PESHAWAR:The Karwan-e-Ilm Foundation on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with University of Engineering and Technology (UET) to offer scholarships to deserving and talented students of undergraduate level for the academic session 2022-2023.
The documents were endorsed by Vice Chancellor UET Peshawar Prof Dr Iftikhar Hussain and Director Karwane-e-Ilm Foundation, Khalid Irshad Soffi in presence of senior officials of UET Peshawar.
Khalid Irshad Soffi said on the occasion that the primary objective of Karwan-e-Ilm Foundation’s financial assistance was to support the talented and deserving students from across the country at all levels for achieving their educational objectives.
The scholarships awarded to UET Peshawar would holistically cover the expenses of the students including semester fee, hostel fee, stipend and other expenses so that they do not get struck at any stage of their engineering education.
Prof Dr Iftikhar Hussain, Vice Chancellor UET appreciated the initiative and urged the need to extend the scholarship portfolio in future.
He said, UET Peshawar is a public sector university and majority of the students come from remote areas, adding that many of them can’t afford to continue their studies due to lack of financial support from their parents.
On the other side, due to financial and economic crisis in the country, the government has also decreased the number of scholarships to the deserving students of public sector universities which as a result has increased our dependency on such welfare institutions to help these students.
He expressed the hope that such initiative would help deserving students to come out of the crisis.
Director, Student Affairs, Prof Dr Gulzar Ahmad appreciated the Karawan-e-Ilm Foundation’s initiative for offering a comprehensive coverage through scholarship program.
He said, UET Peshawar would reach out to other donor organizations so that gap could be covered due to decrease in government funding.
Dean Electrical and Computer Engineering, Prof Dr Amjid Ullah, Chairman Electrical Engineering Department, Prof Dr Syed Waqar Shah, Treasurer UET Peshawar, Prof Dr. Misbah Ullah, Director ORIC, Dr. Nasruminallah and Director Media Dr Shamaila Farooq were also present on the occasion.