BAHAWALPUR:A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB) and the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) for joint education and research.
The agreement was signed by Vice Chancellor Engr. Prof. Dr Athar Mahboob and IPS Islamabad Chairman Khalid Rehman. Engr. Prof. Dr Athar Mahboob said that it was the need of the hour for higher education institutions to promote social and economic development through quality and useful research.
He said such purposeful research and cooperation in the field of higher education would help in making the country a knowledge-based society.
This agreement would pave new avenues for collaboration between teachers and experts of both institutions. Under the agreement, the two institutions will increase joint research projects as well as academic and publishing activities, as well as academic collaboration at the faculty and student levels.
The purpose of these activities is to assist in policymaking at both public and private levels. Prof. Dr Jawad Iqbal Dean Faculty of Management Sciences, Assistant Prof. Dr Shahzad Ali Gill and Muhammad Hamid Murtaza from the Islamia University of Bahawalpur and Syed Abrar Hussain Vice President, Nawfal Shahrukh, Syed Nadeem Farhat and Shafaq Sarfraz from Institute of Policy Studies was also present.