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Vol. No. 5775 campusnews@uaf.edu.pk Dated: 30-04-2013

ASSUMPTION OF CHARGE Dr. Tanweer Khaliq has assumed the charge as Chairman, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, UAF with effect from 28-03-2013 (Forenoon). In future all correspondence may please be addressed to him. SITUATION VACANT Applications are invited on plain paper with attested copies of all testimonials and CNIC for the post of Research Associate on contract basis under research project No. PSF/NSLP/P-AU (235) entitled “Comparative susceptibility of some

indigenous breeds of goats to gastrointestinal parasitism” sponsored by Pakistan Science Foundation, Islamabad. The candidates are required to possess M.Sc./B.Sc. (Hons.) Degree in the field of Veterinary Science with at least two first divisions (one in M.Sc./B.Sc. (Hons.) and no third division in the academic career. The selected candidate will be paid @ Rs. 15000/- pm fixed but if he/she is enrolled in M.Phil and PhD Programme, he/she will be paid @ Rs. 20000/- and Rs. 25000/- pm fixed, respectively. However, he/she will be required to sign a bond for entire duration of the project. The candidates already receiving any scholarship or stipend are not eligible. Send applications to Prof. Dr. Muhammad Nisar Khan (Project PI), Department of Parasitology, UAF. Last date for receipt of applications is May 10th, 2013. GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR LECTURES (NON-PhD) FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT Twelve (12) PhD scholarships under Faculty Development Programme (FDP) are available in different discipline of Crop Sciences, Agri. Engineering, Agri. Economics/social sciences and Basic Sciences. All regular/Temporary (Likely to become permanent) Lecturers (Non-PhD) who fulfill the following eligibility criteria for the award of PhD Scholarship under Faculty Development Programme (FDP) may submit their brief

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curriculum vitae, two photographs, two page research proposal and copies of all testimonial (DMC) to the Projects Director’s Office (Admin Block II, Directorate of Planning & Development UAF) within 15 days after the publication of this advertisement positively:- (i) Minimum 16 years of education in the relevant field of study. (ii) First division in the last degree as per requirement. (iii) Maximum (CGPA 2.0/4 and 2.5/5) and no 3rd division in entire academic career (iv) Not less than 50% marks in the entire academic career. (v) Not less than 2.0 CGPA and 2.8 CGPA out of 4 and 5 respectively in the entire academic career. (vi) Maximum age should be 35 years and relax able to 40 years only for regular employees of the Public sector University/DAIs and R&D Institutions. The age will be calculated on the closing date of the applications. (vii) Candidates already availing HEC, University/DAI Departmental or any other scholarship (s) for PhD are not eligible. (viii) Minimum 50% marks in the GRE test to qualify for short listing for the interview. (ix) Awardees must serve in the Institution for at least 5 years after completion of the studies. Applications will be short-listed for PhD Studies under Faculty Development Programme. WORKSHOP FOR CO-TUTORS The Senior Tutor Office is organizing a series of workshop at STC Hall on May 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th 2013 daily at 02:00 pm to 05:00 pm, for developing and enhancing capabilities of the Co-Tutors. Ms Sadia Masood, Learning Designer & Facilitator, Hyper Island Kariskrona, Sweden, will be the International Resource Persons for the workshop. Accordingly, as directed by the Vice Chancellor all the Co-Tutors are advised to ensure their participation in the requisite workshop. JOB OPPORTUNITY Eagle Motorcycle Company requires Area Sales Manager in Auto Mobile Industry in Peshawar. The candidate should be B.Com/MBA with 3 to 4 years of experience in Sales & Marketing with following skills: (i) Have Market PR in Peshawar city particularly in Auto Motorcycle Field. (ii) Strong Knowledge of dealer’s network at Peshawar. (iii) Excellent communication skills and convincing power. (iv) Market Intelligence. Interested candidates can apply with confidence at samhr@egi.com.pk. NESTLE PAKISTAN LTD. NEED BASED SCHOLARSHIP SESSION 2012-13 A meeting of the committee constituted by the Vice Chancellor to interview the candidates for the award of “Nestle Pakistan LTD. Need based Scholarship” is being scheduled on 07-05-2013 at 10:00 am in the office of the Director General, National Institute of Food Science & Technology, UAF. All the students who have applied for the subject scholarship for the academic session 2012-13 are advised to appear before the committee in accordance with the above schedule. GURMANI FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP ACADEMIC SESSION 2012-13 Applications are invited from the deserving under graduate and post graduate students of 1st semester (Presently 2nd) @ Rs. 4,000/- pm for one year, for the award of subject scholarship preferably who have domicile of Muzaffarghar, Multan, D. G. Kahn and Bahawalpur Division. Gurmani Foundation will encourage girls students to apply for the scholarship. Scholarship will be awarded to the deserving students. Those, in receipt of any Scholarship/Financial Assistance or engaged in a project need not to apply. Applications sent directly by the students to Gurmani Foundation will not be entertained. The applications forms are available at Directorate of Financial Assistance & University Advancement. Ensure submission of applications in Directorate of Financial Assistance & University Advancement along with attested documents in the Office of the DFA&UA by 20-05-2013 positively.

