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S&T Development Imperative for Progress
Uplift of Varsities a Must for Quality Education
Universities, Industry to Reap Benefits
Additions to Digital Library Programme
Universities Must Spend Old Funds to Get More
Pakistani Students Meet Nobel Laureates in Lindau (Germany)
Kill the Messenger
Call for Quality Varsities in Muslim World
HEC Serving Industry Needs
more inside…
We at HEC, would like to wish our readers a Happy New Year. We hope your 2004 ended on a happy note and
pray that 2005 will bring lots of love, joy and happiness to all.
EVENT
‘S&T Development Imperative for Progress’
Uplift of Varsities a Must
for Quality Education
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman,
Chairman HEC has said that
uplift of universities was
necessary for quality education,
which would help in achieving
our goals of industrial
development.
He was speaking at a workshop
jointly organized by National
Commission on Biotechnology and
the Gender Advisory Board of United
Nations Commission on S&T
Development.
(L to R) Prof. Dr. S. Sohail H. Naqvi, Executive Director HEC, Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman,
Chairman HEC and Dr. Salman Shah, Advisor to PM on Finance and Revenue at the
presentation
The Higher Education Commission has taken substantial steps for the
improvement in standard of higher education, status of universities,
and research in science and technology. This was stated by Dr.
Salman Shah, Advisor to PM on Finance and Revenue, at a
presentation concerning performance of HEC at the Commission
Secretariat.
D r. S a l m a n s a i d t h a t t h e
Commission had shown great
initiative and vision after
transference of power from the
e r s t w h i l e U n i v e r s i t y G ra n t s
Commission. He was all praise for
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman for
bringing about a major change,
especially in connection with mega
projects of universities that were in
the pipeline.
During the presentation, he took
keen interest in the overseas
scholarship programme being
offered by HEC. He appreciated
HEC's goal of producing a reservoir
of PhDs. He was of the opinion that
foreign trained PhDs could develop
the quality of human resource in
higher education.
Dr. Salman Shah, while commenting
on the mega project of opening an
engineering university with the help
of Germany, Austria and France,
agreed with Prof. Dr. Atta-urRahman that COMSATS campus at
Raiwind would be an excellent site
for this purpose. The German
Ambassador had already visited the
place and approved of it. He was of
the view that benefits of the
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research to be carried out in
engineering universities must reach
the end users.
He said that the formula of global
value chain should be adopted to
improve the university-industry
relationship.
He offered help that may be required
by HEC in achieving its desired goals
for excellence in higher education.
He said it is desired that in addition
to their teaching assignments, the
university professors should also
serve the industry as consultants.
HEC was taking many steps to
improve the quality of the faculty, he
revealed.
In this connection, he mentioned
three mega projects, which include
scholarships for training PhD
students at local universities and
scholarship for a large number of
students to be trained abroad. The
fields of training include the
discipline of biotechnology.
He said the landscape of universities
is being changed with the additional
funding provided by the
government. He talked about the
potential strength of Pakistan as its
100 million young people who, if
provided with adequate training
skills can contribute to the
development of this country.
Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman briefed the
Advisor about HEC saying, that
while previously University Grants
Commission's budget used to be
Rs.800 million, HEC's budget is Rs.9
billion. UGC was operating under the
Ministry of Education which
allocated funds that in turn were
given to universities. On the other
hand, HEC is an autonomous body.
Universities were asked to present
their research and development
programmes to the Commission to
which financial support was
provided after due evaluation and
approval. At present 20 such cases
were under consideration.
Professor Geoffrey Oldham
explained that the UN Commission
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While talking about understanding
the gender dimensions of
biotechnology research and
application he said the advantage of
this technology is that farmers
would be able to select crop plants
which have beneficial characteristic
for subsequent planting allowing
creation of locally adapt superior
varieties.
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EVENT
Additions to Digital Library Programme
institutions shortly. The Higher
Education Commission and National
Academy aim to initiate access to
resources by January 1, 2005. It will
begin the cascading of training to
users in Pakistan in subsequent
months.
Universities Must Spend
Old Funds to Get More
(L to R) Kamran Naim (HEC), Sarah Durrant (INASP) and Wendy White (BISO/NAS) at
the National Academy of Sciences, Washington D. C.
‘Digital Library S&T Content Acquisition and Training Programme’, a
collaboration between the Higher Education Commission and the
National Academy of Sciences, the largest single programme ever
funded under the auspices of the US - Pakistan Joint Science and
Technology Agreement, is underway.
In November 2004 the co-director of
(APS), the American Institute of
the programme from the HEC,
Physics (AIP), the American
Kamran Naim, visited the National
Association of Physics Teachers
Academy of Sciences in Washington
(AAPT), the American Society for
D.C., where he met with his
Microbiology (ASM), the American
programme collaborators, Wendy
Society of Mechanical Engineering
White of the Board of International
(ASME), the American Society of
Scientific Organisations (BISO) of
Civil Engineering (ASCE), the
the National Academies, and Sarah
American Society of Agricultural
Durrant, the lead negotiator from
Engineering (ASAE), the Association
the International
for Computing
Network for the
Machinery (ACM),
Availability of
the Optical Society of
S c i e n t i f i c
America (OSA), the
Publications
Institute of Electrical
(INASP). Together
and Electronic
the team spent two
Engineers (IEEE),
weeks meeting with
the prestigious
representatives
'Science' publication
from American
of the American
Scientific Societies
Academy for the
Albert Einstein Memorial, National
to negotiate access
Advancement of
Academy of Science, Washington D. C.
to journal resources
Science (AAAS), and
for universities in Pakistan, and to
the 'Proceedings of the National
develop training methodologies and
Academy of Science'.
materials for users in local
institutions.
Access to resources will be provided
to public-sector universities at no
The negotiation was completed with
cost on the basis of their identified
great success, and the HEC and NAS
research requirements. The
are pleased to announce the
negotiation team has also
provision of journal content to
negotiated highly discounted access
Pakistani universities from the
to many of the resources for private
American Chemical Society (ACS),
institutions, and will be announcing
the American Physical Society
the availability of content to these
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There will be no further funding for
public universities until the funds
already allocated are utilized said
D r. A t t a - u r - R a h m a n , H E C
Chairman, in a meeting held at
Punjab Governor's House .The
President and Prime Minister of
Pakistan had ordered this he
stressed.
Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman, Lt. Gen.
(Retd.) Khalid Maqbool, Punjab
Governor, and Mian Imran Masood,
the Punjab Education Minister,
jointly chaired the meeting. The
vice-chancellors from Punjab public
universities or their
representatives, and Nazir Saeed,
the special Education Secretary,
Punjab, took part in the meeting and
discussed various issues. The
meeting aimed to discuss proposed
and ongoing development projects
for public universities, worth around
Rs.3.00 billion. The Governor said
that he would follow up the issues of
non-utilisation of funds and slow
pace of development projects.
The meeting addressed issues such
as four-year graduation
programmes, opening public
university sub-campuses in major
cities and later upgrading them into
universities, human resource
development projects (especially
training of teachers), maintaining
quality, linking universities with
industries, building technology
parks in universities, increasing the
number of PhDs and increasing
sport facilities in all universities.
Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman finalized the
establishment of a planning and
development unit in each university
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EVENT
Universities and Industry to Reap the Benefits
Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman, Chairman HEC has said that the launching of the
Scaleable Fault Tolerant Agent (SAGE) and the Global Open Source
Launch of Indigenously Developed Multi-Agent System Framework is
a great achievement for Pakistan. Developing this excellent software
is the result of seeds that were sown three years ago for the
advancement of IT technology and research. He was addressing the
concluding ceremony of the workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and
Grid Computing organized by National University of Science and
Technology (NUST), National Institute of Information Technology
(NIIT) and Pakistan Software Export Board, at the HEC Lecture Hall.
Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman said, it is a
matter of pride that SAGE is the first
Open Source Multi-Agent System
indigenously developed in South
Asia. He said many universities were
collaborating together for the
development and application of Grid
Computing Systems. He said Grid
Computing reduces the need for
supercomputers for research
purposes and allows universities to
collaborate research through
computer networking.
Dr. Arshad Ali, Director General NIIT,
presenting his Vote of Thanks,
expressed his sincerest gratitude to
Dr. Atta-ur-Rahamn, Chairman HEC
for playing a pivotal role in
promoting higher education,
research and development in the
country. He said, HEC, under his
dynamic leadership, was playing a
key role in promoting higher
education and research, reforming
the related infrastructure and
developing quality human resource
in Pakistan.
D r.
