Home
News & Events
Convocation 2025: Celebrating Our Graduating Class

Convocation 2025: Celebrating Our Graduating Class

Class of 2025, you’re at the finish line! You’ve put in the late nights, met all the deadlines, and now it’s time to celebrate everything you’ve worked for.

July 12, 2025 to July 13, 2025

Sports Complex, LUMS

Convocation 2025 will honour our remarkable graduates in three celebratory ceremonies. Check below to see which ceremony you’ll be part of—this is your moment to shine with your classmates, faculty, family, and friends cheering you on.

Saturday, July 12
Morning Ceremony

This ceremony is for undergraduate programmes from SBASSE and SDSB. It will start at 9:00 am and will conclude by 12:30 pm.

Proceedings*
Student Procession
Academic Procession
Welcome by the Registrar
Opening of the Convocation by the Pro Chancellor
National Anthem and Recitation
Addresses - Chancellor - Vice Chancellor - Valedictorian - Keynote Speaker
Degree Conferment
Presentation of National Management Foundation Medals (with DHL shields and Degrees)
Presentation of DHL Awards & Degrees
Academic Procession
Closing Remarks by the Registrar
Lunch

*Convocation proceedings are subject to change

Saturday, July 12
Evening Ceremony

This ceremony is for graduates from SOE, SAHSOL, and MGSHSS. It will start at 4:30 pm and will conclude by 7:30 pm.

Proceedings*
Student Procession
Academic Procession
Welcome by the Registrar
Opening of the Convocation by the Pro Chancellor
National Anthem and Recitation
Addresses - Vice Chancellor - Valedictorian - Keynote Speaker
Degree Conferment
Presentation of National Management Foundation Medals (with DHL shields and Degrees)
Presentation of DHL Awards and Degrees
Academic Procession
Closing Remarks by the Registrar
Dinner

*Convocation proceedings are subject to change

Sunday, July 13
Morning Ceremony

This ceremony is for graduates from SDSB - PhD, SBASSE - PhD, SBASSE - MS, MBA, EMBA, and SDSB - MS . The ceremony will start at 10:00 am and will conclude by approximately 12:30 pm.

Proceedings*
Student Procession
Academic Procession
Welcome by the Registrar
Opening of the Convocation by the Pro Chancellor
National Anthem and Recitation
Addresses - Vice Chancellor - Keynote Speaker
Degree Conferment
Presentation of National Management Foundation Medals (with DHL shields and Degrees)
PhD Robing
Presentation of DHL Awards and Degrees
Academic Procession
Closing Remarks by the Registrar
Lunch

*Convocation proceedings are subject to change

🎤 Keynote Speakers

July 12 - Morning Ceremony
July 13 - Morning Ceremony

Aezaz Hussain

Mr. Aezaz Hussain founded Systems Limited in 1977 as the first software house in Pakistan. His professional acumen provided the overall direction for turnkey computer projects involving installation, and the planning and management of large-scale industrial projects. Within the organisation, he has been responsible for the internal restructuring needed to respond to periodic shifts in the Company's strategy.

 Mr. Hussain was the CEO of Visionet Systems, Inc. in New Jersey, USA till 2008 and he is currently the Chairman for both Visionet Systems and Systems Limited. His main role is the development of enterprise strategy. He was a member of Pakistan's Information Technology Commission, which advised the President of Pakistan on IT-related matters and national policies. He has been a member of a number of committees and advisory bodies set up by the government on Information Technology strategies and on the development of public-sector information systems. He was a founding member and the founding President of Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA). He served as a member of the Economic Advisory Board, Government of Pakistan, the Information Technology Commission of Pakistan, and the Council of Computer Society of Pakistan

July 12 - Evening Ceremony

Kamila Shamsie

Ms. Kamila Shamsie is the author of eight novels, including Best of Friends, Burnt Shadows, Kartography and Home Fire, which have been translated into over 30 languages. Home Fire won the Women’s Prize for Fiction and was long listed for the Booker Prize. Four of her novels have won awards from the Pakistan Academy of Letters. She has received fellowships from Oxford University and Princeton University, honorary degrees from the Universities of Exeter and York in the UK and Hamilton College in the US, in addition to to her MFA in creative writing from the University of Massachusetts. She was previously Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Manchester and is now the inaugural Writer-in-Residence at Georgetown University in Qatar. A Vice-President of the Royal Society of Literature in London and the recipient of a Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, she grew up in Karachi, and now lives in London and in Doha.

🎓 Valedictorians

Jovera Shakeel

Jovera is an exceptional Economics and Mathematics student from the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences. A Dean’s Honour List scholar throughout her time at LUMS, she led her team to first place at the 2025 LUMS Economics Conference. In 2020, she received a UNDP grant to launch Mukhtalif, a non-profit e-commerce platform for marginalised artisans. She has presented her research at the 6th International Congress of Applied Statistics at Ankara University and the IBA SBS International Conference. Jovera will pursue an MSc in Economics for Development at Oxford as the Rhodes Scholar-Elect 2025 for Pakistan.

Aizaz Arif

A committed advocate for justice and public service, Aizaz is graduating with a law degree from the Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law. As Editor of the LUMS Law Journal, he launched Pakistan’s first online case commentaries project and organised the inaugural Young Scholars’ Workshop. He led research on bonded labour and student union rights through the LUMS Student Policy Research Initiative, and was part of the inaugural LUMS Law Clinic cohort, providing pro bono legal aid. Aizaz has won five major national and international moot competitions, including the 47th Concours Jean-Pictet in Indonesia, and plans to pursue a career in constitutional and public interest litigation in Pakistan.

