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PU Teacher Honored
PU Teacher Honored


Dr Syed Waqar ul Qounain, Director National Center of Artificial Intelligence, and Assistant Professor at PU College of Information Technology, University of the Punjab is elected as a senior member by the Board of Directors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA. Senior member is the highest grade for which IEEE members can apply or be nominated. Senior members are elected by the IEEE Board of Director based on the nominee’s professional maturity, academic excellence, and significant contributions in the field. IEEE is the world’s largest professional association for the advancement of technology. It has its corporate office in New York City, USA. Dr Waqar is the only sitting academician in the University who won this honor. Here it is pertinent to mention that this year, based on the professional contributions of Dr Waqar, he was also elected as the Vice Chair of the IEEE Computer Society, Lahore Section.
The academic fraternity of the University congratulates him for this great achievement and wish him success in his professional career.