The 8th national workshop on “Repair and Maintenance of Scientific Engineering Equipments in Universities, Research Institutions and Small Scale Industries” successfully concluded on August 23-27, 2015 in Rustaq, Oman. The 5 days workshop was jointly organized by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural …

The new Federal Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Government of Pakistan, Mr. Fazal Abbas Maken, who is an ex-officio Chairman of COMSATS’ Consultative Committee, visited COMSATS Secretariat- Islamabad for a briefing on COMSATS. The briefing was given by the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. I.E. Qureshi, and was also attended by the Joint Scientific …

Mr. Tajammul Hussain, Advisor (Programmes), COMSATS Headquarters, visited Accra, Ghana, from 9th to 15th August 2015, in order to undertake consultations with the Ghanaian Government officials in connection with the preparations of forthcoming 3rd Commission Meeting of COMSATS to be held in Accra, Ghana, on 27-28 October 2015. The Commission Meeting will be preceded by …

A two-member delegation of COMSATS comprising Executive Director, Dr. I. E. Qureshi, and Advisor (Programmes), Mr. Tajammul Hussain paid a visit to ISESCO Headquarters in Rabat, Morocco, on 15th July 2015, to conclude a cooperation agreement between the two organizations for the biennium 2016-17. The delegation was received by the Director-General ISESCO, H. E. Dr. …

The Kingdom of Morocco has joined the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) as its 22nd Member State. The membership came to effect with the signing of an accession agreement to join COMSATS in a ceremony held in Rabat on July 14, 2015. H.E. Mr. Lahcen Daoudi, Minister of …

On June 30, 2015, the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. Imtinan Elahi Qureshi, held a meeting with Nigerian students (Fall 2013 Batch) who graduated from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) under the scholarships offered to COMSATS’ Member States. Held at the Islamabad campus of the Institute, the meeting was attended by Mr. Tajammul Hussain, Advisor …

A talk on ‘UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, and Beyond’ under COMSATS’ Science Diplomacy programme was organized at Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS), Islamabad, on June 16, 2015. Launched in February this year, COMSATS Science Diplomacy programme, inter alia, entails activities on ‘Science Communication’ to create awareness about scientific underpinning of public policies and developmental agenda. The talk …

COMSATS, in collaboration with its Centres of Excellence in Egypt, the National Research Centre (NRC), held the Foundation Meeting of COMSATS’ International Thematic Research Group (ITRG) on ‘Agriculture, Food Security, and Biotechnology’, on June 10, 2015, in Cairo. The Foundation Meeting was held in conjunction with the COMSATS-ISESCO-NRC joint International Conference on ‘Agriculture, Food Security, …

The two-day International Conference on ‘Agriculture, Food Security, and Biotechnology’ was successfully organized in Cairo, Egypt, on 8th & 9th June 2015. Hosted by COMSATS’ Centre of Excellence in Egypt, the National Research Centre (NRC), the event was co-organized by COMSATS, Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), …

The two-day International Symposium on ‘Impacts of Extreme Atmospheric Events on Geo-Surface in a Changing Climate’ was successfully held on 14-15 May 2015, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The event was jointly organized by COMSATS and two of its Centres of Excellence, the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI), Sri Lanka, and the International Center for Climate and …