The COMSATS-ISESCO Regional Consultative Workshop on National Innovation System (NIS) and Intellectual Property (IP) was held in Islamabad from October 7-9, 2013. The workshop was jointly organized by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS); Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO); Inter-Islamic Network on Information Technology (INIT), and …

The 57th Convocation of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology(CIIT) was held at its Lahore Campus, on October 05, 2013. Five hundred and twenty nine successful students were awarded degrees in the fields of Architecture, Mathematics, Chemical Engineering, Computer Sciences, Physics, Electrical Engineering and Management Sciences. The Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Mr. Zahid Hamid, …

The 56th Convocation of the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) was held on October 4, 2013, at its Sahiwal Campus awarding degrees to 160 students from Sahiwal and Vehari campuses. The Secretary Education, Government of Punjab, Mr. Khawaja Farhan Aziz, graced the occasion as the chief guest. Mr. Aziz was representing the Minister for Education, …

The Minister for Higher Education & Scientific Research, Republic of the Sudan, H.E. Prof. Khamis Kajo Kunda, along with the Sudanese Ambassador to Pakistan, H.E. Mr. El Shafie Mohamed Ahmed, visited COMSATS Secretariat on September 25, 2013. Welcoming the Sudanese Minister, Dr. Qureshi expressed his desire to elevate COMSATS’ cooperative ties with the Government of …

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Pakistan, hosted the Vice Chancellors’ Forum 2013, in Islamabad, from 23 to 24 September 2013. The event, second of the series, was held in collaboration with the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO); Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan; Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Government of Pakistan; …

A batch of eight students from Nigeria has joined COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) in order to pursue their MS degrees in Mathematics, Computer Engineering and Computer Sciences. The scholarships were awarded under CIIT’s offer of a hundred scholarships to students from COMSATS’ Member States, pledged during COMSATS Coordinating Council meetings. These students were …

The 7th COMSATS workshop on ‘Repair and Maintenance of Scientific Engineering Equipment in Universities, Research Institutions and Small Scale Industries’ was held from August 26-30, 2013, in Ghana. The five-day event was hosted by COMSATS’ Centre of Excellence in Ghana, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), at one of its research institutes, the Institute …

The five-day COMSATS-ISESCO national workshop on “Repair and Maintenance of Scientific Engineering Equipment in Universities, Research Institutions and Small Scale Industries” concluded in Sudan, on August 22, 2013. The workshop was inaugurated by Prof. Ahmed El Tayeb, Chairman Board of Directors of Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre, in Khartoum, on August 18, 2013. The technical …

The five-day national workshop on “Repair and Maintenance of Scientific, Engineering Equipment in Universities, Research Institutions and Small Scale Industries” has commenced on August 18, 2013, in the capital city of Sudan. The workshop is being organized by Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) and Islamic Educational, Scientific and …