21st syndicate meeting of SMIU held "Dr. Hamida Khuhro Research Fellowship" program to be initiated
The Syndicate of Sindh Madressatul Islam University accepted Dr. Hamida Khuhro’s collection of books on a wide variety of subjects as offered by her family in view of her desire. The Syndicate also approved instituting “Dr. Hamida Khuhro Research Fellowship” to conduct research on Sindh, Pakistan and South Asia, as a mark of respect towards the scholar who remained actively involved with the SMIU during her life. This was decided in the 21st meeting of syndicate which was held yesterday (Wednesday) at SMIU.
It was further decided in an understanding reached with her daughter, Ms. Nuha Ansari, the collection shall be kept in an exclusive room in Khan Bahadur Hassanally Effendi Library and would be called “Dr. Hamida Khuhro Collection”. These books shall be used for reference and research and would be accessible to faculty and students of SMIU as well as outside scholars. It is pertinent to mention that Dr. Khuhro was one of the most renowned historian and scholar of the region, who wrote several books relating to history of this region.
The Syndicate also decided to organize 3rd edition of SMIU’s flagship event, the “Festival of Arts & Ideas” in December this year. It was decided to expand it to the faculty and students of other universities also and opened it general public. The Syndicate was given a briefing about two previously held festivals held in 2017 and 2018, where several national and international scholars and academics had participated in various programs in addition to activities aimed at promotion of arts amongst the younger generation.
The Syndicate also approved holding another event relating to promotion of creative arts and media (CAM) in October this year, in collaboration with DICE-Foundation, USA. The objective of the event is to promote media and creative art in the country in such a manner that they should bring prosperity to Pakistan.
The Syndicate also showed its satisfaction over the construction work of an additional campus of SMIU, being built in Education City, Malir, where first building would be operational from next month. It was decided that the Environmental Science Department of the university would start functioning partially in the newly constructed building from the fall session starting in September 2019, making SMIU the first university to start teaching and research in the Education City.
The meeting was chaired by the Vice Chancellor of SMIU, Dr. Muhammad Ali Shaikh.