COMSATS organized an international webinar on “Current Challenges: Imperative of South-South Cooperation”, on 16th September 2020, to mark United Nations International Day for South-South Cooperation. Speaking on the occasion on behalf of the Executive Director COMSATS, Ambassador Shahid Kamal, Advisor on Climate Change and Environment at COMSATS, introduced COMSATS as an active proponent of South-South …

COMSATS Centre for Climate and Sustainability (CCCS) hosted a webinar on “Challenges to Agriculture and their Solutions in the Global South”, on 9th September 2020. The event was aimed at discussing climate change triggered challenges to agriculture and food security in the developing world within the framework of Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2). Speakers from …

COMSATS, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Centre for Digital Health (CWCDH), organized an international webinar on ‘Digital Health in COVID-19: Sharing Experiences of COMSATS’ South Asian Member States’, on 7th September 2020. The event was aimed at gathering relevant stakeholders from South Asian Member States of COMSATS for sharing experiences in response to the COVID-19 …

COMSATS Centre for Climate and Sustainability (CCCS) hosted a webinar to mark the first ever International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, on 7th September 2020. The event was aimed at sharing knowledge, good practices, and experiences on various aspects of air pollution,and impact of deteriorating air quality on sustainable development and growth; as …

COMSATS observed United Nation’s International Youth Day (IYD) (August 12, 2020) by co-organizing an International Seminar on “Youth Engagement for Global Action”. Hosted by the Islamabad campus of COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), the event was supported by ICYF-ERC, “THE” Society, ICHI Foundation China, IEEE-CUI, USIDHR, GSW International Youth Union Azerbaijan, COVID-19 Youth Task Force, and …

Prof. Dr. Ghazna Khalid, Honourable Member of the Parliament, and Member Task Force on COVID-19 of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan, visited COMSATS Secretariat, on 6th August 2020, and met COMSATS’ officials to discuss possible collaboration with COMSATS Telehealth (CTH) with regard to Pakistan’s government response to COVID-19. COMSATS’ officials included …

An article on “COVID-19 Crisis and Developing Countries: Digital Health Perspective” authored by Ambassador Fauzia Nasreen, Advisor (SDGs); Dr. Azeema Fareed, Principal Medical Officer; and Ms. Huma Balouch, Sr. Assistant Director (Programmes), COMSATS Secretariat has been featured in SouthViews of The South Centre. The article explores digital health-developing countries nexus and establishes the significance and …

During July August 2020, COMSATS was featured as the ‘Partner of the Month’ by South-South Galaxy Platform of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) as part of its initiative to promote organizations on their exceptional South-South and triangular cooperation efforts. During the period, COMSATS was promoted on the social media channels of South-South …