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 …

The Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in South (COMSATS) in partnership with the ECO Science Foundation (ECOSF) organized a one-day Seminar on ‘Science Communication and Journalism’, on April 8, 2014 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The Federal Secretary, Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage, Government of Pakistan, Dr. Nazir Saeed presided over the …

The Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), which joined the Network of Centres of Excellence of COMSATS in 2011, hosted the first visit of the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. I. E. Qureshi, from 1st to 3rd April 2014. The invitation was extended by the Chairman BCSIR, Prof. Dr. Ahmad Ismail Mustafa, in order …

A delegation of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) led by the Director General, Mr. Yukiya Amano, visited the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan (COMSATS’ Focal Point in the host country) on 12th March 2014, to share information about the role of IAEA in promoting peaceful uses of nuclear technology. The honorable Minister for …

COMSATS has inked an agreement with the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Karachi, on co-organizing the Summit Meeting on “Vistas in Structural Chemistry”, to be held on 28th to 30th April 2014, at ICCBS, Karachi. This is one of the three regional events to mark the International Year of Crystallography 2014 (IYCr …

The Director General UNESCO, Dr. Irina Bokova, has pledged support to COMSATS for activities related to science, technology and innovation, which she considered pivotal for the future development frameworks. She expressed these views on February 6, 2014, during the signing ceremony of an agreement to establish UNESCO Chair on ‘Knowledge Systems for Integrated Water Resources …

The third meeting of COMSATS’ International Thematic Research Group (ITRG) on ‘Climate Change and Environmental Protection’ was held on January 22, 2014, at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad, on the sidelines of the International Conference on ‘Asian Monsoon and Climate Change’ (20-21 January, 2014, Islamabad, Pakistan). The ITRG meeting was held to review …

The newly established Centre for Climate Research and Development (CCRD) of the Department of Meteorology at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), organized a two-day International Conference on ‘Asian Monsoon and Climate Change’ in Islamabad, on January 20-21, 2014. The event was organized in association with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany; …