Annual Report 2005-06 - Higher Education Commission

Annual Report
2005-06
Development of High Level S&T Manpower through
Split PhD Programme
The Scheme was launched to train 100 teachers/researchers in Science and Engineering through
Split PhD programme and was approved in September 2001 for a period of five years with a capital
cost of Rs. 334.250 million. The programme has encouraged international contacts with scientists
/institutes and collaborative arrangements with them in R&D.
The Scheme was initially implemented in Jan 2002 and has currently been extended till June 2007;
with a proposal to extend to 2010 to achieve the targets.
The Scheme is providing the opportunities to establish collaboration between local and foreign
universities and providing local teachers/researchers opportunities to improve and address the
handicap of inadequate research facilities in Pakistan. Under this Scheme, arrangements are being
made for the scholars to undertake a part of their studies/research work in the Pakistani
Universities (1-2 years), while they will undertake some part of their studies/research work in a
reputed foreign university (2-3 years). Mainly the scholars selected under this Scheme would be
placed for PhD at accredited universities in Pakistan initially for 1-2 years course work/research for
PhD in an area of study directly relevant to our national requirements. They will then be placed at
universities abroad for a 2-3 years for further research/training in collaboration between
universities in Pakistan and abroad. Scholars will compile their research work and submit PhD
thesis either to the foreign university or the Pakistani university.
a) Number of scholars batch wise:
Batches
Scholarships
Awarded
Batch 1 & 2 40
Batch 3 & 4 58
Total 98
Ninety eight scholars out of 100 have been selected while 84 are already availing the
scholarship. The remaining 14 scholarships are under process.
b) Scholars abroad:
Fifty four scholars are studying abroad after successful completion of local session (1-2
years in Pakistan) in reputed foreign universities of the advanced countries of the world for
the completion of 2-3 years foreign session.
c) Total Publications by Split PhD scholars:
The total number of publications produced by the scholars during the study till June 2006
is 79. Out of these 65 are accepted and published in foreign journals and 14 in local
journals.
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