The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has constituted a high-level committee to review the state of education and analysis in engineering and technology disciplines in larger education establishments throughout the nation and suggest measures for strengthening these programmes.
According to a notification issued by the HEC, the committee has been tasked with evaluating the prevailing framework of engineering and technology education and recommending reforms to improve tutorial high quality, analysis capability and business linkages.
Under the notification, the vice chancellor of the University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore, Dr Shahid Munir, has been appointed because the convener of the committee. Other members embody Dr Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, Dr Ehsanullah Kakar, Dr Samreen Hussain, Rector of GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology Dr Fazal Ahmad Khalid, Rector of the National University of Technology Islamabad Lt Gen (Retd) Moazzam Ejaz, Vice Chancellor of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Shaheed Benazirabad Dr Madad Ali Shah, Vice Chancellor of Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology Nawabshah Dr Saleem Raza Samo, and former Vice Chancellor of Punjab Tianjin University of Technology Lahore Dr Abdul Sattar Shakir.
The committee can even embody the rector of the National University of Sciences and Technology or his nominee, vice chancellors or nominees from the NED University of Engineering and Technology Karachi, UET Peshawar, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro, Balochistan University of IT, Engineering and Management Sciences Quetta, Punjab Tianjin University of Technology Lahore, University of Technology Nowshera and Mirpur University of Science and Technology. In addition, the registrar of the Pakistan Engineering Council or his nominee will function a member, whereas the director normal of the Quality Assurance Agency on the HEC will act as secretary of the committee.