US offers scholarship programmes to KU students, faculty.

KARACHI -- A three-member delegation of the United States Consulate General Karachi visited the University of Karachi on Thursday and talked about the exchanges and scholarship programmes for the students and faculty members of the Karachi University.

The Cultural Affairs Officer, Christina Tribble, Cultural Attache Cameron Thomas-Shah and Cultural Affairs Manager Ali Chauhan met the KU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi, Registrar Professor Dr Saleem Shahzad, deans of all faculties, student advisor, campus advisor, in-charge, directorate of admission committee, in-charge students financial aid office, director distance education program at the VC Secretariat.

The visitors informed the KU faculty that through the scholarship and exchange programme opportunities, the US government wants to promote mutual understanding with their partners.

They shed light on the different scholarship programmes being offered at the American universities. They also expressed how US exchange and scholarship programmes help in achieving dreams of students and talk at length about the programme offered by the US government through various platforms.

They asked the KU faculty to encourage students to avail the opportunity by applying for the Fulbright scholarship programme which is open at the moment. They informed that officials of the US Educational Foundation Pakistan would soon visit the KU and would meet the students to educate them about the Fulbright, UGrad and other scholarship programs.

While the US Consulate General Karachi would make sure that university partnership program would be established with the Karachi University at earliest.

Christina Tribble said that seminars and workshops should be conducted to create awareness among the students regarding the scholarship programs being offered in the United States of America.

Cameron Thomas-Shah said that faculty training and exchange program, online courses, virtual programs, series of dialogue with students and faculty members, combine collaboration with Pakistani and American researchers is possible as it...