Danishmand
The Director.
his term’s over yet he manages to stick around. apparently they cant find someone whose qualified enough to be a director and those who are know the politics that runs in the board and dont want to get involved.
quoting from prospects 2007
*open quotes*
Danishmand
Dean and Director
M.B.A., Institute of Public and Business Administration;
FCMI, UK
• Ex-Chairman and CEO, Suzuki Motorcycles Pakistan Ltd. (1992 – 2002)
• Ex-Group Director, Atlas Group of Companies (1977 – 1991)
• Ex-CEO, Atlas Honda Limited (1982 – 1991)
• Ex-CEO, Allwin Engineering Industries Limited (1981 – 1982)
• Ex-Executive Director, Muslim Insurance Company (1980 – 1981)
• Associate Professor, IBA (1971 – 1976) and Deputy Director, City Campus (1972- 1976)
• Assistant Professor and Chairman, Department of Management, San Fernando Valley State University, USA (1965 – 1971)
• Author of 2 books; ‘Management Survey of Training Needs’ and ‘Communications in Business and Industry’ (Co-author)
• Author of a number of publications in the areas of Communications, Economic Policy, Administration and Ethics in Management • Received “Award of Excellence and Lifetime Achievement” from Marketing Association of Pakistan
• Fellow chartered Institute of Management, Britain
*close quotes*
February 9, 2008 at 6:17 pm
all he does is sleep in his office and shout at any student who talks to him and loves the japanese way of doing things. Loves Japanese.
February 9, 2008 at 6:18 pm
he really teaches you how to make your point made when the person you are talking to gives a bloody damn about what you think. he teaches you how not to get intimidated by a person whose screaming at you.
February 19, 2008 at 1:54 pm
i dont think he had any vision for IBA, more like deluded into denying the reality that IBA had succumbed to second place and its standard was falling. I have failed to see any “visionary” steps taken by him. he couldnt fix the auditorium for crying out loud. Even the entreprenuership center seems to be lost. IBA has this research wing, i dont think i see anything substantial there either though i heard that the PhD students were working on something.
February 19, 2008 at 1:56 pm
i dont know why , but somehow when ever he tries to speak in the auditorium he embarasses us.
February 19, 2008 at 2:16 pm
i think i remember him saying that he didnt know anything about motorcycles yet he was the CEO and similarly, he continued , that he didnt know how to lead in IBA, yet he is the Dean.
i think what he meant was after an MBA you become a jack of all trades and can fit anywhere. i disagree with his statement, even if you are an MBA, kindly work in a feild where you are passionate about it and if you dont knw anything about it, find out. otherwise there are people out there who can do a better job then you, be a better person and step down in favor of those who can do a better job
February 19, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Anon5 is a genius
February 19, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Anon6 has a knack of spotting talent.
All hail Anon6
February 21, 2008 at 10:57 am
You guys Anon 1 through 6 are a pathetic bunch of losers who have never amounted to anything and yet like to try and bring others down.
Get a fucking life!
February 21, 2008 at 1:00 pm
@ Anon 7
i was wondering how we are trying to bring anyone down. have you ever met Danishmand, as in have you ever talked to him? The point is not to bring anyone down anon7, the point is to highlight the faults in the system, cause the first step in fixing a problem is identifying it. its nothing personal, just our opinions about him and in some cases observations.
ummm, he’s around for a few days, dont know how many. i suggest you go meet him and talk about something visionary regarding the institute. interact. you ll know.
When you forget to listen, you cant lead people.
February 21, 2008 at 1:08 pm
welcome to our pathetic life anon 7
lol
March 14, 2008 at 6:01 am
Danishmand has officially left IBA. His tenure lasted six years.
heres something in defence of Danishmand.
“Last couple of weeks I’ve been internally burning at the joke that my compensation at IBA had gone up by Rs. 4 per 50 minute session (increment of .003%).
I raised the issue of giving visiting faculty increase of Rs. 4 (about .003%) with Mr. Danishmand, and heads of HR and Accounts team.
