SU students apprised about education opportunities in US

Public Affair Officer Jason Green and Cultural Attache' Cameron Thomas Shah from US Consulate General Karachi visited University of Sindh and met Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat. They participated in the seminar 'Exchanges and Education Opportunities in USA' organized by Bureau of STAGS University of Sindh in collaboration with US consulate General Karachi.

The seminar was presided over by Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat. In his presidential address, he welcomed the guests from the consulate and thanked for encouraging students to participate in exchange programs.

The Vice Chancellor acknowledged the academic, research and cultural relations between the university and the consulate. A number of students from University of Sindh have been able to avail the opportunity of higher studies in USA with the collaboration of US consulate.

Talking to the session, Public Affair Officer US consulate general Karachi, Jason Green said that he was extremely happy to know that more than 50 students from the university have availed study scholarship opportunities under different programs. He said that the collaboration between University of Sindh and US consulate will work with same zest in future too. He told that Pakistan-US Alumni Network (PUAN) is one of the biggest alumni networks of the world which has around 29,000 Pakistanis.

Speaking to the session, Cultural Attache' US consulate general Karachi Cameron Thomas said that numerous applications are received for various scholarships and only after careful look, merit-based selection takes place. As a matter of fact, rural backgrounds are preferred. He told the collaboration will continue and such programs will be organized in future too.

Assistant public affairs, US consulate general Karachi, Sarah Asghar in her detailed session, informed the participants about various programs; Full-Bright, Global UGRAD, SUSI, Community Solution, Teach Women Exchange Program and Virtual Mission speaker. She also informed about the application process, eligibility criteria and benefits of various programs and answered the queries of students.