Building a Knowledge and
Innovation Society
Prof.Atta
-
ur
-
Rahman,
FRS
Federal Minister/Chairman, Higher
Education Commission
President, Pakistan Academy of
Sciences
There is a Light at the
End of the Tunnel
“EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY”
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
and
entrepreneurship,
resulting
in
a
satisfying
and
joyful
life
The Magic of Science
•
Biotechnology
•
Information Technology
•
Material Sciences
•
Pharmaceuticals
•
Agricultural Biotechnology
•
Health Biotechnology
•
CERN
•
E
-
Commerce
•
Nanotechnology
•
Bucky Balls
•
Ageing
•
Medicinal Plants
NANOTECHNOLOGY
MATERIAL SCIENCES
MOLECULAR MEDICINE
INFORMATIO
N
TECHNOLOGY
VISION
Socio
-
economic development is no longer
dependent on natural resources
(eg.Japan, European countries)
KNOWLEDGE
has now become the main
driving force of world economies and
hence the basis of socio
-
economic
development
INDUSTRIALIZATION
is the key to high
GDP growth (through innovation /
production of high value
-
added goods
(engineering goods, pharmaceuticals, IT,
Biotechnology, etc.)
Overarching Approach
Simultaneous
Bi
-
Modal Approach
Required
–
Bottom
-
Up
Basic Health, Primary Education, Water ….
–
Top
-
Down
Higher Education
Emphasis on Science & Technology
Industrial Linkages
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!
Real Wealth
--
Our Children
-
---
with a population of 156
million, about a 100 million below the age
of 25, Pakistan is blessed with a huge pool
of creativity
Challenge
is to empower them with
quality education and skills
-
---
and
provide them opportunities to contribute to
the process of socio
-
economic
development
Strategy for
Economic Development
–
HE,S&T
160
19.6
Saudi Arabia
OIC Countries
230
8.1
Austria
260
10.2
Belgium
Knowledge Based Economies
GDP
(Billion US$)
Population
(Million)
Country
Impact of just one institution
----
MIT
MIT graduates and faculty have founded
4000 companies
Employ: 1.1 million people
Annual Sales: $232 billion
Collectively these companies are the 24th
largest economy in the World!
Pakistan
---
A Promising Program
Higher Education budget increased 2000%!!!
Full support from
President
of Pakistan
A real beginning after 50 years of lip service
HEC Plan of Action
ACCESS / QUALITY / RELEVANCE
Faculty Development
Infrastructure
(Free Access to Literature
Free Access to Sophisticated Instruments,
Technology Assisted Learning)
Focused Support in Key Areas
Linkages to the Economy
Quality Assurance
STRATEGY
1)
BASIC SCIENCES
Physics,Chemistry,Mathematics,Biology)
2)
APPLIED SCIENCES
(Engineering, Agricultural sciences,
Biotecnology, Information Technology,
Pharmaceuticals, New Materials,
Communications, Renewable Energy)
3)
SOCIAL SCIENCES
4)
ECONOMICS, FINANCE, MANAGEMENT
5)
LINKAGES WITH INDUSTRY
6)
EMPHASIS ON “K
-
ECONOMY”
---
HIGH
TECH INDUSTRY!!
Attracting the Brightest!
Change in Salary Structures
-
--
under “Tenure
Track” system salaries of Professors raised to 4
times of Federal Ministers in government!
Research Productivity Allowance
-
---
based on
Cumulative Impact Factors during the preceding
year
Reversing the Brain Drain
-
---
under “Foreign
Faculty Hiring Program” 270 eminent ex
-
patriot/other scientists attracted to return to
Pakistan (salaries upto US$ 4,000 per month)
Attracting the Brightest!
Research Funding
(upto US$ 600,000
per international linkage program)
Guaranteed Jobs
to fresh Ph.D.s with
higher salary structures under tenure track
system
75% Reduction of
Income Tax
for all
academics
Training the Brightest!
Massive Foreign scholarship programs
initiated
---
500
-
1000 students being sent
abroad annually to top universities in
Europe, USA, China
Indigenous Ph.D. programs
-
--
expansion of
the existing Ph.D. output to 1500 per year
Huge Local Scholarship Programs for
Undergraduate level
studies initiated
---
Rs.1
Billion to be spent!
Training the Brightest!
