QAU to get more funds for research projects: Atta

ISLAMABAD—Chairman Higher Education Commission Dr. Atta ur Rehman has said that in near future a reasonable amount will be granted to Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) for research projects.“It will help transforming the university into an institution of international level,” he said this while addressing the inaugural session of a two-day workshop on Nano Sciences and Catalysis at the University.
The Chairman lauded the efforts of National Centre for Physics (NCP) in the field of research and said, “We are proud of Quaid-e-Azam University as it has a distinctive feature of competent faculty, hard working professors and very conducive research environment.”
He said HEC has created a returning environment for scientists and researches to come to their homeland and impart their knowledge among the potential scientists.
He said HEC is facilitating the students as it has introduced many facilities like E-books programme and video lectures facility. Dr. Hafeez Hoorani, Director Research of NCP said NCP was set up to facilitate the researchers in field of Physics and centre is well equipped with up to date facilities and well trained human resources.
He said NCP is collaborating with international universities and industries to develop useful materials for industrial applications. Institute of Nano Science & Catalysis has developed five state of the art patents in fields of Medicines, Energy, Environment and Food processing. These patents have been registered with United States Patent and Trademark Office at USA.—Online