COMSATS, in collaboration with its Centre of Excellence, COMSATS University Islamabad, organized an international workshop titled “Metagenomics-based Approaches for Viral Disease Surveillance,” under the ICGEB framework for Meetings and Courses in 2024. This four-day event took place from September 16-19, 2024, and was primarily funded by ICGEB. The workshop aimed to stimulate discussions and collaborations …

[ Speeches ] [ Communiqué of the Meeting ] [ List of Participants ] [ Presentations ] The 25th Meeting of COMSATS Coordinating Council was successfully held on 10-12 September 2024, in Tianjin, China. The meeting was hosted by one of COMSATS’ Centres of Excellence in China, the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology (TIB). This …

10th September 2024. Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology (TIB) of China, is hosting the 25th meeting of Coordinating Council of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), on 10-12 September 2024. International cooperation in S&T took center-stage in Tianjin with the participation of scientists and delegates from COMSATS’ Centres …

COMSATS Secretariat, in collaboration M/S KhasTech Solutions (KTS), successfully organized a five-day training workshop on Cloud Solution Implementation at Data Centre that concluded on August 28, 2024. The activity was organized under the framework of MoU signed between two organizations on May 16, 2024, aimed at collaborating to developing IT enabled solutions and conduct professional …

The COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI) and Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG) successfully organized the training workshop, titled ‘Sustainable Water and Land-use in Arid Regions with RS-GIS Applications support based on Chinese Expertise’, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from 12-16 August 2024. The workshop had patronage of the Alliance of National and International Science Organizations for …

The Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations, the Rt Hon. Patricia Scotland KC, led a seven-member delegation to visit the Secretariat of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) on July 30, 2024. H.E. Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Federal Minister for Science and Technology & Federal Education and …

July 23, 2024. The President of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS), Prof. Adnan Badran, who was formerly the Prime Minister of Jordan, in a meeting with the Executive Director COMSATS, Ambassador Dr. M. Nafees Zakaria, welcomed the idea of signing cooperation agreement to strengthen scientific ties between the two institutions. The meeting was …

Islamabad, July 2024 – A two-member delegation from COMSATS, led by Executive Director Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Nafees Zakaria and Additional Director (Int. Orgs.) and Head of CCCS, Dr. Mehwish Qayyum Durrani, visited the National Emergencies Operation Center (NEOC) at the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). The visit, conducted at the invitation of Chairman NDMA, Lt. …

COMSATS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Economic Cooperation Organization Science Foundation (ECOSF) to cooperate and collaborate for addressing significant challenges faced by their respective member states leveraging each other’s expertise in Science, Technology, and Innovation (ST&I). Climate Change, which poses a serious global threat to sustainable socio-economic growth, the agreement aims …

Islamabad, June 12, 2024. A delegation from Pakistan’s Living Indus Initiative, led by renowned environmentalist and Senior Advisor at the UN Resident Coordinator Office (UN RCO), Ms. Aban Marker Kabraji, visited the COMSATS Secretariat to meet with Executive Director Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Nafees Zakaria. The purpose of the visit was to explore potential collaboration between …