Leadership and community development (LCD) is a programmed effort by Imperial College of Business Studies (ICBS) to build a strong relationship bridge between the campus and the community. It aims to enrich the life of the student and the community by combining the concept of “doing well” with “doing good”.
Most of our students come from strong and stable socioeconomic backgrounds and have rarely been exposed to the ruthless realities of life. They are unfamiliar with the joys of sharing with the underprivileged, doing things for others and helping suffering humanity. This project aims to build a deepened sense of social responsibility. The students can use their knowledge to address the real life social, economic, health, educational and environmental problems and can also have the opportunity to make a positive difference to the world.
Direct experience is one of the best ways to learn and develop personally, professionally and academically and this program is a unique and thoughtfully planned experiential learning activity that requires the students to work for the improvement of the community. The students design their own projects or work with existing social organizations.
To accomplish our goal successfully we require your assistance and guidance to arrange social internships for ICBS students. The students are required to put in at least six to eight hours of community every week for a period of twelve weeks.
In this process the university benefits by graduating students who are more well-rounded and real world experienced, service organization benefits by having a larger pool of dedicated and energetic volunteers, community gains by having services and assistance available, which may not have been offered otherwise due to budgetary constraints.
So lets join hands to build a “Stronger Pakistan” by helping the youngsters to help the community.

Badia Raza
LCD Program Coodinator
badiaraza@imperial.edu.pk