PESHAWAR: An emerging scientist from South Waziristan Dr Hameed Ullah of Department of Chemistry, Hazara University, Mansehra, has won Pakistan-France Joint research project under PERIDOT offered by Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Ministry of Higher Education, France.
A statement issued by the Hazara University stated that Dr Hameed and Dr Pierre Bonnet, Institute of Chemistry Clermont-Ferrand, France have submitted a joint project simultaneously in Pakistan and France under the program “Pak-France joint research program (PERIDOT) 2016”.
Dr Hameed is actively involved in research and academic activities, and has also won couple of projects in the past. His research focus is upon the development of nonmaterials for applications in devices used for harvesting renewable energies (solar), and energy storage (rechargeable batteries). “Dr Hameed has been recently awarded a research productivity award by the Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (Ministry of Science and Technology), government of Pakistan,” the statement added. It said that the project was evaluated by top experts of the field from France and Pakistan based on relevance of to the priority areas, scientific quality of the proposed research, competency of the Principal Investigator, potential for long-term collaboration between Pakistan and France, and impact on economy and society.
The final selection was made in a high level joint committee meeting of Pakistan-France Peridot Research Programme (Phase-II). Only nine universities from all over Pakistan have qualified successfully including Dr Hameed from Hazara University, Mansehra. The research project is focused upon addressing the growing energy problems of the world in general and Pakistan in particular. The collaborating partners from Pakistan and France will work upon the development of rechargeable batteries having high energy capacities to be used for powering electronic gadgets, and specifically, vehicles. This will help overcoming the energy problems and make availability of clean energy source which will not contribute to the global warming, a serious issue facing by the world at the moment.