OPTION FOR THE ALLOTMENT OF UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE The Lecturer’s who are interested in the allotment /shifting to House # 07 Gobindpura Road, House # 12 Married Student Hostel, House # 14 and 18 Bilal Colony are requested to convey their willingness in writing to the Chairman, Department of Estate Management utp May 18, 2013. Their case will, however be processed on seniority basis. Provided that during last year of service, whether an employee has proceeded on LPR or opted to avail leaves encashment in lieu of LRP, shall not be entitled for allotment of house at the University Campus. Provided that the allottee shall be allowed shifting during last year of service, whether an employee has proceeded on LPR or opted to avail leave encashment in lieu of LPR, shall not be entitled for shifting of house. PhD THESIS/SYNOPSIS DEFENCE 1. Mr. Muhammad Asim Rashid, Regd. No. 2005-ag-1772, a PhD student, Department of Agronomy, will defend his PhD synopsis on 03-05-

2013 at 02:15 pm in the Department of Agronomy, UAF as suggested by the Supervisory Committee. The title of his synopsis is “Agronomic management strategies to manage bacterial leaf blight of rice (Oryza sativa L.)”. All interested persons are invited to participate.

2. Mr. Irshad Ahmad, Regd. No. 85-ag-1320, PhD student of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics will defend his PhD thesis in the Video Conference Room on 15-05-2013 at 02:00 pm. All concerned are requested to make it convenient to attend and contribute for improving the thesis. The title of his thesis is “Genetics of morpho-physiological traits in wheat under normal and drought conditions”.

3. Miss Sumaira Ikram, Regd. No. 2001-ag-1622, a PhD student in the Department of Botany will defend her revised synopsis on 06-05-2013 at 10:00 am in the seminar room of the Department. Old title: “Micropropgation of Ginlego biloba“ Revised Title: Growth, some biochemical and physiological aspects of improving cadmium tolerance with exogenous use of thiourea in Barley”. All interested are cordially invited to attend.

4. Miss Parveen, Regd. No. 2006-ag-2112, PhD student of the Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences will defend her synopsis in a seminar at the university level on 07-05-2013 at 10:00 am in the Library of the Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences. The title of her synopsis is “Performance of soybean (Glycine max L.) under saline condition with exogenous application of potassium”. All the faculty members are requested to attend the presentation.

5. Mr. Salman Ahmad Regd. No. 2000-ag-1176 has successfully defended his PhD thesis on 23-04-2013. The title of his thesis was “A disease predictive model for the management of chickpea blight (Ascochyta rabiei)” Pass. (Lab).

6. Mr. Zahoor Ahmad, Regd. No. 2005-ag-1658 a PhD student, Department of Crop Physiology, has successfully defended his PhD Synopsis on 19-04-2013. The title of his synopsis is “Maize (Zea mays L.) responses to supplemental foliar applied phosphorus under drought stress”.

7. Mr. Muhammad Amjad, Regd. No. 2003-ag-1578, PhD student of the Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences has successfully defended his thesis in a seminar at the University level on 22-04-2013. The title of his thesis is “Role of foliar and soil application of potassium in salt tolerance and quality enhancement of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)”.

8. Miss Asia Atta, Regd. No. 2002-ag-743, PhD Biochemistry student of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has successfully defended her synopsis titled “Antiglycation and antioxidant potential of selected plant materials” as required under the rules on 26-04-2013. This topic has been modified with minor alterations in response to suggestions given during synopsis defense as “Antiglycation and antioxidant potential of selected fruits and vegetables”.

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QUOTATIONS 1. Bid No. 53/13. Sealed bids are invited from the registered firms of the UAF for purchase of Charri Seed for the Directorate of Farms. The

detailed and other pre-requisites can be had from the Directorate of Procurement & Inventory Control (DPIC) during closing hours. The bids should reach in the Directorate within 5 days from the date of publication of the Campus News. The bid money @ 2% of the quoted value must accompany the bid in favour of Stores Officer, UAF.

