| Description | The University of Arid Agriculture,
Rawalpindi, is the only institution of its kind on rainfed agriculture in the
world. It was established at Shamsabad, Murree Road, Rawalpindi on April 27,
1994, on the occasion of the first convocation of the Barani Agriculture
College, Rawalpindi. The University of Arid Agriculture Bill, 1994 was passed
by the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on the 30th of April, 1995 and
assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on the 15th day of May, 1995, when
it became an Act of the Provincial Assembly (published in the Gazette of the
Punjab on 24th of May, 1995).The University includes the Faculty of Crop and
Food Sciences, the Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Livestock and Range
Management, Directorate of Advance Studies and Research, University Institute
of Management Sciences, the Division of Continuing Education, Home Economics
and Women Development, and its most recently established Barani Institute of
Information Technology. The Barani Institute of Information Technology (BIIT)
was established at University of Arid Agriculture after a long and deliberate
consideration of the growing needs of Software development and the initiative
launched by Government of Pakistan. The Institute was established as a joint
venture between the University of Arid Agriculture and M/S Resource
Organizers and Software Engineers, (ROSE). The institute operates on
self-financed scheme, and is concentrating on the following academic areas:
Computer Sciences, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, and Mass
Communications. |
