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Zehra Karim
- 47, Female
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- Where do you live?
- New Jersey
- Your real name? (No pseudonyms, please)
- Real Zehra ;)
- Which college or university?
- NED University! (what else?)
- Any fellow Pakistani Alumni living near you?
- Yes
- Your graduation date?
- May 2000
- Your major?
- Civil Engineering
- What do you do for a living?
- Didn't I mention much in "Tell us about you:"??
- What have you done for your alma mater lately?
- I contacted the Civil Engineering Chairman and Dean to do something for our degree accredition since when I applied for my P.E. application, my degree wasn't considered accredited as per ABET standards. And to my expectations I didn't get any response since then. I had to find other ways to prove it to the State Board that I am qualified to take this license exam. Thanks to our NED faculty (including VC) :)
- Tell us about you:
- B.S. Civil Engineering - NED University (2000)
M.S. Environmental Engineering - NJIT New Jersey Institute of Technology (2003)
Licensed Professional Engineer, P.E. New Jersey
Working as Senior Project Engineer - Professional Consulting, Inc.
- What are your hobbies?
- Internet and Music
- Your favorite books?
- Books?
- Favorite Music:
- Alanis Morissette, Sting, U2, Bryan Adams, Junoon (all in order) and tons of other good music all around.
- Favorite TV Shows:
- Are you smarter than a 5th Grader?, Friends, almost every show on HGTV.
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Most countries in the world today borrow money from various sources to finance their budget deficits. So do India and Pakistan. So why is it that only Pakistan's borrowing money gets labeled "begging"? Is it not begging when India borrows a lot more money than does Pakistan? Or is it that only borrowing money from the IMF qualifies as "begging"? Let's look into this double standard. Currently, India's public debt to GDP ratio is 80% while Pakistan's is about 74%. India's private debt to GDP…
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I am really happy.
shamsa
I'm happy to see NEDians who attended grad school at NJIT. I got my MSEE from NJIT back in 1981. There was only one other NEDian there with at the time in Civil Engg.
Once I finished grad school, I immediately decided to go to the warmer environs of Silicon Valley, CA to work for Intel.
How r u ?? Its really nice to see ex-NEDians with such brilliant careers.I hope ur advices are gonna help me a lot in ma admission in MS in near future :)
Well I ve also started a discussion n would like to see your comments there
Thankz
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