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This exhilarating journey beginning from an array of telescopes pointed at the sun, takes you all the way through the wonders of KSS Exploratorium featuring 3D printers, molecular structures, snake pendulums, and lasers. Next up there are school projects, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) and CERN’s LHC Interactive Tunnel as well concluding with arguably one of the mela’s most popular spots, the Food Arena. Steaming hot BBQ, chilled lemonade and snacks gave us all a mouthwatering sight. W …

The Particle Physics Coloring Book in Urdu, with the collaboration of CERN and Khwarizmi Science Society, in the far reaches of Balochistan and Sindh, Pakistan with the help of Takmil School! These school students of the TAKMIL Foundation who also attended the recently held Lahore Science Mela 2022 will get an insight into the subject of particle physics and the ATLAS Experiment at CERN. The best part, these are completely translated into Urdu! KSS helped develop, print, and disseminate these tw …

On Friday, 19 August 2022, the Khwarizmi Science Society (KSS) entered into a landmark agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Pakistan. Together, KSS and MOFA will further science popularisation and establish developed labs in Pakistan. The first of these labs will be set up in the public schools of GB and AJK. The Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood and General Secretary Khwarizmi Science Society Dr. Sabieh Anwar for promotion of science …

We are delighted to share this exciting news with you that Lahore Science Mela 2022 will be held at Divisional Public School and Intermediate College (DPS), Model Town, Lahore. We are all set to go once again! This is a large public school at the center of Lahore with a rich tradition of academic and co-curricular excellence. The event will be open to all—all students, teachers, laypersons, professionals, scientists, schools, and more! No need to purchase any ticket or register anywhere to visit …

We are proud to announce that the Khwarizmi Science Society is collaborating with Shadow the Scientists to bring the experience of live telescopic observations from one of the most giant ground-based telescopes from the comfort of your home! KSS is also planning something big with StS for the upcoming Lahore Science Mela 2022. Shadow the Scientists (StS) was created to connect the public to scientists engaging in authentic scientific experiments, such as astronomy observing experiences with prof …

Here’s a splendid opportunity for all the astronomy enthusiasts (students and citizen scientists) to volunteer with EMU-ASKAP (Evolutionary Map of the Universe-Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder) and help locate and classify radio galaxies.  The Radio Galaxy Zoo-EMU is one of the biggest citizen science projects run by EMU-AKSAP. Below is the invitation by Dr. Eleni Vardoulaki (Coordinator for data-intensive radio astronomy , Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg TLS): Invitation Email …

Are you passionate about science and creativity but never had a chance to showcase it? KSS gives you a chance to share your innovations in Lahore Science Mela 2022! Sign up now as an exhibitor and performer for LSM 22: www.ksslsm.org/exhibitor/ Last date to apply: 30 September 2022

In KSS’s collaboration with LCWU under the British Council grant, the second teaching session was held by Dr. Muhammad Mustafa. The participants (current and aspiring faculty members) learned modern teaching techniques and scientific experiments that can be used to enhance critical thinking in a STEM classroom. The team of KSS consisted of the speaker Dr. Muhammad Mustafa and to assist him Mr. Tayyab Iftikhar and Mr. Muhammad Ayyaz joined him as well.

Another achievement by the Khwarizmi Science Society! In an article published in Physics Today, the American Institute of Physics, by Dr. Muhammad Sabieh Anwar titled “Breaking the spell of scientific isolation in the developing world” he talks about how important science is in a developing world. The article goes “…Physically seeing, meeting, listening to, and talking with world-renowned educators and scientists can have a lasting impression on our students’ scientific worldview…” To read t …

Lahore Science Mela 2019 was the third and the biggest Science Mela held by the Khwarizmi Science Society yet. It was recognized both nationally and internationally on a huge scale. Recently, a report on Lahore Science Mela 2019 was published in the Inaugural Issue of “Science Diplomacy Perspectives”. In the preface given by the Foreign Secretary Mr Sohail Mahmood he acknowledges the efforts of the KSS team as well, he says, “I want to congratulate and thank all authors & editors for contrib …

