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No part of this publication Training of Finance, Audit & Account may be reproduced in any form 14 Departments without prior written permission of the publisher. WB Mission Visits Pakistan to Review TESP 16 Implementation Status The views expressed by authors in the articles is their sole responsibility 21 Workshop for College Principals of Sindh and not of HEC. The Commission would like to thank all the 24th Faculty Development Programme institutions and individuals who 22 Concludes contributed information and photographs for this Magazine. Chairman HEC Inaugurates Agri Exhibition 26 at UAF 26 UET Lahore holds 21st Convocation Editor Aayesha Ikram Graphic Designer Raja Ahmad Nadeem Publisher: Reporter Higher Education Waseem Khaliqdad Commission, Pakistan News & Views VCs of Islamic Countries Vow to Share Resources 3rd Vice Chancellors Forum of Muslim countries held at Islamabad The 3rd Vice Chancellors Forum of Muslim and convening the meeting of this Forum for countries entitled “Universities in the Islamic mutually sharing the development and progress World: Facing Global Challenges” was recently on a bi-annual basis. It stressed on providing held in Islamabad. The university heads of Muslim facilities for scholarships for students to benefit countries vowed to share resources and take joint from progress made in scientific and educational steps for promotion of the higher education fields in various centres of excellence among the sector. member countries. The Forum, attended by over 200 Vice The Vice Chancellors from all the Islamic countries Chancellors, Rectors and Presidents of universities were asked to be cognizant of the challenges of and higher education institutions of the Islamic globalization, particularly in the areas of world, included participants from Afghanistan, educational and scientific research, for devising Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Algeria, strategies and mutual course of action for Cameroon, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, cooperation in addressing those challenges. Kyrgyz Republic, Libya, Malaysia, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Yemen, Gambia, The Forum recommended establishment of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Ivory Coast, Pakistan and a Virtual Centres of Excellence enabling scholars few other Muslim Countries. and researchers of member countries for easy access in sharing the pool of knowledge, and to The event was jointly organized by the Higher promote exchange of students and faculty among Education Commission, Ministry of Science and participating institutions of higher learning. Technology, Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, Islamic Educational Mr. Ahsan Iqbal, Federal Minister for Planning and Scientific and Cultural Organization, Ministry of Development was the chief guest of the inaugural Federal Education and Professional Training, and ceremony. Speaking at the occasion, he Federation of Universities of Islamic World. appreciated HEC and CIIT for organizing the event, and hoped that the participants of the Forum will The Forum recommended a regular liaison among come up with tangible solutions facing institutions of higher learning in the Islamic World universities in the Islamic World. He said that Vice 2 News & Views Chancellors are the real Corps Commanders in any country, as future battles will not be fought in battlegrounds and that the brain power will supersede the muscle power. He underlined the significance of multi- disciplinary knowledge and urged vice chancellors of Islamic countries to deliberate how our institutions of higher learning can embrace this challenge. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad, Chairman HEC, said that education alone was the solution to problems the Muslim countries are facing. He also stressed the need to work in collaboration rather than isolation. He said, "this platform provides all of us an opportunity to share success stories with each other and take joint initiatives for development of our universities." Dr. Aminah Obaid Ramadha Al Hijri, Deputy Director General, ISESCO emphasized that developing human resource was of utmost importance for the Islamic world. Muhammad Naeem Khan, Assistant Secretary General, Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) said that the higher education is the key driver for socio-economic change in any country. He also shared different OIC initiatives for promotion of higher education in the Muslim countries. Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi, Rector CIIT also spoke on the occasion. Sixty universities of Pakistan have offered 1000 scholarships to students of other Muslim countries from Sessions starting in Fall 2015. The agenda items for discussion in the Forum included Fostering Links within the Community, Sustainable Higher Education System, Sharing of Knowledge and Fostering Collaboration, Higher Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, International Landscape: Role of University Leadership, Higher Education: New Visions for Future, Role of Higher Education in Economic Vitalization, Mapping International Research Collaboration – Future Trends, Equality of Access and Role of Women in Higher Education and in Society, and Partnering with Industry. 3 News & Views HEC Confers Awards on Outstanding Researchers Lt. Gen. (R) Abdul Quadir Baloch, Federal Minister scholarships, post-doc fellowships, travel grants as for States and Frontier Regions has urged the well as research awards to recognize their researchers to relate their research with social and services. "Due to investment in the higher economic problems of the country and come up education sector, Pakistani universities and with tangible solutions whether they belong to researchers are now recognized globally," said the sciences or arts and humanities. He also Chairman. He, however, emphasized that after appreciated the Higher Education Commission creating the research facilities and inducting (HEC) for encouraging and promoting university qualified researchers in the universities, the next research. step is focus on the priority research areas and by creating solutions to problems that face our He was speaking at the 4th Outstanding Research society. Awards ceremony for the year 2012 recently held at HEC Secretariat, Islamabad. As many as 27 Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed said that HEC has been outstanding researchers were given awards in four spearheading research in universities which has categories, including Best Research Paper, Best led to the creation and growth of the indigenous Young Research Scholar, Best Innovator and Best knowledge in all fields of sciences. He said that it Book Publication. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, Chairman is encouraging to see that the universities have HEC and Dr. Tariq Mahmood, Adviser (R&D) HEC responded passionately to all the initiatives taken were also present on the occasion. by HEC for research and development and many projects have made their presence felt at national Congratulating the award winners, the Minister and international forums. said, "The role of academics and researchers is very important in any society. I hope you will be involved "The Commission has adopted a wholesome more energetically to boost research culture and approach for development through research, relate your work with society's ground realities. I ranging from personal development to would request our researchers and scholars to pay strengthening of universities, development of attention to areas like energy, water, food security research incubators, capacity development of as well important social issues." The Minister human resource, exposure of faculty and further said that increasing access of higher researchers to international academia, education must be linked to quality. establishing university-to-university linkages to name a few." Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed said that HEC has been trying to give higher education institutions a focus, it has Awards for Best Research Paper went to Dr. also encouraged faculty members in the shape of Muhammad Atif, National Institute of Lasers and 4 News & Views Optronics, Islamabad, Dr. Muhammad Hanif, Campus, Dr. Naveed Ahmad, UET Peshawar, Dr. Assistant COMSATS Institute of Information Inayatullah Jan, The University of Agriculture, Technology, Abbottabad, Dr. Muhammad Sharif, Peshawar, Dr. Tahira Jibeen, CIIT Lahore, Mr. University of the Punjab, Lahore, Dr. Muhammad Shoaib-ul-Haq, Lahore University of Management Najam-ul-Haq, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Sciences, Dr. Mohammad Zafar Iqbal, Multan, Dr. Muhammad Ramzan Saeed Ashraf, International Islamic University, Islamabad Assistant Professor, University of Sargodha, Dr. Muhammad Nauman Ahmad, The University of Best Young Research Scholar Award were given to Agriculture, Peshawar,