Magazine October 2010 - Higher Education Commission

University News
Workshop on
Flood Disaster Management
towards the universities and higher education
institutions to come forward and reach out to the
troubled and re-located affected population. He said
in post-flood situation, Pakistan would be venturing
to face a largest rehabilitation of around 50 million
people and a large livestock.
Dr. Sohail Naqvi, Executive Director, HEC stressed
that each university should develop its plan in line
with its expertise and pool their resources to do
relief and rehabilitation work in a systematic
manner.
The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
(UVAS), Lahore organized a national workshop on
“Flood Disaster Management” to develop strategic
recommendations for relief and rehabilitation of
flood-hit livestock populations.
More than 80 participants representing universities,
livestock departments, federal research institutions,
medical profession, Pakistan Veterinary Medical
Council and Pakistan Medical Society attended the
workshop.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Javaid R. Laghari,
Chairperson HEC, said the Commission is looking
Dr. Muhammad Nawaz, Vice Chancellor, UVAS said
the University volunteer teams had vaccinated some
60,000 animals besides performing de-worming and
other treatment in flood-hit areas.
Dr. Masood Rabbani, Director UDL, organized the
participants into four working groups for making the
recommendation, which were later compiled by Dr.
Rabbani and Dr. Nasim Ahmad. Recommendations
developed by key scientists from all over the country
are very useful for the implementation of relief and
rehabilitation measures in flood affected areas.
Details are available at http://www.uvas.edu.pk/
news/2010-News/Sep/14/flood.aspx.
UVAS Workshop on
Angiogenesis, Toxicology
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Dr. Muhammad
Nawaz, Vice Chancellor, UVAS appreciated the
initiative taken by the Higher Education Commission
(HEC) for promotion of scientific research in
Pakistan.
Dr. Muhammad Ashraf, Director Research and
Chairman, Department of Pharmacology and
Toxicology also expressed his gratitude to HEC for
providing financial support so as to invite foreign
scientist for this workshop.
The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology,
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
(UVAS), Lahore organized a one-week workshop on
“Modern Techniques in Angiogenesis and
Toxicology”, in collaboration with the Department of
Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, UK.
Dr. Sohail Ejaz from Department of Clinical
Neurosciences, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University
of Cambridge, was the resource person for this
training workshop.
The efforts of Dr. Sohail Ejaz for conducting the
workshop served as a milestone to improve the
technical skills of more than 100 young scientists
and faculty members from assorted research
domains.
Dr. Ejaz also visited University College of Pharmacy
(UCP), University of the Punjab and delivered a
seminar on Angiogenesis. He emphasized upon the
students and faculty members for conducting
collaborative research and establishment of
Angiogenesis research laboratory at the University.
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