[Lahore] General Body Meeting

Assalam o alaikum,

We will inshAllah be having our long awaited General Body Meeting (GBM) on coming Sunday 18th December 2011. (Exact time and venue will be updated soon).

We will be discussing plans for 2012, possible events and most importantly we will be filling up our vacant posts of Lahore Body with willing members (with election if required). Details of vacant posts will be updated shortly. All interested to participate should show up in the meeting.

If any of you specially the new members something else to be done in the meeting or merge some SIG event in it feel free to share you idea here or with me or Ahsan (event co-ordinator).

Also the membership of everyone other then the members who qualified in 2011 will be expired this month end so you are all requested to bring along Rs.1000 to renew your memberships.

And last but not the least please keep in mind that MENSA events are not sponsored by MENSA unless stated otherwise :)

Hope to see you all there.

Mensa Foundation International Scholarships for foreign Mensans

Mensa Foundation Scholarships applications are now available! Get started on your application today!

The Mensa Education & Research Foundation college scholarship program bases its awards totally on essays written by the applicants. Consideration is not given to grades, academic program or financial need.

The scholarship application process opens Sept. 15 and closes Jan. 15.

The Foundation’s international scholarship program is open to foreign Mensans or their dependents attending college in the United States.

International scholarship program

 

The Mensa Education & Research Foundation International Scholarship Program is intended to provide scholarships for foreign students enrolled at colleges or universities in the United States. The program follows, in broad terms, the outline of the scholarship program already in place in the United States.

 

The scholarship application process opens Sept. 15 and closes Jan. 15.

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Eligibility is limited to Mensa members (except American Mensa) or their children age 25 or younger. An application form with more information can be downloaded below.

 

 

Related Files

International scholarship application (PDF File)

 

 

 

Hasan Anwer Zuberi

Chairman | Mensa Pakistan | chairman-pk@mensa.org

Cell: +92 345 213 00 77

MENSAN Job Opp: Senior Manager, Customer Analytics @ TRG

Dear Mensans,

Here is another opportunity by multinational company TRG for Mensa members meeting the criteria:

Please spread the word among your circles, Mensan or not-Mensa lets help TRG find the right candidate

Feel free to contact me for more details:

regards,

Hasan Anwer Zuberi
Chairman | Mensa Pakistan | chairman-pk@mensa.org
Cell: +92 345 213 00 77

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Job Description: Senior Manager of  Customer Analytics will play a critical role in the Global Sales Strategy group (global sales: >US$ 1B). The selected candidate will  be tasked with building a Business Intelligence regime within the Sales organization and have responsibility for providing data and analysis for  critical client facing engagements and internal deal reviews. The successful  candidate will possess a passion for problem solving and the ability to extract key findings from numbers. This person will feel comfortable interacting with senior sales and executive management on a regular basis .

Responsibilities:

  • Builds a new organization within Global Sales Strategy to support reps and management with reports and analyses to support deals and customer facing activities: Executive briefings, Deal reviews, Account plans, Contract renewal discussions
  • Owns sales management reports that are used globally; These may include: Pipeline reports, Rep performance reporting
  • Receives ad-hoc requests for data and analysis from sales reps and management
  • Finds data sources needed to perform requested analysis
  • Structures work flow and process to perform analysis
  • Determines most appropriate format for the delivery of the data and analysis
  • Proactively reaches out to Sales Reps, Sales Managers and Deal Desk to determine what data would be most helpful to them to perform their daily duties
  • Defines layout of  reports, verifies business rules for data manipulation, identifies data sources
  • Works with IT and drives towards automation of frequently generated ad-hoc analyses
  • Supports the sales organization in all 3 geographical regions (global sales: >$1B)Leads a team of 3-4 analysts

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, MBA preferred, PMP certification a plus
  • Experience with advanced data warehousing techniques and  relational database design
  • Strong understanding of BI platforms, technologies, decision support systems and statistical tools
  • Experience with financial modeling, financial analysis and business planning
  • Expert proficiency in SQL, MS Office, Access, and ExcelIndependent and analytical thinker and problem solver
  • Project Management expertise  and providing leadership to develop internal agreementsExceptional  communication and presentation skills

 

Job Opportunity for MENSANs – Finance Analyst @ a Multinational Company

Dear Mensans,

Please go through the email as follows and if interested contact me at the earliest and i will share the <Job Description> with you at the earliest.

regards,

Hasan Anwer Zuberi
Chairman | Mensa Pakistan | chairman-pk@mensa.org
Cell: +92 345 213 00 77

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: N, Z
Date: Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:48 PM
Subject: Looking for a Finance Analyst @ TRG
To: zuberi@gmail.com

AoA Hassan,

It was a pleasure to see you again the other day. Here is an opportunity for MENSA Society.
TRG is looking for a Finance Analyst with exceptional communication skills, strong analytical abilities (where MENSA is handy) and experience in financial modeling/forecasting.

