SARGODHA UNIVERSITY Quarterly NEWSLETTER JANUARY-MARCH 2020 | VOL 14, NO 1 Sargodha University Proudly Launches TELEMEDICINE CENTRE Because Your Health Matters CHANCELLOR VOWS TO MAKE IT CENTER OF EXCELLENCE COVER STORY AGES ABDULLAH NAYYAR DEPUTY COMMISSIONER INAUGURATES RD INSIDE P 3 SARGODHA LITERARY FESTIVAL 2020 PAGES 6-14 COMBATING CORONA CHANCELLOR SARGODHA INAUGURATES UNIVERSITY TELEMEDICINE RANKED CENTRE 501+ EMERGING ECONOMIES o provide f ree clinical services online, the UNIVERSITY Chancellor/Governor Punjab, Chaudhary RANKINGS Muhammad Sarwar inaugurated the 2020 T Governor Punjab inaugurates Telemedicine centre through video link Telemedicine Centre at Sargodha University on March 26 MESSAGE FROM THE he Sargodha University got featured in Times through a video link. categories including Surgery, Medicine, Higher Education (THE) Emerging The Telemedicine Centre will mitigate overcrowding in VICE CHANCELLOR Paediatrics, others and primarily Corona as the major Economies University Ranking 2020, for the the hospitals and reduce real-time interaction between T e are indeed living through challenging category will render their services. first time by securing a position among top 501+ doctors and patients, hence contribute in reducing the ¢ times, as coronavirus epidemic brings The Centre will provide free clinical services from universities, according to the latest rankings issued risk of exposure to COVID-19. by THE on 20th February. public life to a virtual halt in Pakistan. medical consultation to diagnosis followed by e- W While appreciating the university's prompt institutional prescription. The ranking was based on 13 performance indicators, However, as we have learned from our preliminary response to this urgent call to fight the Coronavirus ¢ The corona medical experts would be available 24/7 including teaching, research, knowledge transfer, steps amid this crisis regarding health, safety and e- threat, the Chancellor assured full support to the Vice through calls, WhatsApp and Skype IDs, which is and international outlook, but the weightings were learning at Sargodha University, we must take a Chancellor and his medical team for the initiative connected with the local and national numbers. different to reflect the development priorities of challenge as an opportunity and then act decisively. ¢ Corona suspects would be inquired, history would be universities in emerging economies. Our foremost responsibility is to provide the students We are extending the scope of corona telemedicine recorded and upon the diagnosis, the patient would The Emerging Economies University Ranking and researchers the best possible avenues for quality helpline all over Punjab, to provide instant advisory and be referred to the focal person in DHQ hospital for includes only institutions in countries classified by education and critical inquiry. Therefore, without awareness regarding corona hazards. Therefore, I must screening and would be sent to isolation or the London Stock Exchange's FTSE Group as wasting any time, we have managed to switch over to 'advanced emerging', 'secondary emerging' or congratulate the Vice Chancellor and his team for timely quarantine centre according to the nature of severity. online mode of teaching and learning, and hence are 'frontier'. starting the free online medical service for corona and ¢ In case of emergency, Rescue 1122, ambulance service implementing the teaching schedule of Spring Earlier, with major reforms at academic, institutional other health problems. We will extend all possible help would be utilized. semester well into early summer vacations without and research levels, SU, ranked at 1000+ in the Times to this initiative so as to transform it into a Centre of ¢ The doctors having expertise in the rest of four any break. Higher Education World University Rankings 2020, Excellence. categories would be available from 8:00 AM to 8:00 Adding to it, we have done this strictly in line with the 801+ for Physical sciences, 601+ for Life sciences in the PM on call, WhatsApp and Skype ID through the local policy guidelines issued by both the HEC and PHEC. Ch Muhammad Sarwar Times Higher Education Subject Rankings 2020, and Governor Punjab and national numbers generated. retained its positions as one of the Top 500 Asian In testing times such as these, teachers must teach ¢ The Telemedicine Centre, through university Universities in QS World University Rankings 2020. and students must study. Our task as administrators FUNCTIONS To combat with corona outbreak, the centre will perform website and social media outlets, will display not only Since 2017, Sargodha University has made is to ensure that the learning process runs smoothly. the following functions: its own contact details but also the national incremental