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52-508: Founded in 1967 as Reactor School from the sponsorship of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission in response to support and manage the nuclear energy infrastructure in the country, the institute started its educational activities with the affiliation of Quaid-e-Azam University , and became Centre for Nuclear Studies (CNS) in 1976— the center gained its new name and became independent as public university in 1997. In 2000,

104-535: A Muslim-dominated state. The turbulent nature of its emergence critically influenced the scientific development of Pakistan. The establishment of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) in 1951 began Pakistan's research on physical sciences. In 1953, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower announced the Atoms for Peace program, of which Pakistan became its earliest partner. Research at PAEC initially followed

156-845: A PC-controlled multi-variable tank, have also been supplied to various institutions. Currently there are more than 100 doctoral candidates registered in the PhD program in Nuclear Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, Nuclear Medicine and Computer Science. PIEAS's excellence was recognized on the national level when it was declared to be the best engineering university in Pakistan by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in its first ever ranking of universities in 2006. PIEAS retained this title in HEC's second ranking, carried out in 2012. The university

208-453: A few sports clubs and student chapters of IEEE. Nukta used to be an annual inter-university event held under the collaboration of both PIEAS PERFORMING ARTS and PDS. It consisted of competitions in Dramatics, Shortfilms and Declamations. Six editions of Nukta had been held with NUKTA'19 being the latest. PIEAS Literary Society has been writing quarterly newsletters by the name of Zeest since

260-708: A lecture auditorium at the Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH), and had only one faculty member Dr. Inam-ur-Rehman from the Mississippi State University to teach courses in engineering. Its training program was very limited in its scope apart from teaching basics in engineering and the institute itself was housed in a 625 sq.ft – the auditorium of the Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology. The Reactor School received much greater attention from Munir Ahmad Khan who instituted

312-676: A strict non-weapon policy issued by then- Foreign Minister Sir Zafarullah Khan . In 1955, the Government of Pakistan established a committee of scientists to prepare nuclear energy plans and build an industrial nuclear infrastructure throughout the country. As the Energy Council Act went into full effect, Prime Minister Huseyn Suhrawardy established the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) in March 1956. Its first chair

364-488: Is Large. The current major areas of academic and technical activities available at the institute are Computer and Control Systems, Applied Electronics, Applied Mathematics & Numerical Analysis, Analytical Chemistry, Nuclear Engineering, Materials Science & Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Radiation Physics, Optics & Laser Physics, Polymer Laboratory and Nuclear Medicine. Although PIEAS offers BS, MS, M Phil and PhD degree programs,

416-617: Is a federally funded independent governmental agency, concerned with research and development of nuclear power , promotion of nuclear science , energy conservation and the peaceful use of nuclear technology . Since its establishment in 1956, the PAEC has overseen the extensive development of nuclear infrastructure to support the economical uplift of Pakistan by founding institutions that focus on development on food irradiation and on nuclear medicine radiation therapy for cancer treatment. The PAEC organizes conferences and directs research at

468-485: Is a multifaceted educational institution, with academic and training programs conducted at the highest level in a broad spectrum of disciplines. These are complemented by an active R&D program, which now also extends to working on industry-related projects. In this context, several products of industrial use, like a PC-controlled drill machine, a PC-controlled milling machine, and robotic manipulators, have been developed. Specialized systems for educational purposes, such as

520-462: Is already hoping to become an observer state at CERN. In 2006 PAEC and CERN agreed on expanded cooperation, including contributions by PAEC valued at 5 million Swiss francs. The PAEC, partnered with Pakistan's leading universities, sent a large team of scientists and engineers to CERN to participate in the Large Hadron Collider on 10 September 2008. According to the news sources,

572-527: Is becoming a University. I am sure that one day, it will emerge as the MIT of Pakistan... The PIEAS campus is sprawled over an area of about 360 acres. The physical structure comprises nine academic blocks, eight workshops, production plants for liquid nitrogen and oxygen, 30 laboratories, lecture halls, a video-conferencing facility, conference rooms, and a 400-seat auditorium. A state-of-the-art computer center with 200 computers provides computational facilities around

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624-474: Is chaired by a person appointed by the Government of Pakistan as specified in the government notification. The PAEC's management is organized by the Government of Pakistan who awards contracts to the potential candidates. Its full-time members consist of the appointed Chair; a finance member, and two technical members. Its part-time members are composed of the senior scientists and the chief scientific adviser to

676-479: Is held responsible for design preparation and proper operational function of Pakistan's commercial nuclear power plants . The PAEC provides lobbying at the governmental level for the safe usage of nuclear power sources; though the nuclear safety regulations , Protection of the nuclear power facilities is managed by the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA). Providing policy guidance to

