Workshop at Department of Journalism & Media Studies

In open forum on environmental policy as a part of 03 days workshop organized by the Dept. of Journalism and Media Studies. Mr. Wajid Ali Khan, Minister for Environment was the chief spokesman and the guest of honor in the session. The senior officer from environmental department KPK Mr. Kakakhail and other distinguished personalities related to the environmental science participated in the open discussion. In his opening address the minister of Environment elaborated about the environmental policy of the KPK Government and its implementation status. He expressed his dissatisfaction with the quantum of reporting on the subject which was of supreme national importance for its continued and regular publicity in the national newspapers of the country. He lamented the degradation of the environment due to lack of public awareness resulting in a ruthless cutting of the forest, converting the valuable agricultural land for housing purposes, hunting of the rare species of the birds and wildlife and rapidly extinction of medicinal plants and rare wealth of the unique biodiversity of this area. Mr. Kakakhail in his elaborate lecture expressed various factors responsible for the declining state of our environment besides vanishing the forest wealth he referred to the water crises and the power shortage because of only two water reservoirs of the country. It is a pity that India has four thousand dames to meet its agricultural needs and has become self-sufficient in food crops, vegetables and fruts. Pakistan needs more dames and friendly relation with its nibrough to get share of its water resources because all the sources of water were lying outside of Pakistan. Other eminent specialists also delivered lectures and multimedia presentation including the Chief Conservative Forest, Miss. Aysha with statistical data on the fast dwindling environmental status of the country. Mr. Shujat Ali Khan of JMC Dept. acted an Anchor and invited questions for the open discussions from the journalists and visiting guests. Prof. Shoukat Hussain Shah, Chairman Dept. of Journalism and Media Studies in his concluding remarks summed up the discussion and paid rich tributes to the minister and guest speakers for analytically and synthetically presentations for creating awareness on various compelling environmental issues. He hoped that our journalist community will come up with a more thoughtful and environmental friendly policy to use their pens for bringing a real change in the perception of common to the environment.

Vice Chancellor inaugurates workshop, "Selection of dissertation topics"

