The 10th Convocation of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore was held here on Wednesday. Pro-Chancellor/ Minister for Livestock & Dairy Development Department Punjab Sardar Hasnain Bahadur Dareshak presided over the convocation while Adviser to Chief Minister Punjab on Livestock Faisal Hayat Jabwana, Secretary Livestock & Dairy Development Department Punjab Muhammad Ahsan Waheed and a large number of students, faculty members, industrialists from dairy & poultry industries and stakeholders were present.
Total 1,417 graduates were conferred degrees and 72 position-holders awarded medals. Out of the graduating students, 230 were DVMs, 356 BS (Hons), 90 Pharm-D, 26 Doctors of Nutrition and Dietetics (DND), 48 MBAs, 4 MBF, 37 BBA (Hons), 194 MSc, 399 MPhil and 33 PhDs.
Addressing the convocation, the Pro-Chancellor/ Minister for Livestock Punjab Sardar Hasnain Bahadur Dareshak congratulated the graduating students on getting degrees and medals and urged them to play their due role in nation building. He lauded the progress achieved by the UVAS and positioned itself among top universities of Asia. Earlier, the Pro-Chancellor along with the Vice-Chancellor gave away degrees to PhD scholars and medals to the position-winning graduates.
Presenting the welcome address, Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha spoke about the academics, research, development, extension programmes and community services of the university. He said that with a history of 136 years of excellence, the UVAS has now positioned itself among top Asian universities as per the Higher Education and QS World Universities Rankings.