2nd Board of Studies meeting at Department of Environmental Sciences, Haripur Campus

The second Board of Studies meeting of department of Environmental Sciences was held on April 23rd 2011 at Haripur Campus. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Bakhtiar Muhammad, Dean, Faculty of Science, Hazara University. The agenda items included revised scheme of studies for BS (Hons.)/M.Sc., M.Phil/M.Phil leading to Ph.D. and Ph.D. programs, revised and updated course contents, approval of M.Phil/Ph.D. research proposals, approval of external examiners and revision of eligibility criteria for different programs. The board approved the revised scheme of studies and the course contents with suggestion of rephrasing titles of few courses. The Board also approved the minutes of first Board of Studies meeting of Department of Environmental Sciences, Haripur Campus The meeting was started with welcome remarks by the Convener, Dr. Bakhtiar Muhammad. Dr. Abdullah Khan, Head of Department briefed the Board regarding teaching and research activities being taken at the department. He thanked all the participants and acknowledged their vital role in the establishment and then strengthening of the Department. The Board recognized and appreciated the progress made by the department in very short of span of time. Among the participants were Dr. Mirza Arshad Ali Beg DG(Ex) PCSIR Laboratories, Pakistan, Dr. Saeed Iqbal, Professor of Chemistry at FC College University, Lahore, Dr. Hizbullah, Associate Professor, University of Peshawar, Mr. Asif Khanzada, nominee of Director General EPA, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Haji Muhammad Ilyas Haidri, member Haripur Chamber of Commerce. The faculty members of department of Environmental Sciences were also present at occasion.

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