A series of events are going to take place at LCWU in collaboration with KSS and British Council as well for STEM training purposes. In this project, the Offices of Research, Innovation and Commercialization (ORICs) will develop a blended workshop that will provide preparation for current and future STEM faculty members in effective teaching strategies and the evidence that supports these strategies. The broad purposes of the grant is to improve the quality/delivery of STEM subjects to basically …

This is a multifaceted project whose main aim is to create awareness, be it in the public sphere or in educational institutions. There are three major components to the project. The first is building instruments that can count cosmic ray muons and neutrons. Tabletop experiments involving this transmitter are proposed that will measure other characteristics of these particles, such as energy and charge. This work can soon spiral off into other directions revolving around particle detection amenab …

#YearInReview: Khwarizmi Science Society (KSS), in 2021, while trying to navigate through the challenges of COVID-19, continued working to create more learning opportunities for everyone in Pakistan and stretch the capacities and outreach of our work. Here, we highlight some of the major courses and webinars curated by KSS in 2021. Along with these events this year, KSS also signed a MOU with Punjab Information and Technology Board (PITB); got registered with the Punjab Charities Commission; sec …

Arslan Sajid Raja is a Life Member of Khwarizmi Science Society (KSS) and a PhD Student at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) with research interests in photonics, optical circuit switching, optical frequency comb, and electron-photon interactions. Recently, Arslan and his research group used a low-powered integrated photonics platform (circuits that guide light on a chip) to strongly modulate the electron beam of an electron microscope. This novel work was published in Nature (Volu …

The Punjab Charity Commission (PCC) recently revamped its official website. The website is intended to dispense authentic information regarding registered and non-registered charities to public and provide updated and clear guidelines to charitable organizations for systematically registering and regulating their charities. PCC invited Khwarizmi Science Society (KSS) to translate the content (currently in English) on its official website into Urdu. This invitation was extended due to the Society …

Recently KSS published an article in lieu of our partnership with Eblogary discussing Lahore’s first ever astrolabe-making workshop. This event was organized by KSS in collaboration with the Lahore Astronomical Society and was held at the Ali Institute. The workshop consisted of three sessions divided into three days and a lot of interest was shown towards the lost art of astrolabe making. Read more about this event at https://eblogary.com/blog/lahores-first-astrolabe-making-workshop/.

KSS General Secretary, Dr Muhammad Sabieh Anwar was recently invited by ReCompute-pk. Watch and be inspired as Dr Anwar talks about his journey as a student, researcher, and professor, his passion for gaining and imparting knowledge, and his work as the Dean of the School of Science and Engineering LUMS: https://youtu.be/guVlo2SOWcw. A transcript of the podcast is also available here: https://recompute-pk.github.io/post/podcast03-sabieh-anwar/.

Recently, the Khwarizmi Science Society organised an online course, Calculus Connects, instructed by Hasan Khan and taken by almost 40 participants. The course aimed to develop an intuitive approach to calculus, and thus, ignite within the participants (students and teachers alike) a passion for learning and exploring this mathematics of change to its true potential! We are happy to announce that all 5 sessions of Calculus Connects have now been made public on our YouTube Channel. The link of th …

Our friends, Digital Services – PITB have launched an incredible platform called eLearn.Punjab. Visit the YouTube Channel of eLearn and see how they have digitized the textbooks of Grade 9-12 Mathematics into digestible interesting videos that are filled with engrossing illustrations, animations, simulations, and interactive assessments! Don’t forget to subscribe and support this commendable effort of uplifting the state of public and private education in our country.

Recently, Rania Shafiq, a volunteer of the Khwarizmi Science Society (KSS), wrote an illustrative article about why informal means of education are effective tools to convey information to any learner and  leave a lasting impact on them. how the Khwarizmi Science Society has been utilizing vivid science performances, informal public lectures, and large-scaled celebratory science festivals to ignite a wonder for science among the masses of Pakistan! Illiteracy, unrest, and a misconstrued represen …

The Khwarizmi Science Society (KSS) and Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) have signed a MoU that promises to collectively propagate educational content and activities across Punjab. The MoU was signed by PITB DG e-Governance Sajid Latif and KSS Vice President Dr Shahid Atiq on behalf of their respective organizations. Dr Muhammad Sabieh Anwar (General Secretary, KSS), Ms Mohsina Asif (Science Communicator, KSS), Ms Noreen Anwer, and Dr Kashif Farooq (Director IT, PITB) were also present …

