The 21st Convocation of University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, 2019 was held other day at the University of Peshawar to commemorate the academic accomplishments of students of engineering and technology of academic sessions of 2017-18 and 2018-19.

The Vice Chancellor Prof Dr. Iftikhar Hussain conferred degrees on graduating students of postgraduate (Ph D, M Sc) and undergraduate programs.

In total, 890 students were awarded degrees in engineering and non-engineering programs including 860 B.Sc degrees, eight PhD degrees while 22 students were awarded M.Sc degrees. At the convocation, 41 gold medals were conferred upon graduates of undergraduate programmes who achieved top positions. The leading local industries, Kohat Cement Ltd. and Fast Cables Ltd also awarded three cash prizes to the toppers of Electrical Engineering of UET Mardan, Inamullah Johar and Waleed Khan from Mechanical engineering department, UET Peshawar.

While presiding over the Convocation, the Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Iftikhar Hussain congratulated the graduates and their parents on their marvelous achievements, and said that the future of our country is dependent the way we educate and groom them to understand the real challenges of environment.

He said the UET Peshawar has adopted the outcome based education system through which our major disciplines are now accredited under OBE. He appreciated the efforts of Chairman Pakistan Engineering Council Engr Javed Salim Qureshi under whose guidance, UET Peshawar has attained accreditation status in a short time period. He further said, UET Peshawar is closely linked with Higher Education Commission though significant research projects under which National Centers of Excellence in Robotics and Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, and Big Data and Cloud Computing have been established in Pakistan.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019