AJK President Sardar Masood Khan has emphasized the need to invest in innovative and cutting-edge disciplines at the public sector universities across AJK helping promote quality higher education. The president made these remarks while chairing the Senate Committee meeting of the Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), at Jammu and Kashmir House Sunday.
On the occasion, Professor Habib-ur-Rehman, vice chancellor MUST also presented a comprehensive report on the achievements and activities of the University. The VC said that over the years MUST has taken considerable strides in investing in their academics and today a total of 66 PhD faculty members are teaching various disciplines at the university and in the previous year alone 336 research papers have been published in journals of international repute and presented at international and national conferences.
Emphasizing the need to invest in human resource, innovation and research, the President urged organizing job fairs at all universities and inviting relevant industry players in finding internships, placements and jobs in the public and private sector organizations. VC MUST informed that the Graduate Placement Bureau has been working in the university and during the last year internships and placements of over 500 students and jobs for 70 students had been secured.
The President commended the universities efforts in encouraging community service under various outreach programs like identifying the slope failure of the Mangla Dam at Mirpur-Kotli road by the Civil Engineering Department and providing the technical assistance and consultancy service. He also praised the efforts of MUST in delivering services in Telemedicine in the areas adjoining Mirpur with the assistance Healthcare for All International, UK.
President Masood Khan underlined the need to uphold merit and transparency in appointments and admissions in order to help make AJK Universities nationally and regionally competitive. The President was informed that the University had scored 91.50 points in the league table position in the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Quality Guide 2017.
President AJK - the Chancellor of public sector universities in AJK - highlighted the need to promote modern cutting-edge disciplines at the university especially in the fields of Biotechnology, Information and Communication Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Nanotechnology. He also congratulated the University management for winning one of the 13 grants allocated by the Federal Government for establishing an Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
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