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Walk in Interview for Visiting Faculty on 26/08/2015 at 2 pm

Group Photo of students of IT-Diploma Short Course with Faculty of MNSUA Multan after winning of their prizes as The Best Presentation on Photo collections of 14 August 2015 on 13/08/2015

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Admissions Open at MNSUA Multan

Short Courses at MNSUA

Aftaar Dinner to the staff of MNSUA AT Shangrilla BBQ by VC MNSUA

Computer Short Courses and Some Agriculture Short Courses are going to be start on 27 July to 31 August 2015,at MNSUA Campus Multan.Register for Limited Seats.

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Corrigendum / Addendum of 24/06/2015

DATAMATION (Cloud Computing )
(Future storage is, online storage ,we call it cloud storage )
When Gartner speaks, the cloud computing market listens. In the fractured, still immature cloud market, the research firm's annual Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure is widely considered the authoritative report on trends and vendor ranking. The moment it's released, vendors trumpet it or spin it, and pundits tweet and pontificate about it voluminously. One of the report's three authors, Lydia Leong, is arguably the cloud's leading authority.
The report is a hefty tome whose complexity reflects the cloud market's many technologies, with a handful of vendors combining/developing a variety of emerging technologies. Amid the report's dense verbiage, here's a summary of the two market giants that are most shaping the market.
Amazon Web Services: The Undisputed Leader.
The level of dominance Amazon Web Services (AWS) has in the cloud market can hardly be overstated (see the graphic below). While Microsoft holds a respectable number two position, the cloud market can be summed as "there's Amazon, and then there's everyone else." Most of the other vendors could disappear and the vast bulk of the cloud market would remain. It's remarkable but it's true: a web-based business that got its start as a lowly bookseller has clearly bested the most powerful legacy IT vendors in the generational shift of our lifetime.
The report is clear about AWS's strengths: "AWS has a diverse customer base and the broadest range of use cases, including enterprise and mission-critical applications. It is the overwhelming market share leader, with over 10 times more cloud IaaS compute capacity in use than the aggregate total of the other 14 providers in this Magic Quadrant."
High Praise for AWS
The praise gets even higher: "AWS is a thought leader; it is extraordinarily innovative, exceptionally agile, and very responsive to the market."
Gartner does issues a few cautions. It indicates that AWS can be a "complex vendor to manage," and it points out that AWS is "spreading its efforts very broadly." (Which long term, of course, is likely a powerful positive in the race to offer the greatest depth of functionality.)
The report breaks down cloud customers, roughly, into Mode 1 and Mode 2. Mode 1 is traditional IT: legacy workhorse apps and compute resources of established businesses; these customers aren’t early adopters. Mode 2 is the many forms of the cutting edge: developers, start-ups, the mobile app world, speculative tech ventures.
Gartner identifies AWS as primarily appealing to Mode 2 buyers – certainly the developer/start-up crowd was AWS's big head start over the least several years. But Gartner also notes that AWS is "now commonly chosen for Mode 1 needs as well." It's this ability to play in both worlds that is AWS's greatest strength.
Microsoft: Coming on Strong
Microsoft's cloud offering, Azure, initially launched as a PaaS platform, adding IaaS functionality in 2013. Since the Gartner report ranks the IaaS market only, the fact that Microsoft holds the number two spot after a relatively late start reflects the software giant's deep investment in cloud.
As Gartner states, "Microsoft's brand, existing customer relationships, history of running global-class consumer Internet properties, deep investments in engineering, and aggressive roadmap have enabled it rapidly to attain the status of strategic cloud IaaS provider."
If Not for AWS, Microsoft Would Dominate the Cloud
Azure has more than twice as much cloud IaaS capacity as all the other vendors running behind it; if not for AWS, Microsoft would dominate the cloud. This, by itself, is as remarkable as AWS's early lead. Think of it: Microsoft, launched in 1975, and having stumbled in the critical area of mobile, has found solid, dominant footing in today’s forward-looking technology. Very few tech companies can boast of that level of generational refresh.
Perhaps its greatest strength: Azure "appeals to both Mode 1 and Mode 2 customers," Gartner states. Certainly Microsoft has enterprise in its DNA, so of course it will be strong with its legacy customers, the Mode 1 crowd. Indeed, the report notes that Azure has been a way for Microsoft to leverage its existing client relationships. Long time customers "value the ability to use Azure to extend their infrastructure-oriented Microsoft relationship and investment in Microsoft technologies." And the Mode 2 developer crowd likes Azure’s integration with Microsoft’s app development tools and related technologies.
Price Competition is Tough
Gartner notes that "Microsoft Azure encompasses integrated IaaS and PaaS components that operate and feel like a unified whole." This is a deep strength as PaaS technology continues to gain adherents.
Also key: Microsoft's deep pockets allow it to keep up with AWS's (and Google's) aggressive price cutting, the so-called "race to the bottom" that's taking place in cloud computing. This price competition is a two-edged sword: not only does cloud require gargantuan resources to be a vendor, the price competition is notoriously tough. The IaaS cloud market is no place for little players. Notes Gartner: "Microsoft has pledged to maintain AWS-comparable pricing for the general public, and, on a practical level, customers with Microsoft Enterprise License Agreement discounts obtain a price/performance ratio that is comparable to AWS."
The report offers some cautions about Azure. While Microsoft has met its promised timeframes for introducing critical features, "It has not finished introducing all such functionality." Additionally, "Customers who intend to adopt Azure strategically and migrate applications over a period of one year or more (finishing in 2016 or later) can begin to deploy some workloads now, but those with a broad range of immediate enterprise needs may encounter challenges."
Gartner's toughest criticism of Azure: Some customers have expressed concern about Azure outages, "which may necessitate ensuring that critical applications on Azure have a non-Azure disaster recovery solution."
In sum, the race to capture market share will grow ever more fierce in the years ahead. Here is Gartner's IaaS Magic Quadrant view of the current cloud scene:
selected By Malik Asim

