SSUET budget on June 21

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi

(Pakistan News & Features Services)

The budget of the Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET), Karachi, for the fiscal year 2014-15 will be passed on June 21.

In this regard the SSUET’s Board of Governors will be meeting on June 21 under the chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor, Prof Dr Jawaid Hassan Rizvi.

The budget proposals have already been finalized by the university’s Finance and Planning Committee and the same will now be presented for approval before the university’s Board of Governors.

Meanwhile the Academic Council of the SSUET has also convened a meeting on June 16 under the chairmanship of the Vice-Chancellor in order to review the university’s academic programme for the next fiscal year.

The Academic Council is likely to approve the draft prospectus for 2015 and the forthcoming admission process.

The council will also consider the proposal approved and recommended by the Joint Board of Faculties for introduction of a new discipline of electrical engineering from next year. However, it will be subject to required approval of the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC).