Islamabad, June 27, 2022 (PPI-OT):Dr. Orkun Hasekioglu, Advisor to the President of Turkiye – H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, visited COMSATS Secretariat on 15th June 2022. Dr. Hasekioglu was visiting Islamabad in connection with his participation in International Workshop on ‘Research Commercialization: Challenges and Opportunities’ organized by OIC COMSTECH.
Dr. Hasekioglu was accompanied by Dr. Mustafa Guzel, Director of Drug Discovery and Development Research Center at Istanbul Medipol University, Turkiye. Dr. Hasekioglu is currently serving as the Vice President of TENMAK, Turkiye, and had previously held the portfolio of Executive Vice President of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBİTAK), which is COMSATS’ Focal Point in Turkiye.
The meeting explored COMSATS’ relations with Turkiye and TUBITAK and eyed strengthening the established cooperation to help facilitate science-led development in the global South. The visiting delegates were briefed on past and ongoing collaborations between COMSATS and its Focal Point in Turkiye, i.e., TUBITAK.
It was noted that TUBITAK possesses enormous human and technological resources that can be used to execute programmes for the benefit of COMSATS Members States and are already contributing to COMSATS’ mission through a number of means.
Discussions on forthcoming meetings of COMSATS Coordinating Council, activities of COMSATS’ Network and its thrust areas, scholarships and fellowships, capacity-building activities, and information exchange were also made during the meeting.
Prof. Hasekioglu appreciated COMSATS as a potent platform working for socio-economic uplift of the developing countries. He was appreciative of COMSATS Telehealth Programme, as well as the recent COMSATS’ Lecture Series, which featured presentations by distinguished scientists, policy experts, and S and T leaders on various issues linked to sustainable development.
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