Sindh Governor and Chancellor Mohammed Zubair has appointed Dr. Faizullah Abbasi as Vice Chancellor of Dow University of Engineering and Technology Karachi for further four years. The Governor also appointed Prof Dr. Mohammed Tufail as Pro-Vice Chancellor of NED University of Engineering and Technology Karachi for a four-year term. Dr Faizullah Abbasi is the first vice-chancellor of DUET who had assumed charge of the office today in 2013.The institution, which was formerly known as Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (DCET), received university status recently in February 2013, when the Sindh Assembly passed an act.He has been the Head of Mining and Metallurgical engineering at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology. Dr Abbasi did his post-graduation in production management from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, and a doctorate from Sheffield City Polytechnic, United Kingdom. He also served Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) as managing director and has vast experience teaching, research and administration.