Lahore, March 21, 2023 (PPI-OT):The Central Library of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore arranged a daylong annual book fair 2023 in the City Campus Lahore on Tuesday. UVAS Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad inaugurated book fair while Librarian Muhammad Aslam, Prof Dr Kamran Ashraf, Prof Dr Asim Aslam, Ms Abeeda Zia and a large number of students, faculty members and book sellers were present on the occasion.
Total 12 stalls were set up at the fair and book sellers and publishers displayed a variety of books including livestock, literature, information technology, social science and also books stock on relevant fields of veterinary sciences like anatomy and amp; histology, animal nutrition, clinical medicine and surgery, dairy technology, public health, fisheries aquaculture, food sciences human nutrition, livestock production, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, poultry production, wildlife and ecology, biochemistry biotechnology, pharmaceutical science, leather and fiber technology, statistics and amp; computer science, environmental science and policy management etc. Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad visited many stalls and talked to book sellers and students about the significance of book reading.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof Dr Nasim Ahmed said that book fair was aimed to provide a platform to promote book reading habit among students, researchers and teachers. He urged to promote such activities not only in city campus rather in other campuses of UVAS.
He said books didn’t lose their significance even in the age of information and communication technologies. During visit a student name Suleman Shakoor presented his book Raqs-e-Ishaq to VC Prof Dr Nasim Ahmed. Thousands of books are displayed in the fair and students are taking keen interest in reading of books related to their degrees while a number of faculty member and students from various departments visited the book fair.
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