Institute of Engineering & Fertilizer Research

Institute of Engineering and Fertilizer Research
Location	Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Website	www.iefr.edu.pk

The Institute of Engineering and Fertilizer Research (or IEFR) in Faisalabad is a Pakistan institution. It strives to be "a modern center of excellence for research and development in the fields of sciences, engineering and technologies."^[1]

The institute got ISO 9001-2000 certification in 2006.

Staff

The director/vice chancellor is Prof. Dr. Javaid Rabbanni Khan, who took his Ph.D. chemical engineering in the UK in 1980 and served at UET Lahore for more than 25 years.

Heads of department as of September 2010 were:

• Prof. Dr. Shahid Raza Malik, Chemical Engineering
• Engr. Tahir Raza, Electrical Engineering
• Engr. Amjad Ahmad, Mechanical Engineering
• Engr. Badar-ul-Islam, Computer Science
• Daud Ali Alvi, Basic Science
• Dr. Muhammad Ashraf, Academics
• Tariq Niazi, Research and Development
• Jawad Afzal Ch., Personnel and Administration
• Engr. Hamid Ali Rao, Controller of Examinations
• Syed Ejaz Hussain Bukhari, Commercial/Repair and Maintenance
• Sultan Butt, Accounts
• Khurram Maqsood, Senior Hostel Warden

Programs

The institute has four engineering academic programs.

• B.Sc Electrical Engineering
• B.Sc Chemical Engineering
• B.Sc Mechanical Engineering
• B.Sc(Hons.) Computer Science

The Chemical Engineering department offers programs at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The Mechanical Engineering department began in 2004, with Dr. Abdul Rehman Sheikh as head.

Affiliation

The engineering programs of NFC IEFR are affiliated with UET Lahore. UET controls the academic programs and examinations of the institution. The engineering programs are accredited by the Pakistan Engineering Council.

Societies

Following is a list of the officially constituted societies at IEFR:

• IEFRian Engineers Forum
• Hostel Society
• Blood Donors Society
• Debating Society
• IEEE NFC Student Branch - Lahore Section
• Literary Society

References

1. ^ http://www.iefr.edu.pk/ IEFR home page

External links

• Official website
• HEC - rankings
• Pakistan Engineering Council PEC