KU Alumni Association finalises MoU with its alma mater

A total of 21 scholarships for master's programme of Rs500,000 will be awarded

KARACHI: Professor Dr Javed Ashraf, a representative of the University of Karachi Alumni Association in Houston, USA, met the Karachi University (KU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi at VC Secretariat on Tuesday.

While discussing the draft of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the university and its alumni chapter in Houston, they agreed to further expand the cooperation between the two. The MoU signing will most likely take place next month.

Under the MoU, the University of Karachi Alumni Association will offer graduate and postgraduate students scholarship titled, 'UKAHA Academic Achievement Award'. The donor will provide an amount of Rs500,000 for 21 scholarships as semester fees for master's programme to first position holder and three PhD students for a maximum of four semesters. The scholarships will be awarded after the approval of synopsis.

The scholarship will be awarded for three years program of the morning shift, annually, on the basis of merit that is CGPA or percentage obtained by the students in their BSc Honors programme.

According to the proposal, students of arts would be awarded Rs20,000 per year, while students of the faculty of science would receive Rs28,000 per year. PhD students would receive Rs30,000 per year. The proposed departments include Urdu, English, Philosophy, International Relations, Economics, Psychology, Botany, Chemistry, Physiology, Zoology, Mass Communication, Special Education, Islamic Banking and Finance, Sociology, Pharmacy, Mathematics, History, and Political Science.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 22^nd, 2019.