Quality education and researches based upon tangible solution for public is prerequisite for the development of any country, said University of Agriculture Faisalabad Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan.

He was chairing the Graduate Studies Research Board meeting at Syndicate Room. He was of view that strong academia- industry linkages would pave the way to address the issue including food security, poverty alleviation and health sector. He urged the researchers to come up with out-of-the-box solutions to problems of the general public and farming community.
He said that the university was making all-out efforts to ensure quality education at par with international standards. He said that the UAF was the only institution ranked among the top 100 varsities of the globe in any category. The university students’ current enrollment has surpassed 23000 whereas it is offering 165 degree programs with a special focus on agriculture and rural development.
The agriculture is the backbone of our country which is contributing 21 percent to the Gross Domestic Product. He showed his concern that agriculture land was decreasing with a large pace whereas the rural population was moving towards urban areas. He added that the farmers sons don’t want become a farmer.
He said that UAF sub campuses would emerge future universities a step towards providing quality education to the dwellers at their doorstep. He said that the fees at sub campuses are comparatively low to the main campus in order to promote the education in the under privileged areas.
All deans and directors, Registrar Muhammad Hussain and Director Graduate Studies Dr Haq Nawaz attended the meeting.