LAHORE (28-11-23): The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore organised an orientation programme for newly-admitted students of various undergraduate degree classes here in City Campus Lahore while other campuses of UVAS including Ravi Campus Pattoki, CVAS Jahng and KBCMA-CVAS Narowal attended this ceremony through video link on Tuesday.
Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad presided over the orientation programme while Convener Admission Committee/Dean Faculty of Life Sciences Business Management Prof Dr Muhammad Azam, Chairman Department of Parasitology/Principal Students Affairs Prof Dr Kamran Ashraf, Dean Faculty of Biosciences Prof Dr Habib-ur-Rehman, Registrar Sajjad Hyder and a large number of newly-admitted students with their parents and senior faculty members and administrative officers of UVAS were present.
Speaking on the occasion, Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad congratulated the students on their admissions after competing tough criteria purely on merit and welcomed them in the UVAS a historic/prestigious institution of Pakistan. He said every year UVAS providing scholarships to large number of talented students on merit and among 9000 students every sixth student is the beneficiary. He said UVAS actively focusing on the enhancement of technical, soft and communication skills in students. He said UVAS imparting practical knowledge and skills to their students and after completion of degrees these students serve in livestock, poultry and dairy industries and play their vital role in the socio economy development of country by utilizing their knowledge & skills. He said most outstanding achievement of UVAS has been that for the first time in public sector university it obtained drug manufacturing license and its registration from DRAP for Foot & Mouth vaccine production. He said UVAS also set an example of community services especially in the odd circumstances of covid-19 by providing free testing service to public and even in flood 2022. He said UVAS ranked among the top ten universities of Pakistan due to its quality of education and research. Prof Dr Nasim said that this year over twelve thousand applications had been received for admission and only eighteen hundred students are able to get admission in UVAS on merit after competing tough criteria.
Prof Dr Muhammad Azam also congratulated the newly admitted students and said all the students must be proud to be part of this historical alma mater. He said UVAS providing conducive intellectual environment of learning to students and trained them for their practical life.
Earlier, Principal Students Affairs Prof Dr Kamran Ashraf, Hostel Warden Prof Dr Aftab Ahmed Anjum, Convener Discipline Advisory Committee Prof Dr Asim Aslam, Director Students Affairs Dr Muhammad Asad Ali, Senior Tutor Prof Dr Ali Raza Awan, Secretary woman harassment committee Prof Dr Imtiaz Rabbani, Director Sports Rana Amjad Iqbal and Registrar Sajjad Hyder also spoke on the occasion and talked about their responsibilities for the facilitating of students. They spoke about the rules & regulations, discipline of the university, role of woman harassment committee and working of different student societies to explore hidden talent in students to polish them, curricular & extra-curricular activities like sports and residential hostel facilities etc. Director Information Technology Centre Mr Rizwan Saleem spoke about the state of the art available IT facilities for students including computer labs, fast internet service to attending online seminar and national and international conference and cameras for security while Rana Amjad Iqbal shared about indoor & outdoor sports facilities like sports complex and flood light ground etc.
