LAHORE - The two-day national moot on “Bio-Phsicochemical Basis for Technopreneurship” organised by the Punjab University Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (MMG) in collaboration with Institute of Business Administration kicked off on Tuesday.
PU VC Dr Mujahid Kamran presided over the inaugural session while Women University Multan Vice Chancellor, Karachi University Pro Vice Chancellor Dr Shahana Urooj Kazmi, PU Registrar Dr Khan Rass Masood, Dean Faculty of Economics and Management Science Dr Ehsan Malik, Chairperson Department of MMG Dr Anjum Nasim Sabri, delegates from various national academic and research institutions and a large number of students were present on the occasion.
Addressing the ceremony, Dr Mujahid Kamran lauded the services of PU’s former chairperson of MMG Department and Doctoral Program Co-ordination Committee Dr Shahida Hasnain. He said that the faculty of life sciences enjoyed much importance in the field of research.
He said the faculty had played an important role in improving the ranking of Punjab University in terms of research publications per annum. He said the policies of Higher Education Commission, the quality of research in life sciences and other fields had improved.
Presenting a report on the achievements of MMG Department, Shahida said the department from 2002 to 2012, 250 research papers had been published in the journals of high repute.
She said because of high quality of education at the department, the department received 3000 application against 25 seats last year. Dr Ehsan Malik said that there was a dire need of commercialization of the field of microbiology.
He said there was a need to establish linkages between industry and research and academic institutions of microbiology. Dr Anjum Nasim Sabri said that the conference would provide a venue for discussion of topics bridging the physical, chemical and biological sciences for commercialization alone and together.
The conference would continue on Wednesday. More than 80 researchers from various institutions would display their research work in the form of posters.