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Contents 1 Websites 2 Directories 3 Conventions 3.1 2007 US Convention in Silicon Valley - September 8, 2007 3.2 2006 US Convention 3.3 2005 US Convention 4 Regional Events 5 Multimedia and Web 2.0 5.1 Web 2.0 Collections 5.2 SCOPE Get-Together February '07 (Southern California/Los Angeles Area) 5.3 Civil '97 Video Memoir 5.4 Batch 80-81 Mech Get-to-together 6 Mailing Lists/Groups/Associations/etc. 6.1 General/Global 6.1.1 Currently Active 6.1.2 Full List 6.2 Technology-wise 6.3 Batch- / Class-wise 6.4 Geographical Groups 6.5 Within Organizations 7 Alumni Activity, Achievements, etc. 7.1 Papers 7.2 Articles 7.3 Speaking, Conferences, Keynotes, etc. 7.4 Books 7.5 Faculty in Universities 7.6 Community Service (including Politics) 7.7 Companies 7.8 Professional/International Sports 7.9 Showbiz 7.10 Media 7.11 Blogs 7.11.1 Collaborative NED-Themed 7.11.2 NEDians' Blogs 7.11.3 Other Blogs NEDians Contribute To 8 See also

See the main page about the NED University of Engineering & Technology at: NED

[edit] Websites

• NED University itself: http://www.NEDUET.edu.pk
• NEDians.org: http://www.NEDians.org (based out of the Silicon Valley area and coming out of the organization of the 2007 Convention; see below). Also home to NED Nama - این ای ڈی نامہ, the NEDian Blog.
• NED-Alumni: http://www.ned-alumni.com (based out of Houston and associated with the 2005 Convention; see below)
• NED University Alumni: http://www.neduniversityalumni.com/ (based out of the NY/NJ area and associated with the 2006 Convention)

[edit] Directories

• "Official" Alumni page: http://radius.neduet.edu.pk/alumni/login.jsp -- a directory hosted by NED itself
• NED USA's directory: http://www.epb.org/cgi-bin/awp.pl?UA=UL&GR=N&QS=Y&idx=1

[edit] Conventions

[edit] 2007 US Convention in Silicon Valley - September 8, 2007

• The website is at http://Convention2007.NEDians.org

Roll Back Time ... Celebrate NED and its Rich Heritage

On the 8th of September,2007, the Silicon Valley alumni of the NED University of Engineering & Technology invite you to celebrate 86 years of history and achievements. This will be a full-day conference with lively panels of NEDians at Tech Mart in Santa Clara, CA followed by an evening banquet at Crowne Plaza Hotel, San Jose, CA with sumptuous food, keynote by Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, comedy entertainment by British-Pakistani comedian Shazia Mirza, and nostalgic Pakistani music by local NEDians and others.

Please register online early to ensure a place at this unique event.

[edit] 2006 US Convention

• Convention on August 5, 2006 in New Jersey.
  • Pictures at: http://www.imagestation.calbum/pictures.html?id=2102225884&code=24145742&mode=invite&DCMP=isc-email-AlbumInvite
  • The website for it was:
    http://www.neduniversityalumni.com/
  • Yahoogroup linked from that site is
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDUniversityAlumni/

[edit] 2005 US Convention

• The "NED Alumni" group (details below) held a national (US) convention on April 23, 2005 or so in the Houston area:
  http://www.ned-alumni.com/photogallery-april2305.html

[edit] Regional Events

• Chicago Area: Picnic by NEDEA, June 2007

[edit] Multimedia and Web 2.0

[edit] Web 2.0 Collections

• Annotated Map on Wikimapia: http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=24931792&x=67112646&z=18&l=0&m=a
• Faisal Nasim's "NED" tagged photos on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fnasim/tags/ned/

[edit] SCOPE Get-Together February '07 (Southern California/Los Angeles Area)

• Pictures: http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2095347726
• Slideshow/Video: http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?userid=128159&cdate=20060612

[edit] Civil '97 Video Memoir

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kmWXFnKtUKw

[edit] Batch 80-81 Mech Get-to-together

Video is on Google:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qW51P7F32c&eurl=

[edit] Mailing Lists/Groups/Associations/etc.