Arshad
talked
international collaborative research
projects of NIIT. He said during
2005, five students and four faculty
members from NUST will be visiting
Caltech USA under NUST-Caltech
research project. A similar number
of researchers will be visiting
Stanford University USA under US
State Department funded NUSTSLAC project. Arrangements have
also been made for one HEC
sponsored split Ph.D student to
spend two years at Stanford Linear
Accelerator Centre.
He said that two faculty members
from Stanford University namely Dr.
Jerrod and Dr. Les Cottrel are
scheduled to visit NIIT in Jan 2005
for strengthening ongoing
collaborative research. Pro-Vice
Chancellor along with four faculty
members form University of West of
England, three faculty members
from BIT China and two faculty
members from University of Savoie,
France are scheduled to visit NIIT in
March 2006 for Asia Link Project
review meeting.
about
Ph.D. Awarded
Mr. Zahid Akram
h a s
b e e n
awarded Ph.D.
degree in Plant
Breeding and
Genetics by the
University of Arid
Agriculture
Rawalpindi. His
research topic
was Genetic Implication of Quality
and Yield Contributing
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Characteristics in Wheat (Triticum
aestivum L.) His supervisor was
Associate Professor, Dr. Saif Ullah
Ajmal of Plant Breeding and
Genetics Department.
Mr. Zahid Akram is currently
working as Assistant Professor in
the Department of Plant Breeding
and Genetics and holds the
distinction of being the first faculty
member to complete Ph.D. from this
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Uplift of Varsities a Must for
Quality Education
on S&T for Development had
established a Gender Advisory
Board. One of its objectives is to
help identify the needs for further
research on the gender impact of
new technologies.
It was hoped that the workshop
would help identify those areas
where further studies and research
will help identify the gender
dimension of the application of
biotechnology to development.
Earlier, welcoming the guests on
behalf of the Gender Advisory Board
and National Commission for
Biotechnology, Dr. S.T.K. Naim said,
the application of biotechnology for
increasing agriculture productivity
and for environmental protection
i.e. remediation through bacteria
and engineered organism is well
established. She said biotechnology
is being adopted faster than most
technologies and predicts cure for
major diseases. She mentioned that
there is however, great concern that
this technology like most others,
may not benefit poor women. It is,
therefore, important for developing
countries research policies to
address this issue, she added.
Despite the major role women in
developing countries play in
production of food, most women in
the region remain malnourished and
die young. Women in developing
countries, because of their
involvement in agriculture also
possess indigenous knowledge
about medicinal plants which is
considered of great value. She
concluded by quoting from Dr.
Sandy Thomas's paper that:
“Capacity in policymaking tends to
be weak in developing countries and
women are likely to be underrepresented. As assessment of
training needs to ensure the
effective participation of women in
policymaking roles associated with
the national and international
governance of biotechnology is
recommended.”
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INTERNATIONAL EVENT
Pakistani Students Meet Nobel Laureates in Lindau (Germany)
A highly inspirational programme to promote high quality human
resource development in Pakistan has been launched as a joint
venture of Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Pakistan Atomic
Energy Commission (PAEC) with the support of the Committee for the
Meetings of Nobel Laureates in Lindau.
This programme relates to the
participation of graduate
students/young researchers of
Pakistan in the meetings of Nobel
Prize Winners with young scholars.
Such meetings are regarded as
highly prestigious events, regularly
held for more than half a century.
Each year a subject is chosen from
amongst physics, chemistry and
medicine/physiology. More than 500
students are invited from all over
the world to interact with 15-25
Nobel Laureates in the related field
of study. This interaction is in the
form of lectures, informal
discussions, round table
conferences, personal links, etc.
The main purpose of these meetings
is to motivate and inspire the young
blood to adopt careers in science.
The by-product is the placement of
students for higher studies in
renowned institutions of developed
countries where they gain
experience under the supervision of
highly skilled professionals.
Moreover the students from
different parts of the world discuss
their common scientific goals and
find ways and means to achieve
these goals with mutual
cooperation.
This programme was initiated by Dr.
N. M. Butt, Scientists Emeritus,
PINSTECH about two years back
w h e n h e m e t P r o f. L u d w i g
Feinendegen, Vice-President of the
Committee of
Nobel Laureates
Meetings. The Professor suggested
that about 10 Pakistani students be
sent for participation in Lindau
conferences. In 2003 eight Pakistani
students were sent to attend 53rd
meeting in the field of
m e d i c i n e / p h y s i o l o g y. T h e
participation was immensely
successful as indicated by the
Committee in Lindau. Realizing the
utility and importance of such
meetings, HEC approved funds for
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the participation of up to 10
students per year for next five
years. PAEC also played its part by
contributing Rs. 500,000 to make
this programme a success. Eight
physics graduates were selected,
strictly on merit, from various
universities/research organizations.
They participated in the 54th meeting
in June -July, 2004.
Prior to their departure for Germany,
a three-day orientation camp was
Pakistani participants with Nobel Laureates Prof.
Douglas Osheroff and Prof. Gerardus t' Hooft
arranged, in which experienced
professors and renowned scientists
like Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad, Special
Advisor to Prime Minister of Pakistan
on Strategic Affairs, Mr. Parvez Butt,
C h a i r m a n PA E C , D r. S a m a r
Mubarakmand, Chairman NESCOM,
Dr. Suhail H. Naqvi, Executive
Director HEC, Dr. Hameed A. Khan,
Executive Director COMSATS and
Prof. Riaz-ud-Din, Director NCP
addressed the selected students.
The main theme was how to reap
maximum benefit from this useful
activity and how to enhance the
image of the country abroad.
The group reached Lindau in June
2004 where the opening ceremony
was held in which the Chancellor of
the Federal Republic of Germany
was the Chief Guest. He appreciated
the cause of the Meeting and
ensured all possible help and
support to continue such meetings
in future. The technical session
began with a panel discussion
amongst the Laureates. The
discussion was about the basic and
applied research. It was followed by
series of 30 minute lectures by the
Nobel Laureates. Some of the
interesting lectures were “Columbia
Shuttle Accident” by Prof. Douglas
Osheroff, “Lasers in Peace and War”
by Prof. Nicolaas Bloembergen,
“Man-made Semi-Conductors” by
Prof. Leo Easki, “X-ray Astronomy”
by Prof. Riccordo Giacconi, “Nanoelectronics” by Prof. Klaus Von
Klitzing and “Neutrino Astrophysics”
by Prof. M. Koshiba.
A traditional boat trip to Island of
Mainau was arranged where the
President of the Committee,
Countess Sonja Bernadotte lives.
This was the most interesting and
fruitful part of the activity because
here the participants got a chance to
personally meet and discuss their
individual queries and issues with
the laureates for about six hours.
Many students sought guidance and
support from the legends in the
history of science.
Pakistani students made a very
good impression in personal
discussions as well as in
question/answer sessions. Three
Laureates Prof. Douglas Osheroff,
Prof. Klaus von Klitzing and Prof.
Gerardus t' Hooft were invited to
lunch in a Pakistani restaurant by
the group. The students took full
advantage of this one hour with
them and discussed matters of
interest.
During the whole programme
students showed their eagerness to
work in high tech-laboratories under
the able guidance of experienced
scientists. The possibility of getting
funds for research was also
discussed. It is hoped that two or
three members of the group could
be able to find placement for there
higher studies in Darmstadt and
Julich which was one of the purposes
of such visits.
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COMMENT/NEWS
Kill the Messenger
The advertisements recently flashed in the national press, 'Parents
Alert' concerning illegal universities in the country seem to have
triggered a controversy. University patrons are upset because their
establishments' future is danger. Parents and students feel cheated
as their invested time and energy, money and future prospects are at
stake. But it needs to be said that the public and concerned
institutions are misguided as they just want to kill the messenger.
The Higher Education Commission
came into existence in September
11, 2002. Since its inception, it is
doing its utmost to improve the lot of
higher education. In this context
and in order to create a knowledge
economy, it is offering a multitude of
scholarships, fellowships and
research programmes. It is
financing universities in mega
projects, hitherto unheard of.
In the meanwhile it is also trying to
streamline universities, by
eradicating substandard universities
functioning illegally, bent on
hoodwinking the unknowing public.
The recent spate of advertisements
in national press concerning these
universities is not the first time this
issue has been highlighted.
Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman, Chairman HEC
has time and again pointed out such
spurious 'universities', and the need
to beware of them. The HEC website
www.hec.gov.pk has repeatedly
posted warnings about such
institutions in the hope that
students and the public interested in
higher education sector may be
warned.
Apart from this step, newly
established universities in the
private as well as public sector
established before 2002 are visited
by HEC teams to check if they fulfil
requirement criteria set by HEC
concerning infrastructure, qualified
faculty, laboratories, library
facilities, computer facilities and
financial viability. These guidelines
have been approved by the Federal
Cabinet. Universities lacking in
these requirements are then issued
notices.
