University of Veterinary Sciences Sighn MoU
LAHORE:01 August:University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) and Institute of Public Health (IPH), Lahore, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a mutually-beneficial relationship for academic and research cooperation.
Board of Management Chairman and former Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool and IPH Dean Prof Dr ZarfishanTahir and UVAS Vice-Chancellor Meritorious Prof Dr TalatNaseer Pasha and Faculty of Biosciences Dean Prof Dr Habib-ur-Rehman signed the MoU in a ceremony held at IPH.
Speaking on the occasion, Khalid Maqbool said the MoU would be very beneficial for both institutions and they would gain knowledge and experiences from each other. He praised the role of VC Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha in improvement of UVAS day by day with the state-of-the-art laboratories and infrastructural development. He said through the MoU both institutions would also get maximum benefit from their facilities like laboratories and libraries. Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha said it was direly needed to work on food safety and food security issues under one health concept.
It is also needed to curb zoonotic diseases through applied research, he added. He also lauded the supportive role of Khalid Maqbool during his tenure as Punjab governor in the development of UVAS.
According to the MOU, both institutions will jointly arrange academic programmes on human food nutrition, research activities and publications on their collaborative research projects. Both parties will exchange students and faculty for academic training and research, seminars, workshops and conferences related to their fields.
The institutions will actively exchange information relating to research, publications and funding opportunities. They will establish linkages to develop mutually-agreed joint academic programmes.The news.