I was wondering if your society has some who are interested? The compensation is dependent on the profile. We need someone urgently so will appreciate if you could circulate the JD within your society (other networks are also welcome).

Please email me resume along with cover letter of all interested at the earliest possible. We hope to start interviews immediately and hire coming week.

Thank you, wishing you success in your endeavors!

N. Z.
Global HR
The Resource Group

Pakistani Mensan Rameeza Nizami elected as Joint Secretary All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS)

Our very own Mensan and former editor BrainWave Ms. Rameeza Nizami elected Joint Secretary of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS).

Rameeza is currently the Deputy Managing Director of Nawa-e-Waqt Group, the publisher of Urdu Daily Nawa-e-Waqt, English Daily The Nation & TV Channel Waqt News.

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Rameeza Nizami elected APNS Joint Secretary

Published: April 01, 2011

Rameeza Nizami elected APNS Joint Secretary

LAHORE – The annual meeting of the APNS General Council held Thursday elected the Executive Committee for the year 2011-12 which unanimously elected Hameed Haroon as President, Mehtab Khan as Senior Vice President, Sarmad Ali as Secretary General, Umer Mujib Shami as Vice President, Rameeza Majid Nizami as Joint Secretary and S.M. Munir Jilani as Finance Secretary of the Society.

The annual meeting held under the Chairmanship of Hameed Haroon, President for the year 2010-11, unanimously approved the report of the Executive Committee for the preceding year as well as the annual accounts of the Society

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/01-Apr-2011/Rameeza-Nizami-elected-APNS-Joint-Secretary

 

TRG tech & Mensa Pakistan presents GENIUS HUNT

trg techMensa Pakistan presents GENIUS HUNT – for Age group: 17-19 that can end you up with a lucrative monthly stipend of Rs 80,000 for good 3 years and a commitment to finance your education afterwards

 

Location
About
Genius Hunt
Description
We’re looking for geniuses from all over Pakistan to join our Analytical Visionary Group. These passionate young superstars will work for 3 years at Rs. 80,000/month on data analytics and artificial intelligence at trg tech followed by complete funding of the candidates’ higher level / university expenses (Tuition + Exam Fee + other academic expenses) at any national / international university by trg tech. 

Candidates will be selected based on intelligence (initially MENSA IQ test), attitude and commitment (final face to face interviews).

Mission
We believe that Pakistan’s next generation has the talent to astonish the world. We consider it our responsibility to guide today’s top young minds to do so.
Awards
• Rs. 80,000/month for 3 years
• Complete funding of higher level / university expenses (Tuition + Exam Fee + other academic expenses) at any national / international university by trg tech after 3 years
Products
trg tech is a technology innovation firm which transforms businesses through the use of innovative and creative technology. We evaluate business situations, identify transformations and then rapidly deliver impact. We believe technology leads business and execute all we do accordingly. 

Our extraordinary results come from a collaboration of smart, ambitious geniuses – Pakistan’s next generation of technology leaders. We work with some of the most passionate, creative forward-thinking people and provide unprecedented freedom for growth and innovation. We value each individual’s unique perspective and consider it to enhance our dynamic and analytical problem-solving skill set.

Email
geniushunt@trgworld.com
Phone
+92 21 111 874 874 ext 2267
Website
Mensa Pakistan: http://www.mensapk.org

 

 

Mensa IQ Test possibility in ISB – Jan 2011

Mensa Pakistan’s chairman will be in Islamabad from 14th – 17th January 2011 to supervise a special test session for Flood effected IDPs (scheduled for 15th Jan)

He also plans to organise a small IQ test session for all interested from the ISB / RWP region … so all interested are requested to contact him at the earliest -Mobile: 0345-2130077 – Email: chairman-pk@mensa.org

Everyone Contribute

An important change has been implemented in the access level for all members of mensapk.org, the official website of Mensa Pakistan.

