Science festival at UAF from May 3

FAISALABAD: A two-day science festival will start at expo centre of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad from May 3.

The event would be organised by the district administration with the joint collaboration of educational institutions, industrial and traders’ organisations in which science projects of students of different universities, colleges and schools would be displayed. In this connection, a meeting was organised in the chair of Deputy Commissioner Salman Ghani in which representatives of different universities, colleges, schools, Education Department, FCCI, all Pakistan Textile Processing Mills Association, Anjuman-e-Tajran, NGOs and industrial groups participated.

Speaking on the occasion, the DC said that the event would help promote positive competitive approach among the students and academicians. He said that the science festival was being organised to create initiatives and drive among the students and researchers through acknowledgement and appreciations for localised industrial ideas.

He said that the promotion of science and technology was imperative for development and boosting up the industrialisation on the modern scientific lines.

The DC said that Faisalabad was the third largest city and rich in resources and opportunities both in social and commercial avenues.

He said that being the industrialist city, the linkage with research institutions and industries should be strengthened to explore the new experiments in business and commerce. He said that the science festival would be the source to provide opportunities to the students of educational institutions to display their projects for the knowledge and interest of the industrialists. He urged upon the business and industrial organisations to come forward for organising the successful science festival for the encouragement of science students. He vowed that the science festival would be organised regularly to provide ample opportunities to the students. ADCG Khalid Masood said that more than 186 science projects made by the students on different science topics would be displayed in the science festival.

He informed that food court would also be established at the science festival besides arranging musical programmes for the interest of the visitors. He said that a seminar would also be held at the end of the science festival to discuss the science projects.

He told that prizes would also be awarded to the position holders of the science projects competitions during the event.