Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) has decided to register fresh engineers in the first year of their admissions instead in the final year in all universities of the country. The council has launched an online “Students Intake Portal”, which will help the council to regulate students intake allowed by PEC.
Now the students in engineering universities would require to register themselves with the PEC through its online system along with their entries in their respective institution.
The move is aimed at ensuring that engineering universities should not exceed the quota allotted to them, Salih Rind, a member of the Governing Body (GB) of PEC told Engineering Review.
Earlier, the engineers were required to register themselves with the PEC in the last year of their graduation and thus the PEC used to remain in the dark as to how many engineers were enrolled in the university. The practice has affected the supply and demand of engineers in Pakistan.
In many instances, various universities exceeded the allotted seats and enrolled the students on self-finance schemes, Engr. Rind said. Now the PEC would have prior information and can prevent extra enrolment in the future.
The decision was taken in 33rd meeting of the Governing Body of the PEC held on November 28 in Lahore. Chairman PEC Engr. Jawed Salim Qureshi chaired the meeting.
The moot also approved launching of “Pakistan Journal of Engineering” which will cover the entire engineering regime with a major focus on research contribution in the advancement of knowledge and invitation solutions. It is the first time in the history of Pakistan that a PEC has taken the initiative to launch Engineering Journal, Engr. Rind said.
Annual General Meeting
25th Annual General Meeting was held on 29th Nov at UET Lahore. Engr Jawed Salim Qureshi Chaired the meeting. Former Chairman Engr. Akram Shah and Chairperson Engr. Rukhsana Zubari also graced the occasion.
Engr. Khadam Hussain Bhatti presented the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) Report highlighting the performance of the Council.
Audited accounts of the council were presented in the moot which approved the budget of the council for the next year.
Engr Jawed Salim Qureshi and former leads of the council emphasized the role of engineers in national development. The Chairman said Pakistan economy could grow like Malaysia, South Korea and Vietnam provided technological advancement in the field of engineering were made possible.
Engineers should be given a leading role in policymaking. PEC is committed to supporting the government in policymaking, he said.
A large number of engineers attended the meeting appreciating the performance of the Council under the leadership of Engr. Jawed Salim Qureshi.
CPD course
Engr Muhammad Salah Rind member TEP & GB Member of PEC conducted a CPD training Course on introduction to Integrated Managment System, Standards (IMS) ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and BS OHSAS 18001 at PEC HQ Islamabad.
Engineers from Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, and Quetta attended training program through video links from respective PEC branch offices. (ER Report)
