President ECOSF emphasizes on the greater involvement of Industry in the University research in 3rd Meeting of the ORIC Advisory Board of Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan

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President ECOSF Prof. Dr. Manzoor H. Soomro participated in the 3rd Meeting of the Office of Research, Innovation & Commercialization (ORIC) Advisory Board at Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan on 8th December 2014. He strongly advocated a greater engagement and involvement of the Industrial Sector in the scientific and technological research by the universities. He suggested that the Industry should be involved with University research right from the planning stage so that any research planned has an end user and be utilized after a project is completed. The meeting was chaired by Vice Chancellor of the University Prof. Dr. M. Aslam Uqaili. Other participants of the Advisory Board included Academics, a Senior Civil Servant (Secretary) from Government of Sindh and one representative of Industry.

The main aims and objectives of ORIC are to support the university's strategic research directions and policies, increase and diversify the external research funding, provide the guidelines to faculty, officials and students of the university for acquiring various grants, effective use of infrastructure, equipment and human resources, promote entrepreneurship, technology-transfer and commercialization activities that energize and support the local and national economy as well as the enhancement in the university endowment fund.

After the formal agenda, the meeting resolved to include representatives of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Hyderabad and Karachi and the Associations of Industrialists from Kotri and Karachi (STIE).