Today's world is changing and developing at an unprecedented speed. The walls of tradition and economic barriers between counties are being torn down, boundaries are being extended, and the world is progressing towards a global consciousness and sense of community. Technological, cultural and business advances have done much to ensure that we are all part of an international community, and today employers are being encouraged to think global. Students wishing to prepare themselves for the challenges of the future are seeking an international perspective to their degree. Therefore, the universities must play the role of agents of change in their area of jurisdiction. This was stated by Prof. Dr. Syed Sakhawat Shah, Vice Chancellor Hazara University Mansehra on the inaugural ceremony of the workshop tilted "selection of dissertation topics", organised by Area Study Centre, University of Peshawar at its Baragali Campus. He further elaborated that universities have played and will continue to play a dynamic role in making the heterogeneous societies more tolerable, harmonious for a collective welfare and betterment of our societies. The durable relation of man with society based on respect, equality and humanity is promoting a global culture of human dignity on the basis of the individuals� productivity for the society, which is also why many universities of international repute offer plenty of scholarships to attract talented and capable minds to compete in the world of excellence. Let us keep the doors of our universities open to attract the best minds to enrich the world of visionary ideas for the improvements of our knowledge economy and society. Therefore, our research topics should have an international perspective. This workshop carries great significance dealing with �selection of dissertation topics.� The Universities across the world have assumed the productive role of generating useful knowledge to fight the menace of poverty, ignorance, diseases and economic deprivation. By the research directed against these specific targets we shall have to promote the demonstration of facts through impartial objective observation. Higher Education Commission has played a very leading role to sponsor scholarships for the development of faculty and contributing a lot toward their PhD studies in the prestigious universities of the world. The HEC has sponsored the researchers and PhD studies of hundreds of scholars who are now returning to Pakistan with remarkable knowledge of research and discoveries to create a culture of qualitative research in our universities. I appeal to these new comers to share their research techniques, selection of research topics, writing of dissertation and theses with their counterparts in Pakistan. There is no dearth of talent among our PhD scholars and faculty and I believe that their sincere involvement would bring a far reaching changes in our existing academic and research scenario. He continued that it is very encouraging to note that this workshop is going to enhance the capacity of researchers in �Selection of Research topics, research methods and writing MPhil/PhD proposals/dissertation. Directing the attention of participants towards these parameters would make the results very productive in solving our social economic problems. Creation of knowledge is one of the basic assignment or responsibility of a university professor, which is possible only research. Now, the emphasis is on applied researched based or community needs, social, economics & justice. In this regard the research achievements of Dr. Muhammad Younas are classical examples whose micro financing research was targeted to solve the financial problems of extremely deprived and poor population of rural areas. He established a network of Grammin banks advancing small loans to poor, boosting the cottage industries, handicrafts and small business generating income to support the family. A great change was thus brought in by alleviating the poverty. In recognition of his valuable research, he was awarded the noble peace prize. He stressed upon the participants that let us contribute more & more to the research pool of the world and become a part of this great treasure by adopting a planned methodical and investigative approach to decode the mysteries and secrets surrounding the apparent phenomenon. Knowledge is universal and all should share its benefits. The publishing of research papers in social sciences needed to be encouraged. These research papers be got reviewed by principle of peer review - that a paper must be assessed by independent experts as the benchmark through which claims are vetted for credibility. Dr. Shah added that social sciences have always played an important role to define the national character of a society. Multidisciplinary approach for research in this field is an urgent need. It will certainly address the contemporary social, economic, political, cultural and environmental problems faced by us. We need broader collaboration among the universities for dynamic role of research. It will pave way for comprehensive development of courses and will improve the capacity of research both of faculty and scholars. In this regard we shall have to adopt latest research tools, conceptual framework and scientific analysis of social problems. Thus, the meaningful direction of our research will resurrect the permanent values of life like humanitarian feelings, sharing and caring for the fellow beings, joining together the vast empire of human society, honesty, sacrifice. With meaningful and objective research methodology we can forge the broken links to revive our moral, social, ethical and humanitarian values by exploring the dustbin of bygone ages with reference to Archaeology, History and Literature etc. to give a sense of direction to achieve our destination. Earlier, the Director Area Study Centre, University of Peshawar Prof. Dr. Sarfraz Khan briefed the participants about the aims & objectives of the workshop. Eminent scholars and researchers from all over the universities of Pakistan also participated in the workshop. At the end of the workshop, on June 18, 2011 all the participants will visit Hazara University.

ASC to assist scholars for Ph.D enrollment

Peshawar—Area Study Centre (ASC) University of Peshawar will assist research scholars of M.Phil and Ph.D enrolled in various universities of the country.
It has been observed that scholars of faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Science enrolled in various research institutions of Pakistan find it difficult to select a research topic and writing research proposal/dissertations.
To know how much to focus on conceptual innovation, methodological rigor, and rich, substantive content, becomes a gigantic question for them. The ability to think critically is essential. New things are being discovered and explored almost each day.
The Area Study Centre is organizing a weeklong workshop on “Selection of Research Topic, Research methods and Writing M Phil,/Ph. D. Research Proposals/Dissertations”.
Higher Education Commission & Hanss Seidel Foundation, Islamabad have provided support for this workshop to be held from June 13 to 18, at Bara Gali, Summer Campus of the University of Peshawar.

Prof. Dr. Syed Sakhawat Shah, Vice Chancellor, Hazara University, Mansehra will inaugurate the workshop on June 14 at 10:00 A.M. Prof. Dr. Azmat Hayat Khan, Vice Chancellor, University of Peshawar will be chief guest during concluding session of the workshop on June 17.
In this workshop, 75 students, enrolled in M Phil.,/Ph. D., from 13 departments of Peshawar University and Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad have been registered to participate.Many more could not be registered owing to limited space and resources.
The resource persons of the research workshop include researchers and professors of Peshawar and Quaid-i-Azam University.
Director Area Study Centre (Central Asia), University of Peshawar, Prof. Dr. Sarfraz Khan has given solemn pledge that workshop will become a regular feature.
Next year another such event would be held with the assistance of HEC for the remaining research students.

