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Vol. No. 5855 campusnews@uaf.edu.pk Dated: 16-12-2014

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ASSUMPTION OF CHARGE Prof. Dr. Hafeez Ahmad Sadaqat, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, has assumed the charge of Director in the Directorate of Financial Assistance and University Advancement, UAF. In future all official and demi-official correspondence may be addressed to him. UAF PhD CLUB SWELLS TO 1189 On the recommendations of the external examiners and after fulfilling all the requirements, Rana Bin Yamin S/o Dilbar Hussain, Reg. No. 2004-ag-1388, Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Muhammad Kashif Munir S/o Munir Ahmad, Reg. No. 93-ag-1233, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Fahim Nawaz S/o Muhammad Nawaz, Reg. No. 2003-ag-1820, Department of Crop Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Muhammad Faisal Bilal S/o Muhammad Khalid Bilal, Reg. No. 2004-ag-2022, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahzad Saleem S/o Muhammad Saleem, Reg. No. 2002-ag-1773, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture have passed the final examination for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (2013). The Vice Chancellor is pleased to sanction their admission to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. The titles of their PhD research were “Characterization of molecular and epidemiological factors in relation to resistance against mungbean yellow mosaic virus disease and its management”, “Growth and yield response of cotton to various agronomic practices”, “Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) response to exogenous selenium supply under drought stress”, “Evaluating Bt cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) under different management practices”, “Insecticidal bioactivities of essential oils of four medicinal plants toward different strains of stored grain insect pests”. Now the number of UAF PhD club has been raised to 1189. SITUATION VACANT 1. Applications are invited on plain paper along with attested copies of academic certificates for one post

of Research Fellowship @ Rs. 10,000/- pm for the Agriculture Innovation for Pakistan, University of California Davis, USA funded project titled “Characterization of Pakistani Mango Kernel Waste with Special Reference to its Seed Fat as a Cocoa Butter Equivalent for Value Added Product” National Institute of Food Science and Technology. The Candidates bearing B.Sc. (Hons.) Food Science and Technology/Student of M.Sc. (Hons.) Food Science and Technology in NIFSAT, will be considered as eligible for the post. Applications should reach in the O/o Dr. Muhammad Asim Shabbir, Assistant Professor/Principal Investigator up to 29-12-2014 during office hours. Incomplete applications or received after due date will not be entertained.

2. Applications are invited on plain paper along with attested copies of academic certificates for one post of Research Fellowship @ Rs. 10,000/- pm for the Agriculture Innovation for Pakistan, University of California Davis, USA funded project titled “Value Addition of Mango through Development of Fruit Leather” National Institute of Food Science and Technology. The Candidates bearing B.Sc. (Hons.) Food Science and Technology/Student of M.Sc. (Hons.) Food Science and Technology in NIFSAT, will be considered as eligible for the post. Applications should reach in the O/o Dr. Moazzam Rafiq Khan, Assistant Professor/Principal Investigator up to 29-12-2014 during office hours. Incomplete applications or received after due date will not be entertained.

3. Applications are invited on plain paper along with attested copies of academic certificates for one post of Research Associate is required @ Rs. 40,000/- per month under the PARB project “Clonal Propagation of Guava through softwood cutting”. The candidates must be M.Sc. (Hons) Horticulture having specialization in Pomology are eligible. The interested should apply within 5 days after the publication of this notice.

4. Applications on plain paper are invited alongwith attested copies of academic certificates to work as Studentship @ Rs. 15,000/- pm on contract basis for the HEC funded project titled “Postharvest storage life quality management of litchi” Institute of Horticultural Sciences with the following qualifications. The candidates bearing following criteria will be considered eligible:- B.Sc. (Hons) in Horticulture must be student of M.Sc. (Hons) Horticulture. Applications should reach in the O/o Dr. Ahmad Sattar Khan, Associate Prof./PI within 7 days after the publication of this notice during office hours. Incomplete applications or received after due date will not be entertained.

QEC-UAF STOOD AMONG TOP FIVE PUBLIC SECTOR UNIVERSITIES The UAF always strives hard to build the capacity of its faculty in teaching and research to cater the national needs following quality assurance parameters prescribed by HEC. Under the mechanism of quality assessment, after authenticating and documentation by the Quality Assurance Agency, HEC has placed QEC, UAF among top five public sector universities of Pakistan having score of 93.08%. This was made possible by the cooperation of teaching community. It is hoped that this cooperation will be extended in the coming years to achieve the targets as set in Vision 2030 of UAF with more pace and momentum by competing other institutes of higher learning. JOB OPPORTUNITIES Federal Public Service Commission has announced various posts including (i) Eight Veterinary Officers (ii) Two Assistant Director Assistant Director (iii) Five Nautical Instructors (iv) Trained Graduate Teacher Botany/Zoology (Male) (v) Two Headmistresses (vi) Assistant Provate Secretary (vii) Assistant Provate Secretary (viii) Senior Teacher, Chemistry (Male) (ix) Civilian Medical Practitioner (x) Mechanical Engineer (xi) Two Research Superintendents (xii) Inspector (xiii) Two Statistical Officers (xiv) Assistant

