Email

Plan approved by school advisor 12th Feb Mon LMS/Email/ Verbal

approval

Workshop 5: Social Entrepreneurship 20th FebThu NIT Seminar Hall

Assignment 1: Project Completion Report Submission 19th March LMS/ Email

Thur
Viva of The Project Completed 19th March As specified by
school advisors
Thur
Assignment 2: Project Plan Submission 26th Marc LMS/ Email
Thur
Plan approved by school advisor 27th Mar Mon LMS/Email/ Verbal
approval

Assignment 2: Project Completion Report Submission 16th Apr Thur LMS/ Email
 QUIZ
• After all the workshop sessions a quiz of 20 marks
from all the workshop material delivered in class
will be conducted.
• Only 1 quiz –so students have no chance to

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improve/makeup for the quiz
• Quiz will be conceptual – from all the class
activities and concepts delivered in each session
• Schedule :
SEECS : 24th – 28th Feb during OHT-1 (only if
all workshops are completed before OHT-1)
 Dates to remember for Faculty
Activity
Project Plan 1 approval
Viva of The Project Completed
Project Plan 2 approval
Viva of The Project Completed
Grading of the course and submission of
result to respective academic office with a
Deadline
19-20-21 Feb any day of your convenience,
you are requested to come with your
project plans and meet Faculty Head /
Assistant Manager Community Service , for
final approvals of submitted plans
19th March Thursday
26-27-28th March any day of your
convenience ,you are requested to come
with your project plans and meet Faculty
Head / Assistant Manager Community
Service , for final approvals of submitted
plans
16th April Thursday
5th May
 Viva and Evaluation Sheet Format
Quizzes (5 workshops): Weightage = 20%
Project 1 (10 hours): Weightage = 40%
Project 2 (20 hours): Weightage= 40%  
PROJECT COMPLETION EVALUATION SHEET
•Student Name: ____________________________________
•Registration NO: _________________________________________
•School and Section: ________________________________

Assessment parameter Marks

Relevance/ Need of the community service project (why it is required) /2
Pre execution team meeting (s) regarding project planning /2
Pre execution tasks: e-g marketing, resource gathering, contact with the community partner (organization /2
where the project was executed), arrangement of logistics for project execution
Tasks performed as an individual team member of the project on execution day /10
No of hours contributed by the individual team member /10
No of beneficiaries of the project /2
Project carried out goes with the set theme or not (in case of Assignment 1 the project carried out must be /2
service focused and for Assignment 2 the project carried out must be development / empowerment
oriented)
Quality of work submitted through project completion report and two pictures depicting the presence of /6
whole team at project execution place. (group submission via LMS)
Write up of 350-400 words and 4 best pictures emailed to be school adviser (group submission) /4
Any other (specify category and marks)  
Questions /

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