On August 03, 2011, Mr. Akhlaq Ahmad Tarar, Federal Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Government of Pakistan (GoP), visited COMSATS Headquarters, Islamabad. The primary objective of Federal Secretary’s visit was to hold a meeting with the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. I. E. Qureshi, to receive a briefing on the recently drafted Science, Technology …

A one-day awareness and advocacy seminar on “Use of Information and Communication Technology in Pakistan Healthcare Setup” was held by the eHealth Association of Pakistan (eHAP) in Lahore, on 30th July 2011. The seminar was organized in collaboration with the University of Health Sciences (UHS) Lahore. Dr. Asad Ashraf, Member of Provincial Assembly, Punjab and …

A five-day international training workshop on “Internet Security: Enhancing Information Exchange Safeguards” organized by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) was successfully concluded in Damascus, Syria, on 27th July 2011. The Workshop has been organized in collaboration with the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO); the Inter-Islamic …

The Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) and COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Abbottabad Campus, jointly, organized the First Meeting of Sub-group on ‘Green Technology’ under COMSATS’ Thematic Research Group on ‘Climate Change and Environmental Protection’, on July 26, 2011, at CIIT (Abbottabad Campus), Pakistan. The meeting was …

On July 21, 2011, Mr. Akhlaq Ahmad Tarar, Federal Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Government of Pakistan, visited COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad, to attend a briefing on CIIT’s role as a higher education institute in Pakistan, evaluate the research and teaching facilities available at the Institute, and to hold meetings …

A national training workshop on “Digital Library using Open Source Software” was organized by eHealth Association of Pakistan (eHAP) at the Secretariat of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), Islamabad. The workshop was supported by COMSATS Secretariat, COMSATS Internet Services (CIS), DlnetSA, and LISolutions. Librarians and I.T professionals …

On June 29, 2011, COMSATS’ two-member delegation comprising of Mr. Tajammul Hussain, Advisor (Programmes) COMSATS, and Mr. Farhan Ansari, Assistant Director (Programmes) COMSATS, visited the Bangladesh Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (BCSIR), Bangladesh, and held a meeting with its Chairman, Prof. Dr. S. M. Imamul Haq. Mr. Hussain made a brief presentation on COMSATS, …

A two-day International Training Workshop on “Science Education for Sustainable Development” was organized by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), on June 27-28, 2011, …

The Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Bangladesh, has become a member of COMSATS’ Network of International S&T Centres of Excellence. A ‘Certificate of Membership’ was issued to BCSIR on June 6, 2011. By virtue of BCSIR’s membership to COMSATS’ Network, its Chairman has become a member of COMSATS Coordinating Council that comprises …