KARACHI, Dec 17 (APP):Sindh Madressatul Islam University’s two-day 3rd Global Research Congress (3rd GRC-2025), along with five international conferences and one national conference, began at Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) on Wednesday.
Dr. Tariq Rafi, Chairman of Sindh HEC, along with Dr. Mujeeb Sahrai, Vice Chancellor of SMIU, and other national and international guests, inaugurated the event by lighting the globe.
Addressing the inaugural session, Dr. Tariq Rafi congratulated Vice Chancellor of SMIU Dr. Mujeeb Sahrai, faculty, and administrative staff on organizing the successful Global Research Congress, five international conferences, and one historic institution of the country- SMIU.
He said that it is a matter of pride for him to attend the much more valuable conference of SMIU, where a significant number of research scholars from Pakistan and abroad have participated.
The chairman of Sindh HEC said we are lacking in research; therefore, research culture must be inculcated in youth and faculty to bring the country to its heights. He said education is playing a fundamental role in the development of a country.
Reciting examples from China, Singapore, and Malaysia, the chairman of Sindh HEC said these countries achieved their development goals after giving top priority to education. “In the 1980s, China was not a world economic power, but the president of that time, Deng Xiaoping, brought a major change in the country by giving priority to education above all things.
Today China has emerged as one of the world’s economic powers due to its education system, Dr. Tariq Rafi said adding that Pakistan has 62 percent of the youth population, which can play a significant role in the development of the country.
He said higher education in our country depends on education being imparted at the primary, secondary, and college levels, but unfortunately, education from primary to college is not generating good results.
SMIU- VC Dr. Mujeeb Sahrai thanked the chairman of Sindh HEC Dr. Tariq Rafi and other national and international guests for participating in the congress and conferences.
He said Sindh Madressatul Islam University is organising Global Research Congress along with international and national conferences since the last three years, which have contributed a lot to motivate academicians to take research work.
He said that this time SMIU has received 312 research papers from the research scholars of across the world, which reflect confidence and trust of researchers in SMIU.
Dr. Sahari said since the last five years SMIU has increased its enrolment from 1800 to 5500 students, overcome the financial deficit and started to produce PhD students. “Sindh Madressatul Islam has a 141 years’ legacy of academic excellence, but SMI University is just 13 years old, despite that fact the university is strengthening research culture by taking special efforts. Dr. Sahrai also expressed gratitude for Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah for his support to the university.
Prof. Edwina Pio, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, Dr. Paul McEvoy, Dublin Business School, Ireland and Dr. Maria Isabel Moldando Garcia, University of Punjab, Lahore also addressed the inaugural session. They all talked on advantages and disadvantages of the AI. A brief documentary prepared by SMI on GRC was also be screened. Mr. Wafa Mansoor Buriro, Assistant Professor at SMIU conducted the ceremony.
Later on, five International Conferences and one national conference were also inaugurated at different venues of the university, which were followed by technical and panel discussion sessions on different subjects.
The inauguration session besides national and international scholars Shams Ul Haq Memon, former Secretary Sindh, Retired Justice Kausar Sultana, Vice Chancellor of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto University of Law (Szabul), Karachi, Dr. Muhammad Ismail Kumbhar, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, faculty, officers and students of SMIU attended the conference in a large number.
