COMSATS Signs MoU with PIEAS

COMSATS has entered into a MOU with Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) to ensure scientific and technological cooperation. The agreement was signed on January 25, 2001 by Dr. Hameed Ahmed Khan, Executive Director, COMSATS and Dr. Abdullah Sadiq, Rector, PIEAS on behalf of their respective organizations.

Under the main objectives of the agreement COMSATS would provide experts in scientific and technological fields from the member states and would also arrange training of PIEAS scientists and technicians including provision of faculty member in specialized fields in accordance with mutually agreed schedule. The agreement provides for consultancy of PIEAS faculty for teaching, research and setting up infrastructure of the institutions in COMSATS member states. The two organizations have agreed to collaborate with each other in arranging short courses on mutually agreed plan as well as to ensure technology transfer between PIEAS and COMSATS member states for research and development. Further, PIEAS and COMSATS would put in efforts in introducing and implementing ISO 9001: 2000 in COMSATS member countries and they would augment promoting Science and Technology for sustainable development.

The agreement with PIEAS was in the line with the main objectives of setting up of COMSATS to facilitate exchange of experts among the member states as well as to ensure technology transfer. COMSATS also entered into this kind of agreement with UNIDO, COMSTECH and Government of Syria. Scientists of COMSATS member countries are offered fellowship to work with Centres of Excellence of COMSATS for short tenured academic/research activity in various fields of Science and Technology.

COMSATS has started the scholarship programmes to financially support the highereducation for scientists and promising youth of member states. All these efforts have been directed towards advancement of efforts to boost socio-economic as well as human resource development in COMSATS member countries.