IUCPSS to celebrate Social Sciences Year

Islamabad
The Inter University Consortium for Promotion of Social Sciences (IUCPSS) has decided to celebrate this financial year from 1 July 2015 to June 30, 2016 for promotion of social sciences in Pakistan. IUCPSS will organise a number of countrywide events in collaboration with its partner organisations.
As per follow up of Roadmap for Strengthening Social Sciences in Pakistan, announced by Inter University Consortium for Promotion of Social Sciences, an autonomous national alliance of more than 20 universities of Pakistan. Pakistan’s first ever National Social Sciences Expo would be organised on 3-4 October 2015 while International Social Sciences Conference would be held on 9-10 January 2016 at Islamabad. The organising committee would work under the chairmanship of renowned social scientist and vice chancellor Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Prof. Dr. Ihsan Ali.
The purpose of this expo includes to educate masses about the growth prospects and the impact of social sciences on the society. During two days Expo, different universities/0rganizations will present their pavilions from all over Pakistan such as; Hunar-Kada, Khidmat-e-Khalq, Business Gurus, Ehle-e-Zaban, Ablagh-e-Aama, Sifarat Khana, Tourism pavilion. The expo will be attended by academicians, researchers, practitioners, celebrities, research Journal Publishers, media and civil society.
While describing the objectives of these two mega events, Chairman Inter University Consortium for Promotion of Social Sciences, Dr Nasser Ali Khan said that through these activities, universities, academic, policy makers, research and development organizations, govt departments and civil society would join hands to strengthen social sciences in Pakistan.