Staff Reporter
Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi has been ranked 3rd in all over the Pakistan, 111th in Asia and295 among 780 participating Universities of the world as per latest UI GreenMetric World Universities ranking 2019.
UI Green Metric University Sustainability Ranking is a world university ranking to assess and compare campus sustainability efforts. The criteria for the ranking of Universities includes campus setting & infrastructure, energy & climate change, waste, water, transportation and education & Research.
The Arid Varsity has been ranked as 295thamong the top 780 universities of the world with the total score of 5475 as per UI Green Metric World Universities ranking.
The Vice Chancellor especially appreciated the efforts and contribution by Mr. Shahid Ali Khan, Director, University Green Office of the University. He also appreciated the vigorous role played by the University Green Office team to sensitise the students regarding environment protection.
Shahid Ali Khan, Director, University Green Office informed that this is a great honour for the University that we have improved the University Ranking as compared to the previous year 2018 i.e. 302 out of 719 to 295out of 780. He further expressed that the improvement in the ranking is due to the steps taken by the University Green Office like reduce single use plastic bags in the University Campus, tree plantation and establishment of Plant Nursery at the University.
