1st March, 2019 was a Friday that ISDEV Director, Dr Shahir Akram Hassan, would remember for a long time. Staying true to tradition, Dr Shahir Akram gave his first ISDEV Director Tarbiyyah  that day. It was held at ISDEV Resource Room, D04 and started close to twelve in the afternoon.

 

 

Choosing the title Perjuangan dalam Alam Ilmu (Striving in the Realm of Knowledge) Dr Shahir Akram started his Tarbiyyah with the simple reminder of the fact that all members of ISDEV became part of ISDEV not by mere coincidence but due to the fact that Allah SWT has ordained for it to be so.  Reiterating the point that he believed all ISDEV members are chosen by Allah SWT to be part of ISDEV, thus all members of ISDEV, whether the top management, the lecturers, the staff and definitely the students, each has a part to play in ensuring that ISDEV is the preferred center in doing postgraduate studies on development management pertaining to Islam. 

The ISDEV Director Tarbiyyah was truly short but the points delivered were succinctly poignant nonetheless. Dr Shahir Akram also presented the various clusters in which ISDEV members are to work as a jemaah (a team) in areas such as in Islamic Development, Islamic Institutions, Islamic Political Economy, Islamic Tourism and Service Management, Islamic-based Research Methodology as well as on the sciences of Falak (astronomy).