[edit] General/Global

[edit] Currently Active

• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ned89/ The most active group of NED Alumni on the web.
• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDianz/ Currently active group, with members all across the globe.
• https://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/2862/008C9413A2E7/ NED Alumni group at LinkedIn.com (a professional networking website)
• ONN: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ONN active, relatively new group. Pretty diverse geographically.
• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EE_94-95/ Currently active group of Electrical Batch 1994-95

• Note: Several of the lists under #Batch- / Class-wise are pretty active; and several are very open to any NEDians joining.

[edit] Full List

• NEDians.org
• PakAlumni Worldwide
• ECN: http://NEDian.org.pk and the mailing list. Mailing list has been running since 1996.
• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ned89/ The most active group of NED Alumni on the web since 2001
• NEDians: the Karachi-based historical organization
• ONN: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ONN active, relatively new group. Pretty diverse geographically.
• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nedengineer/ has 560 members. Diverse geographically. Very much alive, but not very high traffic.
• NOT WORKING. NED-Alumni: The group that owns the http://www.ned-alumni.com/ domain is based in the Houston Texas area and also used to run http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NED-ALUMNI/ till very recently. They seem like they are trying to create a network that will link regional groups. They also held a "national" (US) convention on July 3, 2005 or so in the Houston area.
• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDianz/ One of the currently active groups in the list, with members all across the globe.
• Smaller YahooGroups
  • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDIANS/
  • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nedian/
  • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nedengineeringunivgraduates/
  • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDALUMNI/
  • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDUniversityAlumni/ Lists the domain http://www.neduniversityalumni.com/ , which advertises a convention in June in New Jersey.
• Smaller Web Domains
  • http://www.neduniversityalumni.com/ (Held a convention in June 2006 in New Jersey. See above. This domain is linked to from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDUniversityAlumni/)

[edit] Technology-wise

• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nedians_ece/
• Electronics: http://groups.msn.com/nedelectronics though it says it is "The group for the NEDians (Electronic Engineering) graduating in 2008"

[edit] Batch- / Class-wise

• Batch 1973-74: http://groups.msn.com/ned1974electrical/
• Batch 1980-81, Mechanical: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NED_MECH_80/
  See http://youtube.com/watch?v=7qW51P7F32c for video of a reunion
• Batch 1984-85, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NED84_85/ ["Other NEDians/non-NEDians are welcome to join."]
• Batch 1984-85 Electrical: Old Nedians Network, ONN - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ONN has a predominance of Batch 1984-85 Electrical
• Batch 1987-88, Comp. Sys: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zsf
• Batch 1988-89, Electrical: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elec88-89/
• Batch 1989-90: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ned89 (Open for all NEDians, Your Full Name, Your NED Dept and Your NED Batch Year required to join)
• Batch 1990-91, Mechanical: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDMechCorner/
• Batch 1990-91, Computer Systems Engg: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ned9091/
• Batch 1991-92, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xnedians/
• Batch 1992-93, Electrical: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elect92-93/
• Batch 1993-94, Electrical: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elect93-94/
• Batch 1993-94, Comp Sys Engg: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/becs9394/
• Batch 1993-94, Mechanical: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mech9394/
• Batch 1994-95, Electrical:: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EE_94-95/
• Batch 1995-96, Mechanical: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mech95-96/
• Batch 1997-98, Electrical: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ned_electrical_9798/
• Batch 1998-99: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cs-9899/
• Batch 1999-2000, Electronics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/engineers_9900
• Batch: 2000-2001, Electical: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ned-electrical-2000-01/
• Batch 2001-02, Electronics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ned_electronics_20012002
• Batch 2002-03, CISD: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cis2002-2003/
• Batch 2003-04, CISD: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nedcis2004/
• Batch 2003-04 Electronics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/electronics2004
• Batch 2003-04 Electronics?: http://groups.msn.com/nedelectronics though it says it is "The group for the NEDians (Electronic Engineering) graduating in 2008"
• Batch 2004-05, Electronics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/el_neduet/

