GIK admin shares achievements of projects with govt team
Peshawar
December 10, 2020
SWABI: Humayun Khan, Provincial Secretary for Science, Technology and IT visited GIK Institute to inspect various projects of his department and review the progress made so far.
He was accompanied by Dr Khalid Khan, Director, Directorate of Science and Technology (DoST).
They had a meeting with Jehangir Bashar, Rector, GIK Institute, Pro-Rector Administration and Finance and faculty members to discuss various aspects of the provincially financed projects.
Later, they visited the Incubation Centre and Reverse Engineering projects which are assigned to the GIK Institute.
The delegation was given a detailed briefing and presentations about the projects. The salient features and the usefulness of the projects were highlighted to the secretary who expressed satisfaction at the progress made and promised to support the same in the future as well.
COMSATS partners with ILO
December 10, 2020
Islamabad : Commercialization of inventions, research and innovations is key to a knowledge economy and start-ups can be a strong means to strengthening it. To help develop the right skills for learning and execution of businesses, the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), in collaboration with Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) programme of International Labour Organization (ILO) and IIU Business Incubation Center (IIU-BIC), Pakistan, organized an eleven-day long SIYB Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop.
Senator, Sitara Ayaz, Chairperson Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change, graced the inaugural of the workshop as Chief Guest. Other distinguished guests included: Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi, ILO Country Director for Pakistan, Ms. Ingrid Christensen; from ILO Pakistan, Mr. Saad Gilani, and SIYB Master Trainer Developer from Sri Lanka, Mr. Gemunu Wijese