Muhammad Hamza Waseem, a core team member of the Khwarizmi Science Society (KSS), an organizer of the Lahore Science Mela Series, and somebody who has always been a source of pride for the KSS family and beyond has just received the Diana Award 2021! Hamza has received his award for his impactful science outreach activities that mainly revolve around KSS and a popular science magazine, Spectra, that he co-founded in 2017. Hamza’s community service has not only benefited the many students that he …

Khwarizmi Science Society is thrilled to be a part of the 1st Virtual STEM Competition by the School Education Department, Government of the Punjab, being organized by the Pak Alliance for Maths and Science. Dr Muhammad Mustafa, our Executive Member, will be speaking and galvanizing the audience in two sessions on 7th and 16th June! You may watch the sessions LIVE on the Facebook page of PESRP. The Punjab STEM Competition was a province-wide event hosted by the School Education Department, held …

We congratulate Dr Muhammed Sameed, Life Member of Khwarizmi Science Society and a Pakistani physicist working at CERN, Switzerland, and his ALPHA experiment team members for achieving the groundbreaking laser cooling of anti-hydrogen atoms and getting featured on the cover of Nature magazine, issue April 2021! This is the first time in history that laser-cooling, i.e., the slowing of movement in atoms with the use of photons, has been successfully applied to antimatter, the oppositely charged c …

An online conference, #ReSpACE, organized by the Tarlac State University, Philippines from March 25, 2021 to March 26, 2021, invited Dr Muhammd Mustafa, an Executive Member of the Khwarizmi Science Society and Assistant Professor at the Department of Life Sciences of Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore, Pakistan, to speak about the access to engagement and connectivity among masses. The event was attended by academics and partners from several premium international universi …

Muhammad Hamza Waseem, a key science communicator at KSS and a member of the core organizing team of the Lahore Science Mela, recently got Highly Commended in the Communication Category at the South-East Physics Network (SEPnet) Public Engagement Awards! Hamza was nominated by the University of Oxford for the outreach work done by him in the past years of communicating science to the citizenry of Pakistan and beyond. Hamza has also co-founded Spectra, an online science magazine, that is aimed at …

A remarkable participation of 26 students and alumni from the University of Jordan (UJ) was welcomed by KSS in the recently conducted lecture series, Quantum Computing for Beginners by Dr M. Sabieh Anwar. Read the full coverage by UJ News at here. We are deeply grateful to Dr Hanan M. Sa’adeh and the students of UJ for their commendable contribution in the series. Also, watch Ms Rawaa’s, a participant from UJ, review of the course here: .

We congratulate and wish all the best to Dr Muhammad Sabieh Anwar (General Secretary, Khwarizmi Science Society) and Dr Muhammad Mustafa (Executive Member, Khwarizmi Science Society) for being selected by the Education Ministry of Pakistan to join a 10-members committee that will supervise the country-wide implementation of the Single National Curriculum! We hope that we can see the educational standards of Pakistani schools rising to meet the international standards. Read the complete news at: …

Head on to the KSS Youtube channel to watch the complete 8 lectures of Quantum Computing for Beginners by Dr Muhammad Sabieh Anwar. All lectures can be found in this playlist.

As the year 2020 ends and we step into 2021, KSS looks back at some of its most prominent science communication activities of the year! The year presented us with many unprecedented challenges  but the team at KSS remained dedicated to making science accessible to everyone. We hope to carry the same vigor into the next year!

Dr. Muhammad Mustafa, one of the executive members of Khwarizmi Science Society spoke at the ” The Love for Science and Research: Humanization of the Online Experience ” online conference held on 25-27 August 2020. The conference was organized by Commission of Higher Education and the ISAUT, Philippines. The conference focused on bringing together experts to discuss innovative ways of providing the best possible education in the new educational environment paved by the pandemic. Dr. Muhammad Mus …

Dr. Muhammad Sabieh Anwar, one of the founders of Khwarizmi Science Society aired on the TV show “Geo Tou Aisay” on 16th May 2020. The show celebrates the modern day Pakistani heroes and seeks to share their stories of innovation and success. We at Khwarizmi Science Society (KSS) congratulate Dr. Sabieh for being not only a modern day hero but also a local scientist role model for our coming generation. In his talk, Dr. Sabieh greatly emphasized on the need to free break from the science confine …

