By our Staff Reporter
KARACHI- Adviser to the city’s Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU) Prof (Dr) Nazeer Khan has been honoured with the title of `Centurion Publications Faculty Member’ at an impressive ceremony held here at the university.
Sindh Higher Education Commission’s chairman
Prof Asim Hussain, who was the guest of honour at the ceremony, honoured Prof Khan with the title for achieving the milestone of writing hundred research papers amid big applause from faculty members and guests.
Prof Khan is adviser to the JSMU’s vice chancellor for research, quality enhancement cell and international relations & liaison. It should also be noted that Sindh HEC’s citations of his publications is already more than 2200 and the total impact factor is more than 64.
Besides, Prof Khan has recently been selected as convener of the Pakistan Medical Research Council’s (PMRC) Expert Panel for three years. He would also serve as member PMRC’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for the year 2017.
As the member of Expert Panel, he is supposed to review and evaluate the research proposals and articles submitted to PMRC and prepare positions papers on policy questions. As the member of TAC, his responsibility will be to give his recommendation for approval of R&D projects. In addition, he would also review and advice the utilizations of the research outputs by the Council. He would also recommend suitable candidates for appointment as fellows, scholars and associates.