Our Correspondent
Faisalabad
The 22nd academic council of Government College University (GCU) Faisalabad has approved to start Quran course in the varsity. The academic council meeting held with Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Shahid Kamal in the chair also granted approval for establishing faculty of medical sciences.
The council also approved setting up of Data Science, Architecture departments and Directorate of Industrial Linkage. Deans of different departments, presidents, members of academic council and Registrar (GCU) were also present in the meeting.
Meanwhile, it is reported that the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) student has secured the second position among 62 universities in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) quiz competition for researchers 2019-20. A ceremony was held in which UAF Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Asif Tanveer presented the prize to the student of Computer Science Ayesha Zahid, who had secured the second position. Registrar Umar Saeed, Librarian Umer Farooq and other were present on the occasion.