The Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization of Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad organized a certificates distribution ceremony of “Research Awards 2023” for Research Publication Grants 2022 and Research Publication Grants 2023 on April 12, 2023, at 10:00 am at AIOU Main Auditorium, VC Secretariat, AIOU, H-8, Islamabad
158 researchers received RPG 2022 for their publications in the year 2021, and 190 researchers received RPG 2023 for their publications in the year 2022.
The Honorable Vice Chancellor AIOU, Prof. Dr. Nasir Mehmood was the chief guest of the ceremony and distributed certificates and cheques among the awardees. Deans, the Registrar and many other honorable Heads of both academic and servicing departments were also present at the occasion.
The Additional Director (Research) Dr. Saima Nasir welcomed all guests and congratulated all awardees for their efforts. She also appreciated the cooperation of all serving departments who helped in organizing the event.
The honorable Vice Chancellor congratulated Awardees and also appreciated ORIC’s efforts for encouraging researchers through the Research Grants. He also encouraged researchers for more quality publications and also shared future plans of the varsity for the encouragement of academicians through different activities.