Russian officials visit chemical sciences center in Karachi

Officials of Kazan Federal University (KFU) from Tatarstan region in Russia have paid a visit to the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) at University of Karachi (UoK).

Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, Director of the International Center for  Chemical and Biological Sciences, and COMSTECH Coordinator General,  welcomed the three-member foreign delegation, led by Prof. Dr. Timirkhan  Alishev, Vice Rector, Kazan Federal University, at the ICCBS, University  of Karachi. Other members of the delegation included Dr. Ayrat  Muhammetov and Dr. Rauf Sabirov.

The delegation was briefed about the massive activities related to science and research being carried out at the Center.

Dr. Timirkhan Alishev said that KFU was one of the largest universities of the Russian federation, in which over 50,000 students were enrolled in all types of programs.

The university is also running various academic programs for international students, as the university has around 10,883 international students from 101 countries, including five from Pakistan, he said.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Iqbal Choudhary said, “The ICCBS as a  center for excellence owns an international stature in the field of  science and research.”

ICCBS is the only institution in Pakistan that is not only certified by ISO but it also became ‘UNESCO, WHO, OIC, and NAM- S&T Centre for Excellence’, he said.

Both the institutions agreed to initiate students and faculty exchange programs in the fields of artificial intelligence in health, nanotechnology, genomics, and pharmaceutical sciences.

The delegation also visited the various research buildings and facilities of the center.

It is pertinent to mention here that  Kazan Federal University is the largest academic institution in the  Republic of Tatarstan, and the second largest in the Russian Republic.