ISLAMABAD: COMSTECH, the OIC Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, in collaboration with other partner institutions, will hold an International workshop on “Defining Innovation and Research Strategy for Excellence” from February 27 to March 03.
According to a COMSTECH official, the workshop will be organized in collaboration with the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in collaboration with Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU).
The workshop will be arranged at Islamic University in Uganda, Kampala, while the participants from Pakistan will attend the workshop virtually. Sustaining leadership for years to come requires futuristic thinking, staying relevant in a fast-changing world, and adequate planning.
Research excellence often requires collaborative, interdisciplinary working across the University, within the region, and beyond, extending to other higher education institutions and businesses, nationally and internationally.
To attain excellence in research and innovation, new knowledge and indigenous solutions could be developed to address the significant global challenges.
Universities are an ideal conduit for innovation, taking research towards commercialization and impacting the communities. Studies show that top academic institutes have worked extensively with industry and public organizations to increase their research productivity.
About the workshop’s objectives, the official informed that the workshop aims to identify the following key priorities universities should consider while defining their Research and Innovation strategy, which could be the roadmap for the next years.
These priorities include 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, as well as promoting entrepreneurial activities by leveraging upon the university research base to find innovative, low-cost indigenous solutions to diverse societal challenges;
Workshop will also focus on transferring technologies
The workshop will also focus on transferring technologies and innovations through prolific collaborations with public and private enterprises – technology diffusion, the official conveyed.
Resource persons from NUST will deliver lectures and share experiences on improving research quality by investing in human resources, creating an environment conducive to study, and fostering applied research and innovation in academic institutes.
NUST has become an example of evolving its education, research, and innovation ecosystem. NUST worked diligently to develop contemporary facilities, academic curricula, international linkages, competent faculty, and nurturing talents for the nation.
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. NUST Research and Innovation Strategies for Excellence – NUST RISE 2025 will help build its achievements and propel NUST to reach new heights in service to the nation and global community and meet diverse challenges for humanity. The workshop has been designed to address the interest of university management, research scholars, officials and policymakers, and enforcement officers, in universities of Least Developed Countries of the OIC.