Tunel Farming

tunel farming

Growing out-of- season crops in controlled atmosphere
(Research Topic)
(MNSUA aim is to research and develop the Agriculture)

Growing out-of- season crops in controlled atmosphere inside polythene tunnels is called Tunnel Farming. In Pakistan, this kind of farming is normally adopted for off-season cultivation of summer vegetables. As it is not possible to grow summer vegetable in open fields from December to February due to low temperature and high frost levels, so these are grown inside polythene tunnels so that proper atmosphere may be given to plants for their maximum growth and yield. Because of controlled atmosphere, Tunnel farming is the source of higher yields and earlier production, and this earlier and quality produce gives good profits to farmers. For this reason, modern and progressive farmers of Pakistan are adopting this advance mode of farming at a faster pace.

Weather remains moderate in province of Sindh, so we get summer early crops in this province. But in Punjab and other areas of Pakistan, Tunnel farming is the only way to get off-season production of summer vegetables. Tunnel farming involves constructing tunnels like Greenhouses i.e. hut-like structures swathed in plastic that serve as cocoons for growing cucumber, tomato, pepper, carrot and lettuce etc. In addition to summer vegetables, production of strawberry inside tunnels has also become very popular in the recent years.

The idea of tunnel farming is to shield the crops from the elements and trap the heat of the sun, extending the growing season and increasing production. Tunnel farming is gaining acceptance among educated farmers as it provides them with an opportunity to save the input resources by using less than 40 per cent water, fertilizer and other resources under controlled conditions. Through tunnel farming, it is possible to overcome the three main impediments that impact agricultural growth: chronic water shortages, low yield per acre and low value of crop production.

Tunnel farming operates on the principle that of creating conditions during winter that are equivalent to those in summers. The vegetables sown in summer are then cultivated in these tunnels during winter. The entire farming area is covered by transparent polythene sheath fixed over D-shaped Bamboo/steel/aluminum pipes. The soil/growing media is also covered with black colored polythene sheath with small holes in which the seeds are sown. The sunlight during the day passes through transparent polythene sheath and is absorbed by the black sheath spread over the soil/growing media. This raises the temperature to desired level inside the tunnel. The plastic sheet on the soil serves three purposes: i) First it traps heat, ii) it reduces water loss and iii) it eliminates growth of w**ds enormously.

Types of Tunnels:

1. High Tunnels:

High tunnels give maximum yield of crops and make easy soil preparation, picking, spraying due to its width and height. The tunnel is suitable for growing tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppers.

2. Walk-in Tunnels:

These are lower in height as compared to High tunnels. Walk-in-tunnels provide high yield compared to Low tunnels. The tunnel is suitable for growing tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet pepper and hot pepper.

3. Low Tunnel:

Low tunnels are less expensive as compared to the High tunnels but crop yield is low. Soil preparation, spraying and picking is difficult in this type of tunnel. Cucumber, melons, watermelons, bitter gourds, squashes, and snake gourds etc. can be grown in this type of tunnels.



Things to remember before start:

• Prior to start off-season vegetable cultivation in tunnels, the investor must have practical knowledge about farming.

• Soil and water quality of the farming site should be tested before start.

• Self-pollinated plants should be grown.