The Khwarizmi Science Society is delighted to announce that the Lahore Science Mela 2019 will take place on 5 and 6 October 2019 at the Children’s Library Complex (CLC), Lahore, who are also the main partners for this mega celebration of science. On April 25th, 2019, the KSS and CLC entered into an agreement of partnership to execute this year’s grand celebration of science in Lahore. The Melas from 2017 and 2018 attracted thousands of people from all walks of life and were covered in the nation …

We are delighted to announce that our dear member, science communicator, and friend, Muhammad Hamza Waseem, has been awarded the Rhodes Scholarship. The world’s oldest and most prestigious fellowship program provides students with two years of study at Oxford University in England. Hamza Waseem, hailing from Lahore, is a final year student at the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. He is the co-founder of Spectra: an online magazine aiming to enhance public understanding of science …

Khwarizmi Science Society and Ali Institute of Education have once again joined hands to bring contemporary and experimental science right to a student’s desk. It is a known fact that science is best taught by unconventional methods incorporating the basic rules of effective science communication. Both parties agreed that science teachers need to undergo additional training to be prepared for the herculean task of simplifying the scientific phenomena for the students to understand. KSS and AIE s …

Khwarizmi Science Society is proud to announce its partnership with Spectra: an online student-based science magazine. Science communication is as vital to our progress as much as novel inventions and discoveries. Spectra provides our emerging scientists and science journalists an opportunity to share their ideas and findings with the rest of the world in order for us to move towards a scientifically well-informed future, one article at a time.

Muhammad Hamza Waseem, a passionate science communicator of the Lahore Science Mela series shares his beautiful journey with ScienceFuse and the world. A senior at the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Hamza has been a part of several journals and forums including Young Scientists Journal, Journal of Young Investigators, IET on UET Campus, Journal of Student Science and Technology, and so on. Hamza is also the co-founder of Spectra: a student-powered science magazine, the first o …

Astrobiology, the fascinating field of science that titillates every atom of curiosity in us, has come to Pakistan. Astrobiology Network of Pakistan (ABNP) is a network of multi-disciplinary scientists and highly motivated science enthusiasts keen to learn and explore the avenues of origin, evolution and diversity of life in the Universe. With the noble objective of bringing Astrobiology to the masses in a simplified manner, ABNP’s venture is more than appreciable. The Khwarizmi Science Society …

The Joint Secretary of KSS and founder and President of the Lahore Astronomical Society, Mr. Umair Asim has been doing wonders in the world of science outreach and science communication. He is one of the pioneers in bringing Astronomy to Pakistan. His expertise in the field, a very determined team of volunteers and a remarkable collection of telescopes has enabled him to establish a functioning observatory in Lahore. The Zeds Astronomical Observatory is affiliated with NASA and data is constantl …

Pakistani physician Dr. Faisal Habib Cheema and his colleague Dr. Jeffery A. Morgan have been awarded $4 Million in funding from Brockman Medical Research Foundation to lead research on heart transplantation. Dr. Cheema got his early education from Crescent Model School and Government College, Lahore. He then attended his medical school in the Aga Khan University, Karachi. After his graduation, he moved to The States and got trained at many medical institutes including Columbia University, Loyol …

Saadeqa Khan sheds light on the roles astronomical organizations of Pakistan and future perspectives. She mentions the tremendous contribution by the Khwarizmi Science Society in the form of Falakyati Melas or Astro-fests.   Saadeqa Khan sheds light on the roles astronomical organizations of Pakistan and future perspectives. She mentions the tremendous contribution by the Khwarizmi Science Society in the form of Falakyati Melas or Astro-fests.   The year 2009 was the International Year …

Pakistan’s Mother Teresa, Dr. Ruth Katharina Martha Pfau was a German-born humanitarian who served in Pakistan for more than 50 years. Dr. Pfau visited India in 1960 at the age of 31; she put a halt to her journey at Karachi when she came across the colony of Leprosy patients on McLeod Road, Karachi. She left the country and the world in despair on the morning of 10th August 2017. After a state funeral, she was laid to rest in Karachi on August, 19th. She, with the help of donor agencies, has bu …