One-Day Online Workshop“Publishing Your Research” in Department of Agriculture, Haripur Campus

Hazara University Haripur Campus and Institute of Research Promotion jointly organized one day online workshop on “Publishing you Research” on 19th of April,2011(Tuesday) for faculty members, research scholars and research associates in Hazara University, Haripur campus.
The workshop was purpose-built training program for the researchers; which helped them to design, manage and promote their career in research publication. The workshop helped researchers to aim publication at the phase of research design, produce publications from general research assignments and manage their research for publishing in middle to high ranked journals. The workshop will be a beautiful combination of real life examples, capacity-building exercises and tips to speed up publishing rate. The trainers of workshop tried to link academic publishing with career goals of researchers and faculty members.
The program shared the contents like targeting journals, setting publishing goals, setting publishing targets, managing co-authorship, managing reviewers, submitting revision and designing career in publishing research papers. The workshop shared best practices, international experiences and real-life cases of managing publishing for researcher papers.
Prof Dr. Syed Iqbal Shah Co-ordinator Havellian Campus was the Chief guest and Distributed certificates on behalf of Vice Chancellor Hazara University. Miss Shaista Irshad Khan Co-ordinator Haripur Campus was also present on the occasion.
The following Resource persons both local and international presented on-line.
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ahsan UK
Prof. Dr. Khalid Mahmood
Dr. Rahmat ullah
Department of Library and Information Sciences, University of The Punjab
Attiqur Rahman
Institute of Research Promotion ,University of the Punjab

Report on One Day Training Program on “Business Plan Preparation” at Hazara University, Haripur Campus

Resource Person: Muhammad Kamran Khan, Regional Business Coordinator, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA)
Duration of Training: 10 AM to 3:30 PM
Training Organized by: SMEDA & Hazara University, Haripur Campus
Location/Venue of Training: Hazara University, Haripur Campus
Dated: April 18, 2011
Total Number of Participants: 22
Small & Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) organized one day training seminar on “Business Plan Preparation” at Hazara University, Haripur Campus with joint collaboration of Hazara University, Haripur Campus on Moday, April 18, 2011. The basic aim of this training session was to educate the graduating students of Hazara University on business plan and its important segments. The training session was formally started with the recitation of few verses from Holy Quran followed by brief introduction of training session by Miss. Ubadia Sayed (Faculty Member, Management Sciences Department). She formally thanked SMEDA for organizing this training session and said that by the end of this activity the students might be able to compete in national level event (nutec-2011) of National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences (NUCES-FAST), Peshawar that is going to be held on April 23rd & 24th, 2011. Students presented their respective business ideas and asked for suggestions in it. All the students were guided on their respective queries.
The basic problem of all the students was in the financials of business plan. In order to tackle this issue income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement of one project was calculated in front of participants. 

One-Day Online Workshop on “Publishing your Research”.

Hazara University Haripur Campus and Institute of Research Promotion are jointly organizing a one day online workshop on “Publishing your Research” on 19th of April,2011(Tuesday) for faculty members, research scholars and research associates in Hazara University, Haripur campus.
The workshop is a purpose-built training program for the researchers; which will help them to design, manage and promote their career in research publication. The workshop will help researchers to aim publication at the phase of research design, produce publications from general research assignments and manage their research for publishing in middle to high ranked journals. The workshop has a beautiful combination of real life examples, capacity-building exercises and tips to speed up publishing rate. The trainers of workshop try to link academic publishing with career goals of researchers and faculty members.
The program will share the contents like targeting journals, setting publishing goals, setting publishing targets, managing co-authorship, managing reviewers, submitting revision and designing career in publishing research papers. The workshop will share best practices, international experiences and real-life cases of managing publishing for researcher papers.

Advisor/Trainer

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Khalid
Post Doc
Department of Library and Information Sciences
University of the Punjab

Co-Trainer

Mr. Rahmat Ullah
Chief Research Officer
Institute of Research Promotion
Contact:
Dr. Muhammad Saeed (Workshop Organizer)
Asst. Professor, Department of Agricultural Sciences,
Hazara University, Haripur Campus.
03312827528
Email: pest_mgt@yahoo.com