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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
1050
2000
580
29
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
Year
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Internet user growth
Internet users
-
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
Jan-95
Jan-96
Jan-97
Jan-98
Jan-99
Jan-00
Jan-01
Jan-02
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
-
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
Mar-0
0
May-00
Jul-0
0
Sep-00
Nov-00
Jan-01
Mar-0
1
May-01
US
$
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
-
50
100
150
200
250
300
Jan-96
Jul-9
6
Jan-97
Jul-9
7
Jan-98
Jul-9
8
Jan-99
Jul-9
9
Jan-00
Jul-0
0
Jan-01
Jul-0
1
Jan-02
Mb/s
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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Thanks