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Annual Report 2010 - Comsats

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COMSATS has been endeavouring to expand the network of its national and international<br />

working partners in order to have collaboration in science and technology for sustainable socioeconomic<br />

development of the Members States and to enter into new programmes with its own<br />

Centres of Excellence.<br />

COLLABORATION WITH NATIONAL AND<br />

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS<br />

COMSATS Formalized Agreements with National and International<br />

Organizations<br />

<strong>2010</strong><br />

<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />

During <strong>2010</strong>, COMSATS formalized four different agreements with national and<br />

international organizations in order to complement its initiatives in the fields of<br />

renewable energy, environment, healthcare and promotion of science and<br />

technology. These agreements, in the form of MoUs, are aimed at broadening the list<br />

of working partners and strengthening the relations between COMSATS and other<br />

interested stakeholders.<br />

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia<br />

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between COMSATS and the<br />

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) for cooperation in the field of renewable<br />

th<br />

energy, on the 19 of October<br />

<strong>2010</strong>. The MoU signing<br />

ceremony took place in<br />

conjunction with the<br />

inauguration of UKM’s ‘Ultra<br />

Low Energy House’ by H.E.<br />

Y.B. Datuk Dr. Maximus<br />

Johnity Ongkili, the Minister<br />

for Science, Technology and<br />

Innovation, Government of<br />

Malaysia. The Minister<br />

witnessed the signing of the<br />

MoU, which was intended to<br />

promote research and<br />

development in the field of<br />

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