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OWSD Pakistan: Executive Council Member Prof. Dr. Bushra Mirza Appointed by President of Pakistan

June 07, 2021

OWSD Pakistan extends warmest and heartiest congratulations to Professor Dr Bushra Mirza (Vice-Chancellor, Lahore College for Women University/ Executive Council Member, OWSD Pakistan) on her appointment as a board member of governors of International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) by the President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi.


OWSD Pakistan extends warmest and heartiest congratulations to Professor Dr Bushra Mirza (Vice-Chancellor, Lahore College for Women University/ Executive Council Member, OWSD Pakistan) on her appointment as a board member of governors of International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) by the President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi.

Dr Bushra Mirza is the former Head of the Biochemistry Department at Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad. She completed her education at Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad with distinction, achieved Gold Medal in MSc and M.Phil. Dr Bushra Mirza did her PhD from the University of Cambridge UK and a postdoc from the University of North Carolina USA in the field of Plant Molecular Biology.

She is a recipient of several awards and honours, including Professor AR Shakoori Gold Medal (2010), Best Young Research Scholar Award by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan (2009) and PAS Gold Medal (2008). She is also the present chair of the ISESCO Women in Science wing.

She has produced more than 133 MPhils and 25 PhDs. Dr Mirza also has more than 200 research publications in peer-reviewed journals. In 2014, Higher Education Pakistan awarded her Best Research Award. In 2016, her services were acknowledged by the Government of Pakistan, and she was awarded the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Presidential award.

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