Prof. Dr. Manzoor H. Soomro continues to patronize Children's Science Fairs activity- Participates in the Intel Science Fair (provincial) Islamabad- 13 November 2014

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Prof. Dr. Manzoor H. Soomro, President ECOSF has been directing and patronizing science competitions and fairs for school children and youth in Pakistan. He continues to do so and participated in the Intel Provincial Science Fair for Islamabad area on 13 November 2014 held at the Pak-Turk International School (Girls Campus) in H-8 Islamabad. He made a motivational speech and shared his experiences with the participating children before the results of competition were announced.

Each year, approximately 7 million high school students around the globe develop original research projects and present their work at local science competitions with the hope of making it to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program of Society for Science & the Public USA. Only the best and brightest-nearly 1,800 winners of local, regional, state, and national competitions are invited to participate in this week-long celebration of science, technology, engineering, and math in USA. At the event, these young innovators share ideas, showcase cutting-edge research, and compete for more than USD5 million in awards and scholarships. As a process to select the best of the best students, Provincial and National Science and Engineering Fairs are conducted by Intel- Pakistan.

This event was a part of that where Intel Pakistan concluded the second of the two Punjab Science Fairs in the run-up to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, one of the world's largest pre-college science competitions, to be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanian in May 2015. During the Science Fair, students from Northern Punjab province presented research-based projects in the categories of Biology, Chemistry, Computer Sciences, Mathematics and Physics.

More than 190 students and 57 teachers from Punjab registered in the fair with a total of 151 projects registered. Present at the occasion as Guests of Honor were Dr. N.M. Butt, Chairman, Preston Institute of Nano Science Technology (PINSAT), Prof. Dr. Manzoor Hussain Soomro, President, ECO Science Foundation (ECOSF), Mr. Muhammad Ijaz, Joint Secretary, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Mr. Amjad Hussain, Joint Scientific Advisor (International Liaison) of Federal Ministry of Science and Technology. Dr. Naushaba Nadeem represented Pakistan Science Foundation.

Prof. Dr. Manzoor H. Soomro in his speech emphasized the need for appreciation and motivation of young students in the form of awards to encourage them. He has always been promoting and patronizing children and youth science forums and competitions and has been an honorary National Science Fair Director for Intel-Pakistan. Prof. Soomro shared that it was delightful to be with the young and future potential great scientists and also to speak to them on the occasion.