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participants. In his inaugural address he expressed his pleasure over the 
worthy participation of academia and R&D organizations from around the 
country, representing both the public and private sector institutions. He 
pointed out the need to develop state of the art curricula for Remote 
Sensing and GIS, though some of the institutes are already offering RS & 
GIS courses at a rudimentary level. Dr Altaf acknowledged that Professor 
Dr Imdad Ali Ismaili proposed him and stressed  the need to introduce 
Remote Sensing and GIS programs at BS and MS at national level and 
mentioned its significance for the scientific management of Pakistan’s 
natural and environmental resources in particular and globally in general.  
He also emphasized the need of standardized curricula for all HEC 
recognized Universities/Institutes for quality education and uniformity at all 
levels. 
Dr. Altaf requested the participants to select a Convener for the NCRC 
meeting to chair and lead the effort of RS&GIS curriculum development. 

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The name of Professor  Dr. Waqar Ahmad who has 25 years of teaching 
and research experience in Remote Sensing and GIS at various 
international universities and has published almost hundred research 
papers at international journals was proposed and agreed upon to act as 
Convener. In the initial meeting Dr. M. Ejaz Sandhu was requested to act 
as a Secretary for this meeting.  
 
The second meeting in Lahore started with the recitation of verses from 
Holy Quran. Mr. Muhammad Tahir Ali Shah, Assistant Director