Your account has been upgraded to “Contributor” level. This means now each member of the website can submit their own rants, ramblings, thoughts, ideas and articles for publishing on the website.

To ensure quality content, each article will be moderated before going live.

So friends, lets start contributing and let the world see what a Mensan is thinking!!!

Mensa Pakistan official Facebook presence

Realizing the importance of facebook, Mensa Pakistan now has an official presence on facebook. And, we are getting popular. We already have a following thats increasing day by day.

To access the Mensa Pakistan page please click here.

And, as you can notice in the left sidebar, we have also added a convenient facebook widget that shows you the latest count of our page’s fans as well as gives you a quick way to “Like” this page and become its fan.

See ya!

New Website of Mensa International

Willem Bouwens, Chair of Mensa International announced the exciting new website of Mensa International.

And, believe me, it is a breath of fresh air, a huge departure from the previous website that stayed online for many years.

Bouwens’ message on the site says, “This new website offers exciting opportunities for all the Mensa members on this globe, all 112,000+ members. Mensa International is there to provide service to members that cannot be offered by a single national Mensa.” Looking at the way they have approached the redesigning, I am sure it will not remain stagnant and we can look forward to regular updates and interesting stuff.

It has been designed, built and tested by a multinational and multicultural team that worked together in an inspiring setting, it was a true international team effort. They say that the new website will become a global communication platform, and in the future there will be a facility to support communication in several languages. This sounds interesting. Can we look forward to Urdu content on it as well? I wonder!

Hop over and take a look at it yourself and then come back and share your comments.

Books and More, at a discount

Hey friends.

We have deployed our online store where you can buy and save on Apparel, Automotive, Baby, Beauty, Books, Classical Music, DVD, Electronics, Gourmet Food, Health & Personal Care, Jewelry, Kitchen & Housewares, Magazines, Music, Musical Instruments, Office Products, Outdoor Living, PC Hardware, Pet Supplies, Photo, Software, Sporting Goods, Tools & Hardware, Toys, VHS, Video Games and more.

Why not check it out today, and don’t forget to bookmark it.

National Internship Program – Pakistan Wide

The Government of Pakistan has announced National Internship Program funded by Asian Development Bank for the Unemployed student of Pakistan. So far very low number of applications have been received i.e. 527 with in Pakistan. The target is to have 10,000 application at least to utilize this fund OTHERWISE This FUND WILL BE LESS UTILIZED & WILL BE REVERSED BACK TO THE DONOR.

You are requested to inform your friends, colleagues, family members, neighbors who are eligible to the internship criteria. Below is the extract of the Advertisement Published in Dawn with extended on 13 November 2009 page # 13.

If you have done masters or completed 16 years education and you are 25 or less than 25 years of age Yet Unemployed. You have chance to join Prime Minister National Internship Program and get Rs.10,000 per month for 01 year.

Eligibility Criteria

1. Masters in any segment OR 16 years of education
2. Age Less then or upto 25 Years.
3. Yet Unemployed

Submit your application to along with your documents to following addresses

Islamabad

Ministry of Youth Affairs
Prime Minister secretariat
Islamabad.
www.nip.gov.pk

Balochistan

O&M/NIP cell,
Block 03, First Floor,
Room # 5
S&GAD at Civil Secretariat
Quetta – Balochistan
www.balochistan.gov.pk

OR send to respective DCO of your respective district
OR drop your CV online visit website www.nip.gov.pk

Help change Mensa Pakistan website with new WordPress Theme

When I changed the content management system of Mensa website to wordpress sometime ago, one reason was to encourage the members participation in the technical aspects of this website. But don’t be scared by the word “technical”.

The beauty of wordpress is that you dont need to know anything about programming. Its all click and click there.

I want to change the look and feel of this website. In other words, I want to change the wordpress theme. But I want your help in this. Please go through the WordPress Themes Gallery , checkout the several thousand, yes, I mean thousands, of themes available for download free of charge and pick your favourites. Then, comeback and comment this post with the name of the theme you like the most. You can suggest upto 3 themes.

Once we finalise the theme, I will involve some of you (who would be interested) in going through the process of changing the theme. And, that step would take about 5 minutes.

