- ver Rs6bn allocated for education in 2008-09
- Lives careers start here — Courant.com
- Engineering colleges to sign deal tomorrow
- New VC evinces interest for rural areas and poor students
- Daily Times – Leading News Resource of Pakistan

ver Rs6bn allocated for education in 2008-09
Pakistan Dawn – Jun 23, 2008
During the last few years the main thrust has been to expand the base of education by developing infrastructure to accommodate a higher number of students in the educational institutions. The HEC is establishing four universities of engineering sciences and technology in collaboration with consortia of universities of Italy Austria Germany and China at Karachi Lahore and Islamabad. The aim is to establish world class engineering educational institutions having quality of education and research on par with their counterpart institutions in other countries. The HEC has adopted a proactive policy of encouraging the sponsors in the private sector to establish or strengthen universities and institutions to make them high quality seats of learning. Under the public-private partnership (PPP) programme the School of Engineering Sciences is being established at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). In the outgoing financial year an amount of Rs18 billion was allocated to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for development projects.

Lives careers start here — Courant.com
Hartford Courant – Jun 23, 2008
-based with a graduate center in Newport News. Programs include education administration and supervision human-resource development engineering management and criminal justice.

Engineering colleges to sign deal tomorrow
Hindu – Jun 23, 2008
The month-long counselling should start on July 1 so that classes can begin on August 15. Association president G… Nayar said talks were held with Education Minister M. Baby on Sunday and the government had accepted the demand. He said the agreement would be signed in Thiruvananthapuram on June 24.

New VC evinces interest for rural areas and poor students
Hindu – Jun 23, 2008
It is not a surprise that Prof. Satyanarayana who hails from an agricultural family of a village in Vizianagaram district has not forgotten his concern for the rural areas and the poor students. Among the important tasks he set for himself is improving the quality of education of the colleges in rural area. There are 85 colleges that recorded less than 25 per cent pass results and as one of the steps to improve their condition he wants the expertise of the campus to be utilised for these colleges. “I want to visit all the rural colleges within a year and understand their difficulties. Faculty from the campus can be provided to them if needed” he said on assuming charge. “Human resources is the strength of AU and funds may not be problem as long as we have expertise… Sripada Sumitra of AU College of Law is his research guide. Annapurna has been awarded Ph. in chemical engineering for his thesis “enzyme catalysis in non-aqueous media for production of flavour esters”.

Daily Times – Leading News Resource of Pakistan
Daily Times – Jun 23, 2008
* Encourage educational programs and greater interaction and linkages between the research and academic institutions of the two countries. * Promote exchange of students and scholars fellowship programs and strengthened research collaboration including through institutional support for higher education and training. * Establish a wide-ranging high level dialogue on education to enhance and strengthen cooperation in the education sector. SCIENCE AND TECHNLGY: * Build capacity in Pakistan and work toward increased cooperation in science technology and engineering. * Improve the quality relevance or capacity of education and research at Pakistan’s institutions of higher education in the field of science and technology. * Establish Pakistan-US Joint Committee on Science and Technology to develop collaborative activities and relationships between the scientific and technological communities and institutions of both countries. * Enhance institutional capacity of Pakistan in the area of environment through exchange of experts and developing linkages and collaborative projects with relevant US institutions… * Promote exchange of students and scholars fellowship programs and strengthened research collaboration including through institutional support for higher education and training. * Establish a wide-ranging high level dialogue on education to enhance and strengthen cooperation in the education sector. SCIENCE AND TECHNLGY: * Build capacity in Pakistan and work toward increased cooperation in science technology and engineering. * Improve the quality relevance or capacity of education and research at Pakistan’s institutions of higher education in the field of science and technology. * Establish Pakistan-US Joint Committee on Science and Technology to develop collaborative activities and relationships between the scientific and technological communities and institutions of both countries. * Enhance institutional capacity of Pakistan in the area of environment through exchange of experts and developing linkages and collaborative projects with relevant US institutions. DEMCRACY: * Support Pakistan as it develops strong and transparent democratic institutions and conducts free and fair elections to ensure sustainable democracy.