Annual Report 2010 - Comsats

electronic services, environmental research, industrial chemistry, and quality
assurance.
Dr. Kahhaleh expressed his satisfaction over the relations of RSS and COMSATS.
The Executive Director appreciated the inputs provided for publication in the
Newsletter through the RSS’ Liaison Officer for COMSATS, Ms. Abeer Arafat.
Considering that a Jordanian scientist is the Coordinator for nanotechnology group
for the web-portal, IWSN, there was considerable interest shown in the operation of
this portal. Dr. Kahhaleh assured the Executive Director about the strong interest of
RSS in COMSATS' programmes.
The visit to Industrial Chemistry Centre (ICC) was undertaken to learn about its
scientific and technical potentials.
Visit to People’s Republic of China (March 22-26, 2010)
Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. Imtinan Elahi Qureshi, undertook a visit to
People’s Republic of China from
March 22 to 26, 2010. During this visit,
the Executive Director met Chinese
Vice Minister for Science and
Technology; Director, Department of
International Cooperation; Head of
International Centre for Climate and
Environment Sciences (ICCES); and
Deputy Director of the Bureau of
International Cooperation of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
He also visited Guanghua School of
Management Sciences in Peking
University and Zhongguancun
Software Park (Z-Park) in Beijing.
Visit to the Ministry of Science and Technology, China
On March 22, 2010, Dr. Qureshi met the Vice Minister, Ministry of Science and
Technology, China, H.E. Mr. Cao Jianlin. The two officials, inter alia, extensively
discussed a proposed programme for S&T cooperation between COMSATS and the
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