ISLAMABAD:Rector National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Engr Javed Mahmood Bukhari has been conferred the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) Excellence Award- 2021 (Lifetime Achievement) in recognition of his meritorious contributions to the field of Engineering and Science and Technology development in Pakistan.
According to a news release issued here, the Rector NUST has been conferred the PEC Excellence Award-2021 by the President, Dr Arif Alvi.
A graduate of Cranfield University, UK; Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad; University of Balochistan, Quetta; and Military College of Engineering (MCE), Risalpur, Engr Javed Mahmood Bukhari has held many prestigious positions during his illustrious career spanning over 35 years.
Prior to assuming the charge of Rector National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), he has served as Director General Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), and Commandant NUST Military College of Engineering (MCE), besides remaining on the faculty of MCE, National Defence University Islamabad, Command and Staff College Quetta, and Pakistan Military Academy Abbottabad.
Under Engr Bukhari’s continuing stint as Rector NUST, the university has made monumental strides forward vis-a-vis international standing and visibility, academic and research pursuits, disruptive innovation, result-oriented partnership with industry and so on.
His major contributions as Rector NUST inter alia include expansion of Pakistan’s first Science and Technology Park – the National Science and Technology Park, establishment of School of Interdisciplinary Engineering and Science (SINES), School of Health Sciences (under construction), introduction of new programmes of study, labs, etc. Under his sagacious leadership, NUST is fully poised to achieve new heights of glory.