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Bui ld ing a Know ledge and

Innovation Society

Prof.Atta-ur-Rahman, FRSFederal Minis ter/Chairman, Higher

Education Comm iss ion

President, Pakistan Academy of

Sciences


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There is a Light at the

End of the Tunnel


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EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY


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Why Science and Technology?

Science can help feed the hungry, heal

the sick, contribute to poverty alleviation,

protect the environment, provide dignity

of labour, and unleash the creative talents

of our youth by fostering innovation andentrepreneurship, resulting in a

satisfying and joyful life


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The Magic of Science Biotechnology

Information Technology

Material Sciences

Pharmaceuticals

Agricultural Biotechnology

Health Biotechnology

CERN E-Commerce

Nanotechnology Bucky Balls

Ageing

Medicinal Plants


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NANOTECHNOLOGY


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MATERIAL SCIENCES


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MOLECULAR MEDICINE


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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY


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VISION

Socio-economic development is no longerdependent on natural resources(eg.Japan, European countries)

KNOWLEDGEhas now become the maindriving force of world economies andhence the basis of socio-economicdevelopment

INDUSTRIALIZATION is the key to highGDP growth (through innovation /production of high value-added goods(engineering goods, pharmaceuticals, IT,

Biotechnology, etc.)


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Overarching Approach

Simultaneous Bi-Modal ApproachRequired

Bottom-UpBasic Health, Primary Education, Water .

Top-DownHigher Education

Emphasis on Science & Technology

Industrial Linkages


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Imperatives for Socio-Economic

Development

Socio-Economic

Development

Central Role of Higher Education/

Technology Development

In National Plans--

VISION!!!!

Linkages Between Applied Research

& Industrial Development

Govt.Facilitating Policies

Quality /Relevance

Of Education/Research

STANDARDS!!

Budgetary Allocations

(Min.2% of GNP)-

The-catch-up game!


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Real Wealth --

Our Chi ldren----with a population of 156million, about a 100 million below the ageof 25, Pakistan is blessed with a huge pool

of creativity

Challengeis to empower them withquality education and skills----andprovide them opportunities to contribute tothe process of socio-economic

development


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Strategy forEconomic Development HE,S&T

16019.6Saudi Arabia

OIC Countries

2308.1Austria

26010.2Belgium

Knowledge Based Economies

GDP(Billion US$)Population(Million)Country


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Impact of just one institution----MIT

MIT graduates and faculty have founded4000 companies

Employ: 1.1 million people

Annual Sales: $232 billion

Collectively these companies are the 24th

largest economy in the World!


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Pakistan---A Promising Program

Higher Education budget increased 2000%!!!

Full support from President of Pakistan

A real beginning after 50 years of lip service


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HEC Plan of ActionACCESS / QUALITY / RELEVANCE

Faculty Development

Infrastructure(Free Access to LiteratureFree Access to Sophisticated Instruments,Technology Assisted Learning)

Focused Support in Key AreasLinkages to the Economy

Quality Assurance


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STRATEGY1) BASIC SCIENCES

Physics,Chemistry,Mathematics,Biology)2) APPLIED SCIENCES

(Engineering, Agricultural sciences,Biotecnology, Information Technology,

Pharmaceuticals, New Materials,Communications, Renewable Energy)3) SOCIAL SCIENCES4)ECONOMICS, FINANCE, MANAGEMENT

5) LINKAGES WITH INDUSTRY6) EMPHASIS ON K-ECONOMY---HIGH

TECH INDUSTRY!!


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Attracting the Brightest!

Change in Salary Structures---under TenureTrack system salaries of Professors raised to 4times of Federal Ministers in government!

Research Productivity Allowance----based onCumulative Impact Factors during the precedingyear

Reversing the Brain Drain----under ForeignFaculty Hiring Program 270 eminent ex-patriot/other scientists attracted to return toPakistan (salaries upto US$ 4,000 per month)


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Attracting the Brightest!

Research Funding(upto US$ 600,000per international linkage program)

Guaranteed Jobsto fresh Ph.D.s withhigher salary structures under tenure tracksystem

75% Reduction of Income Taxfor all

academics


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Training the Brightest!Massive Foreign scholarship programs

initiated---500-1000 students being sentabroad annually to top universities inEurope, USA, China

Indigenous Ph.D. programs---expansion ofthe existing Ph.D. output to 1500 per year

Huge Local Scholarship Programs forUndergraduate levelstudies initiated---Rs.1Billion to be spent!

T i i th B i ht t!


