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International collaboration key to S&T research projects
By Technology Times at September 18, 2012 | 5:57 pm | 0 Comment
By Paras Ali ISLAMABAD: International collaboration is a must for research and development of any country and Pakistan should avail all opportunities in this regard by seeking strengthened cooperation from other states. “We should not be disheartened that only one-year has been left to conclusion of EU’s 7th Framework Programme (2007-2013). The FP8 titled more...
Students display projects at ‘Open House’
By Technology Times at September 10, 2012 | 6:17 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The Institute of Space Technology (IST) Islamabad, has recently organized its fourth ‘Open House’ where the graduating students of the Aerospace, Communication Systems and Materials Science & Engineering impressed the visitors by displaying their ‘Senior Design Projects’. According to details, entrepreneurs and guests who visited the Open more...
PARB nods Rs 450m research projects
By Technology Times at August 13, 2012 | 1:27 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: Punjab Agriculture Research Board (PARB) has approved Rs450 million budget for year 2012-13 for funding high priority research projects under the competitive grant system (CGS). According to details, the budget was approved for 30 new agriculture research projects including all the running projects under the umbrella of PARB. The board more...
SBP ups renewable power projects capacity limit
By Technology Times at August 7, 2012 | 12:19 am | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT KHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has enhanced the capacity limit of all renewable power projects from 10MW to 20MW for financing under the ‘Scheme for Financing Power Plants Using Renewable Energy’, says a press release issued here. It Banks/ Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) can consider financing requests of the sponsors, who intend to set more...
SBP relaxation for renewable energy projects
By Technology Times at June 18, 2012 | 6:15 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT KHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is encouraging the financing of renewable energy power plant projects in the country following the policy of the government to bridge the supply and demand gap of electricity in the country. In this regard, the central bank has extended the validity period of Scheme for Financing Power Plants Using Renewable Energy for more...
COMSATS symposium projects climate change phenomena
By Technology Times at June 10, 2012 | 6:07 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: A symposium on Sustainable Environment and Socio-economic Development has recently been held by the COMSATS and its Centre of Excellence in Pakistan, the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT). The event featured talks on topics relating to the World Environment Day 2012 that is being observed globally. Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad, Senior Advisor on more...
2 multi-billion rupees ICT projects under way in Sindh
By Technology Times at May 29, 2012 | 12:23 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT KHI: The Information Technology Department of Sindh is undertaking two multibillion-rupee mega IT projects, Arfa Karim IT City and Geoghraphical Information System (GIS) for Sindh, to promote and develop ICT infrastructure in the province. This was stated by Sindh IT Minister Syed Raza Haroon while speaking at the inauguration of the 7th ICT exhibition and more...
Mobile World Congress projects mobile tech
By Technology Times at May 29, 2012 | 12:07 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The Mobile World Congress 2012 has celebrated the current state of mobile and offered a glimpse into where mobile technology has the potential to go next. The Mobile World Congress 2012 - the must attend annual gathering of the mobile industry, hosted in the Mobile World Capital Barcelona, featured attendees from 205 countries, says a message received more...
IRENA to support Pak renewable energy projects
By Technology Times at May 15, 2012 | 3:59 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA-UNO) will include Pakistan in its next year’s Annual Work Plan, bringing benefits to Pakistan in terms of training and capacity building of its renewable energy departments, which will also attract foreign investment in the country’s renewable energy projects. This was disclosed at a meeting between more...
PARB’s livestock projects a promising future
By Technology Times at May 15, 2012 | 3:15 pm | 0 Comment
[caption id="attachment_15929" align="alignright" width="113" caption="Maryam Naseer"][/caption] THE ROLE of livestock sector in Pakistan’s agrarian economy is historic. In addition to meat, milk and other such products, livestock also provides the industrial raw material like wool, hair and skin. The economy of this sector contributes approximately 51.8 per cent of more...
Chinese e-com team briefed on PBIT projects
By Technology Times at May 9, 2012 | 11:22 am | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: A delegation of entrepreneurs and representatives of Shenzhen Chamber of e-commerce, China, during their recent visit to the Punjab Board of Investment & Trade (PBIT), has showed keen interest in modernization of infrastructure in the province, implementation of technology in government affairs and youth empowerment through education and more...
Symposium projects peaceful applications of nuke radiation
By Technology Times at April 23, 2012 | 12:43 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The NUST Science Society has recently organized the “National Symposium on Peaceful Applications of Radiation” that exhibited the latest approaches in areas of agriculture, biotechnology, medical science, nuclear energy and radiation safety. Objective of the event was to bring to limelight the positive and irrefutable applications of nuclear more...
S&T Pavilion projects women entrepreneurs’ work
By Technology Times at April 14, 2012 | 2:27 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The Science & Technology (S&T) Pavilion has recently organized by PASTIC in collaboration with Islamabad Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry at Islamabad Expo 2012 in Jinnah Convention Centre Islamabad. Purpose of the pavilion was to provide a market place to the R&D organizations/universities for the promotion of their innovative more...
9th ITIF Asia world fair projects IT potential
By Technology Times at February 25, 2012 | 2:19 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT KHI: The 9th ITIF Asia Int’l Exhibition, which has recently been concluded has positively pulled a major number of visitors besides the international response from the renowned firms and delegates from about 11 countries including Iran, Italy, Germany, Australia, Turkey, Canada, India & UAE. During the 3-day event organized by the Ecommerce Gateway more...
Students showcase science projects
By Technology Times at February 6, 2012 | 1:28 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Students at Anglo-Oriental School at a recently arranged science exhibition exhibited projects highlighting a variety of issues. Students from play group to grade 10 showcased their work at the exhibition, which hosted about 50 projects. The themes of the projects varied from environment to education to physics, geography, biology and AIDS, among more...
Renewable energy projects to get enhanced financing
By Technology Times at January 28, 2012 | 2:14 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT KHI: The State Bank of Pakistan has enhanced the scope of financing facility for the establishment of new power projects using renewable energy with a view to promoting the use of renewable energy and meeting the growing electricity demand of the country. According to a circular issued by the central bank, it has now been decided that banks/DFIs can also more...
Younis made Ufone special projects head
By Technology Times at January 16, 2012 | 4:48 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Younis Iqbal Sheikh, currently the head of Sales and Distribution at Ufone, has become head of special projects, sources close to this development said. The sources said that they are not sure who is going to take charge as head of sales in case Younis Sheikh is moved to special projects. However, it has been learnt that the Ufone management is more...
PSF matures important national, economic projects
By Technology Times at January 7, 2012 | 2:55 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) is providing nutritional evaluation and nutritional quality improvement for different food products under several research projects and assignment. PSF has been successful in establishing strong and sustainable industrial linkage between Food and Biotechnology Research Centre (FBRC), PCSIR Labs. ComplexLahoreand more...
Research phase of PARB projects completed
By Technology Times at January 7, 2012 | 2:33 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The research phase of seven projects initiated by the Punjab Agricultural Research Board (PARB) has successfully been completed. "The strategy to demonstrate the technology to farmers is under process and will be launched very soon," said PARB Chief Executive Dr Mubarik Ali while chairing the 31st executive committee meeting here last more...