The deadline to put their house in
order is 2007 otherwise their
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charters will stand cancelled and
they will be relegated to the status
of affiliated colleges.
HEC has questioned the legitimacy
of such institutions while at the
same time giving them an
opportunity to correct their
inadequacies.
Regarding the question of such
universities functioning in provinces
the reality is that provincial
governments are lawfully allowed to
give charters to universities but
criteria fulfillment is mandatory for
these institutions. At present HEC
does not have the resources and
manpower to keep tabs on these
fake 'universities' sprouting in
interior regions of the country. The
government functionaries as well as
the public should help HEC in
pinpointing these places, so that
action may be initiated.
The issue of ranking too is in the
pipeline and HEC has already put
into the action of ranking procedure
involving universities in providing
relevant information in order to
award ranks to them. Dr. Atta-urRahman has mentioned repeatedly
that a rating system is to be
introduced for public and private
sector universities. The future
funding of universities will be linked
to their performance.
It is untrue to say that HEC has
turned a blind eye to discrepancies
in our education system. The public
should also remain vigilant to these
institutions and inform HEC of their
existence. HEC is trying to unravel
itself from bureaucratic tangles and
get down to business, however such
measures require time but the
initiative and resolve exist.
Call for Quality
Varsities in Muslim
World
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman, Chairman
HEC has stressed the need for
excelling in scientific education,
saying that among the 200 finest
universities in the world, not even a
single one is located in a Muslim
country.
The HEC Chairman was speaking at
the concluding session of 5 th
International and 15th National
Chemistry Conference held at the
Chemistry Department of Quaid-iAzam University. Dr. Atta-urRahman emphasized that there
should be at least one university of
excellence from the Muslim World.
The Higher Education Commission
Chairman said he had been striving
hard to bring back the best Pakistani
faculty serving abroad, with a target
that they would be able to train
Pakistani students who were in dire
need of quality education at the
higher level. He said he wanted
universities to introduce journals for
ensuring easy access to knowledge
for students, and develop quality
laboratories that were wellequipped with scientific tools.
Prof. Dr. Rashid Iqbal, in his
concluding remarks, said 318
chemists and researchers from farflung areas of Pakistan as well as
abroad participated in the four-daylong conference.
The conference comprised five
technical sessions in five main
branches of chemistry
physical
chemistry, organic chemistry,
inorganic analytical chemistry,
environmental chemistry and
biochemistry/agricultural
chemistry.
During the conference, 90 articles
were presented. A poster
competition highlighting chemistryrelated researches was also
organized. Certificates were
presented to five students for
preparing the best posters.
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SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS
HEC Serving Industry Needs
UN University of Peace
The last two years have seen tremendous growth in the
telecommunication industry, especially the wireless sector. With two
new cellular companies and 14 Wireless Local Loop (WLL) operators
there is tremendous demand for trained manpower in wireless
communications. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has
adopted CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) as the technology for
WLL in Pakistan. CDMA is a North American technology which is the
basis of the next generation wireless systems.
UN University of Peace has launched
a mission in Pakistan to explore the
prospects of starting programmes in
the areas of peace and security,
including conflict prevention and
resolution.
CDMA Training programme is part of
HEC strategy for building academiaindustry linkages to make higher
education relevant to the needs of
industry. This programme is first of a
kind where foreign training
scholarships will be funded fully by
an industry leader.
Pakistan has traditionally used GSM
which is a TDMA (Time Division
Multiple Access) system, thus, there
is extreme shortage of engineers
with understanding of CDMA. WLL
industry in Pakistan is in desperate
need of trained CDMA engineers. In
order to fill this gap HEC, in
collaboration with Qualcomm, USA
(the inventors of CDMA) has
l aunc hed a t rai n- t he- t rai ner
programme.
Under this programme Qualcomm
agreed to send its experts to
Pakistan for two part training course
on CDMA for faculty members of
Pakistani universities. Twenty six
faculty members from various
universities attended the first part of
the CDMA course from 6 December
to 16 December 2004. The venue
was Air University, Islamabad that
provided the training facilities.
Faculty members who attended the
course found the training to be very
useful. The trainees were asked to
go incorporate CDMA training in
their university courses.
Furthermore, the trainees were
asked to write a research paper on
CDMA. The selection of trainees for
Part 2 of the course, to be conducted
in March, will be based upon the
quality of their research papers and
a report on how much
CDMA
knowledge they passed on to others.
The two best paper writers will get a
Qualcomm sponsored scholarship to
visit Qualcomm facilities in San
Diego, USA for further training in
CDMA.
Academic-Industry linkage seminar at Bahria
Bahria University arranged a seminar on “The Need for AcademicIndustry Linkages for Skill Development in Pakistan” for its students
and faculty. Dr. Tanveer ul Haq Director (IT & PERN) was one of the
guest speakers. Dr. Haq emphasized that the universities must
become centres of knowledge creation and should remain in touch
with the latest in technology so their graduates can compete for jobs
in the industry.
He briefed the gathering on many
HEC initiatives for encouraging
university-industry linkages
including matching grants for R&D,
matching grants for setting up
research institutes and universities,
setting up of technology incubators,
curriculum review by industry,
industry participation in
accreditation bodies, and setting up
of regional research centres in
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support of local industry etc. He also
mentioned HEC-Qualcomm, USA
joint programme to meet the
training needs of the growing
wireless industry in Pakistan. The
students asked many questions
about HEC and its programmes and
how they could play their part in
making universities to create more
linkages with industry.
The University of Peace has defined
an innovative programme of
education, training and research for
peace, focused on key issues,
including conflict-prevention,
human security, human rights,
environmental security and postconflict rehabilitation.
N a r i n d e r K a k a r, D i r e c t o r,
accompanied by Prof. Amr Abdalla of
Egypt, Dean for Academic
Programming, and Dr. Fayen D'Evie,
visited Pakistan.
The team met with the Ministry of
Finance, Ministry of Education,
heads of the University of Quaid-iAzam, Punjab, Fatima Jinnah, NUST,
LUMS, Institute of Strategic Studies
and leading NGOs.
Botany Training Course
The Learning Innovation
Department of Higher Education
Commission organized a week -long
training course in Botany in
collaboration with Department of
Botany, University of Karachi,
Karachi at Regional Centre, HEC,
Karachi. Prof. Dr. S. Shahid Shaukat,
Chairman, Department of Botany,
was the course coordinator.
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Qaisar, Dean,
Faculty of Science, University of
Karachi was the Chief Guest at
inaugural ceremony.
Twenty nine teachers from various
d e g r e e c o l l e g e s o f Ka r a c h i
participated in the course.
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UNIVERSITY PAGES
UET Peshawar Campus
for Bajaur Agency
Entrepreneurship Development MoU Signed
NWFP University of Engineering and
Technology Peshawar will establish
another campus at Zore Bundar,
Bajaur Agency. This was decided in a
meeting of Vice Chancellor UET, Eng.
Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani with the
Governor NWFP, Lt. Gen. Syed
Iftikhar Hussain Shah.
The campus will be the first of its
nature in FATA and fifth of UET after
Peshawar, Mardan, Bannu and
Abbottabad. The Governor, along
with Vice-Chancellor visited the site
in December and approved the site.
This new addition will bring a sea
change not only in the lives of people
in FATA, but also act as the strongest
bulwark against obscurantism that
has traditionally buffeted their
region.
AIT Signs MoU with UET
Peshawar
NWFP University of Engineering and
Technology Peshawar has signed
MoU with Asian Institute of
Technology (AIT), Bangkok, to
initiate human resource
development and institutional
capacity building as the basis for a
mutually beneficial cooperation
programme.
The MoU was signed by VC, Eng.
Syed Imtiaz Husain Gilani and
President AIT, Prof. Jean Louis
Armand. The 5-year MoU will
provide higher education
opportunities to UET faculty and to
promote institutional linkage
between the institutions.
Two types of PhD programmes will
be offered under this agreement,
including non-residential sandwich
PhD programme under which four
semesters will be offered at AIT and
the remaining two semesters at UET,
Peshawar. Secondly, a full-time
resident PhD programme will be
carried out at AIT, with fee rebate for
18 credit hours per candidate as
special concession to the university.
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Signing of MoU with SMEDA
NWFP UET Peshawar has signed a MoU with SMEDA to promote the
spirit of entrepreneurship in students. The MoU was signed by ViceChancellor, UET, Eng. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani and Senior Vice
President, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority
(SMEDA), Mr. Tariq Mashwani.
