OIC Coordinator General COMSTECH (Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation) Shaukat Hameed Khan made the remarks here on Friday evening at a ceremony for presenting Mustafa (PBUH) Prize to two Muslim scholars.
All Islamic countries both in the region and world should witness development in the areas of science and technology, the OIC official said.
The right management is capable of making changes in societies, so are science and technology, he said.
Sorena Sattari, Vice-President of Science and Technology, Ali Reza Marandi President of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences and Abdolsalam Al-Majali President of Islamic World’s Academy of Sciences gave the prestigious Mustafa (PBUH) Prize to the Laureates on Friday.
Almost 60 Muslim scholars from 28 world countries have attended the Mustafa (PBUH) Prize ceremony.
The Mustafa Prize is a top science and technology award granted to the top researchers and scientists of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states biennially.
The Mustafa Prize seeks to encourage education and research and is set to play the pioneering role in developing regional relations between science and technology institutions working in the OIC member countries.
It also aims to improve scientific relation between academics and researchers in order to facilitate the growth and perfection of science in the OIC member states.
The Prize is awarded in four categories, namely 'Life Science and Medical Sciences', 'Nano Science and Nanotechnologies', 'The Information and Communication Science and Technologies', and 'Top Scientific Achievement in other fields'.
The laureates in each section will be awarded 500,000 USD which is financed through the endowments made to the Prize. The winners will also be adorned with a special medal and a certificate.
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Tehran, Dec 26, IRNA – An official at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) underlined importance of cooperation between the Islamic countries in order to develop knowledge borders.