728-584: Is now noted as one of the largest science and technology institution of the country. The PAEC supports research activities and learning programs at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), of which PAEC is also its organizer. Since 1974, the PAEC has been a key organizer and sponsor of the International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs conference each year where scientists from all over

780-501: Is ranked 47th in QS top 50 under 50. In 1967, the institute was found and established as the Reactor School by I. H. Usmani who put the administrative management of the school under the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)— the school was originally aimed towards providing technical training to support Pakistan's nuclear energy infrastructure. The first college classes were offered in

832-414: Is under construction. PIEAS provides hostel facilities for both female and male students. Most students stay there. There are eight hostel blocks including a separate female hostel, No profit no loss mess, canteen, fitness centre, rest-house, and indoor and outdoor sports facilities. A post office, bank and shops for commonly required items are available in the vicinity. A mosque is a recent addition and it

884-518: The Government College University, Lahore where it awards fellowships to the students. The PAEC continues to promotes its program as "peaceful uses of atomic energy commenced for the benefit the scientific community as well as public." About its promotion of education, senior scientist, Ishfaq Ahmad quoted: "the PAEC was responsible to send more than 600 scientists to the abroad. As of present, PAEC maintains its prestigious image, and

936-495: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, along with placement of scientists and engineers from Pakistan to assist in the scientific programme at CERN. With the efforts led by the PAEC, CERN made Pakistan an associate member, on 22 June 2014— the first Asian country and the second Muslim country after Turkey . In 1997 PAEC chairman Ishfaq Ahmad reached out to CERN to sign a contract between them after elaborate discussions an in-kind contribution worth one million Swiss francs for

988-675: The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority , agreed to supply a small scale nuclear reprocessing plant, with the capacity to extract 360 grams of plutonium per year. In 1973, the PAEC announced the discovery of large uranium deposits in Punjab . After India's decisive victory in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 , Pakistan retracted its non-weapon policy and the research and development of nuclear weapons began in 1972. PAEC's senior nuclear engineer Munir Ahmad Khan ,

1040-709: The 1960s. Some theoretical physicists from Pakistan had the opportunity to work at CERN through short visits. During the 1980s, some of the experimental physicists from Pakistan, specialising in the technique of Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors (SSNTD), also benefited from CERN by exposing the stacks in the beam at the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS). In 2005, CERN awarded PAEC with the ATLAS Supplier Award in 2005, in connection with manufacturing and fabrication of various equipment for CERN. On 27 June 2011, PAEC and CERN reached an agreement for extending

1092-429: The PAEC and construction on the sites was completed in 1979. In 1983, PAEC's efforts reached a milestone when it conducted its first subcritical test on a weapon design; such testing continued until the early 1990s under codename: Kirana-I . Following nuclear tests by India earlier in the month, on 28 May 1998, PAEC led the final preparations and conducted Pakistan's first nuclear tests (Codename: Chagai-I ), which

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1144-644: The PAEC established its first nuclear medicine centre for cancer treatment at the Jinnah Medical College of the University of Karachi ; the second Medical Isotope Institute was established at the Mayo Hospital of the King Edward Medical University, Lahore . Physicians and medical researchers were provided with facilities for cancer diagnosis and treatment by the PAEC's funding. In 1960,

1196-668: The PAEC established its regional atomic research centre in Lahore , and a metallurgy centre in Karachi in 1963. Another energy centre was located in Dhaka where many scientists were educated. In 1967, the PAEC founded the Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences which became one of the primary technical universities of the country. Many of the PAEC's scientists and engineers served in its faculty. The PAEC supports its university-level physics program at

1248-545: The PAEC reached an agreement with Canadian General Electric to build a CANDU reactor in Karachi. Financial investment for the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant was provided by the Economic Coordination Committee , and Edward Durell Stone was commissioned to oversee the architectural design of PINSTECH. From 1965–71, the PAEC sent 600 scientists abroad for training in nuclear sciences. in 1969,

1300-686: The PAEC was the civilian federal oversight agency that manifested the control of atomic radiation , development of nuclear weapons , and their testing . These functions were eventually taken over by the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA), and the National Command Authority under the Prime Minister of Pakistan . Following the partition of the British Indian Empire by the United Kingdom in 1947, Pakistan emerged as

1352-524: The PAEC. PAEC also provided useful services in Pakistan like free religious and science education for more than 2000 poor children, Empowering Pakistani women by giving them basic education especially in suburbs by Hunargah (vocational training centers). PAEC has also established Centers for Retired Employees Welfare (CREW) in Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi for meetings, discussions and problems solving. PAEC

