All Set To Hold 1st International Conference At MUST From Monday

MIRPUR(UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Apr, 2018 ) , Apr 08 (APP):All is set to hold two-day 1st International Conference on Power, Energy and Smart Grid I (ICPESG) at the state-run Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST) here from April 9 Monday to discuss and devise mechanism, harmonious to the need of the modern age and to combat the growing energy crises in various parts of the world.

President of Azad Jammu Kashmir Sardar Masood Khan, who is also Chancellor of the University, will inaugurate the world moot and the Vice Chancellor of Prof. Dr. Habib ur Rehman as the Chief host, supervising the arrangements for holding of the grand moot in a befitting manner.

AJK minister for Electricity Raja Nisar Ahmed will grace the occasion as guest of honor where at least 17 delegates / power experts from 17 developed nations will attend the conference. Unveiling the salient features of the global moot, Publication Chair and Senior Member International Electrical and Electronics Engineering (SMIEEE) Engr.

Dr. Anzar Mahmood, Chairman Power Department Engr. Prof. Shabir Mirza, Associate Prof. Engr. Dr. Syed Hassan Mujtaba Jaffery, Prof. Dr. Illayas Minhas at the Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST)said at a joint news conference here on Sunday that experts of the energy sectors and the world class universities from Canada, China, France, Germany, Korea, Malaysia, Peru, Romania, Sweeden, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States and Pakistan are attending the conference.

"The prime focus of the scheduled global moot, being held with the financial assistance of the Higher education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan and Pakistan Science Foundation, is to promote research in the area of power systems and energy to cope with the technological challenges, energy crises situation and environmental issues faced by the power and energy sectors in different parts of the world", they said.

It is the first IEEE (International Electrical and Electronics Engineering) approved conference in AJK that the Department of Electrical (Power) Engineering at MUST varsity is hosting to bring researchers, scientists, engineers and scholars together from all over the world to share their ideas and research about all the aspects of power, energy systems, renewable, smart grids and advance concepts in computational intelligence.

They continued that the Conference received over 170 papers on the topic from 17 countries . After a rigorous and digital review process carried out by a panel of seasoned reviewers / experts from more than Eight countries, only 38 research papers of high intellect have been picked up for oral presentation in the conference", they added.

They further said that the conference would help in to introduce the competitive market related to the energy sector through the introduction of the power generation through utilization of smart grid through solar energy, they underlined.

Pakistan, the power energy experts revealed, needs a total of 16 thousand megawatt of power to meet its energy needs. The country is facing the shortfall of 4 thousand megawatt of power at present in spite of the available natural potential of generation of 60 thousand MW of Hydro electric power in the country besides the available natural potential of the production of 25 thousand megawatt of hydel power in Azad Jammu Kashmir and GB � Gilgit Baltistan, they pointed out.

They expressed the hope that the grand global conference will open new avenues for the participants and the presenters with a platform for sharing their ideas among themselves during the courage of the event coupled with other researchers and scientists globally through proceeding of the Conference on IEEE Explore.

The experts expressed gratitude to the external national and international reviewers for their precious reviews in short span of time, which, he underlined, have ensured quality control in scrutinizing acceptance of the papers.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), the global hallmark of Electrical Engineering has approved to publish the proceedings of the scheduled Conference, They said. Top officials of the MUST including Registrar Engr.

Prof. Muhammad Wariq Jiraal, Chairman Electricity Engineering Department Prof. Muhammad Arif Khan, Associate Professors. Dr. Mahboob Alam, Dr. Sajaad Manzoor, Assistant Prof. Rub Nawaz, Assistant Prof.

Engr. Zaffar Azam , Asst Prof. Atiq Baig, Asst. Prof. Munawar Sultan, Asst Prof. Naeem Rattayal, Asst.Prof. Engr. Imran Rattyal and others were also present on this occasion. It may be added that University College of Engineering and Technology (UCET) was established in early 1980s and was elevated to the University status in 2008 with the name of Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST) at Mirpur under the auspices of Azad Jammu Kashmir government.

The MUST, presently sands as one of the top-10 in the National Quality Ranking HEC-approved Universities across the country � located in Mirpur city of AJK State. APP/ahr