progress in quality teaching, productive Meanwhile, true to our institutional value of social ¢ A team of 20 doctors having expertise in five phone/WhatsApp contact numbers for the general research, knowledge sharing, and global outlook, responsibility, we have also taken due steps for the public. whose outcome was reflected in its steady annual health and safety of our faculty and staff as well as the performance in the two world's prestigious rankings. community at large. The start of Telemedicine Centre is a remarkable step in this regard. The public HOSTELS BECOME ¢ the custody of Hall council with properly tagged awareness campaign in local languages through our names and room numbers. SU PLEADS THROUGH FM radio to contain the spread of Covid-19 adds to our QUARANTINE FACILITIES ¢ The vacated hostels were washed and cleaned with outreach activities that are always intended for all Council of Sargodha University immediately antiseptics. VOV FM 98.2 ¢ grassroots impact. vacated all boys' and girls' hostels to facilitate the Initially boys' and girls' hostels of Sargodha Medical University FM Radio 98.2 - College and University College of Agriculture are We had not yet fully concluded both the Literary local district administration for establishing Voice of Varsity has H handed over to District government for quarantine Festival and Sports Gala when the hell broke loose. quarantine centres. launched an awareness Insha'Allah, the deadly virus will soon die its natural From vacating the hostels to sanitizing, the following centres having capacity of 1000 beds collectively, whereas all the hostels of main campus are in drive on COVID-19 outbreak death and life at campus will resume with even strategy was implemented: for the illiterate localities in ¢ Initially, students were properly intimated through standby for further orders. bigger vigour and fanfare. Until then, we shall all take the regional local languages good care of ourselves and the people we care. text messages and social media to take their In total, Sargodha University hostels have the capacity to belongings and vacate from hostels on March 21-22. accommodate around 5000 people which would be including Punajbi, Jangli, Ishtiaq Ahmad ¢ The left-over luggage of the students was taken into utilized in the hour of need during corona pandemic. Rangri and Siraiki. 2 3 SMOOTH SHIFT TO DIGITAL SU EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY WITH CHINA PEDAGOGY AMID CORONA PANDEMIC n the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak, as the ¢ To ensure regularity of online classes as per the Federal government and subsequently the time table schedules, the attendance of the IPunjab government decided to close down students would be submitted weekly to the educational institutions for early summer break till Secretary of Vice Chancellor by each department. May 31, Sargodha University wasted no time in opting ¢ The rubric development for assessment was for online mode of teaching. discussed at length. In place of Mid Term exams, The University did not have any Learning students have to submit a term paper of 30 Management System in place, but it had started an Marks; whereas, for Final Term and practical extensive digitization process in 2017, which led to courses, the assessment mechanism would be fully online admissions and progressive decided later. improvement in managing essential administrative ¢ The principals of College of Pharmacy and and communication affairs. Therefore, within days Sargodha Medical College would liaison with all after the Federal Ministry of Higher Education and the affiliated colleges offering the degrees of Professional Development decided to close down Pharm-D and Doctor of Physiotherapy (DPT) the universities on March 13, SU's senior regarding the continuation of online classes and management began exploring new modes of conduct of final term exams with the Main pedagogy through digital technology. Campus as per schedule. Within a week, the Department of Computer The participants of the walk – carrying banners and play cards inscribed with “We are united” – were chanting slogans to show their support to Chinese people coping with novel coronavirus Sciences and Information technology, Noon All the online classes at SU are being arranged he students and faculty members of great appreciation from the Chinese Ambassador on Business School and Department of Economics were through Zoom Cloud Meeting App. In order to resolve Sargodha University, along with the Chinese his twitter page and in the Chinese media as well. fully online. By the end of next week, the rest of the the connectivity issues of the students, lectures are language teachers, actively participated in a departments also followed suit. recorded and shared with the students