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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...
Pak student’s research wins US award
By Technology Times at September 2, 2012 | 6:14 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT KHAIRPUR: A hot sweet cup of tea will solve most problems. But it appears that more and more research is proving that tea can help clean water for human consumption. Shadab Rasool Abro, a student of matriculation and a resident of Khairpur, has been given an award as well as a scholarship worth 250,000 dollars by the US State University of New York for more...
Pak varsities ranked high with research publications
By Technology Times at September 2, 2012 | 6:10 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Tremendous increase in research publications as QAU remains at top with 717 publications followed by UoA with 524 publications and AKU with 521 publications. “The number of publications by Pakistan’s higher education institutions has increased from about 800 in the year 2002 to more than 6,000 in the year 2011. In 2010, this number was 5,000,” more...
HEC facilitates over 1600 PhDs in foreign research
By Technology Times at August 13, 2012 | 2:09 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan HEC, under it International Research Support Initiative Program IRSIP, has awarded 1647 scholarships to PhD scholars, studying in higher education institutions of Pakistan, for undertaking research at top ranking universities of 37 academically advanced countries. “These foreign scholarships have been 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...
US-funded bio-statistical research institute opens
By Technology Times at July 30, 2012 | 7:25 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: US Consulate General Lahore has launched the US-funded bio-statistical consulting centre at the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, which is equipped with 20 computers and state-of-the-art data analysis software to develop research plans, analyze data, and draft manuscripts for publication. “The US government is focusing on Pakistan’s more...
27 Pak scientists’ research leads to Higgs boson discovery
By Technology Times at July 10, 2012 | 1:54 am | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: As many as 27 Pakistani scientists working at CERN made a visible contribution in the flawless research that has finally led to the discovery of the Higgs boson, also nicknamed the “God particle”, that travels faster than light; this experiment will help in re-enacting the first moments of the universe. These participating scientists included Dr more...
Research culture pillar to progress
By Technology Times at July 10, 2012 | 12:45 am | 0 Comment
Dr. Muhammad Abbas Choudhary, currently the Vice Chancellor of UET Taxila, holds both Master's and Doctorate degrees from the George Washington University, USA, and over 28 years of high level national and international experience in engineering profession working on high profile projects. He taught at GWU and provided professional services to UNYSIS Corporation, more...
Science research key to survival: Dr. Manzoor H. Soomro
By Technology Times at July 2, 2012 | 9:41 pm | 0 Comment
Dr. Manzoor Hussain Soomro is playing a vibrant role as Chairman PSF with initiating multiple research programmes in collaboration with other organizations. Winner of the Presidential Quaid-i-Azam Scholarship for PhD. and the ‘Overseas Research Students Award’, Dr. Soomro, during his stay at PARC, played a leading role in developing disease management technology to more...
Local research vital to develop policies
By Technology Times at June 2, 2012 | 1:37 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Research by local academia could be helpful in developing better policies for resolving the issues facing the country and their research input on every sector including energy crisis, agriculture and poverty in the country would be helpful a lot. Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Dr Nadeem-ul-Haq said this while speaking at a conference, titled more...
KIU implementing 14 research, training initiatives
By Technology Times at June 2, 2012 | 1:21 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The Karakoram International University (KIU) Gilgit is undertaking 14 research projects and comprehensive training programmes in order to strengthen the Central Karakoram National Park (CKNP) work, with an amount of Rs 23.462 million. These projects are being implemented through a joint venture of Italy and Pakistan under the Social, Economic and more...
Farm research…. a weapon against food insecurity
By Technology Times at June 2, 2012 | 1:04 pm | 0 Comment
[caption id="attachment_16605" align="alignright" width="113" caption="Maryam Naseer"][/caption] INAPPROPRIATE USE of funds, obsolete research infrastructure, little or no incentives for innovation, lack of coordinated planning & monitoring and little commercialization of research outputs are impeding agricultural growth in Pakistan. A country having agrarian more...
PSF ranked high for S&T research
By Technology Times at May 29, 2012 | 12:48 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Minister of State for Science and Technology (S&T) Raheela Baloch has appreciated the Pakistan Science Foundation’s (PSF) endeavours for promotion and popularization of S&T in the country within its limited resources. She made these remarks while attending a recent briefing on PSF mandate, functions, achievements and future plans here during more...