It was a positive surprise to hear back from Mr. D himself. He clarified that brackets were revised, but just not in time for printing of appointment letters. After revision, my increment now stands at a whopping 20%. This is good news for anyone thinking of joining a more professional teaching setup (as opposed to running tuition centres, which really exploit on the weakness of our country’s educational system – and in fact, make it even worse by attracting talented individuals to tuition business instead of exploring university and college teaching.
Just to emphasize – not many visiting faculty is here because of financial reasons. For people like Jawed Edhi (who teaches E-Banking), the income from IBA constitutes probably .25% or less of overall compensation. And it takes significant part of our week and our leisure time. We do it because of mix following reasons:
1. we are passionate about teaching the new generation about how things work in the industry and linking knowledge with decisions
2. we genuinely feel we learn a lot ourselves by digging into details of subjects we teach you (like the webvan case study today)
3. to get social recognition for our effort
4. give back to the society who has offered us success
5. passion
Anyways, just wanted to thank the IBA for making it easier for us to continue our passion.
Farzal”
April 8, 2008 at 5:50 am
he may have an impressive work experience but he clearly lacks interpersonal skills… he surely does not know how to talk to his sub ordinates… no wonder he kept on changing jobs… no1 could stand him for long… he duz completely the opposite of what he says… i just hope his replacement is a lot better than the latter
February 17, 2009 at 2:46 pm
i am amazed at his position at international islamic university. This guy said a hadith was ‘absurd’ infront a hall full of people in Pearl Continental Lahore in January 2007 where i was present. What an unfortunate time is that to see losers like him leading an Islamic Uni.
June 16, 2009 at 9:18 pm
I have had the pleasure of working with prof. Danishmand for a number of years. He is a man of principles and is upright honest. He takes no BS and gives no BS (the reason why people don’t like him). despite his seemingly aggresive nature, he is actually very approachable and a good listener. yes! he will shout at you and take exception to anything that he thinks is not in line with his own point of view but he never discouraged me to speak my mind and did not keep anything in his heart to smite me with later, EVER. This is his greatest quality. Many of the comments against the professor on this forum are based on individual incidents and are no more than egoistic rants. and about minhaaj’s comments, well, there are lots of hadith recorded in the ‘authentic’ books on hadith that are simply absurd, non-scientific and may i add filthy in nature. I suggest you read the entire sahi bukhari before making comments. and btw islamic uni is no more islamic (or unislamic) than any other university in pakistan.
June 17, 2009 at 6:52 am
the last anonymous should learn from first anonymous in this thread. He is a shame to our nation and education. Thats what all i had to say. i wouldn’t even say how obnoxious you are given your comments about bukhari shareef. its like spitting on the sky kid.
June 23, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Dear Minhaaj Sb, How is Danishmand a shame to the nation? Do you have any reasons to back your statement or do you just like making random judgemental statements about people without a reason? You should have mentioned that it’s ONLY your PERSONAL opinion about the professor, which (with due respect) i disagree with. I also apologize if I have hurt your religious sentiments but I had to speak the truth. If you force me any more on this issue, I will start posting those absurd hadiths which i dont want to do. That is why I asked you to please read the hadiths yourself.
July 17, 2009 at 8:45 pm
hi guys
you all are very much right he is terrible, he shouts at every one he hates females i think the time his wife divorced him he has gone mad.
he just fired the best lot of our Phd doctors
we hate him
may god bless our islamic university
August 5, 2009 at 12:48 pm
mr anno……i m not agreed wid you….i think u r his relative….Mr. D. attitude was really disguisting
August 28, 2009 at 6:12 am
Vision???
All I remember about the sucker is seeing him climbing the Admin Department’s stairs at the Main Campus between 10-11 am carrying a plastic bag with the title “Microsoft” packed with papers most of the time. Yes the same place that smelled like a chemistry lab!
During my 2 years stay at the Main Campus, I cannot recall seeing him in the block hosting lecture rooms, even once.
There were other jokers like Rao Nisar and specially the one who had this collection of white shoes and kameez shalwar and hair bonded with oil..yes Mobin Khalili..
I dont know what the place looks like as it has been almost 3 years..but i hope IBA sees of these jokers sooner or later for good..
September 1, 2009 at 10:11 am
today i met Mr. Danishmand in auditorium, and i really found him danishmand.