The UET vice-chancellor, on the
occasion said that UET is rich with
technical and human resources. It is
imperative to employ this resource
to solve real life problems, which can
readily be done through developing
effective relationship with the
industry. In this respect, signing
accord with SMEDA is a step in right
direction. VC further said that UET in
collaboration with SMEDA will
establish an Entrepreneurship
Development Centre (EDC) at UET
to increase the percentage of UET
graduates interested in becoming
“entrepreneurs”. This Centre will not
only promote SMEs in the province
but also enhance UET's contribution
for a lasting success of local small
and medium entrepreneurs.
Mr. Tariq Mashwani, Provincial Chief
SMEDA said that SMEDA offers
immense opportunities for providing
assistance to young entrepreneurs.
This step is a part of a series of
initiatives undertaken by SMEDA to
create a vibrant enterpreneual
culture in the province.
Farrogee Seerat Women Society at TUF
Dr. Zahoor Ahmed Azhar, Dean of Faculty of Sharia has published
various research articles and books. His recently published book,
titled Hazrat Amna encompasses his efforts on the research of Hazrat
Amna.
To spread true teachings of Islamic thoughts in the wake of western cultural
Imperialism, Faculty of Islamic Society and Seerat at TUF has constituted
Farroge Seerat Women Society under the chairmanship of Dr. Zahoor Ahmed
Azhar. Weekly meetings of the Society are conducted in which modern Arabic
language, along with literary and research articles on Seerat and teachings of
the Holy Prophet (PBUH) are discussed.
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HEC for Strengthening Mathematical Education
The National Centre for Mathematics
(NCM) of Government College
University, Lahore has been
assigned responsibility for planning,
execution and evaluation of
development of mathematics in the
country at graduate and
postgraduate levels.
The Centre will guide process of restructuring mathematical education
and will formulate policies and
oversee implementation of all
policies of the HEC for advancement
of mathematics in the country.
This was stated by Dr. G. Murtaza a
renowned physicist, in his welcome
address at the inauguration of oneday symposium on Mathematics
under NCM.
Dr.Murtaza said NCM's objective was
to pursue excellence in
mathematics, to develop M.Phil. and
PhD programmes, to organize
conferences, courses, workshops,
symposia and seminars round the
year and to organize Mathematics
Olympiads in the country.
Education Minister
Visits AIOU
improvement as it did not fulfil the
modern day needs. “English as a
subject will be introduced from class
one from April 1, 2005 throughout
the country because we cannot
attain the required level of
development without taking this
step”, he added. The government
was taking appropriate steps for the
promotion of education particularly
of the technical education which is
imperative for progress and
reduction of unemployment in the
country. He said the country was
facing shortage of skilled manpower,
which could only be overcome
through acquiring technical
education. The basic education must
be acquired on sound footing
because it provides strong base for
higher education, he added. He said
education budget would further be
enhanced to achieve the required
goals of national progress and
development.
“The Government is considering
introducing changes in the
educational syllabus and
Prof. Dr. Syed Altaf Hussain, Vice
Chancellor, AIOU briefed the Federal
Minister about the AIOU and its
more months during which, they
would be provided with travel and
subsistence allowance.
Dr. A. D. Raza Chaudhry, Director
General of SMS introduced the
foreign faculty members and told
the audience of their contribution in
mathematics at international level
and hoped they would mobilize all
capabilities to make mathematics in
Pakistan stronger.
He also thanked GCU ViceChancellor, Dr. Khalid Aftab for
supporting exercises for promotion
of mathematics through SMS and
NCM.
He said NCM would either operate on
the pattern of Max Planck Institute
of Germany, the Abdus Salam
International Centre for Theoretical
Physics or the Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research in India.
He said NCM is unique in the sense
that it can avail guidance of eight
foreign faculty members hired by
SMS on long term basis under HEC's
Foreign Faculty Hiring Scheme.
These faculty members, Dr. Murtaza
said, are highly specialized in
Algebra, Geometry, Topology,
Algebraic Geometry, Algebraic
Topology, Theory of Categories,
Analytic Number Theory, Algebraic
Number Theory, Galois Theory of
Fields, and Mathematical and
Theoretical Physics.
He said SMS has launched a scheme
called Associate Scheme under
which an associate can join SMS for
mathematical guidance for 3 or
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Lt. Gen. (Retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi, Faderal Minister of Education, presiding over a meeting
during his visit to AIOU
educationists are being consulted to
make progress in this regard”,
s t a t e d Fe d e ra l M i n i s t e r f o r
Education, Lt. Gen (Retd.) Javed
Ashraf Qazi while talking to teachers
during his visit to Allama Iqbal Open
University.
Distance Education System and said
that during the current semester ,as
many as 570,000 students had been
provided admission in the
U n i v e r s i t y, w h i c h e n j o y s a
significant place in the education
sector.
He said the present syllabus needed
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University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore Gets Funds
University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore has received funds amounts to Rs.1,454 million from
sources other than HEC/Federal Government. Below is a detailed list of funds received. This is a
commendable achievement which reflects the beginning of academia/industry linkage.
Industry/Private Sector/Outside Agencies
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
l.
m.
n.
o.
p.
CAD CAM software from DELCAM of UK for Mech. Eng. Dept. – Donated by SPEL
CAD CAM software from UNIGRAPHICS & USA for Mech. Engg. Dept. – donated by
SIMCON
Stipends by SKB for Civil Engg. Dept. one time donation.
Scholarships by Industry/Philanthis – per annum.
Computers for Pet. & Gas Dept. by OGDC – one time donation.
Equipment for Elect. Engg. Dept. By Industry – one time donation.
Donation of equipment by JICA – one time donation.
Equipment for Joint Telecom & IT Centre by HUAWEI of China – one time donation.
Training of UET staff in China by Huawei – one time donation.
Donation of IT chair by Sultan of Oman – one time donation.
Commission Research in KICS – per annum.
Research support by PTCL – one time assistance
Quality improvement of WAPDA Energy Meters: costing Rs. 200 million.
Networking of Provincial Assembly Building
Assessing Transportation load of Islamabad
Testing of soil, steel & transformers – per annum
Government of Punjab
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Cost Rs. In
million
70.000
100.000
10.000
3.000
1.000
5.000
450.000
180.000
60.000
115.000
15.000
20.000
10.000
Cost Rs. In
million
95.000
10.000
25.000
160.000
110.000
15.000
Establishment of Alkhawarizimi Institute of Computer Sciences (KICS)
Grant for Computer Labs in Electrical Engg. Dept. By PITB
Construction of Girls Hostel
209 Acres of Land for Campus of UET
200 Acres of Land for Sialkot Campus of UET
Scholarships by Provincial Boards/Government of Punjab – per annum
Two New Academic Blocks for UET Lahore
UET Vice-Chancellor, Lt. Gen. (Retd) Muhammad Akram Khan, laid the foundation stone for the
construction of three storeyed Architectural Engineering and Design Department Block comprising lecture
theatres, class rooms, laboratories, faculty offices, library, studios and other supporting facilities.
Construction work for the entire project will cost Rs.22.463 million while a total of Rs.38.99 million has
been allocated by Higher Education Commission.
The foundation
stone for the
construction of two
storeyed new block
of Geological
Engineering
Department was
laid soon after. The
civil works will
c o n s i s t
o f
laboratories and
faculty offices
which will cost Rs.
10
Vice-Chancellor UET, Lahore, Lt. Gen. (Retd) M. Akram Khan with his staff
13.713 million and
will be completed
within 10 months.
O r d e r s
f o r
l a b o r a t o r y
equipments, books
etc. have already
been placed. Total
amount allocated for
the project by the
Higher Education
Commission is
Rs.36.00 million.
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Contemporary Life Sciences Workshop at BUITMS
A week long national workshop on “Contemporary Life Sciences and
its Applications” was jointly organized by the Faculty of
Biotechnology & Informatics (BUITMS) and National Core Group HEC
at the Balochistan University of Information Technology and
Management Sciences (BUITMS) Auditorium.
Governor Balochistan Mr. Owais
Ahmed Ghani inaugurated the
workshop. More than 22 eminent
national and provincial scientists
from different universities and
institutions delivered informative
lectures. Over 100 assistant
professors and lecturers from
different provincial degree colleges
and PhD students of BUITMS
attended the refresher course.
Professor Dr. M. A. K. Malghani, chief
organizer briefed the participants
about objectives of the workshop
and thanked Prof. Dr. Atta-urRahman, Chairman HEC and Dr.
Anwar Nasim for the financial
support they had provided for the
promotion of sciences,
biotechnology and specially biology
through such programmes.
urged the trainee participants to
actively participate and interact
during the different events. He
advised the participants that the
knowledge gathered may further be
shared with students and teachers
when they return home.
