Aasalam Alikum to All Gikians and other fellows
Here is a brief History of GIKI
History
The GIK Institute is a private educational institution. It was named after former President Ghulam Ishaq Khan. Ghulam Ishaq Khan wanted to establish an institute which would reduce Pakistan's dependence on foreign expertise and imported technology. The genesis of the Institute can be traced back to the early 1950s. The Institute was registered in June 1988 by its parent body, the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Sciences and Technology in Pakistan (SOPREST). Ghulam Ishaq Khan, then the president of the country, was elected the president of the Society for life and Mr. H. U. Beg was appointed its honorary executive director. The ordinance of the Institute was promulgated by the Frontier Government in March 1993, and the first batch of students was inducted the same year in October.
Major founding donors include Benevolent Community Care, Infaq Foundation, Chiniot Anjuman-e-Islamia, Dawood Group of Industries, and the Government of the North-West Frontier Province which has donated land at Topi.
Location
The university is situated beside the riverIndus in the mountains of Tarbela and Gadoon-Amazai, in NWFP near the town of Topi. It also lies in proximity to the lakes of Tarbela and Ghazi.
Its lush green campus, nested in the scenic mountains of Tarbela and Gadoon-Amazai, is a residential campus with adequate accommodation for all students. The campus is not far from the lakes of the Tarbela dam and Ghazi Barotha. Many world renowned historical and archaeological sites are within one hour drive from its campus. These includes Lahor, where Pāṇini is believed to have composed the Sanskrit grammar, and near which Alexander the Great and his Greek army crossed the Indus on his way to India, Shabaz Ghari famous for the Ashoka inscriptions and Takht Bhai, the site of one of the best preserved Buddhist Monasteries.
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