The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has approved technical assistance matching grant of approximately Rs 60 million for capacity building of International Islamic University, Islamabad. The project aims at strengthening the existing advanced electronics laboratory in the university with the specific purpose of studying various scientific problems in next-generation micro-nano and opto-electronic devices and systems.
The grant and scientific theme of the research is supported by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/University of California, Berkeley, USA, as an IIU partner, says a press release issued here on Wednesday issued by IIUI. Undergraduate and graduate students both in engineering and allied sciences will be able to utilise these state-of-the-art facilities in the laboratory. The project also aims to act as user facility within the scientific community by arranging reach-out sessions, national level workshops and training on the sophisticated equipments.
The IDB grant is the university’s first major research-specific award at international level and will open up avenues for further development in the area of scientific research.
IIU Rector Professor Fateh Malik and President Dr Mumtaz Ahmad congratulated the administrative team for writing a successful grant proposal and have termed this award as major achievement for the university. They have also appreciated the efforts of Chairman Dr Javed Laghari and HEC Executive Director Dr Sohail H Naqvi for their support in winning this grant.
‘Polio to be eradicated in FATA’: Intellectual Property Organisation (IPO) Chairman and MNA Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi said all possible endeavours were being made to eradicate polio in the tribal areas in cooperation with political agents, local administration and tribal elders.
He expressed these views while talking to the Augmented National Emergency Action Programme for Eradication of Polio representatives on Wednesday at the IPO-Pakistan headquarter. Afridi said a few drops of the polio vaccine could prevent children from falling prey to a lifetime of disability. He added that the elected representatives of the region as well as the general public of FATA should collaborate to make the national campaign successful. He stated that a public awareness about the importance of the polio vaccine should be initiated in FATA, especially in its far flung areas, so that people would not hesitate from getting polio drops administered to their children. He emphasised the need to extend the role of the Prime Minister Polio Cell in the area by the affective involvement of the local community so that better results may be obtained.
IIUI gets Rs 60 million grant from IDB
