Professor Dr N.M Butt, Chairman PINSAT, Preston University, Islamabad was the guest of honour. GCUF Faculty of Science and Technology Dean Professor Dr Noreen Aziz Qureeshi and the Department Chairman, Professor Dr Nasir Amin, also addressed the inaugural session.
Registrar Muhammad Ayub, Dean Professor Dr Pervez Azeem, Director Admin Chaudhry Mushtaq, Director HR Shiekh Muhammad Akram, Dr Zubair Saddique, Dr Hadayat Rasool, Dr Farhat Abbas, Dr Iftikhar Hussain Bukhari, Dr Haq Nawaz, other faculty members and students were present.
Talking about education, the vice-chancellor said policymakers should take concrete steps to address the issue at national level to boost up education which is prerequisite for attaining the goal of prosperity. He also stressed adopting a common curriculum in order to provide uniform education to all the dwellers. We have to produce a force of manpower skilled in modern knowledge including Nanotechnology which is gaining immense importance in developed and developing countries, he added. Terming the Higher Education Commission, a life for higher learning, he lauded the steps being taken on the part of the commission for the promotion of education.
About new scientific trends across the globe, he said that Nanotechnology was an emerging and significant discipline which was helping the West to make the progress in various fields, including medicine, environment, agricultural and food sciences, electronics, energy, textile and many others. He said but, our country is far lagging behind in the area that must to be focused. He said: "Nanotechnology allows scientists to create, explore, and manipulate materials measured in very small particles.
Professor Dr Zakir Hussain also announced that BS Programme in Nanotechnology would be started at the campus to impart quality education. He said that the credit of setting up National Commission on nano-sciences and technology goes to HEC former chief Professor Dr Attaur Rehman and Professor Dr N M Butt. He lauded the initiatives of both personality for making tremendous and unforgettable contributions for the promoting education and research.
Professor Dr N M Butt stressed upon the need to promote the Nanotechnology across the country. He said 630 research publications in the country had been made under the discipline Nanotechnology. He also informed the audience that Iran was making progress in the Nanotechnology with a large pace. He said that the Nanotechnology should be studied at all main institutes of the country to compete with the world. He said that NCNST was established in 2003 to promote the researches in the field.
Professor Dr Noureen Quresshi said that the private sector was taking a lead in introducing the BS in Nanotechnology. She said that public sector universities had to learn from them. She applauded the announcement of launching BS in Nanotechnology at the GCUF.