Lahore, May 14, 2022 (PPI-OT):Under OIC’s Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH) Consortium of Excellence (CCoE) Fellowship/Training and Research Program, The University of Lahore (UOL) trained three foreign research scholars who were invited for an interview at PTV World for the television program, Diplomatic Enclave with Omar Khalid Butt, aired on February 19, 2021.
In a one-hour session, the research scholars namely; Mr. Md Mahedi Hassan Tusher from Bangladesh University of Health Sciences (BUHS), Bangladesh, Dr. Abdoulie Badjan, and Mr. Baba Kunta Fofana from the University of the Gambia, Gambia, shared their journeys of availing the research program. Mr. Tusher was placed at the Department of Pharmacy, where Mr. Fofana and Mr. Badjan were posted at the Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology (IMBB) at UOL, where they carried out research in their respective fields of expertise.
Upon asking about his experience at UOL, Mr. Fofana replied that his area of interest and specialization was very closely aligned with the IMBB program offered at UOL which helped him in categorizing genes and exploring the medicinal effect on people of different origins and communities. Dr. Badjan shared the fundamental issues related to infectious diseases that his research addressed, and Mr. Tusher talked about the use of herbs as a cure for diseases as well as the parallels between Bangladesh and Pakistan.
In the end, researchers thanked UOL and COMSTECH for providing them with research opportunities, expressed their willingness to revisit Pakistan, and pledged to act as ambassadors of Pakistan in their countries.
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