Hazara varsity convocation held: Universities must be centres of wisdom, excellence, says Kausar

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Barrister Masood Kausar has said that the education does not mean mere reading books but it is more than that and to achieve this sagacious goal, the universities must be the centres of wisdom and excellence; offering full life not only in respect of academic and research pursuits in every field but also sports, cultural and other co-curricular activities with debates, declamation contests etc at the top.
Addressing the 6th Convocation of the Hazara University at Dhodial in Mansehra as the chief guest on Monday, the Governor said, "being Muslims, it is our firm belief that the Allah Almighty is the greatest educationist; greatest engineer; greatest doctor of every field of life and all the related subjects; disciplines and creations are open for research studies for us.
"We need to march ahead without with open mind in every field, whether it is energy sector or any other challenge of national, provincial and local nature and without any sort of differences and prejudices", he added. In all 600 graduates; six got PhD degrees; 30 were honoured with M.Phil and the rests bagged master and bachelor of honour degrees in more than two dozen disciplines of science and arts whereas 75 amongst them were honoured with gold medals for achieving distinctive positions in their respective disciplines.
Naveed Khan was declared the best graduate of the University for the Academic Year, 2010 while Mohammad Nawaz achieved this honour from amongst the students of private educational institutions affiliated to the university. Barrister Masood Kausar who is also the Chancellor of the University further stated that the 21st Century has dawned with challenges of greater nature as compared to the past for the nation and we are firmly confident that both the faculty and the institutions like the Hazara University will enable us to achieve a respectable status amongst the comity of nations.
The Governor, who had earlier formally launched a model of solar hybrid car; a creation of the Physics Department of the University was highly impressed of the spirit and capabilities of the respective team of students and faculty members and announced a special prize of Rs 50,000 for them.
He also assured to help in carrying further the project under the aegis of the university. The Vice Chancellor of the University, earlier welcoming the Governor said that the enrolment strength of the university in its three campuses has already crossed 9,000 students with 350 faculty members including 100 PhD scholars. Seven more PhD scholars, he added, will be shortly joining the university after completion of their studies abroad while 20 are in the process to leave for PhD level studies in near future.