HYDERABAD, April 10: Knowledge is power and nations around the globe are striving to acquire and generate more of it, said Vice-Chancellor of the Sindh University Mazharul Haq Siddiqui said on Thursday.

He was presiding over lectures of faculty members jointly organized by Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration and Faculty of Social Sciences on the second day of Founder’s Week celebrations at Shaikh Ayaz Auditorium.

Two scholars of the Institutes of Business Administration (IBA) who had completed their PhDs from China and Japan and one faculty member who visited the US as election observer also shared their experiences.

The VC highlighting achievements of Japan and China said both had given priority to education. He said knowledge can only come through discipline and discipline was of paramount importance in the pursuit of knowledge.

He said in Japan family unit occupied most important place in society and the nation treats the family unit as a corporation.

He announced the university was getting 25 more foreign scholarships and appreciated hard work of those members who completed their PhDs. He advised the faculty and students to strive for more knowledge through research.

Dr Niazmuddin Channa while sharing his experience of China said the nation was dedicated to their country and sincere to jobs. The three stages of education prevalent there were primary, secondary and higher university system, he said and added that a university graduate was bound to produce at least one original paper of his own.

Dr Channa speaking on his research thesis for PhD on “Compressive framework for semantic web service” said semantic web services help in boosting e-commerce and economic activities.

Dr Imamuddin Khoso who completed his PhD work from Japan on “The Venture Capital in Transition Economies: The case of Pakistan”, said Japan had developed hard and soft infrastructure with middle class the major contributor to economic growth.

Japanese emphasize on behaviour attitude and prefer healthy mind and attitude along with professional approach he said adding they take their jobs as moral and religious duty with a commitment to work.

Ghulam Akbar Mahessar Asst Prof Political Science who visited the US as an election observer said their delegation comprised of university teachers, journalists and scholars from Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. He said Americans in every walk of life were disciplined people and added that they work hard to achieve targets in every field.

The Dean Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Dr Anwar Ali Shah, Director IBA Prof Ferozuddin Kazi and others also expressed their views.