November 16, 2006	Thursday	Shawwal 23, 1427

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ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Nuclear scientist and National Engineering and Scientific Commission Chairman Dr Samar Mubarakmand has said future technical growth was deeply linked to the quality of technical manpower.

Addressing, as chief west on the eve of the closing ceremony of the first All Pakistan Competition on Embedded System (APNCS) organised by Nescom at Nescom Club on Wednesday, Dr Samar said there was no concept of modern life without embedded systems and they had attained vital importance due to their innumerable applications in industry, engineering and IT-related technical activities.

Elaborating the scope of the subject, he said: “This technology totally controlled our lives and it may be used in automobiles, banking systems, planes, trains, space vehicles, machine tools, cameras, consumer appliances and office automation, cell phones, etc.”

Emphasising upon the importance of software, Dr Mubarakmand said, “we must focus on software as software development is not very expensive and can easily be carried out at university level”.

Highlighting the role of Nescom in research and development, he maintained that Nescom was playing a key role in the development of indigenous technologies which had been monopolised by a few countries of the world and were denied to any third world country.

“This is due to our consistent efforts that Pakistan has now become the fourth world power having the most sophisticated technology,” he added.

The Nescom chairman said the commission was pursuing research at postdoctoral level because it transformed a fresh PhD into a standalone scientist who could deliver in his capacity for the nation.

He said Nescom, being Pakistan’s premier research and development organisation had set up six centres of excellence in science and applied technologies to bring together science and technology experts to a single platform.

Underscoring the significance of the competition, the chief guest maintained that scientific competitions were very effective means of promotion of science and technology and such events provided an opportunity for cross fertilisation of ideas which were helpful to chart out roadmap of future research.

Eulogising contributions of the contestants, he said very encouraging response had been received from various universities, research organisations and professional institutions throughout the country.