Mensa Test @ Karachi – 28 Feb 2009

 
Mensa Pakistan

 is organizing its

Karachi Grand Test

 

 

on 28 February 2009 
 
Timings: 11am – 3:00pm

(test session every 30 minutes)
 
at: New Horizons Pakistan
(formerly TEC)

49-C, Block 6 PECHS

(Behind Habib Bank Limited (HBL), behind main Nursery Bus stop)

off main Sharah-e-Faisal, Karachi

Tel: (021) 4554772

4382352 - 53 – 54 (3 lines)

 
Test fee Rs. 500
 
 
Walk-in registration facility at the venue
More on Mensa: <www.mensapk.org>

Karachi general test

UPDATE: The test will be held on Saturday, 22nd November at 3:00 PM. Other details remain same.

The Mensa IQ test is being held in Karachi 23rd of November. I hope to see you all there.

The location is New Horizons, 49-C, Block 6, PECHS, main Sharae Faisal. Nursery bus stop.

The timings are:

10:00-11:00
11:00-12:00
12:00-1:00

(The sessions are independent, and the whole test is conducted in a single session. Timings are staggered for candidates’ convenience. You are desired to sit in only ONE session.)

The ticket price is Rs 500. Tickets can be purchased on spot.

Early bird offer of Rs 300 for those registering before 20th.

contact:

Ahsan Zaheer 0333-3194252, Umair Sani 0345-2443822.

or TEC registration desk 438 2352-54

KARACHI GBM – informative session on |Personal Safety & Security|

KARACHI General Body Meeting & Certificate distribution on Saturday 22 November 2008
 
followed by an informative session on : Personal Safety & Security

The session will touch upon personal safety both at home and the workplace/school and will guide you on living a safe and secure life.
 
You’ll learn how to respond in times of emergencies both man made and natural.
 
The audience will be shown how simple changes in their daily routines could bring about awareness of saftey for all.
 
About the Presenter:
A resident of Karachi, Pakistan with over 10 years of professional experience in Safety & Security industry, Mr. Norbert Almeida has has worked with the national Seurity & Safety appratus and has liased with the international security organisations.
 
He is currently associated with a leading Multi-National Company and is responsible for their internal & corporate security and is also a volunteer with a NGO that deals with Search, Rescue & Disaster Relief Management.
 
Mr. Almeida has attended trainigs in Pakistan, UK, Norway, UAE, Philipines & France.

For VENUE & PROGRAMME Details, please contact and Confirm your attendance latest by; 1st half – Friday, 21 November 2008
 
at sig-pk@mensa.org MPR: (021) 4554772

and copy: karachi@mensapk.org or call: Mr. Hashim Hanif – 0321 210 1375
 
The session is free for all Mensa Pakistan (paid members) and Rs. 50 for all guests and non-paid members *.
 
* If you still havent paid your dues, yuo can do it at the spot.

Lahore Grand Test

The Mensa IQ test is being held in Lahore on 13th and 14th of September. I hope to see you all.

The timings are:

Saturday 13th Sep at LGS Johar Town
1:30-2:30
2:30-3:30
3:30-4:30

Sunday 14th Sep at LGS Defence
10:30-11:30
11:30-12:30
12:30-1:30
2:30-3:30

(The sessions are independent, and the whole test is conducted in a single session. Timings are staggered for candidates’ convenience. You are desired to sit in only ONE session.)

The ticket price is Rs 350. Tickets can be purchased on spot.

There will also be a talk by Mr. Faisal Qureshi at LGS Defence on Sunday 14th Sept at 1:30pm. The topic for the talk is Youth Responsibility.

Faisal Qureshi is the anchor person of Loose Ends on Business Plus and Ankahi on Samaa TV, and did Breakfast at Dawn on Dawn News. He’s the founder chairperson of Mensa Pakistan and has also chaired P@SHA.

contact: lahore@menspk.org
Shahmyel Tariq 0321-4554556 and   Usman Zaheer 0321-4292295.

Same Mensa, New Website!

Mensa Pakistan is revamping its website. We will soon be adding some of the content from its previous version, while new content will surely spice up the platform.

Members of Mensa Pakistan are encouraged to Register on this site if they would like to post here.

Lastly, please subscribe to the RSS feed, or to the email subscription list so that you get to know when something is posted here.