Director NAM S&T Centre meets and visits

During his visit to Cairo in connection with the 12^th Governing Council (GC) meeting of the NAM S&T Centre, Prof. Arun P. Kulshreshtha, Director, NAM S&T Centre called on Prof. Mohsen M. Shoukry, Vice President for Scientific & Cultural Relations of the Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT), Egypt. Mrs. Abear Mohamed Attia, Head, Scientific Relations at ASRT and her colleague Ms. Jehan, as well as Mr. M. Bandyopadhyay, Senior Expert & Administrative Officer, NAM S&T Centre were present during this meeting.

On completion of the GC meeting, the Director accompanied with Mr. Bandyopadhyay visited Alexandria. The visit was hosted by Dr. Engr. Wafik Noseir, Environmental Engineering Consultant at the Egyptian Modern Center [website: www.freewebs.com/ wafikn/].

The Director visited Ahmedabad (Gujarat), India to chair a scientific session on 'Experiences in Science Fun Learning' at the 6^th International Conference on 'Hands-On Science (HSCI- 2009) - Science for all: Quest for Excellence' held during 27-31 October 2009 at the Science City at Ahmedabad. The Director also called on Prof. Subhash C. Bawa, Professor at the Centre for Environmental Planning & Technology University (CEPT), Ahmedabad and Ex-GM & Scientist of the Space Applications Centre (SAC) of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).