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Annual Report 2008-09.pdf - Higher Education Commission

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Achievements:<br />

S.No Key Components Achievements<br />

(i) Construction of seminar room 10 out of 13 seminar rooms have been constructed and remaining are<br />

under construction.<br />

(ii)<br />

Development of Networking and<br />

data Base<br />

11 departments have utilized funds for development of networking<br />

and database<br />

(iii) Equipment 95 percent procurement has been completed by the respective department<br />

(iv) Seminars and Conferences Thirteen seminars/conferences have been organized by the selected<br />

departments<br />

(v)<br />

Provision of Research funds to<br />

Institution/Individual<br />

29 faculty members belonging to 11 departments have completed<br />

research projects<br />

(vi) Expenditure on PhD Scholars 3 more scholars have been selected for PhD scholarship and funds<br />

were released to 11 ongoing scholars.<br />

HRD Programme for<br />

Strengthening of<br />

Universities/Institutes of<br />

<strong>Higher</strong> Learning<br />

This Scheme was approved in October 2004. The<br />

major objective of the Scheme is to fund the<br />

Masters' level degree training of 75<br />

meritorious public sector faculty members<br />

in the field of engineering. The Scheme aims<br />

to improve local capacities to meet the<br />

changing needs of Pakistan's economy and to<br />

support technological advancement in both<br />

institutions and industry.<br />

Quantified Results (Targets and Achievements):<br />

S.No Total numbers of scholarships Total numbers of scholarships availed<br />

1 75 23<br />

2<br />

3<br />

3-B<br />

Number of scholars currently abroad<br />

Number of scholars who have completed their Master studies<br />

Number of scholars who have completed their Master studies<br />

in <strong>2008</strong>-09<br />

08<br />

15<br />

08 (Sweeden)<br />

Under this Scheme, following 15 scholars successfully completed their Master studies within<br />

time frame and joined their parent organization.<br />

S.No<br />

Name<br />

Name of<br />

Organization/<br />

University<br />

Discipline Field of Study Programme<br />

Admitted<br />

to<br />

Host<br />

University<br />

Country<br />

1<br />

Mohsin Ali<br />

University of<br />

Punjab, Lahore<br />

Engineering<br />

and<br />

Technology<br />

Nano materials<br />

and Nano<br />

Technology<br />

Masters<br />

Royal Institute<br />

of Technology<br />

(KTH)<br />

Sweden<br />

2<br />

Sadeeq Jan<br />

University of<br />

Engineering and<br />

Technology<br />

Peshawar<br />

Engineering<br />

and<br />

Technology<br />

Information and<br />

Communication<br />

Systems security<br />

Masters<br />

Royal Institute<br />

of Technology<br />

(KTH)<br />

Sweden<br />

3<br />

Omer Malik<br />

COMSATS,<br />

Islamabad<br />

Engineering<br />

and<br />

Technology<br />

System on Chip<br />

Design<br />

Masters<br />

Royal Institute<br />

of Technology<br />

(KTH)<br />

Sweden<br />

19

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