Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology

The GIK Institute is a private educational institution, named after former bureaucrat and former President of Pakistan Ghulam Ishaq Khan. The project was delegated to Pakistani scientist, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, who was one of the founding members of the institute and was once registered as an associate professor of physics.[6] The genesis of the Institute can be traced back to the early 1950s when Mr. Ghulam Ishaq Khan (late) became acutely aware of Pakistan's dependence on foreign expertise and imported technology. Out of his frequent interaction with the foreign and local experts emerged the idea that a center of excellence in engineering sciences and production technology ought to be established in the country, a center whose standards of education are comparable to those of its counterparts in the advanced countries.The transformation of this idea into a practical proposition took place in December 1985 when the Benevolent Community Care and Infaq Foundation donated Rs. 50 million for setting up an institute in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for promotion of science and technology.

Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology

A milestone in the evolution of the Institute was the registration in June, 1988 of its parent body, namely, Society for the Promotion of Engineering Sciences and Technology in Pakistan (SOPREST). Mr. Ghulam Ishaq Khan (late), 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 and Mr. Samiullah Marwat the first full-time Secretary.

The task of conceiving and formulating the basic form and features of the Institute was entrusted to a group of eminent scientists and engineers. These professionals started transformation of the dream into reality at a galloping pace. The civil works at the campus site were started in early 1990. An interim office of the Institute was set up in August 1992 where senior professionals with outstanding backgrounds worked in a cohesive group to evolve the educational aims and philosophy of the Institute, its curricula and details of state-of-the-art equipment for its laboratories and workshops.[7] In March 1993 an "Ordinance" was promulgated by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Provincial) Government for the establishment of the Institute under the umbrella of SOPREST, and the first batch of students was inducted the same year in October. Since an Ordinance has a limited life, it was ratified through an "Act" by the Provincial Assembly in July 1994.

The Institute symbolizes the immense altruism and concern for collective welfare that exists in the private sector. It is the first privately funded institute of its kind in the country and dedicated to bringing our engineering education at par with the advanced countries. The tuition fee has to be in consonance with the high cost of education. However, what the students are charged hardly covers the annual expenditure. Total capital outlay of the Institute to-date on historical cost basis works out to more than Rs. 2.5 billion for which funds were mobilized from diverse sources including a major donation of Rs. 750 million from Infaq Foundation and land measuring 216 acres donated by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Major founding donors include Nouman Benevolent Community Care, Infaq Foundation, Chiniot Anjuman-e-Islamia, Dawood Group of Industries, and the Government of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa which has donated land at Topi.

The university is situated beside the river Indus in the mountains of Tarbela and Gadoon-Amazai, in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa near the town of Topi and in proximity to the lakes of Tarbela Dam (world's largest earth-filled dam) and Ghazi.[8] Its campus is in the mountains of Tarbela and Gadoon-Amazai, and is a residential campus with accommodation for students.

AHA Auditorium – Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology – The GIKI WebTeam

Clock Tower
GIK Institute Clock Tower
General information
Type	Time, Monument, other
Location	Topi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Coordinates	34.0687°N 72.6449°E / 34.0687; 72.6449
Completed	1995 (est.)

Clock Tower, (Landmark of Ghulam Ishaq Khan, aka LOGIK in short), is located in Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Amidst all the picturesque buildings of the institute stands erect the Clock Tower in all its glory. The clock tower can be seen from almost everywhere in the institute and has clocks on all four of its sides. It is the tallest structure in the area visible for many miles, and it provides a view of Tarbela Dam and the surrounding areas of Topi.[9][10] It unites the institute on one time, and the student community is particularly fond of it.

Clock Tower at GIK Institute

Admission to the university is based on the entry test. The test has MCQs of Physics, Mathematics and English. Eligibility criteria for admission to the university is at least 60% marks in physics and mathematics in FSc or Grade C in A levels. Entry test for the university is very competitive as large number of prospective students compete for a limited number of seats.[11]

• Dr Yarjan Abdul Samad, First Pakistani space scientist to work at University of Cambridge.[16]
• Taimur Khan Jhagra, Provincial Minister of Finance for Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa | Ex-Mckinsey Partner.

GIK Institute established its own startup Incubator in 2014. With aim to motivate entrepreneurial skills among the students. Incubator will provide facilities and technical assistance, working space and other services to incubate the startup initiatives by the participants. It will also help them get venture capitalists to convert their fledgling startups into mature ones.[17]

GIK incubator got a funding of Rupees 10 cores (100 million) from Directorate of Science and Technology, Ministry of ST & IT, Govt of Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa. The grant is given in order to develop Entrepreneurship via Establishment and Strengthening of Technology Incubation center.[18][19]

• Professional societies: each faculty in the institute supports a professional organization, devoted to advancing theory and practice of their fields.
• Non-professional societies: these societies are created for non-technical purposes and do not represent any particular faculty.
• LDS – Literary and Debating Society
• GIK Institute Consulting Group
• LES - The Leadership and Entrepreneurship Society
• ACM – Association for Computing Machinery[20]
• AIAA – American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics[20]
• AIESEC
• ASHRAE – American Society of Heat Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineer
• ASM/TMS – The Mineral, Metal & Material Society / American Society for Materials[20]
• ASME – American Society of Mechanical Engineers[20]
• CDES – Cultural Dramatics and Entertainment Society[20][21]
• GSS – GIK Sports Society[20]
• GMS – GIK Mathematics Society[20]
• GSS – Graduate Students Society[20]
• IET Institute of Engineering and Technology – GIK Students Chapter[20]
• IEEE – GIK Chapter[20]
• IEEE – Women In Engineering (WIE) GIK Chapter[20]
• MediaClub[20] Most exclusive society in GIKI. It cover almost all the events. Every single year movies are released which highlights the societal problems. Media has played a crucial role in collaboration with other media houses in development of Media role. There is a Volunteer call every year for Freshman.[22]
• NAQSH Arts Society[20][23]
• NETRONiX – Society of student administrators maintaining GIK's local area network[20][24]
• Project Topi[20]
• GIK Science Society
• Scribes – Writing Team
• SMEP – Society of Mechanical Engineers of Pakistan[20]website
• SOPHEP – Society for the Promotion of Higher Education Pakistan[25][26]
• SPIE – Society for Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers[20]website
• WES – Women Engineers Society[20]

• The GIK WebTeam[27] - The team designs and maintains the institute's official website.
• Team Invictus - Team Invictus is the only team that represents Pakistan in the international Design/Build/Fly Competition annually held in the United States.
• Team Hammerhead Arc
• Team Urban

• List of engineering universities in Pakistan
• Project topi
• List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (2000–09)#2008 – for the aircraft crash at campus.[28]

• Modelling and Simulation of Explosion Effectiveness as a Function of Blast and Crowd Characteristics

• Official GIK Institute's Website
• The GIK WebTeam
• Satellite image on Wikimapia
• ‘Revolution likely if good governance remains a distant dream’