1404-562: The PIEAS was granted the status of a doctorate degree awarding institute. PIEAS is based on a 150 acres (0.61 km; 0.23 sq mi) campus and has around 135 full-time faculty members. As of 2017, Higher Education Commission rated PIEAS as the 1st leading engineering university in Pakistan. The QS World University Rankings ranked it as 390th worldwide while QS Asia University Rankings ranked it as 3rd in Pakistan, 189th overall in Asia in 2022. It

1456-631: The Punjab also joined the commission, along with Munir Ahmad Khan who initially lobbied for acquiring an open pool reactor from the United States. In 1958, PAEC Chairman Nazir Ahmad proposed to the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation the building of a heavy water production facility with the capacity to produce 50 kg of heavy water per day at Multan , but this proposal was not acted on. In 1960, I. H. Usmani

1508-581: The area of radioprotection. In 2000, CERN signed another agreement which doubled the Pakistani contribution from one to two million Swiss francs. And with this new agreement Pakistan started construction of the resistive plate chambers required for the CMS muon system. While more recently, a protocol has been signed enhancing Pakistan's total contribution to the LHC programme to $ 10 million. Pakistan with all these efforts

1560-459: The clock, seven days a week. PIEAS is an associate of PERN network and has access to HEC Digital Library that can be accessed from any one of the 1500 nodes of PIEAS Local Area Network. Internet facilities are available even in student hostels. The PIEAS library holds a repository of more than 15000 artifacts and it also subscribes to both technical and academic journals. PIEAS Library has extended hours to facilitate students' access A new library block

1612-516: The construction of eight magnet supports for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector. For the CMS, the PAEC built magnetic feet and installed 320 Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC), as well as contributing to CMS computing. Several other mechanical components for ATLAS and for the LHC were also built by the PAEC. It was PAEC's efforts that led the Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH) with CERN's direct cooperation in

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1664-517: The country's leading universities. Since the 1960s, the PAEC has also been a scientific research partner and sponsor of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), where Pakistani scientists have contributed to developing particle accelerators and research on high-energy physics . PAEC scientists regularly visit CERN to join projects led by the European organization. Until 2001,

1716-852: The degree programs offered by PIEAS have been tabulated below. The regular duration of BS and MS / M Phil degree programs is four and two years, respectively. PIEAS has around 135 full-time faculty members in the diverse fields of physical sciences, engineering and medicine. 95 of them have PhD degrees from highly reputed institutions in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, China, Japan, Austria and Australia. Another 25 faculty members were expected to complete their PhD studies during 2013 and 2014. PIEAS faculty members have published more than 650 papers in international journals and have been decorated with 3 Sitara-e-Imtiaz, 2 Tamgha-i-Imatiaz, 3 President's Pride of Performance, 1 President's Medal for Technology, 1 Aizaaz-e-Kamal, 3 Aizaaz-e-Fazeelat, and 9 Best Teacher Awards. PIEAS

1768-426: The engineering education program by building the criteria for the bachelorette and master's degree programs offered in engineering and physical sciences. In 1989, the degree program in medicines and the doctoral program in engineering and physical sciences was established in 1990. Due to enhancements in its infrastructure that created the capability for offering programs in many different fields of science, its name

1820-441: The excellent development of PIEAS's PhD program. Role of PIEAS during COVID is also notable Pakistan institute of engineering and applied sciences with the help of POF made CORVENT named Ventilator.It was Pakistan's first indigenous developed ventilator There are zero functioning societies presently working at PIEAS under SADiv. The main office bearers of these societies were elected from the student body. Nevertheless, links between

1872-493: The fall of 2013 and yearly magazines by the name Dareecha since 2012. Both these publications are available in a PDF format from the official website of PIEAS, whereas only the annual magazine's hard copy is distributed among the students. The university's initial notable faculty included: Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission ( PAEC ) ( Urdu : ماموریہ جوہری توانائی پاکستان , romanized :  māmūrīa jauhrī tawānā'ī pākistān )

1924-509: The fellowship program in 1972, inviting the science and engineering graduates to compete for the award of attractive fellowships for the duration of the course. It was Khan who lobbied to the government to secure funding to move the Reactor School from Nilore to Islamabad. In 1976, the Reactor School was renamed as Centre for Nuclear Studies (CNS) as Khan and Rehman were the first to serve on its original faculty and painstakingly instituting

1976-461: The government, PAEC's studies envision setting up power plants with a capacity of approximately 8800 Megawatts by 2030. Under this policy, the KANUPP power plants and CHASHNUPP power plants are expanding and under construction as of 2013. Pakistan has a long history of participating in experiments and research undertakings with CERN , and has a long tradition of physicists who are working around

2028-485: The government. The PAEC's management are constitutionally bound to meet not less than four times every year for the execution of development projects involving nuclear power stations and the generation of electric power . The PAEC retains its autonomous management structure under the National Command Authority . The amendments carried out in 2010, the National Command Authority is now placed again under