2. Bid No. 54/13. Sealed bids are invited from the registered firms of the UAF for purchase of 30,000 Berh (Rope for Wheat-Crop Binding) and 15kgs sayba for Postgraduate Agricultural Research Station (PARS). The detailed and other pre-requisites can be had from the Directorate of Procurement & Inventory Control (DPIC) during closing hours. The bids should reach in the Directorate within 5 days from the date of publication of the Campus News. The bid money @ 2% of the quoted value must accompany the bid in favour of Stores Officer, UAF.

3. Bid No. 55/13. Sealed bids are invited from the registered firms of the UAF for purchase of Chemicals, Glass Plastic ware and 4ºC Cooling Unit for the Department of CABB. The detailed and other pre-requisites can be had from the Directorate of Procurement & Inventory Control (DPIC) during closing hours. The bids should reach in the Directorate within 5 days from the date of publication of the Campus News. The bid money @ 2% of the quoted value must accompany the bid in favour of Stores Officer, UAF.

4. Bid No. 56/13. Sealed bids are invited from the registered firms of the UAF for purchase of Chemicals under project titled “Optimization of Nitrogen Use-Efficiency Project” for the Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, UAF. The detailed and other pre-requisites can be had from the Directorate of Procurement & Inventory Control (DPIC) during closing hours. The bids should reach in the Directorate within 5 days from the date of publication of the Campus News. The bid money @ 2% of the quoted value must accompany the bid in favour of Stores Officer, UAF.

5. Bid No. 57/13. Sealed bids are invited from the registered firms of the UAF for purchase of Chemicals/Kits under project titled “Arthropod Functional Genomics Initiative Building Community Resources for Animal Health” for the Department of Parasitology, UAF. The detailed and other pre-requisites can be had from the Directorate of Procurement & Inventory Control (DPIC) during closing hours. The bids should reach in the Directorate within 5 days from the date of publication of the Campus News. The bid money @ 2% of the quoted value must accompany the bid in favour of Stores Officer, UAF.

AUCTION NOTICE 1. An open auction will be conducted at Institute of Horticultural Sciences, UAF for auction of Fruits according to the schedule noted against

each as available on site:- (i) Various Fruit at Fruit Plant Nursery on 06-05-2013 at 10:00 am @ Rs. 5000/- (ii) Various Fruits at Experimental Fruit Orchard Sq. No. 32 on 06-05-2013 at 10:30 am @ Rs. 10,000/- (iii) Various Fruits at Experimental Fruit Orchard Sq. No. 09 on 06-05-2013 at 11:00 am @ Rs. 15,000/- (iv) Various Fruits at Big & Small Exp. Fruit Garden at PARS on 07-05-2013 at 10:00 am @ Rs. 50,000/-. The Fruits can be seen at site (Fruit Plant Nursery, Experimental Fruit Orchard, Big & Small Exp. Fruit Garden at PARS) from 08:00 am to 04:00 pm on working days. The bidder will have to deposit Rs. 500/- (Non-refundable) as bid fee into A/c No. 270-5/NBP. The bidder will have to deposit bid money before the start of auction. The successful bidder will deposit 1/3 of the bid at the spot. If the successful bidder fails to deposit 1/3 of the bid as successful bidder, the bid money will be forfeited in favour of the University. After approval of the competent authority, the bidder will have the right to takeover the charge on payment of remaining amount within seven days from the date of issuance of the letter of the approval, failing which the amount already deposited, be forfeited in favour of UAF. Taxes (5%) will be charged extra on the value of final bid as per Govt. rules for deposit into Government’s Treasury. The bidder will have to produce original CNIC before the Committee. The University reserves the right to accept/reject any or all bid (s) without assigning any reason. In case of any dispute between the bidder and UAF, the decision of the Vice Chancellor as arbitrator shall be final and not be challenged in any Court of Law.

2. The following animals (i) Sahiwal Cow No. 762 and (ii) Sahiwal FYS No. 930 will be sold by open auction on 03-05-2013 at 10:00 am at Livestock Management Farms (Directorate of Farms) UAF. The persons who are interested, may come & bid. One third of the total price will be recovered on the spot and the remaining amount will be received after the approval of competent authority. The price will be realized at the spot. Under Section 236A of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 Advance Income Tax @ 5% of the Sale Price of the Property/Goods being auctioned will be collected from the successful bidder. The competent authority reserves the right to accept or reject the highest bid without assigning any reason.

3. Different un-serviceable store/computer Lab. Items will be sold through Auction Committee at the Department of Math. & Stat. UAF on May 17, 2013 at 09:00 am under Section 236-A of Income advance tax @ 5% will be collected from successful bidder and will be deposited in the Government Treasury through Income Tax Challan. The competent authority reserves the right to accept or reject the highest bid without assigning any reason. The list of the items will be available on the notice board of the Department.

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