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Librarian (xv) Assistant Mechanical Engineer (xvi) Accupuncture Specialist (xvii) Engineer (Electronics/Electrical) (System Engineer Calibration) (xviii) Associate Professor, Islamic Studies (Female) (xix) Neonatologist (xx) Two Associate Dental Surgeons (xxi) Pathologist-Cum-Bacteriologist (xxii) Pharmacist (xxiii) Port Health Officer (xxiv) Three Hundred Charge/Staff Nurses (Female) (xxv) Ten Doctors (xxvi) Seventeen Computer Operators (xxvii) Assistant Private Secretary (xxviii) Director General (xxix) Admin & Accounts Officer (xxx) Trained Graduate Teacher, Mathematics (Male) . For further detail visit www.fpsc.gov.pk upto 22-12-2014. GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT Five (05) Ph.D. Faculty Development Programme (FDP) scholarships under the Development Project titled “Establishment of Sub Campus of UAF at Depalpur, Okara.” are available in the disciplines of Agricultural Sciences and Allied Sciences;. The candidates who fulfill the following eligibility criteria may submit their curriculum vitae along with a covering letter clearly indicating the intended area of specialization, copies of all educational documents with DMCs, 2- page research proposal, two recent passport size photographs and a copy of CNIC to the In-charge HRD Cell, 1st Floor Admin Block II by 20-12-2014 positively. Candidates, who are employees of Government/ Semi Government organizations/autonomous bodies, must apply through proper channel. Eligibility Criteria: - Applicants must have minimum 16 years of education in the relevant discipline, however, preference will be given to candidates having 18 years qualification. Maximum one 2nd division and no 3rd division in entire academic career. Maximum age on closing date of receipt of application: a. 40 years for full time regular faculty members of public sector Universities/Colleges and employees of the public sector R & D organizations. b. 35 years for all others. Must not be a recipient of any other scholarship. Awardees must sign a bond to serve the institution for at least 5 years after completion of their PhD studies. Only Short listed candidates will be called for Interview. The provisionally selected candidates will also be required to fulfill the admission criteria of foreign universities. AWARD OF MEDALS The following students of first degree course of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine class have become eligible for the award of medals indicated against each awardee for the year, 2014. They fulfill all the prescribed conditions laid down in the University Regulations regarding the award of Medals:- Sr. #

Name of the Candidate/Regd. No.

Father’s Name Marks Obtanied/%age

CGPA Medals

1. Ghazanfar Abbas 2009-ag-3341

Noor Hussain 3490/4340 80.41%

3.82 Silver

2. Muhammad Imran 2009-ag-3415

Muhammad Hussain 3490/4340 80.41%

3.86 Silver

3. Muhammad Noman Naseem 2009-ag-3398

Muhammad Ehsan-ul-Haq

3469/4340 79.93

3.80 Bronze

PhD THESIS/SYNOPSIS DEFENSE 1. Mr. Muhammad Naveed Arshad, Regd. No. 2007-ag-2065,

PhD student, Department of Agronomy, will defend his PhD synopsis on 27-12-2014 at 08:00 am in the Department of Agronomy, UAF. The title of his synopsis is “Simulation of growth, Development and seed cotton yield of BT cultivars at different nitrogen doses and planting times under climate of Faisalabad, Sahiwal and Multan”.

2. Synopsis defense of Ms. Tahira Jamil Regd. No. 94-ag-1572 student of PhD Biochemistry entitled “Production and HPLC Profiling of Statins by Local Microbes” will be held on 24-12-2014 at 10:30 am in Biochemistry Laboratory. All interested are invited to attend.

3. Mr. Zahoor Ahmad, Regd. No. 2005-ag-1658 a PhD student in the Department of Crop Physiology will defend his PhD thesis on 30-12-2014 at 02:30 pm in the video conference room, UAF. The topic of his thesis research is “Maize (Zea mays L.) Responses to supplemental foliar applied phosphorus under drought stress”. All interested persons are invited to participate.

4. Synopsis defense of Miss Nazia Kanwal, Regd. No. 2004-ag-293, student of PhD Biochemistry entitled “Differential expression profiling of cationic peptides of Solanum lycopersicum under stress” will be held on 23-12-2014 at 01:30 pm in Biochemistry lecture room. All interested are invited to attend.

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5. Synopsis defense of Mr. Awais Altaf, Regd. No. 2007-ag-362, student of PhD Biochemistry entitled “Bioactivity based proteomics of assigned medicinal plants for drug discovery” will be held on 23-12-2014 at 01:00 pm in Biochemistry Lecture room. All interested are invited to attend.

