PESHAWAR: The University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Peshawar and PAVERCRAFT (Pvt) Ltd, Adamzai Nowshera on Monday collaborated for joint applied research.
Prof Dr Khan Shahazada on behalf of UET Peshawar and Shahab Khattak CEO, PAVERCRAFT (Pvt) Ltd signed the MoU here.
The purpose of MoU is to bring the academia, industry together to create industrial development that leads to environmentally friendly product development in the pavement industry.
The vice-chancellor said the UET Peshawar is actively involved in bridging with industry as almost 58 percent of the collaborations are signed with local companies organized by ORIC.
Shahab Khattak, CEO PAVERCRAFT (Pvt) Ltd, briefed about the PAVERCRAFT Ltd.
He said multiple projects have been undertaken with students and faculty of Hazara University and UET Peshawar.
He said PAVERCRAFT (Pvt) Ltd was started in 2018, has handled different govt and corporate projects so far and beaten top operators due to state-of-the-art equipment in the pavement industry.
Prof Dr Khan Shahzada, Professor Department of Civil Engineering, UET Peshawar made a presentation on “Green Revolution in Pavement Industry”.
He explained in detail how UET Peshawar is supporting PAVERCRAFT Ltd through MSc research on optimization of tuff tiles and reducing weight of concrete bricks while its National Institute of Urban Infrastructure Planning (NIUIP) that will further lead to the commercialization of tuff tiles and flying ash.
Dr Nasru Minallah, Director ORIC UET said the ORIC will continue bridging industry academia linkages and special preference will be given to local industry. Dr Khizar Azam Khan, Registrar UET Peshawar said university has the best human resources with latest research techniques to help the industry in related fields.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2021
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