The Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan under its National Research Program for Universities has awarded grant of 25 research projects worth Rs 81.43 million to the Karachi University.
25 participants received HEC awarded research projects include Dr Afsheen Aman from Dr A Q Khan Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering has acknowledged a project worth Rs6, 289,904.
Research project of Dr Asia Naz of Pharmaceutical Chemistry worth Rs6, 21, 2,383, and Professor Dr Muhammad Haris Shoaib from Pharmaceutics has received Rs2, 996,236.
Dr Huma Ikram of Biochemistry allot Rs1,123,238, Dr Ishrat Jamil of KIBGE bestow Rs2,574,527 for their ongoing research project, Dr Maqsood Ali Ansari from Genetics Rs1,000,483, Dr Nousheen Mushtaq of Pharmaceutical Chemistry allot Rs1,245,452, Dr Seema Shafique from CEMB received Rs3,827,324 from HEC Pakistan.
Furthermore, Dr Shah Ali Ul Qadar of KIBGE grant Rs3,044,650, Dr Sitwat Zehra from KIBGE Rs1,982,177, Dr Syed Abdus Subhan of Microbiology Rs4,257,424, Dr Syeda Nuzhat Nawab from KIBGE Rs3,183,222, Professor Dr Tasneem Adam Ali of Microbiology Rs4,386,079, Dr Syed Zamin Shaheed Siddiqui from Botany Rs2,125,375.
Dr Abdul Hameed of Halophyte Rs2, 700,324,Professor Dr Abid Hasnain from Food Science Rs8,639,207, Dr Anwar Ali of Physiology Rs3,513,248, Dr Humaira Bano from Chemistry Rs1,968,158, Dr Lubna Naz of Physiology Rs1,438,691, Dr Muhammad Sohail from Microbiology Rs2,549,375, Dr Sadaf Ahmed of Physiology Rs3,961,258.
Dr Salman Gulzar from Halophyte allot Rs5,006,845, Dr Shaista Perveen of Chemistry Rs2,589,338, Dr Taseer Ahmed Khan from Physiology Rs1,406,050, and Dr Irfan Aziz of Halophyte Rs3,412,662 grant by Higher Education Pakistan entitled for research projects under the national research scheme.
University of Karachi vice chancellor congratulating the research scholars said that the existing challenges could be addressed with the help of research as it is the key to success.
To promote high quality research in the society, we have to establish research friendly environment, to achieve our goals.