BAHAWALPUR:In a major effort to strengthen international academic and technological collaboration, Memorandum of Understanding between Islamia University of Bahawalpur and a Chinese university has been extended for next five years.
According to an official press release issued by the IUB here, Prof Dr Muhammad Kamran, Vice Chancellor of The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), recently visited China to participate in the 120th anniversary celebrations of Sichuan Agricultural University (SAU) and explore expanded bilateral research initiatives.
During the visit, IUB and SAU officially extended their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for another five years, solidifying their high-impact joint intercropping research led locally by IUB’s National Research Center of Intercropping (NRCI).
The press release further said that mututal cooperation between IUB and Chinese university, the project
resulted in adapting Chinese strip intercropping technology across more than 12,000 hectares of Pakistani farmland to optimize yields, secured 56 fully funded scholarships for IUB students at SAU, and positioned IUB as the sole Pakistani institution on the Standing Council of the Food Security Education and Technology Innovation Alliance.
Furthermore, in an exclusive CEN feature comparing China’s clean-energy-driven “East Data, West Computing” AI model in Ulanqab to Bahawalpur’s landscape, Prof Dr Kamran emphasized the necessity of pairing digital infrastructure with robust local research and human capital, detailing how IUB is actively building these native capabilities through its Artificial Intelligence Research and Advancement Lab, interdisciplinary AI integration, and a specialized Quantum Computing program launched in 2026.