Quaid-i-Azam University signs Australian institution
Islamabad:The Department of Earth Sciences (Quaid-i-Azam University) and International Centre of Water for Food Security (ICWFS), Charles Sturt University, Australia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish mechanisms for joint collaboration and faculty and student exchange programmes.
The memorandum was signed keeping in view its mandate to produce qualified and trained manpower in specialised areas of geophysics, hydrogeology and geology. This was considered essential in view of the expanding programmes of exploration of natural resources, particularly for oil and gas, GIS and remote sensing, minerals and groundwater in Pakistan.
Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad, chairman of the Department of Earth Sciences, and Dr. Mohsin Hafeez, director of the ICWFS, signed the MoU on behalf of their respective institutions. The MoU will remain effective for three years. The news
