Home > Quaid-e-Azam > Business, Economics and Administrative Sciences > Institute of Administrative Sciences

Academics

		Departments
		Programs
		Scholarships
		Affiliated Colleges
		HEC Approved Supervisors

Institute of Administrative Sciences

The Department of Public Administration, which is now the Institute of Administrative Sciences (IAS), was established in 1962 with the technical assistance provided by the U.S. AID Mission to Pakistan to impart public administration education and research in Pakistan. Under this project, a team of professors from the University of Southern California (USC) under the headship of Professor Dr. Don R. Larson developed the academic programs and local faculty members were inducted who were later sent to USC for doctoral studies. This US trained faculty, after the departure of American professors, on completion of the USAID's project, led and managed the Department of Public Administration in the later years. The name of the department was later changed to the Department of Administrative Sciences and it gained the status of Institute of Administrative Sciences in the year 2001.
Initially, the department started offering two M.A. programs: 1) M.A. in Public Administration (MPA) for fresh graduates; and 2) M.A. in Administrative Sciences (MAS) for in-service individuals. In 1971, a third program M.A. in Business Administration was launched which was the second postgraduate program in business administration in the entire country. However, after one year, this program was transferred to a newly established Department of Business Administration.
In 1974, the Department of Administrative Science extended academic support to Gomal University for establishing the teaching departments of Public and Business Administration. Besides this, several national training institutions and government departments utilized the expertise of our department. In 1998, MPA Executive Program was launched which replaced the MAS program. In 2001, an array of undergraduate programs including BS(hons) in Management, Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM) Master of Marketing (MMKT), Master of Finance (MFIN), Master of Public Policy (MPP) and Master of Health Administration (MHA) were added to the academic portfolio. Graduate Programs of MPhil Management and PhD Management were also launched in the year 2001. In the following year, IAS also offered Post-graduate diploma in Human Resource Management (PGD-HRM). MPA Program was later upgraded to 18 years education program in the year 2010. Most recently, in 2017, Masters of Science in Human Resource Management (MSHRM) and Masters of Science in Health Administration (MSHA) have been included to strengthen the research profile of the institute.
With all these achievements, IAS can rightly claim to be the mother institution of management education in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (former NWFP) and the first, pioneer institution offering postgraduate degree in public administration in the country.

Honors

First International Conference 2018: The Institute of Administrative Sciences at University of the Punjab is holding its first International Conference on strategic directions in the fields of Governance, Management and Human Resource Management….read more at: http://www.ias.edu.pk/events/international-conference-on-governance-management-hr-strategic-directions/
National Conference 2016
2016 marked a new milestone in the history and achievements of IAS as it hosted its first National conference on “Emerging trends in Governance and Management in Pakistan” on 20-21st May 2016 at Crystal Hall, Pearl Continental Hotel. The conference boasted of prominent Keynote speakers namely:
•	Dr. Ishrat Hussain, Professor Emeritus, IBA Karachi
•	Prof. Dr. M. Nizamuddin, Chairman Punjab Higher Education Commission
•	Dr. Nadeem ul Haq, Former Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
•	Prof. Dr. Mehtab Kareem, Research Professor, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, USA
•	Prof. Dr. Zafar Iqbal Jadoon, Professor, UCP Business School, University of Central Punjab
•	Dr. Syed Tahir Hijazi, Member (Governance & Reforms), Planning Commission
•	Dr. Muhammad Amjad Saqib, Executive Director, Akhuwat Foundation
The conference was spread over three days with parallel sessions and panel discussions. The primary objective of the conference was to bring together academics, professionals, practitioners and students to promote knowledge transfer, take stock of the emerging trends in the fields of governance and management in Pakistan. It provided a platform to those actively engaged in research and practice in the field, to share their research findings and contribute to theoretical development of the discipline in light of the contextual realities of developing countries. The conference not only provided a forum to researchers to share their research findings but also to act as a networking tool that may result in mutually beneficial research collaborations.
Around 120 papers were received for presentation of which only 42 papers were accepted and presented after peer review from all across Pakistan. Submissions from all the relevant areas which aligned with the overall theme were received namely,
•	Human Resource Management
•	Governance (e.g. network governance, university governance, corporate governance, local/national/global governance, institutional governance, gender & governance, e-governance)
•	Public Policy & Implementation
•	International Development
•	Third Sector Management
•	Marketing in public, private and non-profit organisations
•	Public Service Motivation, Trust & Leadership
•	Corporate Social Responsibility
•	Public sector reform (e.g., education, health services, taxation, local government and energy sector reforms etc).
Representation of academicians from all over Pakistan was one of the hallmarks of the conference. The conference led to the following outcomes:
•	Provided an opportunity to postgraduate research students to present their research and get feedback at the PhD Colloquium
•	Aided knowledge transfers among academia, professionals, practitioners and industry leading to collaborations, that are underway.
•	Provided an opportunity to academics and research students to promote indigenous research and helped us in promoting research culture in social sciences
•	An indigenous body of knowledge in the fields of governance and management grounded in the contextual realities of Pakistan evolved.
The conference precluded a full-day colloquium for PhD Students in the field of management to share and discuss their thesis ideas and preliminary research. The colloquium was limited to 35 students, who submitted their work earlier to be reviewed by several senior faculty members. It provided the doctoral researchers with an exciting opportunity to present their work-in-progress, and receive feedback from peers, and distinguished academicians, as well as to network with other PhD scholars. The mentors that were part of the colloquium were leading academicians in their relevant fields and active researchers.

Academics

Institute of Administrative Sciences

Vision, Mission Statement and Goals

Teaching Faculty

Administrative Staff

Programs

Journal

Publications/ Research / Books

Seminar/ Conferences

Facilities

Reference Sites

Bulletin

Lectures / Notes

Faculty