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016 was awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his discovery of mechanisms of autophagy, a fundamental process for degrading and recycling cellular components.The speaker, Dr. Kulsoom Ghias is an Associate Professor at the Agha Khan University, Karachi. The video was recorded by Saadia Jamal of the Khwarizmi Science Society. The purpose of the video is to explain the science behind the Nobel Prize-winning research in an easy, comprehensible manner to the scien …

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 is awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir. J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for the design and development of molecular machines. Such molecular machines naturally exist in our bodies in the form of DNA or ribosomes etc. but these scientists have proved that it is actually possible to create these machines. They share the Nobel Prize for the collective efforts in creating and synthesizing these wonderfully small mechanical objects like mechanically interlo …

David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane, J. Michael Kosterlitz were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2016 for their monumental discoveries on topological materials and topological phase transitions. Their work, over the years, holds the key to describing superconductors, magnetic thin films, quantum phase transitions, and the astounding role of topology in the behavior of certain phases of matter.  Khwarizmi Science Society’s team led by Ahmed Waqas Zubairi met with Professor of P …

KSS has been very active for their national science movement 2016 and beyond. The team KSS has traveled to Khyber Pakhtoonkha, Southern Punjab, and Sindh to promote science among children, teachers and parents. Due to our outstanding approach many of the news agencies have regarded KSS the details of which can be found here: Dawn covered the science exhibition in its Sunday edition. Mashriq Tv covered the science exhibition in its news bulletin. Swat News covered the story of a science exhibitio …

An MOU has been signed by the Khwarizmi Science Society and Technology Times Pakistan’s first-ever newspaper on Science and Technology, to develop cooperation and collaboration for the promotion of scientific culture in the society. The MOU can be accessed through the link: MOU between KSS and Technology Times     

Alif Ailaan and Khwarizmi Science Society join hands for a nation wide program for science popularization through science and astronomy fairs. These activities will take place around the year, engaging communities from diverse backgrounds and regions of the country. The science and math skills of Pakistani students is dismal. There is no political or journalistic apetite for scientific engagement. The campaign plans to foment a narrative where science and math can become center stage. Alif Ailaa …

Ahmed Waqas Zubairi visits Namal College in Mianwali and helps their astronomy club in setting up their telescope. Equipped with the new gear, students and locals can now catch glimpses of heavenly beauties in the serene settings of the Namal lake. A report of the event can be read below.

“ALIF AILAAN” is a country-wide campaign to explore the universal importance of the Education in Pakistan. Their slogan “MAKE A DIFFERENCE” aims to lead the national conversation on addressing and solving the country’s problems in education. Recently Alif Ailaan started a new session named  “It’s in our hands” focusing on stories of the people and communities that are trying to establish a better Pakistan in the field of education. In the March 7, 2014 story titled “Creating a Culture of Scienti …

50,000 views already on DailyMotion. Watch Maktab’s educational videos here. The Khwarizmi Science Society is partnering with maktab.pk to establish a high quality, bi-lingual, and contextualized online course material for intermediate (class 11 and 12). Executive Summary Pakistan is facing a stark educational emergency. Our schooling system is unable to accommodate millions of children. Not only do we have millions of students who do not get a chance to start their education, even in the school …

Khwarizmi Science Society again participated in the annual Buraq Space Camp, Islamabad. The KSS participants delivered lectures on interesting subjects like “Nuts and Bolts that drive you: The Luxuries of modern Cars”, given by Mr. Ahmed Waqas Zubairi. “Composition and contents of the Universe”, given by Dr. Murtaza Saleem. “Solar viewing Session”, by Mr. Umair Asim

Congratulations to M.C Boys High School for being the first school to organize a Falakyati Mela in their home town Nankana Sahib after receiving the Galileoscope.

