Bahawalpur, November 18, 2021 (PPI-OT):A Two-days 1st International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Social Sciences started online at Video Conference Room, Main Auditorium, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur. Prof. Dr. Naveed Akhtar, Pro-Vice Chancellor, IUB inaugurated the conference. Prof. Dr. Rubina Bhatti, Conference Chair and Dean Faculty of Social Science, IUB, welcomed the keynote speakers and participants of the conference. Prof. Dr. Daniel Perlman, Professor at School of Health and Human Sciences, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA in his keynote address talked about the “Implications of Confinement on Individual Loneliness and Close Relationship.”
Distinguished keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Burton Lee Artz, Professor of Media Studies and International Communication, Director, Center for Global Studies, Purdue University Northwest, USA discussed “the Historical and Material Basis for Interdisciplinary Research and Theory”. Other invited distinguished guest speakers included Prof. Dr. Mansoor Akbar Kundi, Vice Chancellor, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zakariya Zakar, Vice Chancellor, University of Okara, Prof. Dr. Kanwal Ameen, Vice Chancellor, University of Home Economics, Lahore, Prof. Dr. Saima Hamid, Vice Chancellor, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Jahanzeb Khan, Vice Chancellor, FATA University, KPK and Dr. Rizwan Asghar, WHO Immunization Officer, Bahawalpur.
First day of the conference had two scientific sessions entitled “COVID-19 Pandemic and Mental Health” and Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic”. Prof. Dr. Rana Ejaz Ali Khan, Chairman Department of Economics and Dr. Muhammad Saleem Chairman Department of Applied Psychology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur chaired the two scientific sessions. Dr. Salman Bin Naeem, Conference Secretary and Associate Professor Department of Information and Library Science, Ms. Areeha Khan Durrani, Associate Lecturer, Department of Applied Psychology, and Dr. Shakil Akhtar, Conference Coordinator and Assistant Professor Department of Political Science, IUB moderated the sessions. A large number of national and international students, researchers and faculty members from various universities participated in the conference.
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