Professor Fuad H Mallick, Chairperson, Department of Architecture (ARC) attended a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland on December 21-22, 2006 as a part of the "Thinking Group" for the establishment of a School of Architecture and Human Settlements at the Aga Khan University in Karachi. The group will help conceptualize the School and provide guidelines for its curriculum and advice regarding student intakes, faculty recruitment etc. and provide a general focus for the courses of study. The group is chaired by Professor Peter Rowe of the Harvard Graduate School of Design and Education Program Director Aga Khan Trust for Culture.