Chancellor/Governor, Engr. Muhammad Balighur Rehman, chaired the 38th Senate meeting of UET, Lahore
The Vice Chancellor, Dr Syed Mansoor Sarwar presented the university’s progress report for the past three years. He highlighted the record number of meetings of statutory bodies, new appointments, and promotions of faculty and staff, the record number of appointments of Professors and Associate Professors, restructuring of teaching and non-teaching posts, regularisation of contract employees, and disciplinary actions under PEEDA. He also described the completion of long pending development projects, the winning of new development projects worth Rs 4.3 Billion, a detailed report on the continuous rise in QS World and Asian rankings, and the record number of research grants and publications in the university’s history.
Chancellor, Engr. Muhammad Balighur Rehman appreciated the progress made by the university under Vice Chancellor’s leadership. He desired continuous improvement in the university’s academics and rankings as well as support for needy students. The Senate approved the following: 2022-23 budget with the size of budget, statutes support for deceased employees, statutes for Professor Meritorious, Disparity Reduction Allowance (DRA) for PBS 1-19 for further approval by the Chancellor. The Governor directed the Vice Chancellor to establish an endowment fund for improving the financial health of the university. He desired the university to strengthen industrial linkages as well as work in the area of climate change, sustainability of the environment, and solving the indigenous problem.