QAU won two “Innovation Awards”

Quaid-i-Azam university participated in “Invention to Innovation Summit 2013” (9-10 April) at University of the Punjab organized by Institute of Research Promotion (IRP) in collaboration with Pakistan science foundation (PSF) and Pakistan council for science and technology (PCST). The basic objective was to promote the industry-academia linkage. There were 30 university and eight research institution delegates presented over 175 technologies. All major industries (Textile, chemical, Agriculture, Food, Feed and Automobile) representatives participated and presented their problems. This Summit was also attended by thirteen Chambers of Commerce form all over country. Dr. Muhammad Imran Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Dr. Zaffar Mehmood Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology won the Innovation awards from Pakistan Science foundation (PSF) and Pakistan council for science and technology (PCST) respectively.