Governor Balochistan Chancellor
BUITMS in his inaugural address
highlighted the importance of
biotechnology and informatics and
emphasized need to enhance
research activities of the faculty in
the entire province. He ensured his
future support to the university in its
future activities.
D r. A b d u l M a j e e d C h e e m a
highlighted history and
methodology in life sciences. Dr.
Shahana Urooj Kazmi emphasized
the application of microbiology in
relation to health and environment.
Dr. S. Arif Kazmi explained the use of
microorganisms in metal extraction.
Prof. Dr. Kausar Cheema elaborated
the microbial impact on health and
its hazards. Dr. Abdul Hameed Bajoi
highlighted the potentials of major
natural resources in relation to the
agriculture sector and the use of
microbial agents in the insect/pest
control.
Dr. Farid A. Malik, Chairman
Pakistan Science Foundation
appreciated the efforts made by
BUITMS to organize such an
important training programme to
introduce and train assistant
professors and lecturers of degree
colleges of remote areas of
Balochistan with current
technologies of life sciences. He
ensured regular assistance and
support to BUITMS in its future
endeavours. He disclosed that
BUITMS had recently acquired the
services of eminent scientists of
international repute to join the
Fa c u l t y o f B i o t e c h n o l o g y &
Informatics. In order to equip the
laboratories, different sets of
valuable equipment including PCR
have been acquired to initiate
molecular level studies on DNA/RNA
fragments.
Dr. Arsala Mansoor emphasized the
use of organic chemistry in relation
to microbiology. |Dr. Shaukat Iqbal
and Mr. Abdul Sattar explained the
use and operation of SAR and
genomes in RNA/DNA. Mr. Abrar
Hussain elaborated on genomics.
Mr. Sanaullah Chughtai explained
genomics and their role in scientific
studies and Dr. M. A. K Malghani
discussed metabolism in some
detail.
He further added that the training
was the beginning of such services
of workshops to build up human
resource development of
institutions in the province. He
At the end of the workshop, the
participants were given topics for
brainstorming and deliberations.
The groups also emphasized on the
provision of research activities.
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Chair of Women in
Science
Prof. Dr. Bushra
Mateen, Vice
Chancellor
Lahore College
for Women
University, has
been made
Chairperson of
I S E S C O /
UNESCO Chair for Women in Science
in Asian Region. Lt.Gen (retd) Khalid
Maqbool, made the formal
announcement at a function
arranged here. An amount of
$10,000 has been awarded as
budget by ISESCO/UNESCO to carry
out scientific activities.
Silver Jubilee Seminar
A one- day seminar was arranged to
commemorate the Silver Jubilee of
Psychology Department of Lahore
College for Women University. The
theme of the seminar was “The Role
of Psychologists in Promoting Mental
Health Awareness”. Dr. Rafia Hassan
and Dr. Haroon Rashid delivered the
keynote address entitled
“Happiness is All Around You”.
Dr. Ruhi Khalid, Dr. Abdul Hameed,
Dr. Rukhsana Kausar, Shireen Asad
and Sarah Shahid were the main
speakers.
V.C. UAAR Re-elected
Secretary General
Prof. Dr. Khalid
Mahmood Khan
(Sitara-eImtiaz), Vice
Chancellor
University of
Arid Agriculture,
Rawalpindi and a
veteran fellow of
the Pakistan Academy of Sciences,
has been re-elected as Secretary
General of the Pakistan Academy of
Sciences for the second consecutive
term.
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MONITOR
Post-Doctoral Fellowship for University Teachers
Post-Doctoral Fellowship for
university teachers batch II
2004 has been awarded to the
following teachers after due
scrutiny to proceed abroad for
research:
University of Arid Agriculture
Rawalpindi. Dr. Ghulam Jilani,
Assistant Professor, Soil Science, Dr.
Khalid Saifullah Khan, Assistant
P r o f e s s o r S o i l S c i e n c e , D r.
Muhammad Shahid Akhtar Khan,
A s s o c i a t e P r o f e s s o r, P l a n t
Pathology.; NWFP Agriculture
University Peshawar. Dr. Abdur
R a b , A s s o c i a t e P r o f e s s o r,
Horticulture, Dr. Farmanullah,
Professor Plant Production, Dr.
Hamid ullah Shah, Professor
Agriculture Chemistry, Dr. Munir
Khan, Professor Agriculture
Economics & Rural Sociology, Dr.
Noor-ul-Amin, Professor
Horticulture, Dr. Sajida Perveen,
Professor Chemistry.; University
of Agriculture Faisalabad. Dr.
Abdus Salam, Professor Plant
Breeding & Genetics, Dr. Arshad
Iqbal, Assistant Professor Livestock
Management, Dr. Ehsanullah,
ProfessorAgronomy, Dr. Iftikhar
Hussain, Associate Professor
Microbiology, Dr. Muhammad Ayub,
Associate Professor Agronomy, Dr.
Muhammad Mumtaz Khan Associate
Professor, Horticulture Sciences, Dr.
Sher Muhammad Associate
Professor Agriculture Extension.;
University of Animal and
Veterinary Sciences Lahore. Dr.
Masroor Ellahi Babar, Associate
Professor Livestock Production.;
Allama Iqbal Open University
Islamabad. Dr. Abdul Rashid
Naeem Associate Professor
Economics, Dr. Hamid Khan Niazi,
Assistant Professor EPM, Dr.
Ta n v e e r - u z -Za m a n A s s o c i a t e
Professor, Elementary Teacher
Education.; Bahauddin Zakriya
University Multan. Dr. Ejaz Ahmed
Professor, Physics, Dr. Ishtiaq
Ahmad, Assistant Professor Physics,
Dr. Muhammad Younas Khokhar,
Professor Chemistry, Dr. Nooruddin
Jami, Professor Islamic Studies, Dr.
Saeed Ahmad Malik, Professor
Botany, Dr. Toseef Azid Professor
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Economics, Dr. Zahid Hussain
Chohan, Professor Chemistry.;
Government College University
Lahore. Dr. Salamat Ali, Associate
Professor Physics.; Gomal
University Dera Ismail Khan. Dr.
Khalid Mahmood, Assistant
P r o f e s s o r C h e m i s t r y , D r.
Muhammad Ayyaz Khan, Associate
P r o f e s s o r A g r o n o m y , D r.
Muhammad Khalid Assistant
P r o f e s s o r P hy s i c s . ; I s l a m i a
University Bahawalpur. Dr. Abdul
Wadood, Associate Professor
Chemistry.; University of Karachi.
Dr. Ghazala Hafeez Rizwani
Professor Pharmacy, Dr. Shagufta
Shahzadi, Associate Professor
Special Education, Dr. Shaikh
Sirajuddin Nizami, Professor
Chemistry, Dr. Zarrien Ayub
Assistant Professor Marine Biology.;
Azad Jammu & Kashmir
University Muzaffarabad.
Dr.
Khawaja Farooq Ahmad, Associate
P r o f e s s o r E n t o m o l o g y, D r.
Muhammad Haleem Khan, Professor
C h e m i s t r y. ; Q u a i d - i - A z a m
University Islamabad. Dr. Anila
Kamal Associate Professor
Psychology, Dr. Asghari Bano,
Associate Professor, Biology, Dr.
Muhammad Khalid Khan, Assistant
Professor Physics, Dr. Muhammad
Tariq Javed, Associate Professor
Economics.; Shah Abdul Latif
University Khairpur. Dr. Abdul
Majeed Chandio, Professor
International Relations, Dr. Mir
M u n s i f A l i Ta l p u r P r o f e s s o r
Chemistry, Dr. Yasmeen F. Kazi,
Professor Microbiology.; University
of Balochistan Quetta. Dr. Mehrab
Khan, Associate Professor Geology,
Dr. Rasool Bakhsh Tareen, Associate
Professor Botany, Dr. Abdullah
Khan, Professor Chemistry. ;
University of Peshawar. Dr.
Shehla Amjad Associate Professor
Economics, Dr. Fazalur Rahim,
A s s o c i a t e P r o f e s s o r Po l i t i c a l
Sciences Pakistan Study Centre, Dr.
Iftikhar Ahmed, Professor Geology,
Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad, Assistant
Professor Chemistry, Dr. Naheed Ali,
Professor Zoology, Dr. S. Amjad
Hasnu Assistant Professor
Economics, Dr. Shahriyar, Associate
Professor Economics, Dr. Tazeem
Khan, Associate Professor, Geology,
Dr. Umme Salma, Associate
Professor Islamic Studies, Dr. Zafar
Iqbal, Professor Pharmkacy, Dr.
Zahid Anwar, Associate Professor,
Area Study Centre.; Univeisty of
Punjab Lahore. Dr. Abdul Ghaffar,
Associate Professor Geography, Dr.
