PU Teacher Wins Turkish Academic Award

Punjab University Dean Faculty of Life Sciences Professor of Zoology and former registrar Prof Dr Muhammad Naeem Khan has been awarded the prestigious Turkish 'Mevlana

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Aug, 2017 ) : Punjab University Dean Faculty of Life Sciences Professor of Zoology and former registrar Prof Dr Muhammad Naeem Khan has been awarded the prestigious Turkish 'Mevlana (Rumi) Academic Exchange Programme Award' for the year 2017.

According to the Council of Higher education of Turkey, the Mevlana (Rumi) Exchange Program is intended to help improve bilateral academic linkages and research collaborations between Turkish and Pakistani universities.

Under the academic staff mobility programme, Prof Naeem Khan will visit Kastamonu University in northern Turkey from October 1-15, 2017 to give a series of seminars and guest lectures, besides visiting historical academic and cultural institutions in Istanbul.

This is 8th international award won by Prof Naeem Khan during the last three years.

Previously, he has won four months EU Erasmus Mundus Academic Staff Visiting Professor Fellowship for the University of Crete, Greece (2016), 6-month EU Erasmus Mundus Post-Doctoral Fellowship for the University of Zagreb, Croatia (2015-16), FAO Global Fisheries travel Award for Rome, Italy (2015), Norwegian Fisheries Award for Trondheim, Norway (2014), American Fisheries Society Western Division Award for Missoula Conference, Montana, USA (2017), American Fisheries Society Western Division Award for Mazatl�n Conference Mexico (2014) and the World Aquaculture Society Travel Award for Adelaide, Australia (2014).

PU Vice Chancellor, Prof Dr Zafar Mueen Nasar has felicitated Prof Muhammad Naeem Khan on winning the award.