SMIU organizes 1st Global Research Congress
GRC 23 calls for adopting inclusive, integrative, innovative practices

Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) organized the 1st SMIU Global Research Congress (GRC 23) and five international conferences this month at its main campus.
In its concluding ceremony, some recommendations were presented by the Convener of Congress Dr. Zahid Ali Channar on behalf of the researchers, who participated in the congress.
The ceremony was attended by vice chancellors of different universities of the country including Dr. Mujeeb Sahrai, Vice Chancellor, SMIU, Dr. Athar Mahmood, Vice Chancellor, the Islamia University Bahawalpur, Dr. Sohrab Khan Bizanjo, Vice Chancellor, Balochistan University of Engineering, Technology, Dr. Mehmet Emin Aydin, Senior Lecturer at the University of the West of England, UK, Dr. Moosa Salim Moosa Alkharosi of Oman University, Dr. Mumtaz Ali Memon, Associate Professor NUST Business School, Islamabad, and other research scholars. Turkish Consul General in Karachi Mr. Cemal Sangu also attended the ceremony.
Congress recommended that it is crucial to integrate ethical leadership in educational and business practices. There is a dire need to adopt inclusive, integrative, and innovative practices.
It was recommended that higher education should focus on research practices and their integration across all disciplines. The mental well-being of learners and teachers should be taken on board by higher education institutions. For this funding should be allocated to train teachers and learners as well as to draft a roadmap for positive well-being.
It was also recommended that employee performance should be prioritized by the organization to achieve a conducive environment. Entrepreneurship culture should be promoted among higher education learners. Also adopting Green practices is significant for making the environment sustainable for this purpose renewable energy, water conservation, recycling sustainable agriculture and transportation and alternative energy consumption should be adopted.
Artificial intelligence, blockchain, and augmented reality have become increasingly popular technology in business, computer science, media, and education, it is highly recommended to invest in Artificial Intelligence research to encourage collaboration and embrace innovation.
It was recommended that in media, a diversity of resources should be used for a fact check. Social media should be used wisely. In this regard, digital media literacy should be made compulsory.
The congress was attended by Saeed Ghani, provincial minister, Dr. Mujeeb Sahrai, Vice Chancellor of SMIU, Dr. Amjad Siraj, Vice Chancellor of Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Turkish Consul General in Karachi, Mr. Cemal Sangu, Sindh HEC Chairman Dr. Tariq Rafi, Dr. Mehmet Emin Aydin, Senior Lecturer at the University of the West of England, UK, Dr. Moosa Salim Moosa Alkharosi of Oman University and Javed Memon, Regional Director Sindh HEC.
The conference held several panel discussions on ‘Role of Media in Crisis & Disaster Management: Climate Change and Recent Floods in Pakistan’, ‘Reshaping Society and Innovation with the Help of Technology’, Role of Media in Crisis & Disaster Management: Climate Change and Recent Floods in Pakistan besides technical session on ‘Examining the impact of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation on the public sector Organization Employees’ Job Performance’, An Approach for Predicting Road Accident Severity using ANN Deep Learning, and on sustainable education.