The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has conferred Distinguished National Professor Award on four academicians for their outstanding performance.
The award is presented to those academicians who have shown exceptional performance in their respective fields, have set benchmark for others and played a vital role in raising the standard of research as well as academic status of the higher education in the country.
The HEC’s selection committee in its annual meeting selected four professors out of 63 applicants for the year 2011. These are Prof Dr Saqib Ali (Chemistry), Prof Dr Saleem Ashger (Mathematics), Dr M Asif Khan (Geology) and Dr Muhammad Sarwar (Veterinary Sciences). These scholars carry the title of HEC Distinguished National Professor for lifetime.
Prof Dr. Saqib Ali, Pride of Performance, from Department of Chemistry, Quaid-e-Azam University, completed his PhD from Poland in 1984. Having experience of 24 years of teaching and research, Dr Saqib won awards of Marie Curie Fellowship of CES in 1994-95 and George Forester in 1999-2000. He is a fellow of two professional societies and has 324 international research publications with 298.564 impact factor to his credit. He has participated in 32 international conferences and produced 24 PhDs in Inorganic Chemistry.
Prof Dr Saleem Ashgar, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz and Sitara–i-Imtiaz, from Department of Mathematics, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, is PhD in Mathematics. He has rich experience of 39 years of teaching and research. He has won 13 national and six international awards and is a fellow of nine professional societies. He has 253 international research publications with 242.2 impact factor and has supervised 15 PhDs.
Dr M.Asif Khan, Tamgha-i- Imtiaz, is working as Director at the National Centre of Excellence in Geology University of Peshawar. He completed his PhD in the Geology (Earth Sciences) from Imperial College, London, in 1988. He has 30 years of experience in teaching and research. He has won three national awards and is a fellow of two professional societies. He has 38 international research publications with 92.4 impact factor and 707 citation index. He has attended 52 conferences and produced 12 PhDs.
Dr Muhammad Sarwar, Tamgha-i- Imtiaz, is currently dean, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. He did his PhD in dairy sciences from The Ohio State University, USA, in 1992. He has 20-year experience of teaching and research. He has won three international awards and is a fellow of nine professional societies. He has 106 international research publications with 58.174 impact factor to his credit. He has attended 83 conferences and produced 13 PhDs.
