The Accreditation Inspection Committees (AICs) of National Agriculture Education Accreditation Council (NAEAC) visited Pir Mehr Ali Shah, Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) for two days (Sep 26-27, 2023) for external evaluation and accreditation, here on Wednesday.

The seven Accreditation Inspection Committees (AICs) conducted accreditation visits of Agricultural Economics, Forestry, Horticulture, Human Nutrition & Dietetics and Seed Science & Technology degree programs.

The AICs consisted of senior professors including Prof. Dr. Fayyaz-ul-Hassan, Chairperson NAEAC as a convener, Dr. Abdul Hayee Qureshi, Ex-Director, Agricultural Economics Research Institute National Agricultural Research Center Islamabad, Prof. Dr. Syed Moazzam Nizami, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management The University of Haripur, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Jafar Jaskani, Institute of Horticultural Sciences University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Dr. Shinawar Waseem Ali, Associate Professor and Chairman Department of Food Sciences University of the Punjab Lahore, Prof (Retd). Dr. Muhammad Qayyum Khan, Dean, Faculty of Sciences The University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir as members visited Arid varsity.

Dr. Abdul Ghaffar, Secretary NAEAC & Ex-CSO, Animal Sciences Institute NARC and Dr. Sohail Yousaf, Department of Environmental Sciences Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad as members conducted Pre-Accreditation/Zero visit of Animal Sciences and Environmental Sciences degree programs.

The PMAS-AAUR Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Naeem in an inaugural session welcomed the committee members and briefed them about ongoing development and research projects at the university. Prof. Dr Muhammad Azam Khan, Director Quality Control gave a brief introduction of the university and presented the salient accomplishments as well.

Later, Dr. Abdul Ghaffar, Secretary NAEAC shared the accreditation standards and substandard besides the importance and significance of accreditation along with previous AIC recommendations.

The committee visited different labs, library and class-rooms, research area and met the faculty members and students in this regard. AICs held individual faculty meetings to know the working environment and job satisfaction level and student teacher interaction.

In the concluding session of the visit, the program evaluators/experts shared their observations with the Prof. Dr Muhammad Naeem Vice-Chancellor PMAS-AAUR. Dr. Naeem thanked NAEAC team for their two days deliberations and inspection visit and assured that the recommendations made by the AICs would be implemented to increase the standard of education and to expand the skills of the graduates.