Training "Driving Societal Impact through Business Education"

Driving Societal Impact through Business Education

Online Training Program | October 28, 2026

Introduction:

Business schools play a critical role in shaping responsible leaders and advancing social and economic development. This training explores how institutions can embed societal impact across their curriculum, research, student engagement, industry partnerships, community initiatives, and institutional strategy.

Participants will gain practical frameworks and insights to identify impact opportunities, design meaningful initiatives, engage stakeholders, and measure outcomes, enabling them to create lasting and sustainable societal impact.

Training Objectives:

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the role of business schools in creating societal impact.
• Identify opportunities to integrate societal impact into curriculum, research, and engagement activities for developing meaningful industry and community partnerships.
• Distinguish between activities, outputs, outcomes, and impact to measure societal impact.
• Develop practical ideas or an action plan for strengthening societal impact within their institution

Target Audience:

Deans, Directors and Heads of Business Schools , Senior Faculty and Academic Leaders , Program/Department Coordinators , Quality Assurance & Accreditation Professionals , Researchers and Academic Administrators , Faculty involved in curriculum development, research and community engagement , Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC) , Industry Representatives

Trainers:

• Dr. Naukhez Sarwar
  Dean and Professor, NUST Business School, Islamabad 
  
• Dr. Sadia Nadeem
  Dean and Professor, FAST School of Management, FAST NUCES, Islamabad
  

Registration Fee:

15,000/- PKR (per person)

Notes:

1. In case of replacements, transfer and refund, participant should officially notify via email/letter to NBEAC 10 working days prior to the workshop. After that NBEAC will not entertain any claims and changes.
2. NBEAC may cancel or postpone a workshop/program due to insufficient registration or unforeseen** circumstances. In this case, NBEAC will refund registration fee but will not be responsible for any other related expenses including cancellation charges by airline and travel agencies.
3. In case of postponement, the fee may be transferred to the rescheduled offering of that workshop or any other workshop as an alternate to refund. The NBEAC reserves the right to make changes in its program policies and fees at any time.

** If unforeseen circumstances occurs during the workshop and one day before the scheduled workshop, NBEAC will not refund the registration fee.