LAHORE: Participants at an international conference on “Advances in Materials Science (AIMS2022)” stated that advancements in education and research could assist to overcome the world’s problems and concerns.
Scholars and scientists from the United States, United Kingdom, China, Germany, Malaysia, Egypt, South Africa, Australia, Taiwan, Turkey, South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and Iraq attended a two-day conference at the University of Education (UE). More than 140 distinguished scientists gave presentations, and 142 research papers were presented.
Punjab University of Technology of Rasul Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Rauf-i-Azam was the chief guest, while UE VC Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha was also present.
Mr Pasha stated that only the advancement of education and research could provide a solution to the world’s problems, with materials science being of particular relevance. He stated that education and research were the foundations of industrialised countries’ progress and prosperity, and that they needed to be implemented in Pakistan.
The VC went on to say that young academics made full use of the conference and that it will be beneficial to the country in the future.
Prof Dr Rauf-i-Azam stated that universities have been working hard in recent years to improve education and research.
He claimed that by arranging the conferences, universities were giving a much-needed platform for young scholars.
CONVOCATION: Up to 2,150 graduates were awarded degrees in various fields at the 12th convocation of the Virtual University in Multan on Friday.
Up to 410 bachelors, 1,449 master and 291 MPhil degrees were distributed among the graduates of fall 2019 and spring 2020. In addition, 22 merit certificates and five gold medals were given out in recognition of the position holders’ outstanding performance.
VU Rector Prof Dr Arshad Saleem Bhatti said the VU was playing an important role in imparting technology-based quality education to remote areas of the country. Agriculture University of Dera Ismail Khan VC Prof Dr Masroor Elahi distributed degrees among the graduates.
SEMINAR: To improve public preference for respect to traffic laws and regulations, a private fashion and design institute on Friday organised a lecture on traffic awareness and road safety.
Published in Dawn, December 17th, 2022
