The 7th Senate meeting of Sindh Madressatul islam University (SMIU) was held on Thursday at Senate Hall with Vice Chancellor Dr. Mujeeb Sahrai in chair the meeting on behalf of the Chief Minister Sindh, who authorized him for it due to his other engagements. According to the spokesman, the Senate meeting after a detailed discussion approved the minutes of the 6th Senate meetings and actions taken on its decisions.
It also passed resolution on the annual budget estimates for the financial year 2023-24 and revised budget estimated for the financial year 2022-23. Another resolution on the annual statement of accounts for the financial year 2022-23 against non-development recurring resources was passed. Apart from it, a resolution on the annual statement of accounts relating to the development projects of the university for the financial year 2022-23 including expansion of SMIU’s city campus and development of SMIU’s Malir Campus in the education city was passed. Speaking at the meeting the Vice Chancellor Dr. Mujeeb Sahrai said SMIU came out from the deficit, now it is stable in many ways, this is why it fully concentrates on quality education and research and development projects.
The vice chancellor said they were living in the competent world, where many challenges are ahead of us, but the universities of the country have to make themselves financially sustainable by generating their own resources and SMIU is working on it. Dr. Mujeeb Sahrai said a high-tech lab for researchers has been established at SMIU with the cost of 11 million rupees, which were donated by an alumnus Dr. Ibrahim Mulla.
Likewise, seven research journals are being published and these are recognized by the HEC. He informed the Senate the SMIU besides its main library had established another liberty at the I.T Tower.
