The Ilma University formerly Institute of Business & Technology (IBT) was set up in 2001 in the private sector by the Global Education Consultants Society (GEC) to promote higher education vital for Pakistan`s socio-economic progress. Later it became a degree awarding institute through the Act of Assembly, Government of Sindh in 2004 and by the approval granted by the Higher Education Commission. Since then IBT has been providing under-graduate and graduate programs in the faculties of Management & Social Sciences, Computer Science & Information Technology, and Media Sciences. Today, with more than 12-year history of serving the academic and business communities, IBT has reached at a stage whereon it has 1500 odd alumni serving the big multinational companies, local private sector organizations, government sector departments and NGOs.