The Galileo Workshop organized by the KSS in Ali Institute of Education was featured in “The News” on the Sundays Edition dated October 27, 2013. The report was written by Miss Sadia Salahudin. To follow please see the link below: http://jang.com.pk/thenews/oct2013-weekly/nos-27-10-2013//she.htm#4 She writes in her feature: The KSS activities can be found out from its website. It welcomes people from all walks of life as it aims to educate school children, teachers and people in general on scien …

Khwarizmi Science Society is setting up a stall at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, on Monday, September 9, 2013, in collaboration with their student body SPADES. The observation will start at 6:30 pm on the lawns of the School of Science and Engineering. The astronomical objects which would be viewed, include Saturn and other deep sky objects. A couple of telescopes will be set up by the Khwarizmi Science Society for astronomical viewing. View Larger Map For further details contact …

KSS has marked its presence once again on an Internet Newspaper named Pakistan Link from the USA. A report of the event “Science Exhibition 2013” held at Ali Institute of Education has been published under the title: The Khwarizmi Science Society Fascinates Young Minds at the Ali Institute.

The KSS has received Rupees 1 lac from an old supporter for its outreach activities. This will help KSS a long way in arranging activities more efficiently. The well-wisher is an engineer working overseas who has requested his name to be witheld.

Munnu Bhai covered the interview of Khwarizmi Science Society’s president -Dr. Saadat Anwar Siddiqi- on the project of “Energy Crisis and Thar Coal” in his article, Ghireban. The articles were published in Jang Group on January 11-12, 2012.

The prestigious DAWN -the largest and most visited news website of Pakistan- highlighted the activity  “Salam Evening” held on December 19th, 2011 by the Khwarizmi Science Society. A new documentary on the life and times of Salam was showed in “Salam Evening”. “The Dream of Symmetry” was the title of the documentary. In the documentary, David Gross, Tom Kibble, Chris Isham, Gerardus T Hooft, and other physicists not only discusses the theoretical work of Salam but also praised his rich contribut …

The Khwarizmi Science Society features in newspapers. Dawn’s Science Page carried details of Umair Asim’s astrophotography featured on the website Lunar Photo of the Day. (19 May 2011) Salman Hameed writes “Looking to the heavens” as Express Tribune’s Sunday Magazine’s feature on 5 June 2011. He describes how the Khwarizmi Science Society has helped in the blossoming of astronomy in Pakistan, especially in the difficult times the country is going through.

Resident Astronomer Umair Asim’s photograph of the lunar landscape has been selected as the Lunar Photo of the Day, April 27, 2011. The image is a stunning closeup of the 236 km wide Sinus Iridium (Bay of Rainbows). The labeling and description of the photograph brings the moon closer to our flights of imagination, lunched from earth into the vast expanse of the .universe.The photograph also adds Pakistan to the list of countries contributing to the public dissemination of educational material t …

Life Member of the KSS, Muhammad Omar Saleem donates a laptop to the Society for its outreach activities. Omar is a petroleum engineer by profession and works in Saudi Arabia. The machine will go a long way in supporting KSS activities.

Inspired by the Khwarizmi Science Society’s visit to District Public School in Okara, and seeing a real telescope in action, Asad Mehmood decided to build his own. Motivated and mentored by Umair Asim and Ali Khan, KSS’s amateur astronomers, Asad has now built a 6 inch Newtonian and can see marvelous images, close-ups, of the moon from his rooftop in Okara. He has built the scope, found and ground mirrors and lenses, and achieved this wondrous feat. A story that tells us that hard work and passi …

The Khwarizmi Science Society receives thirty Galileoscopes, won through an international competition. These telescopes will be distributed to deserving schools and their science teachers. Get in touch with us if you are interested in availing of this opportunity. No other telescope shows so much for so little and simple!

Ali Khan After reading the email at the office, I left early to reach lums on time. At home, I readjusted my honda 70 tapped clearance from 0.25 mm to 0.125 mm. The larger clearance was giving engines sounds like tick tick tick just like those which come from diesel engines. I was distracted by that clatter and wanted the better and more peaceful dub dub dub. I changed in shalwar kameez, grabbed my helmet, and was on road at 4:30 pm. Soon I saw the ring road going across GT road. I thought maybe …

The Emerging Nations Science Foundation provides a grant of USD 3500 to KSS. This is its second grant to the KSS. Many thanks to Dr. Tahir Shah, President ENSF. The ENSF is aimed at promoting scientific and technological research among the emerging nations of Africa, the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia. The grant will contribute to these goals. Registration of domain and shifting of web host that supports Content Management System Applications: Drupal and CiviCRM. The cu …