6. Mr. Mubasher Hussain, Regd. No. 2007-ag-1675, a PhD student of the Institute of Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology will defend his synopsis entitled “Distiller’s dried grains with soluble (DDGS) as an alternative protein ingredient for broilers” at University level on 07-01-2014 at 11:20 am in the Conference/Seminar Room, Faculty of Animal Husbandry. All interested are cordially invited.

7. Miss Saira Bano, Regd. No. 2004-ag-1441, PhD student of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics will defend her PhD thesis in the Video Conference Room on 26-12-2014 at 11:00 am. All concerned are requested to make it convenient to attend and contribute for improving the thesis. The title of her thesis is “Genetics of low temperature tolerance in maize (Zea mays L.)”.

8. Thesis defense of Miss Saima Naz, Regd. No. 2006-ag-470 student of PhD Chemistry, Department of Chemistry entitled “Downstream approaches for pure biofine chemicals and aroma substances from Cannabis sativa essential oil” will be held on 31-12-2014 at 11:00 am in Video Conference Room. All interested are invited to attend.

9. Mr. Muhammad Asif Shehzad, Regd. No. 2008-ag-336, PhD student, Department of Agronomy, will defend his PhD thesis on 29-12-2014 at 11:00 am in the video conference room, Faculty of Agriculture, UAF. The title of his thesis is “Influence of boron application on growth and productivity of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) under varying nitrogen and deficit irrigation levels”. All interested persons are invited to participate.

10. Synopsis defense of Ms. Arooj Arshad Regd. No. 2004-ag-328 student of PhD Biochemistry entitled “Preparation of a modified Streptokinase from Streptococcus equisimilis with improved therapeutic potential” will be held on 24-12-2014 at 11:00 am in Biochemistry Laboratory. All interested are invited to attend.

11. Miss Huma Abbas Regd. No. 2005-ag-1633, PhD student of Department of Plant Pathology, will defend her thesis at University level on 27-12-2014 at 02:30 pm in Video Conference Room. The title of her thesis is “Exploitation of nematicidal potential of bio and synthetic chemicals against root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita on tomato”.

12. Miss Sana Fatima, Regd. No. 2011-ag-533 a PhD student in the Department of Botany will defend her synopsis on 30-12-2014 at 02:30 pm in the seminar room of the Department. The title of her synopsis is “Grasses of the Potohar Region: Altitude impact on ecology, morphology, anatomy and physiology”. All interested are cordially invited to attend.

13. Kh. Shafique Ahmad, Regd. No. 2011-ag-17, a PhD student in the Department of Botany has successfully defended his thesis on 13-12-2014 at 02:30 pm in the Video Conference Room, UAF. The title of his thesis is “Grasses of the Neelum Valley, Azad Jammu and Kashmir: Systematics, anatomy and physiology”.

14. Mr. Asim Faraz, Regd. No. 2002-ag-714, a PhD scholar of the Department of Livestock Management has successfully defended his PhD dissertation at university level on 15-12-2014. The title of his research was “Growth Performance of Marecha Camelid (Camelus dromedarius) Reared under Different Management System”. His presentation was well organized and his findings have been thoroughly discussed by supervisory committee, Faculty members, postgraduates and other audience. The supervisory committee found it acceptable and recommends the submission of his final PhD dissertation.

15. Miss Madiha Ramzan, Regd. No. 2007-ag-2301, PhD student of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics has successfully defended her PhD synopsis titled “Genetics of various yield indices of maize in water deficit environments” in the Postgraduate Lab. on 13-12-2014. As per suggestions given by the teachers/participants during presentation of the synopsis a minor change has been made in the title as “Genetics of various yield parameters of maize in water deficit environments”.

16. Ms. Khunsa Khakwani, Regd. No. 99-ag-1125, PhD student of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics has successfully defended her PhD synopsis titled “Development and genetics of maize doubled haploid inbred lines” in the Postgraduate Lab. on 13-12-2014.

AUCTION NOTICE 1. The Thirty Four (34) un-serviceable articles of the Warden Office will be sold by public auction on 27-

12-2014 Saturday at 10:00 am in the front of the stores of the Babar Hall. Interested persons are invited to take part in the bid. The price will be realized at the spot and delivery of the auctioned articles will be handed over after obtaining the approval of the competent authority. Under section 236A income Tax Ordinance, 2001, advance Tax 10% of the Property/goods being auctioned will be collected from successful bidder and will be deposited in the Government treasury through Income Tax Challan.

2. Forty Kanals in square No. 24 & six kanals in square No. 27 of Sarsoon Fodder will be sold by open auction on 20-12-2014 at 10:00 am at PARS Farm, Jhang Road, Faisalabad. The persons, who are interested, may come & bid. One third of the total price will be recovered on the spot and the remaining amount will be received after the approval of competent authority.