In Islamabad four Pakistani students participated in London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) 2013 held at Imperial College London. The LIYSF is an educational forum regularly organised on annual basis since 1959 and Pakistani students under the patronage and financial support of Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) are participating in it since 2012.
PSF as a part of its Science Promotion and Popularisation programmes in the country also supports young students by providing them the opportunity to participate in International Science Forums.
Ms Warda Faridi, Haseeb Ahmed, Ms Ferkhanda Zareen and Rizwan Ali Khan were selected after written test and detailed interviews by a panel of scientists.
These students left for London on July 23, 2013. The PSF member Science Dr Khalil Ahmed Ibupoto was team leader of these students during their visit to London.
During the LIYSF-2103, more than 300 students from 60 countries of the five continents gathered under one roof and they lived together as community members for about two weeks, which helped them improve their learning outcomes and to understand each other’s customs and culture. The LIYSF 2013 activities included lectures and demonstrations from leading scientists, seminars, debates and discussions on scientific topics of world concern, visits to academic research centres in London, Oxford and Cambridge and visits to science and natural history museums etc. staff report
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