Centre set up to find power crisis solution

Institution to be established in partnership with Arizona State University

LAHORE: Over the past few years, chronic energy shortages have cost Pakistan up to 4% fall in GDP and coupled with closure of hundreds of factories and declining production the energy shortage has crippled the economy.

In a bid to rid the country of this crisis, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Arizona State University (ASU) have launched the US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy at the National University of Sciences and Technology (USPCAS-E).

This partnership builds on existing talent in Pakistan by providing university faculty with exposure to new technology and an opportunity to collaborate with other experts in their fields.



NUST USPCAS-E faculty member Akif Zia Khan who specialises in smart grids technology, visited ASU from January through March this year to attend a series of meetings on curriculum, lab equipment, and applied research projects with peer faculty and fellow researchers at the Power Systems Research Center (PSERC).

The US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy initiative is part of USAID’s larger $127 million investment in collaboration with HEC that will harness applied research to find innovative and practical solution for Pakistan’s energy, water, agriculture, and food security challenges.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 24^th, 2016.

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