HEC awards 165 PhD scholars under IRSIP.

ISLAMABAD -- The Higher Education Commission (HEC) held a ceremony at HEC Secretariat here Wednesday to award a six-month fellowship opportunity to 165 Pakistani PhD scholars under International Research Support Initiative Programme (IRSIP).

Chairman HEC Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed graced the occasion as the chief guest.

Started with a focus on enhancing the quality of doctoral research, providing an opportunity to scholars to train at advanced labs of prestigious institutes and introducing Pakistani talent globally, HEC has so far distributed a total of 3199 awards under IRSIP.

Out of these fellowships, 966 have been awarded in the field of Biological and Medical Sciences, 831 in Physical Sciences, 576 in Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, 471 in Social Sciences, 269 in Engineering and Technology, and 86 in Management Sciences.

Addressing the ceremony, Chairman HEC said that this project was conceived during the early years of HEC's establishment with an aim to give dynamic research opportunity to students so they can make bright careers and serve the country. He urged the students to make the best out of this opportunity as it is being provided with a lot of investment, at a time when the country is facing a severe dollar shortage. He requested them to remember Pakistan for...

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