Daily Times
April 17, 2021
Federal Minister for Science and Technology (Now Information and Broadcasting Minster) Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Friday said that scientific prowess in industrial biotechnology will enable humanity to fight the challenges of hunger, poverty, diseases and environmental degradation in an effective manner.
“This will also go a long way in improving our agriculture, healthcare, environment, and other areas of importance”, the minister said in his virtual inaugural speech at the inauguration of COMSATS Joint Centre for Industrial Biotechnology (CCIB) in Tianjin, China.
The Centre is to become the regional hub for research and development, capacity building and technology transfer in the areas of industrial biotechnology for COMSATS’ 27 Member Countries including Pakistan.
Centre for industrial biotechnology opened
Islamabad
April 17, 2021
Islamabad : COMSATS Joint Centre for Industrial Biotechnology (CCIB) was inaugurated today in Tianjin, China. The Centre is to become the regional hub for research and development, capacity building and technology transfer in the areas of industrial biotechnology for COMSATS’ 27 Member Countries including Pakistan. The Centre has come to existence with the joint efforts of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) and the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology (TIB), China, the latter being affiliated with COMSATS as its Centre of Excellence.
Pakistan’s Federal Minister, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain in his inaugural speech appreciated the role being played by COMSATS in facilitating collaborations among the developing countries in S&T domains. He noted that scientific prowess in industrial biotechnology will go a long way in improving our agriculture, healt