Karachi University’s lab has become Pakistan’s first UNESCO Centre for Excellence Category 2 Institute.
UoK and United Nations offshoot for education and culture UNESCO have agreed to set up a UNESCO Chair on Medicinal and Bio-organic Natural Product Chemistry at the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) lab.
A UNESCO chair promotes education, natural and social sciences, culture and communication. The chair is established for an initial period of four years.
UNESCO chair, according to the press statement of the meeting which took place in the ICCBS lab earlier this week, will promote research, training, information and documentation on natural medicinal and bio-organic product chemistry.
A statement from the university said the chair will participate in UNESCO programmes and activities to strengthen international academic cooperation. The ICCBS will also arrange for the chair to engage in the exchange of professors, researchers, and students with other universities
UNESCO’s Category 2 institutes and centres are a network of institutions globally that implement the organisation’s strategic priorities, programmes and development agendas. Over 110 member states are part of this network.
