HEC National Professor Award
HEC award for four academicians
Islamabad, April 20: The
Higher Education Commission (HEC) has conferred Distinguished National
Professor Award on four academicians for their outstanding performance. The
award is presented to those academicians, who have shown exceptional
performance in their respective fields, have set benchmark for others
and played a vital role in raising the standard of research as well as
academic status of the higher education in the country HEC's
Selection Committee in its annual meeting selected four professors out
of 63 applicants for the year 2011. These included Prof. Dr. Saqib Ali
(Chemistry), Prof. Dr. Saleem Ashger (Mathematics), Dr. M. Asif Khan
(Geology), and Dr. Muhammad Sarwar (Veterinary Sciences). These scholars
carry the title of HEC Distinguished National Professor for lifetime Prof.
Dr. Saqib Ali, Pride of Performance, from Department of Chemistry,
Quaid-i-Azam University, completed his PhD from Poland in 1984. Having
experience of 24 years of teaching and research, Dr. Saqib has won
awards of Marie Curie Fellowship of CES in 1994-95 and George Forester
in 1999-2000. He is fellow of two professional societies and has 324
international research publications with 298.564 impact factor to his
credit. He has participated in 32 international conferences and produced
24 PhDs in Inorganic Chemistry Prof. Dr. Saleem Ashgar,
'Tamgha-i-Imtiaz' and 'Sitara-i-Imtiaz', from Department of Mathematics,
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology has a PhD in Mathematics.
He has a rich experience of 39 years of teaching and research. He has
won 13 national and six international awards and is fellow of nine
professional societies. He has 253 International research publications
with 242.2 impact factor and has supervised 15 PhDs Dr.
M. Asif Khan, 'Tamgha-i- Imtiaz', is working as Director at the National
Centre of Excellence in Geology University of Peshawar. He completed
his PhD in the Geology (Earth Sciences) from Imperial College, London in
1988. He has 30 years of experience in teaching and research. He has
won three national awards and is fellow of two professional societies.
He has 38 international research publications with 92.4 impact factor
and 707 citation index. He has attended 52 conferences and produced 12
PhD graduates Dr. Muhammad Sarwar, 'Tamgha-i- Imtiaz', is
currently Dean, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, University of Agriculture,
Faisalabad. He did his PhD in Dairy Sciences from The Ohio State
University, USA in 1992. He has 20 years of experience in teaching and
research. He has won three international awards and is fellow of nine
professional societies. He has 106 international research publications
with 58.174 impact factor to his credit. He has attended 83 conferences
and produced 13 PhDs. The news
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NUST 7th postgraduate convocation
Islamabad: Over 700 scholars received degrees in
the disciplines of engineering, medical sciences, management sciences,
information technology, physics and mathematics during the 7th
postgraduate convocation of National University of Sciences and
Technology (Nust) on Thursday. The degrees were conferred on 686 MS and MPhil scholars while 20 were
awarded PhD degrees. Gold medals were awarded to 58 scholars. Dawn
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Oxford to launch book on Pak cuisine
Karachi: The Oxford University Press (OUP), Pakistan, will launch its
latest publication at a ceremony to be held at Frere Hall here on April
20. The book is titled: " Food Prints: An Epicurean Voyage
through Pakistan: Overview of Pakistani Cuisine" has been written by Ms
Shanaz Ramzi. The book celebrates the diversity of Pakistani
cuisine and is a unique effort to bring to the reader the plethora of
dishes popular in the country, tracing their origins and the legends
surrounding some of them, says an OUP Pakistan statement here on
Thursday. It said that Managing Director of OUP Pakistan, Ms
Ameena Saiyid, will present the welcome address. The author of the
publication, Ms Shanaz Ramzi, will also speak on the occasion. app
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