Punjab University students of Electrical Engineering have shown their outstanding performance in Rachna Electrical and Electronic Competition 2012 by winning 10 awards in various categories. The most important category was project exhibition in which all three positions were bagged by the PU students.
The students’ team comprising Muhammad Zeeshan, Aleem Farooq, Maaz Tahir and Marzooq Ahmad got first position while Muhammad Rehan Yousuf, Muhammad Azeem Javed, Mah Zaib Jamil, Ammar Khalid and Abdul Basit got second position, while the third position was bagged by Ali Raza, Hafiz Hasan Raza, Syed Hassan Gillani, Junaid Ahmad and Syed Omer Saleh. In circuit design competition first position was bagged by Muhammad Azeem Javed and Mah Zaib Jamil while second position in this competition was won by Ali Raza and Hafiz Hassan Raza. In crisis expert competition, first position was bagged by Muhammad Azeem Javed, Syed Hasan Gillani, Imran Lodhi and Mah Zaib Jamil while the second position was won by Ali Raza, Hafiz Hasan Raza and Junaid Ahmad. In speed wiring competition the second position was bagged by Ali Raza and Hafiz Hasan Raza. In riddle logic competition, the team comprising of Mah Zaib Jamil and Abdul Basit got third position. In rammgers quest competition, first position was bagged by Rida Jaqmil, Syeda Faiqa Beenish and Imran Lodhi.
Assistant Prof Umer Farooq supervised the students in this competition. PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran has congratulated the students, supervisor and College Principal Prof Dr Rafiq Ahmad on this great success.
PU awards PhD degrees: Punjab University has awarded PhD degree to Muhammad Shafqat Anjum S/o Muhammad Hussain in the subject of Geography after approval of his thesis entitled “Spatial Patterns of Tuberculosis in the Punjab, 1990-2005”, Gulshan Majeed D/o Abdul Majeed Khan in the subject of Political Science after approval of her thesis entitled “National Integration in Pakistan: A Socio-Political Analysis of Balochistan (1972-2005)”, Muhammad Tanvir Zafar S/o Rai Zafar Ali Khan in the subject of Geography after approval of his thesis entitled “Development of Industrial Estates in the Punjab: A Spatio-Functional Analysis”, Munawar Saleem Ahmad S/o Bashir Ahmad in the subject of Biological Sciences after approval of his thesis entitled “Cloning and Molecular Characterization of Cryic Gene from Local Isolates of Bacillus Thuringiensis Having Dual Toxicity Against Lepidopteran and Dipteran Insects”, Khushi Muhammad S/o Zafar ALi in the subject of Biological Sciences after approval of his thesis entitled “Identification and Characterization of Rust Resistance Gene (s) in Commercial Cultivars of Sugarcane (Saccharum Hybrids L.)”, Muhammad Salim S/o Muhammad Aslam in the subject of Chemistry after approval of his thesis entitled “Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Pyridine Containing Compounds and Their Quaternary Ammonium Salts”, Talat Iqbal S/o Ch. Muhammad Yaqub in the subject of Earth & Environmental Sciences after approval of his thesis entitled “Seismicity of Pakistan and Formulation of Attenuation Relationship”, Sumbal Zulfiqar D/o Zulfiqar Ali in the subject of Biological Sciences after approval of her thesis entitled “Molecular Analysis of Gene Responsible for Copper Resistance in Bacteria Isolated from Industrial Effluents”, Sadaf Sultan D/o Sultan Akhtar in the subject of Islamic Studies after approval of her thesis entitled “Globalization: Cultural Effects on Muslim world”, Malika Rehana D/o Muhammad Shafi in the subject of Urdu after approval of her thesis entitled “Allama Iqbal Ke Khidmat Ba Hasiat Rukn Punjab Assembly ”, and Nadeem Shafique Butt S/o Muhammad Shafique in the subject of Statistics after approval of his thesis entitled “Development of Multivariate Estimators in Survery Sampling and Their Application”.