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NCT Officials meet CAS-Nizwa counterparts

Various officials of the college met with their counterparts at the Dean’s Office yesterday, 8 February, to discuss various cooperation and benchmarking activities between the two organizations. Present in the meeting were Dr. Bader Ahmed, AD Academics who headed the NCT group, Mr. Michael Reith, HoC of ELC, Dr. Rolando Lontok, HoC of ETC, Mr. NKR Nair, HoD-Engineering, Dr. Imran Hameed, HoD-Business Studies, and Mr. Syed Azzamuddin, HoS-IT. Also present were Dr. P. Marichamy, HoS-Engineering, Dr. Shafiuddin, HoS-HRM, Dr. Casimir Ignatius and Ms. Thuraya Al-Hinai, HoSs-ELC. The College of Applied Sciences (CAS) Nizwa group, meanwhile, is composed of Dr. Ahmed Shakir El-Qilabi, Head of English Language Department, Dr. Alex Mathew, HoD of IT, Dr. Mohammad Abdul Madar, HoD of International Business, Mrs. Ameena Hamed Al-Abri and Mrs. Huda Said Al-Habsi, English Language lecturers, Mr. Mohammed Abdullah Ambusaidi, IT lecturer, and Mr. Said Mohammed Al-Riyami, International Business lecturer.

Before the exploratory talks on future cooperation and benchmarking activities of the two institutions, the NCT group provided the guests with a video presentation of the college. The 8-minute presentation showed the college advocacies, as well as its various services and facilities. Dr. Alex Mathew, CAS-Nizwa Head of IT Department, also provided a short presentation describing the College of Applied Sciences.

During the meeting, the two groups discussed varied topics and issues, which included comparison of organizational structures of the two colleges, sharing information on various policies and procedures such as general management, student assessment, information systems, practical training of students (OJT), advising and other relevant standards, and staff development among others.

A tour of the college, followed by a more detailed discussion of systems, procedures and processes between staff of similar departments from the two institutions, capped the day’s activities for the two groups. /junlontok