HEC has given higher education institutions a focus: Zahid Hamid

  • September 25, 2013, 7:49 pm
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ISLAMABAD, Sep 25 (Online): Federal Minister for Science and Technology Zahid Hamid appreciating the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for encouraging and promoting university research has said that quality research deserves recognition.

On Wednesday while addressing at 3rd Outstanding Research Awards ceremony for 2010-11at HEC Secretariat Islamabad, he said HEC has given higher education institutions a focus and encouraged faculty members by granting scholarships.

Awarding 32 researchers in five categories, Zahid Hamid stated, “You are a role model for your colleagues and students. Hope you will be involved more energetically to boost research culture in your institutions”.

He said after creating the research facilities and inducting qualified researchers in the universities, the next step of HEC should be focused on the priority research areas by inventing solutions to problems that face our society.

Categories in which researchers were awarded include Best Research Paper, Best Young Research Scholar, Best Innovator, Best Book Publication, and Lifetime Academic Achievement.


Awards for Best Research Paper went to Dr. Rohama Gill, Department of
Environmental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Dr. Mubasher Jamil,
Centre for Advanced Mathematics and Physics, National University of
Sciences and Technology, Dr. Muhammad Atif, National Institute of Laser and
Optronics, Nilore, Dr. Khalid Saifullah, Department of Mathematics,
Quaid-i-Azam University, Dr. Javed Iqbal, General Manager, NESCOM, Dr.
Adnan Ali, Department of Physics, Government College University,
Faisalabad, Dr. Saeed Farooq, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate
Medical Institute, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Mr. Muhammad Ilyas,
Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Dr.
Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS
Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Dr. Abad Khan, Department
of Pharmacy, University of Swabi, Mr. Murad Khan, Department of
Biotechnology, University of Malakand, Dr. Muddassar Abbas Rizvi, Pakistan
Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Sher Jamal Khan, Institute of Environmental
Sciences and Engineering, NUST, Dr. Abdul Majid, Department of Computer and
Information Sciences, PIEAS, Dr. Khanji Harijan, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Dr.
Muhammad Abdullah, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Faisal Jamil,
NUST Business School, Dr. Shafqat Hussain, Govt. MC Boys High School,
Mianwali, Dr. Sajid Bashir, Department of Management Sciences, Muhammad Ali
Jinnah University, and Dr. Zafar Iqbal, Department of Media and
Communication Studies, International Islamic University, Islamabad.****

Best Young Research Scholar Awards were given to Dr. Sohail Nadeem,
Department of Mathematics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Dr. Naveed Ahmed Khan,
Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University,
Karachi, Dr. Osman Hasan, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science, NUST, and Dr. Muhammad Usman Awan Institute of Quality and
Technology Management, University of the Punjab

Best Book Publication Awards were won by Dr. Shoaib Khan, Department of
Computer Engineering, College of EME, NUST, Dr. Wasim Ahmed Khan, Faculty
of Mechanical Engineering, GIK Institute, Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Chawla,
Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of the Punjab, Dr. Ilhan Niaz,
Department of History, Quaid-i-Azam University, and Dr. Syed Nawab Haider
Naqvi, FUUAST School of Economics.

Lifetime Academic Achievement Award went to Dr. Jamil Anwar, Vice
Chancellor, Lahore Garrison University, Dr. Muhammad Ashraf, University
College of Agriculture, Sargodha, and Dr. Rasul Bakhsh Rais, Department of
Humanities and Social Sciences, LUMS

On this occasion Executive Director HEC Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, and Director General (R&D) Dr. Mazhar Saeed were also present.

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