Annual Report 2010 - Comsats

In keeping with the commitment to give Science Vision a thematic character,
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COMSATS brought out one thematic issue under the 15 Volume of Science Vision.
The theme given to this issue was “Environmental Challenges for the Developing
Countries”.
COMSATS’Series of Publications on Science and Technology
This series of publications is intended to disseminate the
intellectual material of COMSATS’ capacity-building events,
such as conferences and seminars held in its Member
States. The proceedings of two collaborative events of
COMSATS, namely ‘National Seminar on Policies and
Strategies for Successful Implementation of Employment
Generating Programmes in Renewable Energies,
Biotechnology, Agriculture, Environment and ICTs’ and
‘National Meeting on Challenges for Socio-economic
Development in Pakistan: Role of Science and Technology’
held in August and October 2009, respectively, have been
compiled during 2010. The latter was published as Volume
14 of the Series with a publication date of June 2010. This
edition mainly comprised the following:
Annual Report 2010
Technical presentations of participants on various
topics of the theme of the event;
Field-wise identified socio-economic problems and
their S&T led solutions compiled by the subject
experts;
Recommendations made during panel discussions;
and
Pictorial highlights of the event.
COMSATS’Website
COMSATS’ official website (www.comsats.org) has been made to undergo
considerable changes in terms of its content, lay out and presentation, in order to
make it look current and dynamic, as well as to provide ease in navigation. The slight
re-distribution of
content, enhanced
visuals and addedupdates
have
enabled the website
to provide a
convenient reading
and systematic
outreach to the
n e c e s s a r y
information. The
website was given a
new and improved
outlook at the turn of
the year.
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