COMSATS Center for Climate & Sustainability (CCCS) organized an Interactive Dialogue on Multi-Stakeholders and Integrated Approach to Climate Resilient Finance’ on 9th November 2022, on the sidelines of UNFCCC 27th Conference of Parties (COP27). The event was held in collaboration of Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), Regional Center for Renewable Energy and …

Under the Belt & Road International Innovation Development Institute Network (ANSO-BIDI Institute Network), COMSATS has joined hands with the Chinese Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO), Centre for Environmental Economics of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), and other member of ANSO-BIDI Institute Network to organize the fifth term of ANSO-BIDI School (online …

On 7th November 2022, Chairman Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC), Capt. (R) Zahid Saeed, paid a visit to Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, Executive Director COMSATS, and congratulated him on his appointment at this position. During the meeting with Dr. Zakaria, Capt. (R) Saeed extended felicitations and hoped that under Dr. Zakaria’s leadership, COMSATS would …

COMSATS Centre of Excellence in Islamabad, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), held its 18th Convocation on 3rd November 2022. Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, Executive Director of COMSATS, attended the Convocation as the ex-officio Pro Chancellor-II of the University for the first time after assuming charge of ED. He also chaired a session of the ceremony …

Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Nafees Zakaria assumed charge as the new Executive Director of the Secretariat of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) on November 1, 2022. He has been appointed by the Head of the Government of Pakistan –the host country of COMSATS Secretariat – as stipulated in …

From the platform of the COMSATS Joint Centre for Industrial Biotechnology (CCIB), the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology (TIB), China, in collaboration with COMSATS, organized an online workshop on ‘Green Biomanufacturing of Bio-based Chemicals’ on 28th October 2022. The workshop was held under CCIB’s Joint R&D Group (JRDG) on ‘Bio-chemicals’ with the aim of promoting …

Dr. Azeema Fareed, Additional Director (Health) at COMSATS Secretariat and In-charge-COMSATS Telehealth (CTH) participated in “2nd Innovative Healthcare Technologies Summit” jointly organized by the Federation of Islamic Medical Association (FIMA) and Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA), on 26th October 2022. The summit was held at the premises of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Islamabad. It …

On 25th October 2022, COMSATS, in collaboration with Faculty Development Academy (FDA) of COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad, organized a Workshop on “Engaging University Faculty for Mental Health Wellbeing of Youth”. Addressing the need to focus more on the achievement of SDG 3 and its targets that include mental health wellbeing, the event was continuation …

COMSATS’ officials were invited by the National Flood Response & Coordination Centre (NFRCC) at its Centre in-response to a proposal submitted earlier by COMSATS to the Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination (NHSR&C) of the Government of Pakistan. NRFCC has recently been instituted as a responsive nerve centre by the Government in the …

On 5th October 2022, COMSATS signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS), Kazakhstan, with the aim to contribute towards strengthening capacities of both organizations’ Member States in Climate Smart Agriculture to ensure sustainability targets relating to food security and resilient livelihoods. The MoU was signed by the Executive Director …