The petroleum industry has been urged to facilitate arrangements of short term orientation programmes for faculty members in respect of their operational endeavours and adaptations of new technologies. An announcement on Monday said that the recommendation was put forward in the symposium on Industry Academia Collaboration organised by the Pakistan Petroleum Exploration and Production Companies Association (PPEPCA) at NED University of Engineering and Technology. Other recommendations included exposure to problems being faced to be shared where possible with the academia, formulate short term and long term goals with specific outputs and setting precedence in Pakistan by facilitating the academia in establishing a strong and sustainable technical base in the country for research and development. The symposium was attended by over 350 participants representing the industry and academia. Four papers- two from the industry and two from the NED University – were presented.
