The Two members team of Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) consist of Prof. Taj Ali Khan, UET Peshawar and Engineer Jahanzaib Khan, Deputy Registrar  (PEC) Peshawar visited Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi to assess the facilities and infrastructure for granting the accreditation of  Agricultural Engineering programme in the University.

The team met with the University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Rai Niaz Ahmad and was elaborated about the objectives and future plans of Faculty of Agricultural Engineering.  The Vice Chancellor discussed the matters relating to the proposed grant of accreditation Engineering Programme and appreciated the role of Pakistan Engineering Council. He also informed the team that curriculum of programme is designed in such a way to provide quality education to students in field of Agricultural Engineering to meet with the future requirements especially Pothwar region farmers and industry both in private and public sectors. “Our program is designed to provide theoretical as well as practical knowledge in field of Agricultural Engineering so that students can successfully face the fast growing challenges in the country” he added.  He further said that, a number of specializations have been launched to provide enough flexibility to students to choose area of their own interest for their career.

Earlier, Dr. Jahangir Khan Sial, welcome the team and briefed the team about the programme. During this visit the team also visited the class rooms, Laboratories, library, hydroponics Plant and showed their satisfaction over the available equipments and infrastructure.