Local Ph.D.s being offered
opportunities for
postdoctoral training
in top foreign institutions
Linkages
being established with top
Western Institutions
---
50 with British
Universities, many others
US$ 150 million
Fulbright program
for
MS/Ph.D. level training in tier 1
universities with USA
----
largest in world
New Initiatives
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
Using Technology to Leap
-
Frog!
Pakistan Educational Research
Network
Digital Library Program PAKSAT 1
(Pakistan’s Educational Satellite)
Pakistan’s Video
-
conferencing Network
And an environment that
stimulates creativity and
welcomes advances in the use of
Information Technology
IT Education
s and Eabling
enviroment
High capacity, reliable and
accessible communications
The IT Strategy…
Laws and enabling
environment
Service to the
Citizens
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 being
upgraded to
DWDM
10 Gb/s
Spread of Internet Services in Cities & Towns of
Pakistan
Information Technology
1050
2000
580
29
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
Year
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
Oct
2004
: 6,800,000
Actual users
more than 6
Million!
Dial up
Plummeting costs….
Cost /E1
-
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
Mar-00
May-00
Jul-00
Sep-00
Nov-00
Jan-01
Mar-01
May-01
US $
Cost /E1
Start point
Today
June 2000:
US$ 87,000
/E1
August 2001:
US$ 6,000
October 2004 : US$ 3,800
Now US$ 2,000/2 Mb/s !
Bandwidth Available
Operative Data bandwidth
-
50
100
150
200
250
300
Jan-96
Jul-96
Jan-97
Jul-97
Jan-98
Jul-98
Jan-99
Jul-99
Jan-00
Jul-00
Jan-01
Jul-01
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
Mobile Telephony
---
the Effect of
one Good Decision!
1992
-
2000, little Growth(300,000 phones)
2001
,
CPP regime
brought in
Network expansion of 3 million phone
-
lines ordered in 2002 ! Mobilink, U
-
fone
Explosive growth continues till today (over
24 million phones today
—
hottest sector of
the economy)
PAKSAT 1
–
A major opportunity
PAKSAT 1
A MAJOR COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE
WITH 34 TRANSPONDERS
CAPABLE OF CARRYING 250 TV
CHANNELS!!( 4 New TV Channels for
Education!)
BACKBONE FOR PERN (Pakistan
Educational Researh Network)
Paksat 1
Ku Band
C
-
Band
PERN
Pakistan Education & Research
Network
Jamshoro
Tandojam
Nawab Shah
D.I.Khan
Topi
Khairpur
Khuzdar
Abbottabad
Core Network Nodes 03
Total Universities 56
(16 OFS, 22 DXX,
17 DRS, 1 VSAT)
Pakistan Education and
Research Network
Information highway exclusively for
universities
Promote collaborative research and the
sharing of domain knowledge
Platform for launching aggressive distance
education programs
Platform for Digital Library service for all
universities
Virtual University
4 Digital Satellite (PAKSAT) TV Channels
for content delivery (License for 2 granted)
Satellite Earth Station
2 Recording Studios
Potential for providing high quality training
in remote areas of Pakistan
Distance Learning
MIT Open Courseware
University of California Television
E
-
Books Program
Virtual University
Digital Library
22,000 full text journals
—
nation
-
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 program
through Paksat 1
Video Lecturing Facility
Using Technology to Overcome
–
Faculty Shortage
–
Cost of Travel
Nation
-
wide Lecture Series
---
sharing
Faculty!!
International Lecture Series
International Video
-
lecturing
Program
High quality video
-
conferencing equipment
under installation
Series of international lectures (nation
-
wide) by Nobel Laureates and top
professors from leading universities in
USA, Europe, Japan etc. from November
2006
Core Groups in different disciplines formed
to organise lectures (Maths, Physics,
Chemistry, Biology etc.)
Establishment of New
Engineering, Science &
Technology Universities
(UESTP)
Partner Countries
(Coordinating Universities)
China
France
Sweden
Germany
Austria
South Korea
Netherlands
Japan
Italy
LONG LIVE CHINA PAKISTAN
FRIENDSHIP!!!
China
-
Pakistan Friendship is
deeper than the deepest
oceans
---
and higher than the
tallest mountains
---
中巴友谊长存!
谢谢!
Thanks
Enter the password to open this PDF file:
File name:
-
File size:
-
Title:
-
Author:
-
Subject:
-
Keywords:
-
Creation Date:
-
Modification Date:
-
Creator:
-
PDF Producer:
-
PDF Version:
-
Page Count:
-
Preparing document for printing…
0%
Comments 0
Log in to post a comment