LAHORE: The Governor Punjab/Chancellor has nominated renowned international scientist, microbiologist, immunologist and UVAS senior most tenured professor/ dean/ Prof Dr Masood Rabbani as Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Veterinary and Animal Science (UVAS), Lahore. He is the second pro vice-chancellor of UVAS.
Dr Masood Rabbani is currently serving as Dean Faculty of Veterinary Science (FVS). He is PhD in Microbiology from University of Agriculture, Faisalabad in 1997. He has wide academic and administrative work experience of 30 years. He is recipient of Izaz-i-Fazeelat presidential award (2005) for his academic distinction, best performance awards from Pakistan Poultry Association and Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council 2012-13, Best Teacher’s Award 2013-14 from the Higher Education Commission.
Prof Rabbani is also HEC-approved PhD supervisor and has supervised six PhD students. He is author of several publications with 50 impact factor and 385 citations. He is mainly focusing on biosafety, food safety and implementation of ISO standards while working on diagnosis and control of major livestock, poultry and pets diseases prevalent in Punjab.
During his directorship, University Diagnostic Lab has been internationally accredited to ILAC through ISO 17025 Certification by PNAC in 2010.
