PU holds Pakistan Geological Congress after 30 years
Lahore
April 1, 2021
LAHORE:Punjab University Institute of Geology organised the sixth Pakistan Geological Congress (PGC-21) online after a lapse of 30 years.
PU Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Saleem Mazhar, Prof Dr Dauwee from Netherlands, Prof Dr Nuretin from Turkey, Dr Abdul Qayyum from Netherlands and Dr Hummad Ghani from Germany, Dr Nadeem from UEPL, Tahir Maqsood from oil industry, Islamabad, Dr Nawaz Chaudhary and Dr Armaghan Faisal from Punjab University delivered lectures. More than 400 participants attend series of lectures from all over the world.
The congress held with the theme of “Recent Developments in Himalayan Geology” consisted of two parts. The first part featured student poster competition that was inaugurated by PU Faculty of Science Dean Prof Dr Muhammad Sharif. As many as 51 extended abstracts from Pakistani and foreign students of BS, MS and PhD level in the fields of structural and petroleum geology, sedimentology, stratigraphy and paleontology, mineralogy/petrology and geochemistry, engineering geology and geophysics were received. Out of which, 37 posters were presented and evaluated. Cash prizes worth Rs10,000, Rs5000 and Rs 3,000 were awarded for the first three position holders. It was announced that geological bulletin of the institute would be revived and next volume will be published in June 2021. Moreover, the director announced that the seventh PGC would be held in January 2022.