The Comstech organisation has started a three-week training course on 'science, technology and innovation' to observe the international Creativity and Innovation Day. The three weeks course started at the Conmstech premises on Monday, and will end next month on May 16.
The aim of this course is to develop interactive relationship between human resource development, technology and other socio-economic policies. The method adopted in teaching the subjects will be interactive. Lectures will be followed by discussion and group assignments.
The teaching faculty has been drawn from experts from Pakistan as well as internationally known foreign scholars. While inaugurating the course, Dr STK Naim, Comstech Consultant said: "We live in a world where dynamics of creating new knowledge and technological developments define national competitiveness. The national technology policy perspectives are changing as knowledge as key resource receives explicit recognition. Traditional supply oriented science and technology policy is being replaced with Innovation Policy, which facilitates flow of knowledge between various actors in the building of National Innovation System.
Students and researchers involved in development related studies, science and technology policy research, science and technology, research and development, managers and public servants involved in planning, management and promotion of science, technology and innovation policy are participating in the course. Human Resource Development (HRD), Innovation and Management is the course curriculum. Researchers and professionals from Maldives, Sudan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and Pakistan are participating in it.
Resource persons for the training course include Mr Loikkanen Torsti, Senior Research Scientist from Finland, Dr S.T.K Naim, Consultant, Comstech, Professor Norman P. Clark from University of Sussex, UK, Dr Mohsin Khan from India, Dr Shaukat Hameed Khan, Member Planning Commission, Dr Shafqat Farooq from PAEC, Dr Rehana Siddiqui from PIDE, Dr Amer Qureshi, Former LUMS Professor, and other professionals.
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