Tenure 2023 – 2024

OFFICE BEARERS

Muhammad Huzaifa Naeem

President

Lavish Kumar Aidasani

General Secretary

Nirma Gohar

Finance Secretary

Mushahid Hussain

Press Secretary

Council

Events

Council farewell

The council was bid farewell in a small ceremony, and certificates were awarded for the following categories:

  • Best Director (General Secretary, Finance Secretary, Press Secretary, Presidential Wings).
  • Best Executive.
  • Best Event Head.
  • Pride of Performance.

24 May, 2024

return to the moon and onwards to mars! nasa’s artemis program

An enlightening session was organized in collaboration with the Department of Physics, SNS, featuring Mr. Mansoor Ahmed, a recent NASA retiree. As the former Associate Director of the Astrophysics Projects Division at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, he captivated students, faculty, and space enthusiasts with an in-depth talk on NASA’s Artemis Program.

Held at SMME, NUST, the talk provided a detailed overview of one of the most ambitious space exploration initiatives of our time. Mr. Ahmed highlighted our innate drive to explore and aspire for the heavens.

13 May, 2024

Cosmic chronicles podcast series

We started our very own podcast series “Cosmic Chronicles”, where we dived into the stories of researchers at NUST and also discussed the current projects they are working on. We produced the first three episodes of the series:

  1. Dr. Muhammad Nauman in conversation with Hamdan Ahmad.
  2. Dr. Asad Mumtaz in conversation with Muhammad Furqan.
  3. Dr. Noraiz Tahir in conversation with Bilal Shahid.

30 November, 2023; 11 December, 2023; 28 February, 2024

All council meeting/orientatiON

NPAS held its orientation at the end of the fall semester, attended by both current council members and former office bearers. The event featured introductory sessions, interactive games, song performances, and, of course, plenty of pizza and cake!

26 December, 2023

Bridging universes: exploring general relativity

Mr. Rashid Talha delivered a talk, explaining the fundamentals of general relativity, starting from the Newton’s Model of Gravity.

30 November, 2023

sPACE WEEK 2023
Astronomy night

On October 20th, 2023, NPAS concluded its Space Week celebrations with an Astronomy Night at NUST. In collaboration with the PakAstronomers Society and NUST students, Mr. Haris Jawad and Danyal Ali, we set up multiple telescopes at the SCME Ground. The event also featured student merchandise stalls and food vendors. Over 200 people attended, making the night a great success!

20 October, 2023

Schools outreach program

As part of our outreach program during Space Week, our team of volunteers visited several educational institutes, and engaged in captivating discussions about the vast universe and inspiring a love for space and astronomy. We visited:

  • Noureen Zindagi Welfare Trust, Ghauri Town, Islamabad.
  • Islamabad College for Boys, G-6/3, Islamabad.
  • Crescent International School G-10/3, Islamabad.
  • Speech Therapy Club and Intervention Center for Learning Disabilities, Korang Town, Islamabad.

7 – 10 October, 2023

Closing ceremony and prize distribution

The prize distribution ceremony for the various competitions held throughout the Space Week was arranged at IESE Hall. The closing ceremony was attended by two distinguished guest speakers:

  • Dr. Farrukh Shahzad as focal person of the PakAstronomers Society.
  • Dr. Zahir Ali as focal person of the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), the National Space Agency of Pakistan.

20 October, 2023

SPACE Trivia quiz

A Space Trivia Quiz competition was held, with the topic of “Milestones in study of Space and Astronomy”, at IESE Hall, NUST, where teams of students from NUST participated.

20 October, 2023

REsearch talks

Three separate talks, by a faculty member and MS Students were held as part of Space Week 2023, giving them an opportunity to discuss about various research problems on the topic of Space Science and Exploration.

  • “The Darkest Mystery of the Universe” by Dr. Noraiz Tahir.
  • “Storm-Time Ionospheric Variations from GNSS TEC and Swarm Satellites” by Mr. Muhammad Taimur Khan.
  • “Exoplanets” by Mr. Javed Iqbal.

9 October, 2023

Live painting

A live painting competition was held at SCME Ground, NUST, where the participants were required to paint with the theme “Space and Entrepreneurship”

8 October, 2023

Online competitions

As part of Space Week 2023, several different online competitions were held, with participation from all over Pakistan. The winners were awarded with certificates and prize money at the closing ceremony held at NUST.

Competition categories included:

  • Astrophotography.
  • Generative AI Art Contest.
  • Digital Art.
  • Digital Poster Designing
  • Space Exploration – Story Writing

2 – 16 October, 2023

Recruitment drives

Recruitment Drives for hiring council members were conducted at different intervals:

  • Office Bearers Recruitment.
  • Directorate Recruitment.
  • Executive Recruitment۔

16 – 21 August; 6 – 13 September; 19 -24 September 2023

Orientation Week Activities

Various activities were arranged for the freshmen batch during the orientation week:

  • Stall setup at the Life at NUST event at CIPS Seminar Hall.
  • Introductory session of the society organizational structure, goals and past events.
  • A horribly written and composed parody song performance, by Ayesha Irfan and Muhammad Mustafa Khan۔

5 September, 2023

BEST SPACE AMBASSADOR