PCSIR Islamabad

Dr. Shahzad Alam, Chairman

Dr. Shahzad Alam, Director General PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Lahore has assumed the charge of Chairman PCSIR on September 17, 2015. Dr. Shahzad Alam received his Ph.D degree from University of Leeds, UK in 1991 and did three Post doctorates from Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Tsukuba, Japan. His current field of specialization is nano materials, Laser and plasma hybrid sprayed functional coatings and biomaterials.

Bearing in mind the global advancements in Science and Technology, Dr. Alam envisaged the idea of creating an infrastructure for Materials Research in the country and ultimately succeeded in establishing Pakistan Institute of Technology for Minerals and Advanced Engineering Materials (PITMAEM) in 2002, under a PSDP project of the Ministry of Science & Technology (MoST). The establishment of such a facility was indispensable for the country to keep abreast with the technological revolutions world wide. The institute under his supervision is contributing a lot for industrial capacity building, export enhancement, import substitution and human resource development in the various fields of materials science.

Dr. Shahzad Alam has more than 100 research publications published in the journals, conferences/symposiums local and abroad and 22 technical reports. He is a co-author of three proceedings of international conferences and member of prestigious national and international societies and associations engaged for the promotion of materials science. He has supervised a number of Ph.D and M.Phil students.

Contact Chairman:

PCSIR Head office, 01-Constitution Avenue, Sector G-5/2,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Phone:+92- 51-9225395-99
Fax: +92-51-9225372,

E-mail1: chairman@pcsir.gov.pk

E-mail2: pcsirheadoffice@gmail.com