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Centre for Excellence in Research (CER)

The Centre for Excellence in Research (CER) is based within the Management Sciences Department at Comsats Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad. CER has a number of active researchers from across the Finance and Accounting, Economics, Management, Marketing, and Information Technology subject areas within the department. CER is established with a view to promote research activities that lead to high quality research output. Another aim of CER is to promote meaningful exchange of ideas and collaboration between regional industry and academics.

Objectives

CER has the following objectives: 

A) To support high quality research within the department of Management Sciences, through promoting a research culture among staff and students and establishing and maintaining high quality research databases. )  

This objective is pursued through the establishment of a ‘Research Committee’, initiating a ‘Research Seminar Series’, a ‘Discussion Paper Series’, encouraging staff and students to present their work at National and International Conferences’, and subscribing to useful databases within the department of Management Sciences..

B) To encourage and promote linkages with the industry and offer quality information and training programmes to commercial clients.

This objective is pursued through exploring opportunities for ‘Consultancy Work’ for the commercial clients, disseminating useful research work through arranging ‘Training Workshops’, ‘Conferences’, offering ‘Short Courses’, and through establishing and maintaining an active Alumni network and database.