Hamid Latif Siddiqui, Associate
P r o f e s s o r C h e m i s t r y , D r.
M u h a m m a d S a l e e m m a z h a r,
Professor Persian, Dr. Mumtaz
A k h t e r, A s s o c i a t e P r o f e s s o r
Education, Dr. Nasira Jabeen,
Professor Administrative Sciences,
Dr. Zaid Mahmood, Associate
Professor, Chemistry.; University
of Sindh Jamshoro. Dr. Abdul
Sattar, Professor, Institute of
Mathematics and Computer
Sciences.; Army Medical College
Rwp. Dr. Abdul Khaliq, Professor,
Deptt. Of Biochemistry.; COMSATS
Institute of Information
Technology Islamabad. Dr. Alam
Z e b , A s s o c i a t e P r o f e s s o r,
Department
of Mathematics.;
Federal Urdu University of Arts,
Science & Technology Karachi.
Dr. Muhammad Jamal Haider,
Assistant Professor, Department of
Zoology.; National University of
Science & Technology
Rawalpindi. Dr. Farooq Ahmed
B h a t t i , A s s o c i a t e P r o f e s s o r,
Department of RF Electronics.;
Pakistan Institute of
Engineering & Applied Sciences
I s l a m a b a d . D r. M u h a m m a d
Masood-ul-Hasan, Principal
Scientific Officer, Dr. Naeem Iqbal,
Principal Engineering Electrical
Engineering.; University of
Engineering & Technology
Lahore. Dr. Muhammad Khan
Lecturer Islamic Studies, Dr.
Muhammad Mansoor Khan,
Professor Mining Engineering, Dr.
Muhammad Fiaz Hussain, Professor
M e c h a n i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g , D r.
Muhammad Naeem Ayyaz, Prof.
Electrical Engineering, Dr. Neelum
Naz, Associate Professor
Architecture. For further contact:
Mr. Talat Khurshid
D. G. Planning S&T
Contact:051-9040664
E-mail:tkhurshed@hec.gov.pk
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MONITOR
Programme for National Professorship
To acknowledge the services rendered by outstanding senior professors and
scientists in universities and R&D Organizations and in order to utilize their
services in national organizations, the HEC has launched a Programme of
National Professorship. HEC has selected 17 Distinguished National
Professors. Funds have been released to 14 of them.
Support for Institutional Strengthening
Majority of institutions in Pakistan suffer from lack of institutional and human
capacities to conducts any meaningful research. There is therefore an urgent
need to strengthen and upgrade scientific institutions in Pakistan. This
support scheme is aimed at strengthening the laboratories and Libraries of the
universities/degree awarding institutions in public sector for enhancing the
research activities. Each grant upto a maximum limit of Rs. one million can be
considered. Proposals under the subject program have been received from
University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Peshawar University. Proposal from
Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam has been sanctioned and funds are
being released.
Hiring Educationists with Doctorates
To promote the research activities and overcome the acute shortage of PhD
scholar in Universities HEC under the subject programme has hired 21
scholars and placed them in different public sector universities all over
Pakistan. The scholars are engaged for a period of two years on the basis of
their experience and active research. The tenure of the contract shall be for
two years period on the basis of annual performance review at a fixed salary of
Rs.50,000/- per month.
Inter Provincial Exchange Of Student Delegation
HEC has launched the project at a total cost Rs.19.743 million over a period of
five years with the aim at encouraging national integration and cohesion
amongst the youth studying at provincial and federal universities through
Inter Provincial Exchange of Student Delegation. The Group of 14 students
including both male & female students will undertake Inter provincial study
tours which include seminars, debating contests, games & extra curricular
activities over a period of two weeks.
Students of following universities have already completed this tour under the
subject programme: Fatima Jinnah Women University; NWFP University of
Engineering & Technology, Balochistan University Quetta and Bahauddin
Zakriya University Multan
HEC Boxer Bags Bronze
Medal
Asghar Ali Shah, a Pakistani boxer
who represented Higher Education
Commission Pakistan at the First
World University Boxing
Championship in Turkey has bagged
a bronze medal in 64 kg weight
category defeating his opponent.
The Championship was held in
Tu r k e y u n d e r t h e a e g i s o f
International University Sports
Federation (FISU) under the
arrangements made by Turkish
Boxing Federation in Anatalya. HEC,
being a member of the FISU had
provided an opportunity to two
student boxers from Sindh
University Jamshoro to represent
Pakistan Universities in this event.
Football Matches
Pakistan Universities Football team
participated in PFF football league
tournament which took place in
Faisalabad under the aegis of
Pakistan Football Federation. The
first phase of the league was held
from 20 t h November to 13 t h
December 2004. Pakistan
universities team played matches in
the league.
Badminton: The final trials for the
selection of Pakistan Universities
badminton team to participate in 8th
World Universities Badminton
Championship were held in
November 2004, in Hamidi Hall,
Pakistan Sports Complex,
Islamabad. The player selected left
for Bangkok last month.
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Universities Must Spend Old Funds to Get More
to deal with the projects. He informed the Governor that soon the President would order an independent project
monitoring and evaluation unit in each chancellor's office.
He added that the HEC had also written to the President to increase the salary structure of vice-chancellors to the
highest pay in the Tenure Track Package for teachers proposed by the Government. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman said that
during a presentation to Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz the latter had asked him to pursue issue of quality, proper
consumption of funds, teacher training, linkage with industries, increasing enrolment etc. Mr. Aziz had said, “Money is
no matter, the issue is its proper utilization”.
Higher Education News
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300 Students to Study
in China
Atta-ur-Rahman Re-elected
President Academy of Sciences
Around 300 Pakistani students will
be awarded scholarships annually to
receive higher education in various
Chinese universities.
Chairman HEC, Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman has been re-elected
President, Pakistan Academy of Sciences for a term of two years. The
Academy is governed by a 16 member council. It has 81 Fellows and
20 foreign Fellows.
This PhD level scheme will be
launched from May next, in
collaboration with China's
Scholarship Council, said Prof. Dr.
Altaf Ali G. Shaikh, Advisor HRD
(HEC).
Sheikh M. Ali and Mr. Tahir Hameed.
In view of the scientific activities of
t h e A c a d e m y, U N E S C O h a s
consistently selected the Pakistan
Academy of Sciences for
collaboration in scientific matters
and also invited the President of the
Academy to serve as
special consultant.
Dr. Shaikh who was on a two-week
long visit to China said necessary
admission arrangements had almost
been finalized in some leading
universities in the Chinese major
cities including Tianjin, Hanzhou,
Harbin, Nanjing, Shanghai and
Beijing.
Most of the scholarships will be paid
by the government of Pakistan.
However, some of the Chinese
universities have also agreed to
shoulder financial expenditure or
reduce the tuition fee to a
reasonable level.
Pakistani students will be taught in
English. However, they will also be
required to learn Chinese language
at the initial stage. Students in
various disciplines will be selected
purely on merit, in a transparent
manner. Currently, 78 Pakistani
students are already studying in
China. Now, number of scholarships
are being increased to 300. The new
scheme, Dr. Shaikh said is aimed at
creating understanding of Chinese
education and culture among
Pakistani students and scholars.
Education for foreigners in China is
comparatively cheaper than that in
western countries.
Nearly, 1500 people will be sent
abroad for PhD degree every year,
said Dr. Sheikh and the Government
was increasing the budget for higher
education further although it had
already been raised from Rs.800
million to Rs.9.1 billion. Dr. Altaf
Sheikh was accompanied by two
other officials of the HEC, namely,
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Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman's
re-election bodes well
for the Academy. Apart
from being Chairman of
Higher Education
Commission, he has
status of a Federal
Minister and is an
internationally
a c k n o w l e d g e d
scientist.
He is the only scientist
from Pakistan besides late Prof.
Abdul Salam (Nobel Laureate) to be
awarded the prestigious degree of
Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) by
Cambridge University.
He has 542 publications in leading
international journals in several
fields of organic chemistry including
12 patents and 82 books.
He is also the Director of H.E.J.
Institute of Chemistry, Karachi
U n i ve r s i t y, w h i c h h a s b e e n
transformed into one of the most
powerful centres in
the field of natural
product chemistry, as
a result of the
research being carried
out here.
Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman
Appointed Foreign
Member of KAST: Dr.
Atta-ur-Rahman, has
also been appointed a
Foreign Member of the
Korean Academy of
S c i e n c e
a n d
Technology.
This is a great honour for Pakistan as
the Korean Academy of Science and
Technology is one of the most
distinguished academies in the
world and has 34 Noble Laureates
amongst its foreign members.
Medical Journal Writing
It is very alarming for the education
sector that the country is far behind
in scientific research than the
developed countries, said Prof. Dr.
