Department of Botany, University of Karachi, is initiating a Merit-cum-need based departmental scholarship programme to provide opportunities of attaining unhindered higher education to those students of the Department of Botany who despite academic merit are unable to pursue their studies due to financial constraints.
In this relation, a Scholarship Management Committee (SMC) has been constituted comprising chairperson and faculty members of the department. University's Students' financial aid office has also been taken into confidence. Funds for the programme have been generated by the teaching and non-teaching staffs of the department. Some philanthropists of the city have also voluntarily participated in this programme. Meanwhile University of Karachi has extended the last date of submission of fee for One-Time Special Examinations with a late fee of Rs 500 from 1-08-2012 to 09-08-2012 in the United Bank Limited Campus Branch in Semester Collection Account No 276 after the endorsement by the Bursar Office.