The 37th meeting of the Scholarship Selection Committee was held at the Main Campus, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM), on November 4, 2011. Meeting was chaired by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Ihsan Ali.

Among the attendees of the meeting were, Dean Faculty of Arts, Prof. Dr. Zahoor-ul-Haq, Registrar, Dr. Saeed Islam, Director HRD, Dr. Amir Zaman, Treasurer, Mr. Faizan Malik, Deputy Treasurer, Mr. Arsh-ur-Rehman, Director P&D, Mr. Sayim Sohail and Assistant Director HRD, Mr. Afzaal Humayun Khan.

A detailed discussion and thorough investigation took place in the meeting for evaluation of AWKUM faculty for Overseas PhD scholarships. In compliance with the process of Selection Board and Syndicate, the Scholarship Selection Committee approved the names of 17 candidates for Overseas PhD Scholarship at the University of Surrey, UK, University of Leicester, UK, University of Southampton, UK, University of Brunel, UK, University of Malaya, Malaysia, and Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey, etc. Thus, the total number of AWKUM’s Overseas PhD scholars becomes 56 while 3 faculty members have been awarded Overseas Scholarship for M. Phil, 1 for LLM and 2 for MS. Moreover, 6 faculty members of AWKUM have been awarded Split-Site PhD Scholarship at the University of Southampton, UK.

The Scholarship Selection Committee also approved names of 18 faculty members of AWKUM for the award of Indigenous Scholarships at AWKUM, University of Peshawar, IM|Sciences, University of Malakand, International Islamic University, Islamabad and Islamia College University, Peshawar. Out of the 18 scholarships awarded, 6 are for PhD, 8 for M. Phil and 4 for MS. Hence, the total number of Indigenous PhD scholarships awarded becomes 41.

It is pertinent to mention that the number of existing PhD faculty at AWKUM is 111 out of which 43 are foreign qualified and 69 completed their degrees from Pakistan. By the time the Overseas and Indigenous scholars of AWKUM complete their degrees the total number of PhD faculty at AWKUM would be 214 which would be one of the highest in the country at that time.