The Vice-Chancellor University of Okara (UO), Prof Dr Muhammad Wajid, called on the Chairman of Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC), Prof Dr Shahid Munir, and appraised him about the key developments of the university during his tenure. Dr Maqsood Ahmed, In-Charge Department of Statistics, was also present at the eve.
The PHEC Chairman applauded the VC’s efforts regarding the signing of Memorandums of Understanding with various universities and advised the UO administration to effectively use these agreements by holding joint research ventures and international conferences.
He greatly appreciated Prof Wajid’s first of its kind idea of developing international research consortiums through these MoUs.
Prof Wajid told Prof Shahid that these consortiums would help in sharing financial burdens for the arrangements of conferences, providing faculty exchange and students placement opportunities in the world’s top 200 universities. He said that for a conference, each member university would arrange the visit of a foreign scholar and this could mitigate the financial impact.
Prof Shahid vowed to arrange training sessions for the UO faculty and administrative staff. He also said that the PHEC would use the UO as a hub to provide training to other neighboring universities.
The PHEC chief promised to facilitate the UO in every respect. He asked the VC to prepare PC-1 for the funding on lab development.
