Mr. Nadeem Irshad Kayani, Federal Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan, who is also the interim Executive Director COMSATS, made his maiden visit to COMSATS Secretariat, on 14th June 2021. The purpose of the visit was to review the administrative and financial affairs as well as programmes of COMSATS with its senior …

COMSATS Centre for Climate and Sustainability (CCCS) in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme-International Ecosystem Management Partnership (UNEP-IEMP) organized a virtual conference to commemorate the World Environment Day. The conference bearing the theme of the Day – Ecosystem Restoration – was held on 7th June 2021 with speakers from China, Colombia, Ghana, Jamaica, Jordan, …

Under an MoU signed with the Centre of Environmental Economics of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CEE-UCAS) in July 2020, COMSATS is conducting the second phase of training on “Sustainable Development and Leadership Enhancement”. Held virtually, the training is being conducted in collaboration with Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO) and CEE-UCAS. The …

COMSATS Joint Centre for Industrial Biotechnology (CCIB) was inaugurated on 14th April 2021, in Tianjin, China. The Centre has been established in collaboration with COMSATS Centre of Excellence in China, the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology (TIB). Mr. Linhao Chen, Deputy Director-General, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Technology, China; Mr. Weidong Wang, …

COMSATS’ Lecture Series on “South – South and Triangular Cooperation for Socio-economic Development in the South” continued with its eighth session on 9th March 2021, featuring talk on “Capacity building in the Global South: The Contribution of TWAS”. Delivered by Prof. Dr. Romain Murenzi, Executive Director of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Italy, the …

Second lecture under 8th session of COMSATS’ Lecture Series on “South – South and Triangular cooperation for Socio-economic Development in the South” was delivered by Prof. Dr. M. H. A. Hassan, President of Council, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Italy. Shedding light on the concept of Science Diplomacy during his lecture entitled ‘Science Diplomacy …

Third lecture under 8th session of COMSATS’ Lecture Series on “South – South and Triangular cooperation for Socio-economic Development in the South” was delivered by Mr. Declan Kirrane, Director, Intelligence in Science (ISC), Belgium. Held on 9th March 2021, the lecture was titled “The Contribution of the EU Horizon Europe and Neighborhood, International Development and …

This year the International women’s day was celebrated under the theme: “Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 world,” that aimed to acknowledge the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a better future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight the gaps that remain. With the …

Three of COMSATS’ Centres of Excellence have signed agreements for collaboration in a number of fields of science and technology in the presence of Prime Ministers of Pakistan and Sri Lanka, during the former’s visit to Colombo, Sri Lanka. The bilateral agreements were signed by the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI), Sri Lanka, the International Center …

The seventh lecture under COMSATS Lecture Series on “South – South and Triangular cooperation for Socio-economic Development in the South” was given by Executive Director of the Chinese Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO), Prof. Dr. Jinghua Cao. Held on 23rd February 2021, the lecture titled ‘Insight on South-South and Triangular Cooperation in S&T’, was …