ISLAMABAD: COMSTECH-the OIC Standing Committee for Scientific and Technological Cooperation has planned to arrange an international workshop on “Defining Research and Innovation Strategy for Excellence” next month in February. The workshop is aimed at identifying core competencies and focus areas within Research and Innovation framework, that aligns the university research and innovation portfolio with national needs and global challenges. NUST has become an example to follow for evolving its education, research, and innovation ecosystem. NUST has formulated its Research and Innovation Excellence Strategy (RISE) 2025 as its five-year strategic initiative that will build upon the momentum gained during the last three decades and is chalked out by horizontal-vertical partitioning of different components of the ecosystem – education, research, and innovation. To attain excellence in research and innovation, new knowledge and indigenous solutions could be developed to address the great global challenges.

Source: Pakistan Today January 16, 2023 01:15 UTC