NUST and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) signed an MoU in an impressive ceremony held at the Prime Minister’s House on February 14, 2020, as part of Turkish President H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ongoing visit to Pakistan.
Lt Gen Naweed Zaman, HI (M), (Retd), Rector NUST, and Prof Dr. Temil Kotil, President TAI, signed the MoU. H.E. Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, and H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Republic of Turkey, were present at the occasion. Other dignitaries included Federal Minister for Science & Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, prominent functionaries of the Government of Pakistan, and Turkish industrialists who are accompanying the Turkish President on his visit.
The MoU entails a multi-strand engagement between NUST and TAI, the latter being an industrial giant in the Defence Aviation sector. The areas of collaboration include Student & Faculty Exchange, Joint Research, and Intellectual Property Training leading to technology transfer. TAI has already established its Pakistan Office at the National Science & Technology Park (NSTP), recently inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Pakistan at NUST, Islamabad.
