Senate Chairman to inaugurate literature carnival at AIOU
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ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate Raza Rabani will inaugurate a two-day national literature carnival on Tuesday.
Being arranged by Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), it is aimed at providing an opportunity to students and researchers to showcase their skill-based and community-related projects, according to press release here Saturday.
This is a first time that such an event is being arranged at University's level to engage students and the academicians in socio-economic and literary activities, said Vice Chancellor Prof.
Dr. Shahid Siddiqui while presiding over a meeting, held to review the carnival's arrangements.
The event will be open for students, researchers and others relevant academic groups from within and outside the University to set up their stalls in order to promote community-academia interaction. It will also be an occasion for promoting library's development and management.
During the two-day round-table and panel discussion will also be arranged to project English and Urdu literature of the students and researchers' interest.
Various departments of the AIOU including Faculty of Education, Science, Social Sciences and Islamic Studies will brief the visitors about new academic programmes as well as guiding them about the on-going admission process for spring 2017 semester.
The event will help promote research culture and book-reading habit.
This is part of the University's continuous efforts of promoting research culture in the country that benefits the society.
A `Mushaira' will also take place on the occasion that will be attended by eminent poets and scholars from various parts of the country. (APP)