Funds paucity hits Pak surge in nanotech research
By Technology Times at May 15, 2012 | 4:37 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT KHI: Nanotechnology research in Pakistan, which had shown a trend of higher publication numbers over the last decade, has suffered from the country’s present financial crisis, a study said. In 2008 the government did not extend the term of the National Commission for Nanoscience and Technology, initially set up in 2003 for three years and later extended more...
CKWhiz kid: 14-year-old to present first research paper
By Technology Times at May 9, 2012 | 11:34 am | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: After breaking four world records, 14-year-old whiz kid from Dera Ismail Khan, Babar Iqbal, is now set to present his first research paper at the 8th IEEE International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology. Iqbal will present a paper on digital forensic science, the field that covers the recovery and investigation of data from digital more...
HEC scholar brings home research experiences
By Technology Times at May 9, 2012 | 11:09 am | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Dr. Ghulam Muhammad Kundi, who was funded by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to pursue his Post-doctoral Fellowship at France, has successfully completed his research work. He conducted his research on “E-Local Government Implementation Barriers in Pakistan” at the Department of Information Systems and Technology Management, CERGAM, IAE-Aix more...
Pak spending on farm research lowest in Asia
By Technology Times at April 30, 2012 | 1:57 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Spending on agriculture research in Pakistan is lowest even by regional (Asian) standards, let alone the world ones. “This lack of funding has deprived farmers of higher productivity benefits,” said Punjab Agriculture Research Board (PARB) Chief Executive Dr Mubarik Ali while speaking at a consultative meeting with agricultural media reporters. He more...
Targeted research panacea to multiple crises
By Technology Times at April 30, 2012 | 11:51 am | 0 Comment
DECADES BACK, the modern world had set itself on the track to progress, now it is the government of Pakistan which has started realizing the gravity of the situation or backwardness or increasing dependence on others for almost all needs. The government is regularly making commitments for giving priority to initiating need-based research activities in order to put the more...
Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials
By Technology Times at April 30, 2012 | 11:38 am | 0 Comment
By Prof. Dr. Saadat Anwar Siddiqi THE STORY of the creation of IRCBM, ‘Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials’, is somehow linked with the most deadly earthquake of Pakistan on October 8, 2005. More than 80,000 people had died and several thousands in-capacitated due to amputations in addition to rendering millions homeless and to the mercy of more...
FAP committee highlights importance of farm research
By Technology Times at April 23, 2012 | 1:03 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: The Executive Committee meeting of farmers Associates Pakistan (FAP) highlighted the role of research and innovation in instigating sustainable growth in the agriculture sector and economic uplifting of rural communities in the Punjab province and quoted the World Bank report which suggested that the innovation system in the province has contributed more...
LUMS starts research on internet, society
By Technology Times at April 23, 2012 | 12:58 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) is launching a cross-university interdisciplinary Research Initiative on Internet and Society. The purpose of this Initiative is to explore the development of cyberspace in the country, to facilitate its study, to better understand its relationships to business, technological, economic, social, legal more...
PARC on road to more research
By Technology Times at April 23, 2012 | 12:49 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), since its establishment in 1981, has undertaken a large number of research and technology development activities with a high degree of success. “In order to accelerate agriculture growth through science based solutions, PARC has proposed a portfolio for NARS, build around priority research areas,” said more...
Dedication, funds, planning vital for research work
By Technology Times at April 9, 2012 | 11:52 am | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT KHI: Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr Javaid Leghari has stressed upon the universities and scientists to further expedite their research work, with qualitative education for meeting inevitable obstacles in progress and prosperity of the country. “Accessibility to youth and womenfolk towards higher education and qualitative research are very more...
Pakistan needs to invest more on biotech research
By Technology Times at April 2, 2012 | 4:02 pm | 0 Comment
MONITORING REPOR KHI: Pakistan needs to invest more on biotechnology research in order to get food at an affordable price and the risk of food security is minimized significantly. “Pakistan is facing numerous challenges and the situation is already critical as the number of people living in absolute poverty in the country is huge and it will worsen with the population more...
PARB surfaces as research base for agriculturists
By Technology Times at March 17, 2012 | 12:51 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: The Punjab Agricultural Research Board has a significant role in preparing, implementing, monitoring and coordinating research plans in Punjab. “In a short span of just two-and-a-half years, PARB has 53 funded output oriented research projects out of which seven have completed their research phase,” Dr. Mubarik Ali Chief Executive PARB, informed a more...
