The Vice Chancellor, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur Prof. Dr. Belal A. Khan has said that in the contemporary age, the field of science has experienced very rapid growth and to keep pace with the latest development, measures are being taken in Pakistan as well, to bring the country at par with the developed countries. In this regard the opportunities for research may be provided for the students to excel in this field through the experience of renowned scientists and put Pakistan prominently among the community of nations.
He expressed these views while inaugurating the first ever International workshop on the topic of semi conductor materials and nano devices. The two day workshop is being organized by Department of Physics IUB with the Collaboration of Higher Education Commission, National Commission for Nano Science and Technology (NCNST) and Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) at Abbasia Campus. Three Physicists from USA and one from Sweden are also participating in this exclusive event.
Prof. Dr. Belal A. Khan said that this workshop has provided a rare opportunity to the students of their relevant field of science and the length of time duration must not be taken into consideration, while seeking knowledge, through the exclusive research papers of the renowned Physicists, as such opportunities are blessed once in a blue moon.
He expressed his pleasure on the performance of the Department of Physics IUB and the organizing of the International event is a proof of their achievements.
He also hoped that faculty of IUB would be able to renovate their science laboratories with latest equipment and our total output in the coming years would be commendable.
Prof. Dr. Belal A. Khan said that the present advancement in nano technology would benefit the humanity in many ways as it would revolutionize textile, cosmetics, food, water, new resources of energy, robotics and oncology sectors. Hence the significance of semi-conductor technology would further come to the fore.
He further said that to meet this challenge we would have to organize more workshops and seminars on this issue to get our physicists take benefit from the latest research and share their experience with their counterparts from other countries through interaction and exchange of views in a conducive and friendly atmosphere.
Prof. Dr. Belal A. Khan elaborated the IUB efforts to organize International conferences on Political Science, Pharmacy, Seerat-un-Nabi (SAW) and Quranaic teaching during the past two and a half year, to let the students and faculty reap benefit through these significant event.
Earlier in his welcome address the Principal Organizer, Dr. Asghar Hashmi, presented the aims and objectives of the workshop and expressed his gratitude to the foreign delegates for acceding to his invitation and coming all the way from United State and Sweden.
He also thanked the HEC for generously funding a huge amount of ten million Rupees to IUB Physics department for establishing a modern Physics Laboratory and for the research projects granted to faculty science.
He lauded the sincere efforts of the Vice Chancellor IUB Prof. Dr. Belal A. Khan for taking initiative in providing the students and faculty members of the IUB to excel in their particular field of studies through the staging of national and international conference fuquenthy.
Renowned Physicist from United States, Dr. Raphael Tsu, delivered the keynote address in the inaugural session. His topic was "Slow Oscillation and Random Fluctuation in Quantum Dots:- Can we overcome"?
In the two days conference Physicist from Sweden Dr. Qamar ul Wahab, United States, Dr Mohammed Ali Hasan and Dr. Yaseen Akhtar Raja and Pakistan, Dr. Noor Muhammad Butt, Prof. Aslam Baig, Prof. A. S Bhatti, Prof. Dr. Asghar Hashmi and Dr. Arshad Mehmood will present their keynote addresses.