IBA plans transformative journey of academic excellence Karachi May 1, 2021 The Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, has set out a plan to steer the institute towards a transformative journey of academic excellence and intellectual capital. Prof Dr S Akbar Zaidi presented the Board of Governors (BoG) with a situational analysis of the institute and its future course of action in a recent meeting held at the City campus. He apprised the BoG members that the mainstay of the plan would involve the academic schools, the Office of the Registrar, the Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC) and the Professional Development Centers (PDC). These four pillars would provide impetus for all major initiatives related to Teaching, research, innovation, industry linkages, student services and much more.