HEC awarded 142 research projects, WB told
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Thursday said under Higher Education Development in Pakistan (HEDP) it awarded 142 research projects, some of them were completed and the remaining in the…
Research-based planning vital to ensure food security: HEC chief
Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Prof Dr Mohammad Mukhtar on Tuesday highlighted the impact of climate change on food security. He was addressing a three-day 2nd International Conference on Plant…
Commercializing research
A study of Scopus, the world’s most comprehensive, multidisciplinary database of scholarly literature, data, and analytics reveals astonishingly positive figures about the progress made in the quality and quantum of…
HEC invites applications for accreditation of research journals
The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan has invited applications for accreditation of Pakistan-based research journals for the year 2023-24 (July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024). The applications can be submitted at…
HEC invites research proposals under RTTG
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has invited research proposals from faculty members, under the RAPID Technology Transfer Grant (RTTG) programme. The official sources told APP that HEC, in that regard,…
Unfair assault on institutions
THE failure of the government to get Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh elected as a senator from Islamabad appears to have caused a great shock to the prime minister who…
Make Science Great Again: US researchers dream of life after Trump
From his lab in Toulouse, France, Benjamin Sanderson models the range of extreme risks to humans from climate change, research he hopes can inform policymakers planning for worsening wildfires and…
Politics and Bretton Woods institutions
‘The “Doing Business” controversy has shaken confidence in the World Bank and the IMF. But it must not obscure the real problems with the Bretton Woods institutions: the disproportionate power of…
There’s need for reformed Bretton Woods institutions
‘But rich countries also have considerable power over the lives of billions of people through their control over institutions of global governance. One of these is the International Monetary Fund.…
HEC calls for research proposals under Local Challenge Fund 2021
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has called for Research Proposals from the faculty members of higher educational institutions under its programme Local Challenge Fund 2021. According to the official sources,…
