The first meeting of the Working Group of COMSATS and UNESCO was held on18th March 2015, soon after an MoU was signed between the two organizations. The Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. I. E. Qureshi and the Director International Basic Sciences Programmes (IBSP), Division of Science Policy, UNESCO, Dr. Maciej Jan Nalecz, leading their respective delegations …

Following the signing ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and first Working Group meeting held at the UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. I. E. Qureshi held meetings with senior UNESCO officials in which he discussed the on-going and future activities to be undertaken by COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) in cooperation …

The Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Pakistan, H.E. Mr. Walid Abu Ali, visited COMSATS Headquarters on Wednesday, 11th March 2015, and held a meeting with the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. Imtinan Elahi Qureshi. He was accompanied by the First Secretary/Cultural and Educational Attaché of the Palestine Embassy, Mr. Husni Abu Ghoush. Also present in …

On March 3, 2015, a meeting was held between the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. I. E. Qureshi and the High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Pakistan, H.E. Mr. Dauda Danladi, at the Islamabad campus of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT). Mr. Danladi was accompanied by senior officials of the Nigerian High …

The Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. I.E. Qureshi held a meeting with the outgoing Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan, H.E. Air Chief Marshal (R) Jayalath Weerakkody, on 27th February 2015, at the latter’s office in Islamabad. The Executive Director was accompanied by the following senior officials of COMSATS Headquarters: Mr. Tajammul Hussain, Advisor (Programmes); Dr. …

COMSATS launched its “Science Diplomacy” program on February 25, 2015, during a Roundtable Meeting held in Islamabad. Following the decision made by COMSATS Coordinating Council in its 17th meeting held in May 2014, the new initiative would be geared towards improving international relations among developing countries and supporting their efforts to achieve foreign policy objectives through …

The senior officials of COMSATS Headquarters, led by Dr. I.E. Qureshi, Executive Director COMSATS, held a luncheon meeting with H.E. Dr. Amina Obaid Ramadhan Alhajri, Deputy Director General ISESCO, on 21st February 2015, in Islamabad, in order to discuss matters related to expanding cooperation between the two organizations for the benefit of their common Member …

Prof. Dr. Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director-General, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), visited COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) on 20th December 2014. He was accompanied by Dr. Rudiger Voss, Head of International Relations CERN. During the visit, the delegates were shown around the academic and technical facilities at the Institute, including Nanotechnology laboratory, Radiation laboratory, RF …

The Director-General CERN, Prof. Dr. Rolf-Dieter Heuer visited Pakistan on 19-20 December 2014, in connection with the signing of Pakistan’s accession agreement as CERN Associate Member. Availing the opportunity of his presence in Islamabad, the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. I.E. Qureshi and senior officials of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), including Rector CIIT, Dr. …

The 2nd meeting of COMSATS’ International Thematic Research Group (ITRG) on ‘Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)’ was held on 16th December 2014, at the Group’s Lead Centre, the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad, Pakistan. The event was held in conjunction with the International Workshop on ‘Applications of ICTs in Education, Healthcare and Agriculture’ …