In a major leapfrog in facilitating the local universities and Research & Development (R&D) organisations to flourish scientific and industrial infrastructure, federal government has approved an up-gradation project costing Rs 275.752 million for Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad. The project would complete in five years and would culminate by Year 2022 with a total cost of 275.752 million. Out of the total cost, the government would release Rs 100 million this year, said a press release.
The project, the Up-gradation of Silicon Strip Tracker and Muon System would be installed at the National Centre for Physics (NCP), QAU, and would be executed by Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) and National Centre for Physics (NCP). The project would pave the way for helping local universities and other educational and research-oriented organisations to flower scientific and industrial infrastructure Pakistan in modern science and technology fields to help meet the international standards.
The project was approved in the recent CDWP meeting which will be executed jointly by PAEC and NCP and will be supervised by the members from PAEC and NCP. The coordinators for this project will be Director (CERN-SESAME collaborations) and Director (EHEP) respectively from PAEC and NCP and manpower will also be utilized from establishment of PAEC and NCP. The heads of the project will look into after the execution of the project components relevant to their domains. The equipment will be purchased through inviting tenders from reputed firms through the press as per government or PAEC rules and regulations. The technical evaluation committee of concerned department will scrutinize technically the bids received from renders. All expenditure or procurement of works and services will be made through member finance, international editor and with the approval of the competent authority at NCP or PAEC.
The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and National Centre for Physics (NCP) will be responsible for operation and Maintenance of the project. And the sources for financing this project will be Federal PSDP of PAEC.-PR
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