Atta-ur-Rahman, Chairman HEC, at
the inauguration of workshop on
'Writing for Medical Journals'.
The workshop was arranged by
Learning Innovation Division, HEC.
Jim Thorton was the guest speaker.
It was attended by over 70 doctors
of Islamabad/Rawalpindi.
We should utilize our academic skills
to participate in the international
research community through
writing and publishing research
articles, said Chairman HEC. The
research writers should adopt
internationally accepted format with
a simple language on the topics
concerned with modern
developments in medicine, he
added. They should be upto date
with references they make and be
well armed with knowledge they
want to pass on. The resulting
article should hang in balance, he
concluded.
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MONITOR
Professors Working under Foreign Faculty Higher
Programme
The following are details of foreign faculty members hired by HEC at
various institutions/departments of public sector universities. The
list is a continuation of the one printed in HEN August 2004.
• Dr. Arshad Jamal has joined International Islamic University, Islamabad.
• Dr. Maqbool Sial has joined University of Agriculture, Fasalabad.
• Dr. Mohammad Mujahid has joined Institute of Space Technology,
Islamabad.
• Dr. Sarfaraz K. Niazi has joined HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry,
Karachi.
• Dr. Israr Husain Khan has joined Institute of Business Administration,
Karachi.
• Dr. Anwer Basha has joined HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, Karachi.
• Dr. Muhammad Shoaib Shahid has joined University of Education, Lahore.
• Dr. Hisham El-Dessouky has joined UET, Peshawar.
• Dr. Sarwar Naqvi has joined Institute of Space Technology, Rawat.
• Dr. Anvarbek Meirmanov has joined National University of Science &
Technology, Rawalpindi.
• Dr. Munir Ahmad Sultan Chaudhary has joined University of Punjab, Lahore.
• Dr. Anis Siddiqi has joined (College of Art & Design) University of the Punjab,
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Dr. Sergei Borisenok has joined School of Mathematics GCU, Lahore.
Dr. Husain Kassim has joined Karachi University, Karachi.
Dr. Sajida Hassan has joined Punjab University.
Dr. Safdar Ali Anwar has joined University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.
Dr. Ghulam Kadir Kazi has joined the Institute of Space Technology,
Islamabad.
Dr. Waqar Mahmood has joined National University of Science & Technology,
Rawalpindi
Dr. Nicolae Popescu has joined GCU School of Mathematics, Lahore.
Dr. Oleg Lvanovich Reinov has joined GCU School of Mathematics, Lahore.
Dr. Sever-Angel Popescu has joined GCU School of Mathematics, Lahore.
Dr. Ghulam Ali Qureshi has joined Liaquat University of Medical and Health
Sciences, Jamshoro.
Dr. Nawab Mohammad Khan has joined University of Health Sciences,
Lahore.
Dr. Woldesemayat Habte has joined Institute of Business Administration,
Karachi.
Dr. Abdul Mujeeb Kazi has joined IBGE, Agriculture University, Peshawar.
Dr. Sohail Jehangir Malik has joined University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.
Dr. Khairuddin Sanaullah has joined National University of Science and
Technology, Rawalpindi.
Dr. Naseem Aadil has joined University of Engineering and Technology,
Lahore.
Dr. Yaseem Iqbal Yousafzai has joined Univesity of Peshawar.
Dr. Nasrullah Khan has joined Federal Urdu University, Islamabad.
Dr. Amir Haider Malik has joined COMSATS, Abbottabad.
Dr. A. Ghaffar Khan has joined University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi.
Dr. Muhammad Raflullah Khan has joined Peshawar University.
Dr. Abdul Mujeeb Kazi has joined IBGE, Agriculture University, Peshawar.
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Social Sciences &
Humanities Research
Council Meeting
The need to develop a network of
database in the field of Social
Sciences and Humanities, with the
complete list of social scientists and
professional in the field was stressed
at the second meeting of
Management Board of Social
Sciences & Humanities Research
Council of Pakistan at HEC .It was
also decided that a well-planned
library & data dissemination and
documentation centre would be
developed and maintained with the
regular supply of the journals on the
social science subjects. The meeting
was chaired by Prof. Dr. Manzoor
Ahmed, Chairman Executive Board,
Usman Institute of Technology.
The Board was apprised of the
progress made regarding the
seminars and conferences, as two
conferences have already been
conducted. The remaining will be
held in 2005.
1. Social and Human Sciences:
Endangered and Engendered,
Fatima Jinnah Women University,
Rawalpindi, December 2004.
2. Social Sciences and Social
Action, International Islamic
University, Islamabad, December
2004.
3. Ethics, Values and Society,
LUMS, Lahore, March-April 2005.
4. Multi-culturalism and Human
Security, Karachi University Karachi,
April 2005.
However the focus of the
Management Board's meeting was
on the national and international
Linkage Programme, and in order to
increase the response it was decided
that the funding for local visits be
increased from Rs.20,000 to
Rs.25,000 per person, the condition
for undertaking visits in groups to be
removed and the number of seats
for local/international programmes
be re-distributed so that more seats
are available for international
linkage programme. It was also
Continued on page 17
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MONITOR
Continued from page 2
S&T Development Imperative for Progress
H E C h a d l a u n c h e d Fa c u l t y
Development Programme under
which 1443 indigenous, 402 foreign,
99 post-doctoral scholarships are
being given, revealed Dr. Atta-urRahman, while in-service training
had been provided to 733 teachers.
Earlier, Dr. S. Sohail H. Naqvi,
Executive Director, HEC gave a
detailed account of HEC's mission to
facilitate institutions of higher
learning to serve as an engine of
socio-economic development of
Pakistan. Socio-economic
development he said, means that
the benefits of higher learning reach
the grass-roots level i.e. to the
common man. Instead of 'bottomup approach' we need 'top-down
approach'. For this higher
education, technology
d e ve l o p m e n t , a n d i n d u s t r i a l
linkages were required as the
sustainable poverty eradication can
only be possible through building
advanced human capital, enhancing
and funding domestic research for
adapting foreign technologies, and
preparing individuals for less
profitable and socially desirable
careers, he explained.
Talking about the higher education
reforms, Dr. Sohail Naqvi said, Task
Force on Higher Education was
formed in April, 2001, Study Group
on S&T was formed in October, 2001
and Steering Committee on Higher
Education came into existence on
August 01, 2002. He said funding of
universities would be doubled in two
years, while the income generated
by universities would be retained by
them. He said Higher Education
Commission was formed in
September, 2002 as an autonomous
body with financial powers to
develop projects upto the ceiling of
Rs 40 million.
He said HEC-NAC collaborative
programmes also exist that are
funded through Pak-US
'Cooperation in Science &
Technology' Programme' with a
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grant of US $500,000 from State
Department. It is a collaborative
programme with US National
A c a d e my o f S c i e n c e s w h i l e
negotiations with American
scientific societies to acquire journal
content to meet specific needs of
research community is also going
on. He said access to resources is
expected to be initiated by January
2005. He also listed research
support programmes as: Research
Grant Programme, Post-Doctoral
Fellowships, Pakistan Organization
f o r C o l l a b o r a t i v e Re s e a r c h ,
Presidential Young Innovators
Programme, International Research
Support Initiative, Support to
Scientific Talent, Sponsorship of
C o n f e r e n c e s , Tra ve l G ra n t s ,
Extension Lectures, Visiting
Professorship, Access to Scientific
Instrumentation, Awards, Support
to Scientific Journals, and Transfer
of Knowledge (TOKTEN).
Talking about future plans, Dr.
Sohail Naqvi said, the planned mega
projects of the HEC are
establishment of new engineering
universities in collaboration with
Germany, Austria, and France; and
strengthening of existing
universities viz. perspective plan,
targets, doubling of enrolment in 35 years,
world class
r e s e a r c h / a c a d e m i c s ,
responsiveness to industry, and
infrastructure renovation &
development.
Dr. Tanweer-ul-Haque, Director IT
gave a brief overview of the HEC
website and internal website of the
HEC i.e. PERN while Kamran J.
Naeem, Country Coordinator, Digital
Library highlighted the details of the
Digital Library, developed by HEC. It
has 15,000 research journals
available on the internet. Access to
these journals is free to all
institutions and the number of
journals was being gradually
increased, he concluded.
Information &
Communication
Technology for
Sustainable Development
Conference
Natural resources have lost their
importance in this present age and
the key to progress is now the
quality of human resources and the
ability of nations to tap into the
creativity of their youth so that new
projects and processes can be
developed for the international
market. This was stated by
Chairman HEC, Prof. Dr. Atta-urRahman.
He was speaking at the conference
on 'Information and Communication
Te c h n o l o g y f o r S u s t a i n a b l e
Development' (Regional and
International Experience) Abu
Dhabi.
