The Industry and Community Engagement Committee [ICEC] conducted its first University branch meeting for the Academic Year 2022–2023 on 18.10.2022 between 12 nn and 1.30 pm in the Students Resource Center (BS112), Business Department by its Committee Chairman Dr. Yousuf Khamis Hamed Al Mabsali and committee coordinator Mr. Mohamed Syed Ibrahim.

The chairman of the committee extended a cordial welcome to all committee members. The chairman also thanked and encouraged all committee members to organize and execute the various ICEC committee new initiatives and processes. The committee coordinator emphasized the need of matching committee activities with the committee's goals and values. He also addressed various agenda’s such as a summary report on activities like industrial visits, guest lectures, community outreach programs, MoU, and external stakeholders’ involvement in the student’s project evaluation for the academic year AY 2021-2022 with a detailed analysis report of ICEC activities for three years (2019-2022). A healthy comparison was made among the departments/center on its contribution towards the successful implementation of the ICEC’s action plan and recommendations were given by the chairman.

The coordinator followed with a discussion on the status of current activities, and the recommendations identified from the previous year’s annual report evidence to improve the committee organization and implementation style. Identifying industries for Memorandum of understanding, online registration module for Industrial visits and guest lectures, Automatic E certificate downloading option for community outreach program speakers, Community outreach external Participant's car parking request module, and External stakeholders request identified for next term community outreach programs within the university branch level were also discussed with the members by the committee chairman and coordinator. A few issues during industrial visits were also identified and discussed by the chairman with the members. The meeting was concluded by the committee coordinator.