A key player in South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the region, COMSATS participated in the 3rd Asia-Pacific Forum on South-South and Triangular Cooperation held under the theme “The Role of South-South Cooperation in Building Back Better from COVID-19 Pandemic in the Asia and the Pacific”, on 25th November 2020. The forum was jointly organized by …

COMSATS Centres of Excellence in China, Indonesia, and Tunisia made presentations during 10th follow-up session of COMSATS’ 23rd Coordinating Council Meeting, on 24th November 2020. Representatives from COMSATS Centres of Excellence in China, Egypt, Gambia, Iran, Jamaica, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Tunisia, and Turkey were present during the session, apart from COMSATS’ officials …

Two new projects of COMSATS, COMSATS Joint Centre on Industrial Biotechnology (CCIB) and COMSATS-ITS Center of Advance Research and Innovation on Artificial Intelligence, IoT and Robotics (CISARI – AIR) are underway to be established in China and Indonesia. In a recent presentation session, senior officials from COMSATS Centres of Excellence, Tianjin Institute for Industrial Biotechnology …

As part of the deliberations of the 23rd Coordinating Council meeting virtually held in July 2020, the 9th session of virtual presentations by Centres of Excellence was convened on 17th November 2020. The International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS), Jamaica presented its activities and achievements during last one year, as well as future …

The 4th meeting of COMSATS Consultative Committee was held virtually on 11th November 2020 under the chairmanship of H.E. Mr. Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan. The Committee meeting was attended by 30 country delegates from 19 countries, including Bangladesh, China, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Pakistan, …

COMSATS in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Pakistan, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH), the Economic Cooperation Organization Science Foundation (ECOSF), the Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) and the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) held a seminar to commemorate World Science Day for …

On November 9, 2020, the Deputy Chairperson Planning Commission of Pakistan, Mr. Jehanzeb Khan, called on the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. S.M. Junaid Zaidi, and other officials of COMSATS at the organization’s Secretariat in Islamabad. Mr. Khan was accompanied by Mr. Muhammad Sarwar Gondal, Member Planning Commission for Support Services from Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. …

Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi, met the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, H.E. Mr. Sefik Dzaferovic, on 4th November 2020, at a dinner hosted by the Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Pakistan, H.E. Mr. Sakib Foric, in the honor of Honourable Chairman. During the brief meeting, H.E. Mr. …

The 8th session of online presentations being held in connection with 23rd Meeting of COMSATS Coordinating Council was held virtually on 3rd November 2020. COMSATS Centres of Excellence in Jordan and Indonesia – Royal Scientific Society (RSS) and Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) – made their presentations during the present session. The session was …

With October celebrated as the Breast Cancer Awareness Month worldwide to help generate necessary support and awareness about the disease, COMSATS Secretariat highlighted the impact of this issue of great concern to help the population of the world by holding a webinar. The webinar entitled “Breast Cancer Awareness: Give Hope, Save Lives”, was virtually held …