In order to commemorate this year’s World Science Day, COMSATS organized a half-day seminar in Islamabad, in collaboration with ECO Science Foundation (ECOSF) and UNESCO office Islamabad, on November 12, 2014. Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad, the renowned physicist and former Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Science & Technology, graced the occasion with his presence …

The 25th General Meeting of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) was held in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, on 25-28 October 2014. On invitation from the Executive Director TWAS, Prof. Romain Murenzi, and the Omanese Ministry of Higher Education, the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. I. E. Qureshi, participated in the meeting as observer. More than …

A delegation of COMSATS led by the Executive Director, Dr. I. E. Qureshi, visited COMSATS’ Centre of Excellence in Tanzania, the Tanzania Industrial Research and Development Organization (TIRDO) on 22nd October 2014. TIRDO has been affiliated with COMSATS’ Network of International S&T Centres of Excellence since 1995. The primary objective of the visit was to …

The 4th International Workshop on ‘Internet Security: Enhancing Information Exchange Safeguards’ was inaugurated by Prof. Patrick Makungu, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology, Government of Tanzania, on 20th October 2014, in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. The event is being jointly organized by the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO); the Commission on Science and …

A three-member delegation of COMSATS, comprising Dr. I.E. Qureshi, Executive Director COMSATS; Mr. Tajammul Hussain, Advisor (Programmes) COMSATS; and Mr. Farhan Ansari, Sr. Assistant Director (Programmes) COMSATS, held a number of meetings with the senior officials of the government of Tanzania on the sidelines of the 4th International Workshop on ‘Internet Security: Enhancing Information Exchange …

The 4th International Workshop on ‘Internet Security: Enhancing Information Exchange Safeguards’ was jointly organized by COMSATS; the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(ISESCO); the Inter Islamic Network on Information Technology (INIT); the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Pakistan; and the Tanzania Commission for Science & Technology (COSTECH), Tanzania, on October 19-23, 2014, in Dar-es-Salaam, …

COMSATS celebrated its 20th Anniversary in a graceful ceremony held in Islamabad on October 14, 2014, which was presided over by Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad, former Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Science and Technology, and founding member of COMSATS’ International Technical Advisory Committee. Begum Shahnaz Wazir Ali, President of the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali …

The 7th COMSATS-ISESCO National Workshop on ‘Repair and Maintenance of Scientific, Engineering Equipment in Universities, Research Institutions and Small Scale Industries’ commenced on September 28, 2014, in Karaj, Iran. Under the COMSATS-ISESCO bi-annual cooperation programme (2014-15), the five-day workshop is being jointly organized by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South …

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 …