{"id":3586,"date":"2020-09-01T11:49:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T11:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icap.org.pk\/?p=3586"},"modified":"2020-09-23T10:43:11","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T10:43:11","slug":"framework-signing-ceremony-between-icap-and-iba-karachi-on-launch-of-icap-iba-research-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.icap.org.pk\/icap\/framework-signing-ceremony-between-icap-and-iba-karachi-on-launch-of-icap-iba-research-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"ICAP &#038; IBA-Karachi join hands to Foster Research in the field of Accounting &#038; Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"+2\">Framework  signing ceremony between <strong>The Institute  of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan<\/strong> and <strong>Institute of Business Administration<\/strong> on launch of <strong>ICAP-IBA Research Unit<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BGknA07N9LE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Karachi &#8211; September 1, 2020: To  promote research in the field of Accounting and Finance, the Institute of  Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and Institute of Business  Administration laid the foundation of ICAP-IBA Research Unit (IIRU). The two  institutes expressed their intention to promote research and development in  Pakistan by attracting and retaining outstanding scholars having research  interest in the areas relevant to the profession, including finance,  accounting, auditing, corporate governance and taxation. ICAP and IBA sponsors  of the IIRU will provide the requisite funding, in shape of grants to the  research candidates. The Unit will focus on action-oriented research, which is  expected to create value and impact for relevant stakeholders. Through this  initiative ICAP members, students and renowned researchers will work together  as team to foster culture of research. IIRU will be governed by Research  Oversight Committee, chaired by President ICAP, with members from both  Institutes.<br \/>\n  Mr. Khalilullah Shaikh, President  ICAP speaking on the occasion said both institutes share the common vision of  serving public interest and ICAP-IBA Research Unit (IIRA) is a great step in  this direction. ICAP has been striving to foster culture of research in CAs and  IIRU will help contribute towards this area.<br \/>\n  He further added that ICAP is well  represented in global accounting bodies and CAs from Pakistan are proving their  mettle across the globe. The President said that the field of research has  always been very close to his heart and establishment of IIRU will go a long  way in inculcating research culture at ICAP.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"> Dr. Syed Akbar Zaidi, Executive  Director IBA welcomed President ICAP to IBA. He expressed his gratitude that  leading professional body has come forward to become a partner for research and  development. He said that the collaboration between the leading university and  professional accounting body in the field of research will be beneficial for  the research fraternity and Pakistani society. He further added that the IIRU  framework has already been developed and the advertisement for call for proposals  will be the next step.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/icap.org.pk\/files\/per\/posts-img\/2020\/09\/icap-iba-mou.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\nMr. Khalilullah Shaikh (President  ICAP), Dr. Syed Akbar Zaidi (Executive Director), Syed Najmul Hussain  (ICAP Council Member), Mr. Riaz A. Chamdia (ICAP Council Member), Mr. M.Sharif  Tabani (ICAP Council Member), Syed Masood Akhtar (Secretary, ICAP), Mr.  Haroon Tabraze (IBA) and senior officials from both the institutes were present  at the occasion.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/icap.org.pk\/files\/per\/posts-img\/2020\/09\/Picture-023.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/icap.org.pk\/files\/per\/posts-img\/2020\/09\/Picture-024.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Framework signing ceremony between The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and Institute of Business Administration on launch of ICAP-IBA Research Unit Karachi &#8211; September 1, 2020: To promote research&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.icap.org.pk\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.icap.org.pk\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.icap.org.pk\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.icap.org.pk\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.icap.org.pk\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3586"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/staging.icap.org.pk\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3795,"href":"https:\/\/staging.icap.org.pk\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586\/revisions\/3795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.icap.org.pk\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.icap.org.pk\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.icap.org.pk\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.icap.org.pk\/icap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}