Open Public Defense of PhD Dissertation of Ms. Uzma Khan, Department of Political Science, AWKUM
Open Public Defense of PhD Dissertation of Ms. Naseem Zahoor, Department of Statistics, AWKUM
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Dr. Shahid Ullah of the Department of Biochemistry at AWKUM successfully defended his PhD thesis, entitled "Aberrant Gene Expression Profiling and Causal Variant Identification in Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients from the Pathan Ethnic Group of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan" at the auditorium of the Department of Biochemistry, Garden Campus, AWKUM. He conducted his research under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Muhammad Arif Lodhi, with Prof. Dr. Asifullah Khan serving as co-supervisor.
Associate Prof. Dr. Muhammad Sheeraz Ahmad (University Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi) and Associate Prof. Dr. Naeem Khan (Department of Chemistry, Kohat University of Science and Technology) attended his public defense as examiners. Faculty members of the Biochemistry department, the Director of Academics at AWKUM, and students were also present.
Dr. Shahid Ullah addressed questions from the examiners and participants with scholarly precision. His thesis was evaluated by international experts, including Prof. Dr. Ronald P. Kuiper Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology Netherlands and Prof. Dr. Jörg D. Hoheisel (Head of the Department of Functional Genome Analysis, German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ, Germany), as well as Associate Prof. Dr. Naeem Khan (Department of Chemistry, Kohat University of Science and Technology).
During defense, Dr. Shahid Ullah also spent six months at Cardiff University, United Kingdom (UK), through the IRSIP program, working as a guest researcher under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Alex Tonks. He has published two research articles based on his PhD research in peer-reviewed international journals and an additional six articles in international journals outside of his PhD work.
Abdul
Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM) is proud to announce a significant
milestone in its academic journey, as its Agriculture programs have officially
received accreditation from the National Agriculture Education Accreditation
Council (NAEAC) Pakistan of the Higher Education Commission Pakistan (HEC).
This recognition highlights AWKUM's unwavering commitment to academic
excellence, research innovation, and the development of future leaders in
Agricultural Sciences. The Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) AWKUM organized
certificates distribution ceremony in recognition of the accreditation status
availed by Department of Agronomy (X2 Category), Entomology (X2 Category), Food
Science & Technology (X3 Category) and Horticulture (X3 Category).
The
accreditation reflects the university's adherence to high academic standards,
state-of-the-art facilities, and a curriculum designed to address contemporary
challenges in Agriculture. The HoDs of these departments also shared the
recommendations of the NAEAC for further strengthening of these programs which
will lead to achieve the W category in the field of Agricultural Sciences. One
of the strong recommendations of the accreditation team was to develop minimum
infrastructure for training of students. The NAEAC recommended the
establishment of 5 greenhouses, stores for seeds, inputs, machinery and drying
area. The commission also recommended allocating a minimum of 1 kanal land per
student research and suggesting allocation of at least 25 acres (200 kanals) to
the constituents departments for development of farm and allied infrastructure.
Vice
Chancellor Prof. Dr. Zahir Shah praised the faculty and students of Department
of Agronomy, Entomology, Food Science & Technology and Horticulture for
their dedication, emphasizing the university's ongoing efforts to improve
educational quality across all disciplines.
In
the end the Honorable Vice Chancellor distributed certificates among HoDs of
Department of Agronomy, Entomology, Food Science &Technology and
Horticulture.