Daily Times

Dr Qamar-uz-Zaman, Professor and Precision Agriculture Research Chair, Engineering Department Faculty of Agriculture Dalhousie University Canada has assumed the vice-chancellorship of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR).

According to the press release, Dr Qamar-uz-Zaman received his JSPS-NSERC Research Fellowship in Precision Agriculture (PA) from Tokyo University of Agri and Tech. Japan in 2005-2006 after getting his Post-Doctoral Fellowship in PA from the University of Florida USA in 2002-2005.

He received his Doctorate Degree in PA from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, in 1995-1999 and did his bachelors in science (1980-1984) and masters in science (1987-1990) in Agri. Engineering from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.

In 2010, he joined Dalhousie University, Canada, as Associate Professor, where he was later appointed as professor in 2014.

He also served in Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Canada, as Machinery Systems Research Chair/Assistant Professor; University of Agricultural and Technology, Japan, as JSPS-NSERC Research Fellow; University of Florida, US, as Post-Doctoral Fellow and the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, as Assistant Professor, lecturer and Research Officer.

Dr Zaman is also a recipient of the prestigious 2014 Glenn Downing Award by the Canadian Society for Bio-Engineering (CSBE/SCGAB) in recognition of outstanding work in the industry, teaching, research and extension in the area of machinery systems.

He also received an award in 2015 from the University of Florida in recognition of outstanding contributions in the development of variable rate sprayer system and method of variably applying agrochemicals.

He is the author of two chapters of two different books and also has a credit of two patents: Zaman, Q. U., Y. K. Chang, A. W. Schumann. 2013, “Variable rate sprayer system and method of variably applying agrochemicals,” US Patent Publication No. 8488874 B2 and Zaman, Q. U., Y. K. Chang, A. W. Schumann. 2014, “Variable rate sprayer system and method of variably applying agrochemicals,” Canadian Patent No. 2,740,503 C.

The statement said that Dr Zaman was the author of more than 180 research publications, including research papers, reviews and popular articles, extension bulletins and technical reports.

He also served as a referee to review research projects, books, articles and research papers for various journals.