Add to Calendar 2025-07-12 11:16:06 2025-07-13 11:16:06 Convocation 2025: Celebrating Our Graduating Class Convocation 2025 will honour our remarkable graduates in three celebratory ceremonies. Check below to see which ceremony you’ll be part of—this is your moment to shine with your classmates, faculty, family, and friends cheering you on.Saturday, July 12Morning CeremonyThis ceremony is for undergraduate programmes from SBASSE and SDSB. It will start at 9:00 am and will conclude by 12:30 pm.Proceedings*Student ProcessionAcademic ProcessionWelcome by the RegistrarOpening of the Convocation by the Pro ChancellorNational Anthem and RecitationAddresses - Chancellor - Vice Chancellor - Valedictorian - Keynote SpeakerDegree ConfermentPresentation of National Management Foundation Medals (with DHL shields and Degrees)Presentation of DHL Awards & DegreesAcademic ProcessionClosing Remarks by the RegistrarLunch*Convocation proceedings are subject to changeSaturday, July 12Evening CeremonyThis ceremony is for graduates from SOE, SAHSOL, and MGSHSS. It will start at 4:30 pm and will conclude by 7:30 pm.Proceedings*Student ProcessionAcademic ProcessionWelcome by the RegistrarOpening of the Convocation by the Pro ChancellorNational Anthem and RecitationAddresses - Vice Chancellor - Valedictorian - Keynote SpeakerDegree ConfermentPresentation of National Management Foundation Medals (with DHL shields and Degrees)Presentation of DHL Awards and DegreesAcademic ProcessionClosing Remarks by the RegistrarDinner*Convocation proceedings are subject to change Sunday, July 13Morning CeremonyThis ceremony is for graduates from SDSB - PhD, SBASSE - PhD, SBASSE - MS, MBA, EMBA, and SDSB - MS . The ceremony will start at 10:00 am and will conclude by approximately 12:30 pm.Proceedings*Student ProcessionAcademic ProcessionWelcome by the RegistrarOpening of the Convocation by the Pro ChancellorNational Anthem and RecitationAddresses - Vice Chancellor - Keynote SpeakerDegree ConfermentPresentation of National Management Foundation Medals (with DHL shields and Degrees)PhD RobingPresentation of DHL Awards and DegreesAcademic ProcessionClosing Remarks by the RegistrarLunch*Convocation proceedings are subject to change 🎤 Keynote SpeakersJuly 12 - Morning Ceremony July 13 - Morning CeremonyAezaz HussainMr. Aezaz Hussain founded Systems Limited in 1977 as the first software house in Pakistan. His professional acumen provided the overall direction for turnkey computer projects involving installation, and the planning and management of large-scale industrial projects. Within the organisation, he has been responsible for the internal restructuring needed to respond to periodic shifts in the Company's strategy. Mr. Hussain was the CEO of Visionet Systems, Inc. in New Jersey, USA till 2008 and he is currently the Chairman for both Visionet Systems and Systems Limited. His main role is the development of enterprise strategy. He was a member of Pakistan's Information Technology Commission, which advised the President of Pakistan on IT-related matters and national policies. He has been a member of a number of committees and advisory bodies set up by the government on Information Technology strategies and on the development of public-sector information systems. He was a founding member and the founding President of Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA). He served as a member of the Economic Advisory Board, Government of Pakistan, the Information Technology Commission of Pakistan, and the Council of Computer Society of PakistanJuly 12 - Evening CeremonyKamila ShamsieMs. Kamila Shamsie is the author of eight novels, including Best of Friends, Burnt Shadows, Kartography and Home Fire, which have been translated into over 30 languages. Home Fire won the Women’s Prize for Fiction and was long listed for the Booker Prize. Four of her novels have won awards from the Pakistan Academy of Letters. She has received fellowships from Oxford University and Princeton University, honorary degrees from the Universities of Exeter and York in the UK and Hamilton College in the US, in addition to to her MFA in creative writing from the University of Massachusetts. She was previously Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Manchester and is now the inaugural Writer-in-Residence at Georgetown University in Qatar. A Vice-President of the Royal Society of Literature in London and the recipient of a Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, she grew up in Karachi, and now lives in London and in Doha. 🎓 ValedictoriansJovera ShakeelJovera is an exceptional Economics and Mathematics student from the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences. A Dean’s Honour List scholar throughout her time at LUMS, she led her team to first place at the 2025 LUMS Economics Conference. In 2020, she received a UNDP grant to launch Mukhtalif, a non-profit e-commerce platform for marginalised artisans. She has presented her research at the 6th International Congress of Applied Statistics at Ankara University and the IBA SBS International Conference. Jovera will pursue an MSc in Economics for Development at Oxford as the Rhodes Scholar-Elect 2025 for Pakistan. Aizaz ArifA committed advocate for justice and public service, Aizaz is graduating with a law degree from the Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law. As Editor of the LUMS Law Journal, he launched Pakistan’s first online case commentaries project and organised the inaugural Young Scholars’ Workshop. He led research on bonded labour and student union rights through the LUMS Student Policy Research Initiative, and was part of the inaugural LUMS Law Clinic cohort, providing pro bono legal aid. Aizaz has won five major national and international moot competitions, including the 47th Concours Jean-Pictet in Indonesia, and plans to pursue a career in constitutional and public interest litigation in Pakistan. Sports Complex, LUMS LUMS Drupal 8 adil.sarwar@lums.edu.pk Asia/Karachi public