Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has given the approval for extending the tenure of NED University of Engineering and Technology (NEDUET) vice-chancellor (VC) Dr Sarosh Lodhi by four years. The universities and boards secretary has issued a notification for the extension of Dr Lodhi’s tenure, which was to end on March 21, 2021. While serving as the VC, Dr Lodhi made it compulsory for undergraduate students enrolled in four-year degree programmes to take the Chinese language course offered by the university, in addition to making it mandatory for them to volunteer for social services initiatives for at least 40 hours during the course of their programme. As part of this initiative, most students from the varsity have taken up internships in the Motorway Police. Dr Lodhi maintains that the university’s financial deficit was reduced and multiple new programmes for students, including those launched in an engineering institute in Thar that is administered by the NEDUET, were initiated.