2080-419: The members of these societies and the corresponding in charge from faculty used to be maintained for coordination. These groups used to include PIEAS Performing Arts Society, PIEAS Literary Society, PIEAS Thematic Society, PIEAS Media Club, PIEAS Volunteer Society, Society for Promotion of Entrepreneurship and Leadership, PIEAS Debating Society, PIEAS Sportics Society and PIEAS Blood Donors Society. There were also

2132-506: The postgraduate degree programs dominate. In addition to the degree programs, PIEAS also offers specialized short courses to engineers, scientists and other professionals for their continuing professional development. The length of these courses vary from 2 to 18 months, and the areas covered have included reactor supervision and operation, health physics, medical physics, laser technology, vacuum technology, computer applications advanced reactor safety and management sciences. The disciplines and

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2184-557: The team of Pakistani scientists were keenly involved in the development of the Large Hadron Collider— the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator . The data of the experiment was available for the Pakistani scientists who would examine the data and results would be accumulated afterwards by them. On June 26, 2021, 4 scientists of the PAEC were awarded the Team Achievement Award and another scientist

2236-436: The technical cooperation with CERN's upcoming programmes. CERN's Director-General Rolf-Dieter Heuer personally paid a visit to Pakistan where he spoke of the importance of science in Pakistan , and the importance of Germany's strategic alliance with Pakistan. The agreement was signed in order to extend an earlier agreement, which came into operation in 2003 between CERN and Pakistan for the supply of manufactured equipment for

2288-427: The world are delegated to the country. The Summer College disseminates the knowledge of advancements in physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, mathematics, computer science, logic, and philosophy. As the emphasis shifted towards concerns for national security interests, the PAEC's important projects were also initiated in this area. Many notable scientists with international prestige have worked and affiliated with

2340-454: The world. Since the 1960s, Pakistan has been contributing and regularly participating in CERN's projects, theoretical and nuclear experiments. A prime example would be Abdus Salam ; Salam was the first man to be accredited with all the collaboration with CERN which when he convinced them to give Pakistan stacks of nuclear emulsions exposed for further study of pions , kaons and antiprotons in

2392-451: Was Nazir Ahmad – an experimental physicist . Other members of the PAEC included Technical member Salimuzzaman Siddiqui , an organic chemist at the University of Karachi , and Raziuddin Siddiqui , a mathematical physicist at the same university. Together, they both took charge of the research and development directorates of the commission. In 1958, Abdus Salam of the University of

2444-554: Was awarded the Young Scientist Award for work in plant mutation breeding and related technologies. These awards were bestowed in recognition of Pakistan's advancements in the application of nuclear technology for achieving the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals . The awards were jointly awarded by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization . The PAEC

2496-452: Was changed to Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) in 1997— the year when the Institute of Applied Sciences was granted its status as public research university . Today, PIEAS is a multi-faceted, degree-awarding university-level educational institution, with academic and training programmes being conducted at the highest level in a broad spectrum of disciplines. . ...I have learnt that CNS has been renamed as PIEAS and

2548-576: Was elevated as PAEC's second chair with the transfer of Nazir Ahmad at the Federal Bureau of Statistics . The Multan Heavy Water Production Facility reactor was built in 1962, financed by local fertilizer companies. In 1964, PAEC established its first research institute, the Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH), at Nilore , and began negotiation for Pakistan's first commercial nuclear power plant to be built in Karachi . In 1965,

2600-515: Was followed by Chagai-II in Kharan Desert on 30 May 1998. In 2001, the PAEC's research was focused back onto civilian and peaceful research with the establishment of the National Command Authority and the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority . Since its establishment in 1956, the PAEC has provided a conspicuous example of the benefits of atomic age technologies for the advancement of agriculture, engineering, biology, and medicine. In 1960,

2652-646: Was named as PAEC's third chair by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto . Work began on development of the nuclear fuel cycle infrastructure, and nuclear weapons research in the 1970s. Key research took place at PINSTECH, where scientists worked on weapon designs and eventual nuclear weapons testing . The PAEC expanded the crash program with various laboratories, facilities, and directorates researching on developing and testing materials and components for bomb designs , whilst it engineered plants and funded facilities for production of highly enriched uranium (HEU) and plutonium. In 1976, possible test sites were decided by

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2704-477: Was ranked as the top engineering institute of Pakistan by the HEC in the "engineering and technology" category, as of 2013. QS World University Rankings ranked the institute top in Pakistan and 106th in Asia in 2014. QS World University Rankings ranked the institute fifth in Pakistan and 146th in Asia in 2016. In 2017, according to PEC rankings, PIEAS tops the list. PIEAS has active links with reputed universities in developed countries, which have been very helpful for

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