The five-day national workshop on “Repair and Maintenance of Scientific, Engineering Equipment in Universities, Research Institutions and Small Scale Industries” has commenced on August 18, 2013, in the capital city of Sudan. The workshop is being organized by Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) and Islamic Educational, Scientific and …

The Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan, Mr. Zahid Hamid, visited COMSATS Secretariat,on July 16, 2013, for a briefing on the international programmes and activities of COMSATS. The Minister was accompanied by the Federal Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Mr. Akhlaq Ahmad Tarar, who is the incumbent Chairperson of COMSATS Consultative …

The ten-day International Training Workshop on ‘Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Detection, Monitoring, Prediction and Risk Management for Developing Countries’ was successfully held on 14th to 23rd July 2013, in Beijing, China. The workshop was organized by COMSATS’ Centre of Excellence in China, the International Center for Climate and Environment Sciences (ICCES), with co-sponsorship from Chinese …

The Second Meeting of COMSATS’ International Thematic Research Group (ITRG) on ‘Climate Change and Environmental Protection’ was successfully held on 21st July 2013, in Beijing-China, on the sidelines of the ten-day International Training Workshop on “Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Detection, Monitoring, Prediction and Risk Management for Developing Countries” (14-23 July 2013). The meeting was …

The Executive Director COMSATS held a meeting with Mr. Stoyan Bantchev, Chief of UNESCO’s Participation Programme Section at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 6th May 2013. He was accompanied by Ms. Humaira Zia Mufti, Deputy Permanent Delegate of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to UNESCO. Among the major points discussed on the occasion were: COMSATS …

The Executive Director COMSATS called on H.E. Dr. Joe Oteng-Adjei, FGhIE, Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Government of Ghana, in his office in Accra to discuss the on-going and future programmes of COMSATS with special reference to Ghana’s participation. The meeting held on 3rd May 2013 was attended by the Director of one …

[ Speeches ] [ Communiqué of the Meeting ] [ Presentations ] [ Reports on ITRGs ] [ List of Participants ] [ Picture Gallery ] The 16th Meeting of COMSATS Coordinating Council was successfully held on 2-3 May 2013, at Accra, Ghana. The meeting was hosted by COMSATS’ Centre of Excellence in Ghana, the …

As a follow-up of the application received from Industrial Technology Institute (ITI), Sri Lanka, for joining COMSATS’ Network of International S&T Centres of Excellence, the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. I.E. Qureshi, visited this Institute in Colombo on April 11-12, 2013. Welcoming the Executive Director, the Chairman Board of Management ITI, Prof. Vijaya Kumar, expressed the …

The Ministry of Technology, Research and Atomic Energy (MOTR&AE), Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, acts as the COMSATS’ focal point in Sri Lanka, and, by virtue of the same, is represented in COMSATS’ International Consultative Committee. In view of COMSATS’ policy to foster greater coordination between its Secretariat and the focal points as well as …