Staff Report
Mardan:A Memorandum of Understanding signed between Water and Sanitation Services Company Mardan (WSSCM) and CECOS University. Chief Executive Officer Shahid Khan and Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Naseer Ahmad signed the MOU. On this occasion, Vice President of University Engineer Sohaib Tanveer, Chairman Board of Directors (BoD) Engineer Adil Nawaz, University Registrar Khursheed Marwat, Director ORIC Abdul Hanan, Engineer Irfanullah, General Manager Muhammad Khalil Akbar, Manager Planning & Project Imran Zaman, Manager HR and Admin Rahatullah were also present.
Under this MoU, both institutions will collaborate in various fields for research and innovation, framing waste management policy, training & development and internship opportunities for the students. The Vice Chancellor, Professor Dr. Naseer Ahmad, stated that both institutions will jointly work on the company’s waste policy. WSSCM Complaint Management system will soon be digitized.
He further emphasized that collaboration between academia and service providers can efficiently address the citizen’s issues in term of improved service delivery.
On this occasion, Chairman Board of Directors Chairman Engineer Adil Nawaz and CEO Shahid Khan stated that both institutions will starts work on waste segregation at household level and shops and war footing steps will be taken on behavior change and community mobilization. They added that the experiences of both sides will be utilized to produce useful items from waste and reduce the burden on dumping sites.
It has also been discussed taht under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6, all available resources are being utilized to improve the provision of clean water and sanitation services to citizens and to ensure maximum benefit with limited resources.
At the end, the university’s Vice President Engineer Sohaib Tanveer and Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Naseer Ahmad presented commemorative shields to WSSCM Board Chairman Engineer Adil Nawaz and CEO Shahid Khan.
