The prevailing corona pandemic has strongly underpinned the significance and practicality of digital tools and mechanisms with telehealth being the most recognized one as health systems around the globe are under increasing stress. These changing trends in healthcare systems towards digital means have further underscored the need for knowledge, skill development and capacity building of …

A virtual meeting between COMSATS’ officials and the Torch Hi-tech Industry Development Centre of the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) was held on 3rd June 2020. COMSATS has an MoU in place with the Chinese MoST for cooperation in various fields of science and technology for the benefit of BRI countries and COMSATS …

An international webinar to commemorate National Youth Day of China was organized by COMSATS on 4th May 2020. The webinar, titled “Role and Challenges of Youth in Global Crisis – COVID-19”, was aimed at realizing the transformative role being played by youth in numerous settings and spheres for the effective translation of various targets of …

A meeting to discuss the future prospects of Science and Technology in Pakistan was held at COMSATS Secretariat on 29th April 2020. The meeting was attended by Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman, Chairman of Prime Minister Task Force on Science and Technology, Pakistan; Dr. Akram Sheikh, Co-Chair and Distinguished Senior Fellow at Global Think Tank Network (GTTN), …

COMSATS’ team reached out to Dr. Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, President, Jordan Library and Information Association, to seek his expert views and opinions on COVID-19. Formerly the Director of Knowledge, Ethics and Research at WHO/HQ, Geneva, Dr. Shorbaji is also the President of eHealth Development Association of Jordan, and Independent Consultant in Knowledge Management and eHealth. Belonging …

Under an Agreement with the NCP signed in 2016, COMSATS has been providing joint fellowships to young scientists from COMSATS’ member states apart from supporting joint research projects between NCP and scientific institutions in COMSATS’ member states; and facilitating information sharing, scientific exchanges and technology transfer. Dr. Raphael Mmaduka Obodo, a PhD scholar from the …

In the later part of March 2020, Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi made contacts with COMSATS’ focal ministries in China and Iran, two of the earliest and most COVID-19 affected member states of COMSATS member states, expressing sympathies and pledging to stand with the people and governments of the two countries. He …

Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi, Executive Director COMSATS, made a courtesy call to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Pakistan, H.E. Dr. Aleksandar Borisov Parashkevov, on 13th March 2020. The purpose of the visit was to acquaint the Ambassador about COMSATS and to explore avenues of cooperation with Bulgaria in areas …

A four-member delegation of the Sri Lankan High Commission in Pakistan, led by the Acting High Commissioner, H.E. U. L Niyas, visited COMSATS Secretariat on 11th March 2020, and held a meeting with Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi, Executive Director, and other senior officials of COMSATS. Dr. Zaidi apprised the Acting High Commissioner of the …

An awareness talk on “Corona virus preparedness in the workplace”, was held at COMSATS Secretariat for the employees, on 9th March 2020. The talk delivered by Dr. Zawar Ali, Vaccinologist and Travel Health Physician at Excel Labs, Pakistan, covered various aspects of the epidemic including disease prevention and control. During the talk, Dr. Ali shared …