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Training the Brightest!Local Ph.D.s being offeredopportunities for postdoctoral trainingin top foreign institutions

Linkagesbeing established with topWestern Institutions---50 with BritishUniversities, many others

US$ 150 million Fulbright programforMS/Ph.D. level training in tier 1universities with USA----largest in world


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New In it iat ives

Fulbright scholarship support program (US $150 million)

Post-doctoral program Phase-II (700)

Foreign University Linkage program

HEC-BC Linkage program (50 linkages)

New Engineering Universities

New Law Universities


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Using Technology to Leap-Frog!

Pakistan Educational ResearchNetwork

Digital Library Program PAKSAT 1(Pakistans Educational Satellite)

Pakistans Video-conferencing Network


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And an environment thatstimulates creativity andwelcomes advances in the use ofInformation Technology

IT Education

s and Eablingenviroment

High capacity, reliable andaccessible communications

The IT Strategy

Laws and enablingenvironment

Service to theCitizens


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822 cities on the Internet

2002

Iran

Afghanistan

India

China

From 40 to 1,000

Cities on Optical

Fibre (2000-2005)SDH/PDH(525/622 Mb/s)backbone beingupgraded to

DWDM

10 Gb/s


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Spread of Internet Services in Cities & Towns of

Pakistan

Information Technology

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Internet user growth

Internet users

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200,000

400,000

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1,000,000

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Jan-01

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Internet users

Start point

Today

June 2000:130,000 Oct2004: 6,800,000

Actual users

more than 6

Million!

Dial up


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Plummeting costs.

Cost /E1

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20,000

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Cost /E1

Start point

Today

June 2000:US$ 87,000/E1 August 2001:US$ 6,000

October 2004 : US$ 3,800Now US$ 2,000/2 Mb/s !


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Bandwidth Available

Operative Data bandwidth

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Operative Data bandwidth

today

Start point

August 2000:32 Mb/s Mar 2002:265 Mb/s

Oct 2004: 1200 Mb/s


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Mobile Telephony---the Effect of

one Good Decision!

1992-2000, little Growth(300,000 phones)

2001, CPP regimebrought in

Network expansion of 3 million phone-lines ordered in 2002 ! Mobilink, U-fone

Explosive growth continues till today (over24 million phones todayhottest sector ofthe economy)


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PAKSAT 1 A major opportunity

PAKSAT 1

A MAJOR COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITEWITH 34 TRANSPONDERS

CAPABLE OF CARRYING 250 TVCHANNELS!!( 4 New TV Channels for

Education!)

BACKBONE FOR PERN (Pakistan

Educational Researh Network)


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Paksat 1

Ku Band

C-Band

PERN


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PERNPakistan Education & Research

Network

Jamshoro

TandojamNawab Shah

D.I.Khan

Topi

Khairpur

Khuzdar

Abbottabad

Core Network Nodes 03Total Universities 56(16 OFS, 22 DXX,17 DRS, 1 VSAT)

P ki t Ed ti d


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Pakistan Education and

Research NetworkInformation highway exclusively foruniversities

Promote collaborative research and the

sharing of domain knowledgePlatform for launching aggressive distanceeducation programs

Platform for Digital Library service for alluniversities


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Virtual University

4 Digital Satellite (PAKSAT) TV Channelsfor content delivery (License for 2 granted)

Satellite Earth Station

2 Recording Studios

Potential for providing high quality trainingin remote areas of Pakistan


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Distance Learning

MIT Open Courseware

University of California Television

E-Books ProgramVirtual University


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Digital Library

22,000 full text journalsnation-wide,free-of-charge!!!

Abstracts of 20,000 journals

One Window Search Engine

Web of Science, Scifinder Scholar,EMBASE, IEEE, Chem/Biol.Abstracts etc.

International volunteer lecture programthrough Paksat 1


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Video Lecturing Facility

Using Technology to Overcome

Faculty Shortage

Cost of Travel

Nation-wide Lecture Series---sharingFaculty!!

International Lecture Series


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In ternat ional Video-lectu r ing

Program

High quality video-conferencing equipmentunder installation

Series of international lectures (nation-wide) by Nobel Laureates and topprofessors from leading universities inUSA, Europe, Japan etc. from November

2006Core Groups in different disciplines formedto organise lectures (Maths, Physics,

Chemistry, Biology etc.)


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Establishment of NewEngineering, Science &Technology Universities

(UESTP)

P t C t i


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Partner Countries(Coordinating Universities)

China

France

Sweden

Germany

Austria

South KoreaNetherlands

Japan

Italy

LONG LIVE CHINA PAKISTAN


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LONG LIVE CHINA PAKISTAN

FRIENDSHIP!!!

China-Pakis tan Friendsh ip is

deeper than the deepest

oceans---and h igher than thetalles t moun tains---


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