Training for necessary capacity-building of over 65 researchers, academicians, technicians, and engineers from different scientific institutions of Iran was conducted during the five-day national workshop on ‘Repair and Maintenance of Scientific Engineering Equipments in Universities, Research Institutions and Small Scale Industries’ in Karaj, Iran, from September 28 to October 02, 2014. Held under the COMSATS-ISESCO …

A reference was held at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) on June 27, 2014, in memory of the distinguished Pakistani Physicist, Prof. Kamaluddin Ahmed who passed away in USA on June 11, 2014 due to chronic illness. The function was attended by senior physicists, members of the scientific community, senior officials of CIIT and …

A meeting was held in Accra, Ghana on 9th June 2014 with the President of the Republic of Ghana, H. E. Mr. John Dramani Mahama, in his capacity as the Chairperson of COMSATS. The Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. I. E. Qureshi, who especially undertook the visit to the country, made a presentation on the ongoing …

The Executive Director COMSATS, who flew to Accra, Ghana, on 7th June 2014, on special invitation for a meeting with the Honourable President of Ghana, H.E. Dr. John Dramani Mahama, in his capacity as the Chairperson COMSATS, undertook extensive consultations at the Ghanaian Focal Ministry for COMSATS, the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation …

On June 3, 2014, Dr. I. E. Qureshi, Executive Director COMSATS, presided over the inaugural function of a three-day Conference on ‘Frontiers of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology’ organized by Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology (PINSTECH), Islamabad, Pakistan, from 3rd to 5th June 2014. The Conference brought together eminent researchers, academicians and technologists, as well …

H. E. Mr. H. Salar Amoli, Deputy Minister for International Cooperation, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Islamic Republic of Iran, has expressed strong commitment on behalf of his Government to support COMSATS for its activities aimed at promoting multilateral South-South cooperation in various disciplines of Science and Technology. He was talking to the delegation …

The Executive Director COMSATS held a meeting with H.E. Mr. Alireza Haghighian, Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan, on 8th May 2014, at the Iranian Embassy in Islamabad. The objective of the meeting was to brief the honourable Ambassador regarding the forthcoming 17th Meeting of COMSATS Coordinating Council to be hosted by COMSATS’ Center of Excellence in …

On April 30, 2014, the Executive Director of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Dr. Romain Murenzi, visited COMSATS Headquarters, Islamabad, and discussed avenues of strengthening cooperation between COMSATS and TWAS. Dr. Murenzi was on his visit to Pakistan to participate in the IYCr2014 South Asia Summit Meeting on ‘Vistas in Structural Chemistry’ (28-30 April …

From 28th to 30th April 2014, the ‘IYCr2014 South Asia Summit Meeting on Vistas in Structural Chemistry’ was organized at COMSATS’ Centre of Excellence in Karachi, Pakistan, the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS). Held under the auspices of the International Union for Crystallography (IUCr) and UNESCO, this was one of the three …