Annual Report 2010 - Comsats

LETTER FROM THE CHAIRPERSON
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
The establishment of COMSATS in 1994 was a significant step from the
perspective of developing countries, eagerly looking for opportunities of
capacity-building in science & technology. The core mission of
COMSATS conceived by the visionary Pakistani Nobel Laureate, Prof.
Abdus Salam, is to pave the way for sustainable progress in the South
through judicious deployment of scientific and technological resources.
Prof. Salam was convinced that imbalance in S&T capacities is the only
difference between the prosperous North and the impoverished South.
Further, he believed that technology-transfer alone is not the solution;
the developing countries must build their human capital and institutional
infrastructure through self-help and indigenous efforts.
An effective way to achieve this goal is to promote South-South
cooperation in scientific R&D projects. The founding Member States of COMSATS
were committed to help one another in scientific R&D aimed at addressing their
socio-economic challenges. COMSATS is geared towards achieving this objective.
A network of 16 research organizations, affiliated with COMSATS as its Centres of
Excellence, provide an excellent mechanism for technology-sharing among its 21
Member States.
As the Chairperson of the Consultative Committee of COMSATS, I invite all the
national Focal Points to identify their national priorities in the field of S&T for getting
effective support from the platform of COMSATS. I take this opportunity to
emphasize that members of the Consultative Committee can play a strong role in
strengthening the institutional base of COMSATS by allocating more resources. It is
my privilege to reassure the Member States of the Government of Pakistan’s
steadfast support for this international organization. COMSATS Secretariat has a
team of dedicated workers, who are ever-ready to assist in the execution of
scientific programmes in COMSATS’ Member States by pooling the available
resources. In this respect, the annual report of COMSATS for 2010 is a good
indication of the efforts being made by COMSATS Secretariat.
Mr. Irfan Nadeem
Chairperson COMSATS Consultative Committee &
Federal Secretary
Ministry of Science and Technology
Government of Pakistan
Annual Report
2010
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