IUB gets new vice chancellor

Prof. Dr. Naveed Akhtar has taken charge of the vice chancellor of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur.

Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob handed over the charge of the vice chancellor to Prof. Akhtar at the Baghdadul Jadeed Campus on Tuesday evening. Born in Bahawalpur, Prof. Akhtar received his early education from the Government Abbasia High School and post-secondary education from the Government S. E. College Bahawalpur.

Dr. Akhtar had joined the Islamia University of Bahawalpur in 1994 as a lecturer in pharmaceutics.

Realising the importance of further education, he pursued his PhD degree in pharmaceutical cosmetics technology from Anadolu University Eskisehir in Turkey, which he successfully completed in 2001.

Upon his return to Pakistan, Dr. Akhtar established the first state-of-the-art pharmaceutical cosmetics laboratory in the country.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 26^th, 2023.