Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS)
June 21 2018 2018
On June 21, 2018, the Senior Coordinator of Asia and Pacific Center for Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM), UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Mr. Mostafa Mohaghegh, visited COMSATS Secretatiat, Islamabad, and discussed avenues of cooperation between COMSATS and UNESCAP. Mr. Mohaghegh was accompanied by Mr. Aamir Qayum, Project …
June 01 2018 2018
A three-member delegation led by the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. S.M. Junaid Zaidi, visited Turkey, from the 1st to 6th of June 2018. The visit was undertaken to attend the inaugural session of the UN Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries and to have follow up meetings on possible partnerships/collaborations. The members attended the inaugural …
May 22 2018 2018
On May 22nd 2018, the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. S.M. Junaid Zaidi, visited Commonwealth Secretariat to hold a meeting with the sixth Commonwealth Secretary General, Rtd. Hon Patricia Scotland QC. The meeting was also attended by the Assistant Secretary General of Commonwealth, Dr. Nabeel Goheer, and other officials. The agenda of the meeting comprised of …
May 11 2018 2018
A COMSATS delegation led by Ambassador Fauzia Nasreen, Advisor (SDGs) visited Bangkok from 10 to 16 May 2018 to attend the 74th Session of UNESCAP. COMSATS participation in the event was a sequel to an MoU signed between the two Commissions during the visit of Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, UN Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary …
May 10 2018 2018
A five-member delegation of COMSATS, led by Dr. Kamran Jahangir, Advisor (TAC), visited the Embassy of Republic of Kazakhstan in order to have a meeting with H.E. Barlybay Sadykov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Pakistan. The honourable Ambassador was accompanied by Mr. Darkhan Nursadykov, Counselor, Embassy of Kazakhstan, while other members of COMSATS’ …
May 10 2018 2018
The Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi participated in the 24th annual session of Board of Governors of International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) on 10th and 11th May 2018 in Trieste, Italy. He was among over 100 delegates from more than 50 countries that bore witness to this important statutory …
May 07 2018 2018
Breakthroughs in scientific R&D constitute the backbone of innovation-led development. Especially for the resource-constrained countries, low R&D budgets leave scientists and researchers struggling to meet their study goals and they are not able to play their due role in national development. Funding opportunities from external sources such as the European Union’s Horizon 2020 play an …
May 04 2018 2018
His Excellency Maj. General (R) Jayanath C. P. Lokuketagodage, High Commissioner of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to Islamic Republic of Pakistan visited COMSATS Secretariat on 4th May 2018. The High Commissioner was accompanied with Mr. Mohamed Anas, Counsellor/Head of Chancery, High Commission of Sri Lanka in Islamabad. These officials were received by the …
April 27 2018 2018
COMSATS Tele-health is trying to increasing its outreach and regional partnerships. A step in this regard was CTH participation in the Summer Tourism Festival Mirpur, Azad Kashmir organized by Tourism Department of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, from April 27th to 29th, 2018. Officials from COMSATS and CIS Technology Park arranged a stall where the Tele …
April 25 2018 2018
The Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan H. E. Mr. Eric Beishembiev visited COMSATS Headquarters on April 25, 2018. The Ambassador was accompanied with Mr. Aibek Tilebaliev, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Krygz Republic to Pakistan. These officials were received by the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi. Other senior officials of COMSATS were also …
