The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore, in collaboration with Punjab Livestock and Dairy Development Department (L&DD) organised a one-month virtual mandatory online training for livestock officers from across the province.
The training was held at the in-service training facility for Advance Veterinary Education and Professional Development of Veterinary Professionals (IVPD) at the UVAS. The objective of the training was to impart advance competencies of administrative, financial communication and leadership skills to the livestock officers. A total of 30 officers from across Punjab participated in the e-training.
The training concluded on Tuesday with a virtual closing ceremony at the UVAS City Campus. Punjab Livestock Minister Sardar Husnain Bahadur Dareshak highlighted the significant role that livestock officers must play for development of the sector. He added that such trainings were imperative to the efficient skill building of the human resource in livestock sector.
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Vice Chancellor Dr Nasim Ahmed advised the livestock officers to further improve the service delivery and uplift the livestock sector.
L&DD Director General Extension Dr Mansoor Ahmed Malik guided the participants to further enhance their skills and promised that their cases of promotion would be processed soon.
The first week of the training focused on project management, professional work ethics, team management and leadership skills. Week two inculcated the concepts of soft skills including time and stress management, emotional intelligence, personality development and critical thinking.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 29th, 2020.
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