NUST Researchers from Atta ur Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB) has been awarded two projects under Knowledge2Action (K2A)
Our partner, Knowledge2Action (K2A) program of Switzerland sponsored by the Swiss Universities Development and Cooperation Network (SUDAC), has awarded two projects to the faculty of Atta ur Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB) at NUST where they will work on implementation of already developed research technologies to field level. One of th
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NUST COLLABORATES WITH ZHAW ON SPRINT-COIL PROGRAM ON SUSTAINABILITY COURSES
NUST, for the first time, is entering into Sprint-Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) that is extended to four different countries and amongst five different universities, i.e., Zurich University of Applied Sciences (Switzerland), American University of Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan), University of Guilan (Iran) and Karakoram Internationa
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NUST Students setup Pakistan’s 1st all-transgender run restaurant
National University of Sciences & Technology values the diversity of its workforce and students’ body. The University is fully committed to creating, consistently improving, and maintaining a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment for all the students and employees / staff, regardless of their gender, ethnic, religious or
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Spark Careers
Spark Careers, under the Millennium Fellowship, works on the everlasting problem of lack of guidance, exposure and direction of students in Pakistan when it comes to their careers and provides a viable solution. This maps out to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #4 which is Quality Education.
In Pakistan, most students during their transition
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Project Break the Barriers
Project Break the Barriers is a venture under the Millennium Fellowship Program that aspires to break the stereotypes about transgenders and eradicate transgender inequality in our society. It aspires to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #5.
The transgender community in Pakistan has been devoid of all kinds of basic life necessiti
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Grow With Hope
Grow With Hope is an initiative under the Millennium Fellowship Program that aims to tackle the ever-present malnutrition crises that keeps itself welcome in our country — in doing so, it hopes to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) #1 and #2, which are No Hunger and No Poverty, respectively.
Malnutrition is defined as lacking
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Street School
'Street School' aims to
create and implement an education/schooling model for young children in the
underprivileged slum areas. Street School is specifically targeting a slum area
just beside NUST campus where displaced Afghan migrants are settled. Our goals
for the duration of the Millennium Fellowship include:
Designing a curriculum which wi
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Recycled Road
Recycled Road is an initiative that aims to repurpose plastic waste to building roads. When building roads, the materials of construction required are concrete, sand and petroleum derived bitumen. In Pakistan, we have limited resources of workable plants of petroleum refinery from which bitumen can be extracted. So to compensate the needs, we are
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Filler Up
"Filler Up aims to educate people to be cognizant of their individual and collective impact, especially as it pertains to waste generation consumption and sustainability. We want people to take a real hard look at what they buy, why they buy it and where they buy it from. It is imperative that we understand how we can sustainably satisfy the expe
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Darakhshan
Project Darakhshan aims
at building the capacity of underprivileged women residing in slum
area of Afghan basti in Islamabad, in terms of vocational skills as well as
health and hygiene. Project Darakhshan also serves as a platform for
highlighting the struggles of these women in slum areas and advocating gender
equity in Pakistani comm
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