In the outset of the meeting, the Vice Chancellor welcomed the newly appointed member Prof. Dr. Nasir Amin who will represent the Higher Education Commission in the University Syndicate. He said that foremost agenda of creating a university is to generate advanced knowledge and disseminate it through meaningful services, product, and technology. He said that the varsity is striving hard to get place in the top 500 universities of the world by credible ranking systems of the world. He told that representing University of Agriculture Faisalabad at national level, we had to face a frequent question of our role in agricultural development and prosperity of the farmers. He said that this very question needs to be answered effectively by introduction of indigenous small farm machinery, that would, he said reduce the cost of production and enable the farmers to get high yield and earn more money. Dr. Ashraf said we have to substitute the import bill worth billions of rupees by putting in place seed production at local level, holding the farmers’ hands by evolving ways and means for value addition and processing at farm level. Members who attended the meeting were MPA Ch. Ali Akhtar, Prof. Dr. Nasir Amin VC GCUF. Prof. Dr. Sajjad Khan Dean Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Prof. Dr. Ijaz Ahmad Bhatti, Prof. Dr. Ashfaq Ahmad Chatha, Prof. Dr. Tahira Iqbal, Dr. Abul Nasir Awan, Mr. Ahsan Raza Sattar, Dr. Misbah Ijaz, Dr. Mahmood Iqbal Shahid Additional Secretary (Technical) Live Stock and Dairy Development Department, Mehmood Akhtar Rana, Chief Planning and Evaluation Cell, Agri. Department, Mr. Ijaz Akhtar Divisional Director Local Fund Audit, Finance Department, Chaudhry Muhammad Hussain and Treasurer Mr. Tariq Seed attended the meeting. The Registrar Chaudhary Muhammad Hussain proceeded the meeting.