[edit] Geographical Groups

• Alberta, Canada: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NED-Al-AB/
• Canada: NED Alumni Association of Canada (NEDAC)

Website: http://www.nedalumnicanada.org/

Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nedalumnicanada/

• Chicagoland Area: http://www.nedea.net/
• Houston Texas: "NED-Alumni" is based out of this region. Their wesbite is http://www.ned-alumni.com/ and they used to run http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NED-ALUMNI
• Saudi Arabia:
  • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KSA_NEDians/
  • Eastern Province: NED Engineer's Forum, http://www.contactpakistan.com/socialwork/ned/index.html
• Germany: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDians_Germany/
• Silicon Valley/Northern California: http://www.NEDians.org/SV
• Southern California (Los Angeles area): http://nedaasc.ning.com/
• UAE: NED Alumni Forum U.A.E, only contact available at this time is email address
• UK: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NED-Alumni-UK/
• "NED USA", USA: http://www.epb.org/nedusa/index.htm (See also other entries in this list and above.)

Lists dominated by NEDians

• Detroit/Michigan Area: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mipakis
• Southern California: "Southern California Organization of Pakistani Engineers (SCOPE) is a professional engineering organization of Engineers residing in Southern California region - Santa Barbara to San Diego...The creation of SCOPE was a result of NED Alumini (NEDian's) efforts to bring all the Southern California based Pakistani American Engineers together over a common platform.": http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scope/

[edit] Within Organizations

• Cisco Systems has an internal list for NEDians.
• Microsoft Corporation has an internal list for NEDians.

[edit] Alumni Activity, Achievements, etc.

[edit] Papers

[edit] Articles

[edit] Speaking, Conferences, Keynotes, etc.

• Raghib Hussain, CSE Batch '87-88:

Keynote at ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems, 2006 (ANCS 2006)

[edit] Books

• Harris Khalique, Mech, Batch '84-85
  • Aaj Jab Huwee Barish, Irtiqa, 1991
  • If Wishes Were Horses, Irtiqa, 1996
  • Saarey Kaam Zaroori Thay, Fazleesons, 1997
  • Divan, Ceen, 1998
  • Unfinished Histories, Alhamra, 2002
  • Between You and Your Love, Fazleesons, 2004
  • Ishq Ki Taqveem Mein..., Daniyal, 2006

• Khalid Raza, EE, Batch '82-83
  • Cisco Network Topology and Design, Cisco Press, 2002. Co-author.
• Jami J Shah, Mech, Batch '72-73
  • Parametric & Feature based CAD/CAM, John Wiley, 1995
  • Feature based manufacturing, ElSevier Science, 1994
• Ali Ahmed Minai, Electrical '80-81
  • Compilation of Urdu Poetry - published in 2005

[edit] Faculty in Universities

• Ali Ahmed Minai, EE, Batch '84-85

Associate Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Cincinnati.