The higher education and science &
technology sectors are today
playing a key role in the
development process and only those
countries are marching forward
which have realized that their real
wealth is the quality of human
resources and their ability to use
them for development, he added.
The Conference was jointly hosted
by United Nations Development
Programme UNDP and the Abu
Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority
(ADWEA). His Highness Sheikh Diab
Zayed Al Nahayan, Chairman of
ADWEA was the chief guest.
The major objective and overall
theme of the conference was to
provide an opportunity for
intercultural experience, and raise
awareness of the importance of
information and communication
technologies as an effective tool to
help advance sustainable human
development.
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MONITOR
HEC Monitoring Cell
HEC has constituted a Monitoring
and Development Cell to oversee its
various on-going projects and
programmes.
The objectives of the cell include
monitoring of HEC funded projects
to maintain consistency with
approved objective and timeframe,
keep financial discipline by available
means, including conducting
physical checks through scheduled
or unscheduled field visits. The
Monitoring Team is housed at the
HEC Secretariat.
The cell aims at ensuring
transparency in implementation,
particularly project tender events
and monitor adherence to official
rules and regulations, and
developed projects driven by the
HEC Vision, and establish project
monitoring system and develop
guidelines for useful and
a p p r o p r i a t e o p e ra t i o n a l a n d
financial target achievements for
ongoing projects. Policy guidelines
for monitoring and performance
evaluation of projects are under
process of development.
Short-Term Foreign
Faculty Hiring
Programme (SFHP)
Under the Short-Term Foreign
Faculty Hiring Programme former
( E x p a t r i a t e Fa c u l t y H i r i n g
P r o g ra m m e ) , s e ve n ty s e ve n
scholars have been selected to date.
The following 29 expatriate/foreign
scholars have joined 14 universities
and DAIs of Pakistan. Where as 30
to 40 more foreign/expatriate
scholars would be coming under
SFHP between December 2004 to
June 2005.
Owing to the programmes success
and popularity a considerable
number of foreign scientists and
scholars have applied to come after
June 2005 and the HEC is
considering extending the project
beyond June 2005 for another two
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years.
Roshan A. Sheikh, Bahria University,
Islamabad; Muhammad Ashraf
Tahir, National Centre of Excellence
in Molecular Biologuy, Punjab
University, Lahore; Irfan Awan,
Gomal University, D. I. Khan; Anwar
Basha, HEJ, Karachi; Ijaz Ahmed
Rauf, COMSATS, Islamabad; Ishtiaq
Ahmed Choudhry, UET, Lahore;
Syed Perwez Kaleem, NUST,
Rawalpindi; Uvais Qidwai, IST,
Islamabad; Tariq Jamil, COMSATS,
Abbotabad; Tasneem. H. Kazmi,
GCU, Lahore; Abaidullah Anwar,
Sargodha University, Sargodha;
Ahmed Sana, UET, Taxila; Abdul
M a j e e d S i d d i q u i , C O M S AT S ,
Islamabad; Mohammad Farooque
Anwar, UET, Lahore; Mohammad
Ilyas Anjum, UET, Taxila; Syed
Mahmood Ahmed, UET, Taxila;
Ishtiaq Ahmed Choudhry, UET,
Lahore; Syed Perwez Kaleem, NUST,
Ra wa l p i n d i ; S a e e d Ra h m a n ,
COMSATS, Islamabad; Khawar
S o h a i l S i d d i q u i , C O M S AT S ,
Islamabad; Hafiz Farooq Ahmed,
NUST, Rawalpindi; Muhammad
Ashraf Tahir, National Centre of
Excellence in Molecular Biology,
Punjab University, Lahore; Pitamber
Donald Ariel, COMSATS, Islamabad;
Amer Iqbal, GCU, Lahore; Azam
Raza Khan, NUST, Rawalpindi; Syed
Aziz Ashraf, H.E.J Institute of
Chemistry, Karachi University;
Imran Khan, Arid Agricultural
University, Rawalpindi; Abdullah
Malik, UET, Lahore; Abdul Shakoor,
UET, Lahore.
Continued from page 15
Social Sciences &
Humanities Research
Council Meeting
decided to re-advertise the
programme in all major
newspapers.
Furthermore, in the research grant
programme, another component
under the SSHRC, it was decided to
raise the financing of each research
project to the amount ranging from
Rs. 100,000 to Rs.500,000 as
against the previous amount of Rs.
50,000 to Rs. 75,000.
It was further proposed that a
research journal for Social Sciences
be launched by SSHRC, focusing
upon the Social Sciences issues.
New Coordinator
Mr. Luqman Ahmed recently joined
Higher Education Commission as
Coordinator, Social Sciences and
Humanities Project to establish the
Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Pakistan. Mr.
Ahmed has 10 years experience in
the development field, including
that of coordinating with the
government, semi-government,
civil society organizations in the
education field, community and
donor agencies and developing
various programmes like resource
centre and advocacy campaign.
Mr. Luqman Ahmed did his Masters
in Public Administration from Quaidi-Azam University, Islamabad. He
has to his credit a poetry book in
Urdu, “Tum Sae Kehna Hae”,
published by Sang-e-Meel
Publications, Lahore in June 2000.
We welcome Mr. Ahmed to HEC and
wish him the best for his future
assignments.
Tenure Ends
Ms. Sheila Zulfiqar Ahmed,
Consultant (R&D) has rejoined her
parent department at University of
Karachi from of January 1, 2005
after serving the HEC from
December 2003 to December 2004.
Her work will be taken over by Mr.
Moin-ud-Din Qureshi, Project
Manager.
During her tenure at HEC as
consultant she managed the ShortTerm Foreign Faculty Hiring
Programme and also proposed a
project on establishment of an
Institute for Promoting
Understanding between Muslims
and the West. The HEC is further
exploring the details of the proposed
Institute and in November 2004 an
International Consultation of Muslim
Scholars in Islamabad was held with
this purpose.
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Higher Education News
19
ANNOUNCEMENT
Nobel Laureates 55th Meeting of in Lindau (Germany) 26th June -1st July, 2005
A unique opportunity of interaction for talented students/young scientists with 40 Nobel Laureates and about 600
fellow participants from over 30 countries in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology and medicine is offered. Two
groups, each of eight students, have already participated in the 53rd (medicine/physiology-2003) and 54th (physics2004) meetings. Applications are invited for 55th meeting to be held in June 2005.
Eligibility criteria: Only Pakistani nationals, studying or working in Pakistan can apply. They must have a M.Sc./MBBS
or higher degree as well as a first class academic career with merit positions in board/university examinations.
Age limit: Graduate students upto 25 years. Doctoral students upto 30 years. Post doctoral scientists upto 35 years.
The applications recommended by the Head of Departments must reach at the following address before 31st January
2005. The selected candidates will be provided return air travel and boarding/lodging in Germany for one week.
Sponsored by: HEC, PAEC and the Committee in Lindau. Application forms and other details are available at
www.geocities.com/pakmnl
Correspondence address: Representative in Pakistan Committee for the Meetings of Nobel Laureates in
Lindau PIEAS, P.O. Nilore, Islamabad. Ph: 051-2207265, 2207722 Fax: 051-9290275, e-mail:
waqar@pinstech.org.pk
Sabbatical Leave Fellowship Programme
The Higher Education Commission has initiated a leave fellowship programme which aims at advancing the pursuits of
scholarship and research in a university, to free faculty members from their normal university duties, enable them
follow their scholarly interests on full time basis and thus keep their professional standing maintained so that they may
present themselves with renewed vigor, perspective, and insight at pedagogical and research forum.
The Sabbatical Leave Fellowship, which is for a maximum of nine months, will benefit 20 scholars each year for four
years.
Financial Package:
Monthly fellowship for a Professor is Rs.35,000 per month and for an Associate Professor, Rs.25,000 per month.
Boarding Allowance is Rs.5,000 per month, whereas local travel (air-fare/road/train) will be as per entitlement.
Research grant supplement at the host university is to a maximum of Rs.75,000 per scholar.
For prescribed application for and other details, please visit our website: www.hec.gov.pk. For further information
contact: Abad Ahmad Khan, D.G. (R&D), Higher Education Commission, H-9, Islamabad, Ph: 92-0519040602, 4448360. e-mail: akhan@hec.gov.pk
With Compliments From Media
Office
A Newsletter of the Higher Education Commission, (Islamabad) PAKISTAN
Editor: Tahira Brohi;
Assistant Editor: Aayesha Ikram;
Graphic Artist: Kamran Qadir;
Composing: Munir Zaidi;
Proof Reader: Riaz-ul-Haque
Printed at HEC Printing Press.