Annual Report 2010 - Comsats

Pride of Performance, in 2010.
Prof. Dr. Raheel Qamar. (Department of Biosciences) was inducted as a
Fellow of the PakistanAcademy of Sciences (PAS), in 2010.
Scholarships for COMSATS’Member Countries
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During the 13 Meeting of COMSATS Coordinating Council, held on 12-13 May 2010,
at Trieste, Italy, CIIT offered 100 graduate/postgraduate scholarships for students
from COMSATS’ member countries.
National/International Events Organized by CIIT
Launching of the Centennial Chapter of MobileMonday in Pakistan: On April 19,
2010, the centennial chapter of MobileMonday
(MoMo) Global was launched and housed at the
Centre for Advanced Studies and
Telecommunication (CAST) of CIIT. The
chapter aims to bring together the leading
companies and personalities related to the
Pakistani telecommunication business,
enabling them to: join the global family of
MoMo; exchange ideas; find resources; and,
most importantly, to participate in the
development of the mobile industry and mobile
eco-system in Pakistan.
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First Ceremony of ‘COMSATS Institute Medals for Innovation’ (CIMI): CIIT held
the first ever award-distribution ceremony of ‘COMSATS Institute Medals for
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Innovation’ (CIMI), on 24 May 2010, in Islamabad. The awards were given to
acknowledge and promote innovation among scientists from various fields of science
and technology, including mathematics, computer science, and electrical
engineering. Out of 44 nominations received, eight individual innovations qualified for
the award. The winners were awarded Certificates of Merit along with gold medallions
and cash prizes of upto Rs. 100,000.
Second South Asian International Conference:
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CIIT organized the 2 South
Asian International Conference – SAICON 2010 – under the auspices of South Asian
Chapter of the Academy for Global Business Advancement, on July 21-23, 2010, in
Bhurban, Pakistan. The theme of this international event was ‘Nurturing Innovation,
Entrepreneurship, Investments and Public-private Partnership in Global
Environment’.
Second International Symposium on Biomedical Materials: In July 2010, CIIT in
association with the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology of Mayo
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Hospital, King Edward Medical University (KEMU), Lahore, organized the 2
International Symposium on “Biomedical Materials”. The papers presented on this
occasion consisted of a wide variety of subjects, such as nanotechnology – advanced
materials interface; bi-metal clad wave guided bio-sensors; novel classes of anti-viral
and anti-cancer agents; biosensors based on microbes; stem-cell technology; porous
bio-ceramics; novel biomaterials; and glass ionomer dental nano-composites.
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