• Shah Jamshed Jami, ME Batch 1973

AKA Jami J. Shah, Ph.D., Professor, Fulton School of Engineering Arizona State University, Tempe AZ 85287-6106

Director, Design Automation Lab

Chief Editor, ASME Transactions Journal (JCISE)

• Muhammad Fareed Kandlawala, EE, Batch 1991-1992

Lecturer, Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia

• Mohammad Asghar Bhatti, PhD, CE, Batch 1973

Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa [1][2]

[edit] Community Service (including Politics)

• Nabiha Mauiyyedi (Mech 90-91, I think)
  President International Organization of Pakistani Women Engineers (IOPWE) (2003)
• Riaz Haq(Electrical 74)
  Chairman NEDians Convention 2007
• Harris Khalique
  Chief Executive, SPO, the largest rights-based civil society organisation in Pakistan

[edit] Companies

• Aero Asia Limited.: Former Vice Chairman, Rauf Tabani, CE '76 Batch.
• Barbed Wire Technologies : Founder/CEO, Zia Iqbal
• Cavium Networks: Founder/CTO and VP Software, Raghib Hussain, CSE, Batch '87-88

See: http://www.marketwatch.com/search/?value=cavium for news and

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=cavm for stock quotes

• Infonox: Founder/CEO Safwan Shah, EE, Batch '80-81?

http://www.infonox.com/press/default.shtml

• ITIM Software, Pakistan: General Manager/CEO Azfar Jafri, ME, Batch '86-87
• Jersey Precast : Founder/CEO Amir-ul-Islam
• Mertech Data Systems, Inc.: Founder/CEO, Riaz Merchant, CSE 84-85
• MyGlobalCam, Inc.: Founder, Riaz Merchant, CSE 84-85
• NexLogic: Founder/CEO Zulki Khan
• Paragon Construction : Founder/CEO Aftab Siddiqui
• Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited.: CEO, Walid Irshad Batch?
• SimCon: Top management includes Ahmed Safi, Mech '80-81, and Farrukh Jamal (who is also Group Director Technical for the whole Aftab Group of Companies,of which Simcon is a member organization)
• Vertical Systems Inc. CEO, Saeed Kazmi EE 72-73; CTO, Idris Kothari EE 72-73
• WiChorus: Founder/CEO Rehan Jalil, EE, Batch '87-88

[edit] Professional/International Sports

• Asif Mujtaba
• Ghulam Ali
• Hasan Sardar - Hockey
  Scored 150 goals in 148 International matches. Career lasted 1979-1987 [Needs link for records/career]
• Manzoor Akhtar: EE-B, Batch 89-90
• Nadeem Wahab: ME, Batch 73-74
• Rashid Latif: Batch '87-88. ME?
• Saeed Anwar: CSE, Batch 86-87???

[edit] Showbiz

• Ali Haider, Singer-Song Writer, Musician: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Haider
• Ayaz Khan, comedian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayaz_Khan [Please help fill that article out and/or write one here.]
• Mazhar Ali, TV Actor

[edit] Media

• ABN Chicago has at least three active NEDian team members (Shahran Asim in production and hosting, and Sabahat Ashraf, "iFaqeer", doing a tech segment, helping with online publishing, and other input, as well as Rauf Tabani providing commentary from Pakistan.)
• Azad Karachi Radio has an all-NEDian founding team: iFaqeer (Sabahat Ashraf CSE, Batch '87-88) and Ali Hasan Cemendtaur, Mech, Batch '80-'81(?)
• Chowk has an NEDian founder, Safwan Shah, EE, Batch '80-81(?)

[edit] Blogs

[edit] Collaborative NED-Themed

• NED Nama - این ای ڈی نامہ: http://www.nedians.org/blog/

[edit] NEDians' Blogs

• Sabahat Ashraf: http://iFaqeer.blogspot.com
• Riaz Haq: http://riazhaq.blogspot.com
• Faisal Ahmad Jafri: http://faisalahmadj.wordpress.com
• Ali Hasan Cemendtaur:
  • http://cemendtaur.blogspot.com
  • http://karachiphotoblog.blogspot.com

[edit] Other Blogs NEDians Contribute To

• Pakistaniat: Owais Mughal, Managing Editor: http://www.pakistaniat.com - Contributors include Sabahat Ashraf ("iFaqeer")
• Metroblog Karachi, Tee Emm, contributor: http://karachi.metblogs.com

[edit] See also

• Alumni Groups