PUCIT Faculty Wins HEC Research Grants Worth Rs.12.028 Million

PUCIT faculty has won three competitive research grants worth Rs. 12.028 million under HEC’s National Research Program for Universities (NRPU). One proposal from the college is still under review. The college faculty had submitted a total of six proposals. I congratulate Dr. Syed Waqar ul Qounain, Dr. Faisal Aslam, Dr. Fawaz Saleem Bukhari, Dr. Muhammad Murtaza Yousaf, and Dr. Khurram Shahzad for winning the highly sought after grants, and wish Dr. Shahzad Sarwar and Dr. Khurram Shahzad best on their under review proposal.

The University of the Punjab submitted at total of 91 research project proposals to HEC in May 2016 for funding under the NRPU. Out of these, 45 proposals passed initial screening and were considered for detailed review. Finally, only 12 proposals worth Rs. 39.5 million were accepted for funding. Of the remaining, 28 proposals were rejected and 5 are still under review.

Among all 83 departments, institutes, centers, and constituent colleges of the university, PUCIT has secured the top position in terms of the number of accepted proposals (three) as well as the amount of grant money (Rs.12.028 million). In other words, PUCIT faculty has won 25% of the total number of university’s funded proposals worth 30% of the total grant money given to the university.

Here are the details of PUCIT’s funded and under review research proposals:  

Funded Projects

Design and Evaluation of Humanistic Driver Agent

Principal Investigator:             Dr. Syed Waqar ul Qounain

Total Grant:                             Rs. 4,937,994

Duration:                                 Three Years

Funded Students:                   1 PhD, 4 MPhil

             A Versatile Wireless Sensor Network Test bed for Pakistani Scientists

Principal Investigator:              Dr. Faisal Aslam

Co-Principal Investigator:        Dr. Fawaz Saleem Bukhari

Total Grant:                              Rs. 4,995,418

Duration:                                  Two Years

Funded Students:                    1 PhD, 6 MPhil

             Process Model Data Warehouse (PMDW) for Multidimensional Analysis of Process Models

Principal Investigator:              Dr. Muhammad Murtaza Yousaf

Co-Principal Investigator:        Dr. Khurram Shahzad

Total Grant:                              Rs. 2,101,600

Duration:                                  Three Years

Funded Students:                    1 PhD, 2 MPhil

Project Under Review

             A Business Process Model Repository for Admissions Counseling

Principal Investigator:              Dr. Shahzad Sarwar

Co-Principal Investigator:        Dr. Khurram Shahzad

Total Fund Requested:            Rs. 8,936,213

Duration:                                  Three Years

Funded Students:                    2 PhD, 6 MPhil

Here is the department/institute/center/college wise break down of university’s 12 funded proposals:

PUCIT:                                                     3 out of 6

School of Biological Sciences:                 2 out of 2

CEMB:                                                     1 out of 6

Department of Mathematics:                   1 out of 1

Department of Political Science              1 out of 3

Institute of Chemistry:                             1 out of 3

Institute of Social and Cultural Studies:  1 out of 1

MMG:                                                      1 out of 6

Pharmacy:                                              1 out of 5

Once again, I congratulate the winners of the grants and the rest of my colleagues on another wonderful milestone achievement by the college.