• Recommended seed should be used.

• Farmer must have complied and critically analyzed market information to earn high profits.



Benefits/Objectives:

• To introduce intensive cultivation per unit area.

• To get maximum output/unit area.

• To get production as per market demand.

• To minimize the environmental Hazards.

• To increase the life span and production ability of the plants.

• To promote vertical cultivation to enhance quality and quantity of the produce and to lessen the area availability issues.

• To get 3-5 times more production as compared to that taken in an open field.

• To fetch higher price of produce because of its early availability in the market.

• To save the input resources like water, fertilizer and Time & space.

• To manage the crops in controlled and comparatively easy conditions.

• To grow the crops in shorter time periods/growing seasons.



Suggestions for Successful production:

• Always keep the direction of the tunnel from East to West for better temperature gains inside the tunnel.

• Always use good quality seed.

• For cucumber, use Parthinocarpic variety seed.

• For tomato, use indeterminate variety seed.

• Use fertile soil and maintain its fertility during throughout the season.

• Always grow more profitable vegetables as per market survey.

• Protect seed of cucumber from rodents and insects till its germination.

• Irrigate in morning and evening or as per expert’s advice according to the growing/atmospheric conditions inside your tunnel farm.

• All plants are tied up with rope.

• Prune the plants particularly three nodes at initial stage.

• Use minimum quantity of farm yard manure for cucumber as compared to sweet pepper and tomato crops.

• Use drip irrigation for economic irrigation and fertilizer application.

• To avoid germination of w**d, use black mulch into the growing bed.

• Apply proper pesticide at proper time to control the insects or fungi.

• Smoking is strictly prohibited inside Tunnel as it may cause a quick spread viral diseases throughout the tunnel.

Temperature requirements for Best Growth of Vegetables:

Growing season for Off-season production of selected vegetables:

IT Seminar (group photo of teachers and students )

IT Seminar (group photo of teachers and students )

Cyber Security IT Seminar

Summer Camp Schedule
Fee submission date is from June 27 to July 03, 2015 however, late fee can be submitted till July 06, 2015.
The classes of summer semester will start from July 01, 2015.

Summer Camp Will Start from 1st July 2015

Summer Camp Schedule
Fee submission date is from June 27 to July 03, 2015 however, late fee can be submitted till July 06, 2015.
The classes of summer semester will start from July 01, 2015.

World Environmental day Walk

(First Prize ) in Poster Competition at MNSUA

(Second Prize ) in Poster Competition at MNSUA

(Third Prize ) in Poster Competition at MNSUA

MNSUA Students visit to a Farm

MNSUA- B.sc. (Hons.)-2nd/4th/6th - Semester Date sheet

Topics Of Discrete Structure
1)| Graph and Semi Graph 2) Pigeon Hole Principle 3)Finite State Automation(Table to Graph/Graph to Table ), 4)Tree 5) Isomorphism of Graphs 6)Probability 7)Sets and Functions 8)Inclusion-Exclusion Principle 9)Relation 10 )Function and Sequence 11) Equivalence of Relations & partitions

World Environment Day Celebration on June 5, 2015
Department of Soil Science organised an Environment Awareness Walk and Poster Competition among the MNSUA students on the eve of World Environment Day. The walk was lead by Prof. Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmad Rajwana along with Mr. Sajid Massod Shah (Direstor, Central Cotton Research Institute, Multan) and Dr. Muhammad Nasir (Agri. Chemist, Soil & Water Testing Lab, Multan). Posters were evaluated by a committee Mr. Sajid Massod Shah (Chairman), Dr. Muhammad Nasir (Member) and Dr. Zeshan Hassan (Member). In posters 1st position was won by a team including Aziz Ahmad, Akash Murtaza, Haroon Sajid, Muhammad Ahsan (6th semester B.Sc. (Hons.) Soil Science), 2nd position was secured by Miss. Hira Maryam (4th semester B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture) and 3rd position was secured by Mr. Shakeel Nawaz (2nd semester BS-IT).

Date sheet of BS-IT/BS-CS 1st and 2nd Semester 2015

Office of the Director Students Affairs organised Quran Khani on 15th Shaban at MNSUA, Multan

MNSUA Date Sheet of BS-CS / BS-IT 2nd Semester 2015
(Timings 2:30 pm)

Date Day Subject

09-06-2015 Tuesday DLD
10-06-2015 Wednesday Discrete Structure
12-06-2015 Friday Pak Study
13-06-2015 Saturday English
15-06-2015 Monday OOP
17-06-2015 Wednesday Calculus
18-06-2015 Thursday Islamiyat