15 th convocation of Islamia University of Bahawalpur held

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OUR CORRESPONDENT
ISLAMABAD
Prof. Dr. Qaiser Mushtaq, Vice Chancellor, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur conferred degrees to 1260 graduates including 01 PhD, 40 MPhil, 1075 Master and BS (Hons.) degree holders and 80 gold and 64 silver medalists in the 15 th convocation held at Baghdad ul Jadeed Campus. He also inaugurated newly established Civil Engineering Department at University College of Engineering & Technology and visited various laboratories. During his address in the convocation ceremony, the Vice Chancellor said that the Islamia University of Bahawalpur today is a modern, progressive and active seat of learning where thousands of students are seeking education in a number of disciplines in more than 58 departments. The teaching system has been brought in harmony with the international standards. We have initiated semester-based admissions twice a year. The new academic session commenced from 1 st of October, as many as 3991 candidates were admitted in the university out of 23460 applicants. The number of applicants has increased 15% during current four years. Around 1,47,000 degrees were pending for the last many years which became a major academic and administrative issue. During last four years 8 mega Convocations were held to award 109,294 degrees and 1415 medals.
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur now has more than 600 faculty members, including 270 PhD degree holders as compared to around 100 PhDs previously, who are engaged in teaching and research at BS, MSc, MS/MPhil and PhD levels. The budget deficit of Rs. 343 million has been converted into surplus of Rs. 171 million while development budget has also reached at the highest level in 12 years. Delayed projects of Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalnagar Campuses and Agriculture College have been completed with construction of new building for education faculty. Four new hostels and 68 housing units recently inaugurated by the Hanourable Chancellor and Governor Punjab Chaudhary Muhammad Sarwar during this recent visit and building for faculty of Management Sciences is near completion. He congratulated the passing out graduates and their parents on receiving degrees and medals and thanked the guests for attending the convocation ceremony.