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(Curriculum), HEC welcomed all the participants of the meeting and 
requested the new participants to kindly introduce themselves before the 
proceedings of the second meeting. In his welcome address he  appreciated 
the efforts by the committee members for their excellent output of the first 
meeting.  He informed the committee that the draft RS & GIS curriculum 
was circulated internationally to get feedback on the proposed curriculum. 
Meeting was then handed over to Dr. Waqar Ahmad, convener of the 
NCRC.  
 
Dr. Waqar welcomed all the participants and appreciated the coordination 
and cooperation by  Mr Tahir Ali Shah in holding and  organizing NCRC 
meetings in due time. He also thanked all members for their cohesive and 
productive contribution made to the first meeting. Dr Waqar Ahmad, in his 
meeting opening remarks, formally withdrew his name as Convener and 
opened forum for reselection of Convener and Secretary. Dr. Jamil Kazmi 
appreciated the strong contribution of Dr. Waqar Ahmad and proposed his 
name again for the Convener of the NCRC. It was resolved and agreed 
upon  unanimously. Mr. Muhammad Nawaz proposed the name of Dr. Jamil 
Kazmi as Secretary and seconded by Dr. Amir Khan. 
In these meetings, Dr. Waqar Ahmad requested the participants to provide 
their views on the structure of Remote Sensing & GIS curricula. He stressed 
the need of time and showed his delight over the decision to introduce RS & 
GIS courses in Pakistan. He pointed out that in India at the moment there 
are more than 1800 Departments that are offering Remote Sensing and GIS 
courses at postgraduate levels. Indians also has a plan to introduce these 
technologies at school level. He thanked HEC leadership especially the 
visionary approach of HEC Chairman Dr Atta-ur-Rehman to prioritize 
emerging technologies curriculum developments and their introduction in 
the Pakistani universities. These technologies have brought revolution in the 
management of natural and environmental resources especially in our 
neighboring country. He stressed that it’s a unique moment for all of us, to 
contribute for introducing new programs and come up with a quality product 
that could bring our academic institutions at par with the developed world. 
He informed that over the last two decades he has taken a key role in 
developing RS& GIS curriculum for the Australian universities.  
 

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