Universities To Play Pivotal Role For Development Of Country: Governor Sindh

The Governor Sindh Imran Ismail has called upon the higher learning institutions to play pivotal role in producing such leadership which could lead the country in future and make and country stronger with rapid socio-economic development of the country.

HYDERABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Dec, 2018 ) :The Governor Sindh Imran Ismail has called upon the higher learning institutions to play pivotal role in producing such leadership which could lead the country in future and make and country stronger with rapid socio-economic development of the country.

Without education, no development can be achieved in any country and there is the need that future generation of the country must be equipped not only with education but also in research findings to meet the challenges of the modern world, the Governor emphasized.

Governor Sindh expressed this while delivering his presidential remarks at the 22nd Academic Convocation of Mehran University of Engineering and Technology at its central auditorium of Jamshoro Campus on Monday.

A total of 940 male and female scholars and graduates of main Jamshoro Campus, Khairpur Campus and affiliated colleges received degrees of Ph.D., M.E., M/Phil, Bachelor of Engineering, Architecture and CRP as well as B.Tech in the convocation ceremony.

The Governor Sindh Imran Ismail said education produce such leadership which guides to bring out peaceful solution of any issue therefore, the academia should come forward and produce leadership like Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and many others to lead the countrymen in this modern era.

He also underlined the need of promotion of research activities so that the future scholars could find solution of the issues so that the country could be able to compete in all fields of modern world.

He highly praised the efforts of Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro, adding that the university graduates have been engaged in sharing pool for the development of the country.

The Mehran University is playing leading role with other private sector universities of the country and its teachers imparting knowledge to their learners what they acquired from leading universities of the world, he added.

The Vice Chancellor Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aslam Uqaili in his welcome addressed highlighted the achievements of the university particularly its research activities for addressing issues of energy, water and environment.

He informed that the university management organized numbers of international conferences on energy, water and environment and the experts prepared effective suggestions and recommendations to the government for implementation.

The Vice Chancellor underlined the need of close coordination between higher learning institutions and the country's institutions to find effective solution of the issues being faced by the people of the country.

Later, the Governor Imran Ismail along with Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda conferred degrees to nine scholars of Ph.D., eight scholars of M.Phil, 88 graduates of M.E., 29 graduates of Bachelor of Architecture, 20 graduates of Bachelor of City and Regional Planning, 645 Bachelors of Engineering of Mehran University main campus, 118 Bachelors of Engineering of Mehran University Khairpur Campus, eight graduates of B. Tech (Hons), three graduates of B.Tech (Pass), 12 graduates of BSIT.

The Governor also gave gold and silver medals as well as merit certificates to outstanding graduates of the university.