Memorandum of understanding: Academia’s input sought to resolve energy crisis
UET to work with government on policy making.
UET to work with government on policy making. PHOTO: FILE
PESHAWAR:
University of Engineering & Technology (UET) Peshawar and Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) Islamabad have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote socio-economic development by engaging the academia in policy formation.
The MoU was signed by Higher Education Commission (HEC) Vice Chancellor and Chairman Syed Imtiaz H Gillani and SDPI Executive Director Dr Abdul Qayum Soleri, according to a statement released on Thursday. The agreement aims to forge academic linkages, interdisciplinary research and research collaborations. The wider aim is to bring in energy experts of UET for policy making so their recommendations can be proposed to the planning commission, ministry of water and power, and the ministry of petroleum.
Speaking on the occasion, Gillani said UET has made major breakthroughs in earthquake and electrical engineering, adding it cooperated with the federal government to build the first ever National Seismic Building Code in 2006 and the National Electric Safety Code more recently.
Qayum said having noticed the leading role played by the university in the electrical engineering field and its emerging role in the future by establishing the Centre of Advanced Studies in Energy, the university would act as a regional hub for presenting solutions in the energy sector.
“This joint venture is the outcome of an initiative of UET’s Office of Research Innovation and Commercialisation (ORIC) to engage academia in public reforms and solve energy problems for sustainable development of the country,” said Qayum.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 15th, 2013.
University of Engineering & Technology (UET) Peshawar and Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) Islamabad have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote socio-economic development by engaging the academia in policy formation.
The MoU was signed by Higher Education Commission (HEC) Vice Chancellor and Chairman Syed Imtiaz H Gillani and SDPI Executive Director Dr Abdul Qayum Soleri, according to a statement released on Thursday. The agreement aims to forge academic linkages, interdisciplinary research and research collaborations. The wider aim is to bring in energy experts of UET for policy making so their recommendations can be proposed to the planning commission, ministry of water and power, and the ministry of petroleum.
Speaking on the occasion, Gillani said UET has made major breakthroughs in earthquake and electrical engineering, adding it cooperated with the federal government to build the first ever National Seismic Building Code in 2006 and the National Electric Safety Code more recently.
Qayum said having noticed the leading role played by the university in the electrical engineering field and its emerging role in the future by establishing the Centre of Advanced Studies in Energy, the university would act as a regional hub for presenting solutions in the energy sector.
“This joint venture is the outcome of an initiative of UET’s Office of Research Innovation and Commercialisation (ORIC) to engage academia in public reforms and solve energy problems for sustainable development of the country,” said Qayum.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 15th, 2013.