Khwarizmi Science Society has won a competitive international seed grant of Euros 1000 from Developing Astronomy Globally. The focus of Developing Astronomy Globally is on regions that do not already have strong astronomical communities. The implementation is centered on training, development, and networking in each of these three key areas. This is an IYA 2009 Cornerstone project and is using the momentum of the IYA2009 to help establish and enhance regional structures and networks that work on …

The Solar eclipse lives viewing session organized by the Khwarizmi Science Society was hailed a thorough success. About 500 enthusiasts visited the mobile observatory set up in the lush green fields of the Punjab University. The eclipse was partial and telescopes equipped with solar filters were lined up, while the keen observer’s caught marvelous glimpses of the sun and moon aligned up. Umair Asim was the lead astronomer while the KSS team, led by Dr. Saadat Anwar Siddiqi were there to answer q …

APS News is the flagship newsletter of the American Physical Society – one of the largest professional bodies of physicists worldwide. The January 2010 issue publishes Dr. Saadat Anwar Siddiqi’s story “Astronomy: Pakistan’s New Future” – commemorating the Khwarizmi Science Society’s spectacular successes in bringing astronomy to the masses.

The IYA 2009 write on their website: Story of the Week must surely go to Physics World’s feature on Pakistani astronomers. Written by the president of the Khwarizmi Science Society, it looks at how IYA2009 events have boosted the public’s interest. We shouldn’t be surprised, given that they built a roving observatory to go to rural schools. That’d spark anyone’s interest.  Apparently “…older people were particularly delighted as they were shown various stellar constellations that matched their …

The KSS receives a donation of a 100X optical microscope for use in its roving life festivals. We would like to thank Dr. Shaista Parveen and Dr. Usman Qazi, HEC Professor LUMS, and the donor for arranging this gracious gift to the Society. The microscope will be used in our ongoing exhibits of the macroscopic and microscopic worlds.    

Pakistani astronomers shine a light on the skies Saadat A Siddiqi and Muhammad Sabieh Anwar describe how a series of astronomy events in Pakistan over the past year could help to boost the public’s interest in the subject in this article published in Physics World Online.

Dear All, We are all shocked and saddened to know that Prof. Dr. Faheem Hussain is no more with us. He breathed his last on 28 September 2009 after a protracted illness. Throughout his life, Dr. Faheem he has been working for the promotion of the standards of physics education, poverty elimination, and uplifting the conditions of unprivileged ones. I feel that we do not have many people left in our society who play such a key and exemplary role of reforming the society. In Dr. Faheem, we have lo …

The KSS wins its well-deserved recognition in the June 2009 issue of the Newsletter of the Emerging Nations Science Foundation. The ENSF is aimed at promoting scientific and technological research among the emerging nations of Africa, the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.

The KSS posted the Newsletter 2009 to sister organizations, science associations, scientific publishers, and professional bodies around the world. Special greetings and requests for collaborations were received from various places, such as the Qatar Foundation, the ISESCO, and the Iraqi Society for Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources and Techniques (ISAREST). Here is an excerpt of the message from Mr. Oday Hamadi of the ISAREST: The Board of the I.S.A.R.E.S.T. is glad to request your agreem …

The KSS purchases a colored astrocamera for viewing deep-space objects in its Falakyati melas. The camera is a real beauty and will beam live images of the celestial bounties, galaxies, nebulae, all in glowing colors. The purchase was enabled by a grant from the Emerging Nations Science Foundation and cost around Rs. 115,000.

Columbia University Senate announced its official election results yesterday. Dr. Faisal H. Cheema was elected as a University Senator of this Ivy League Institution. Dr. Cheema will represent his constituency comprising of several thousand research officers in this university-wide legislature. Faisal H. Cheema, M.D., a Life Member of the KSS, is an Associate Research Scientist in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the Director of Cardiopulmonary Tissue Repository (CAPTURE) at College of …

As part of our ongoing activities centred around the International Year of Astronomy, we have one an international competition sponsored and orgnazied by the Developing Astronomy, a cornerstone project of the IYA. As part of the reward, the KSS will receive 30 Galileoscopes that will then be distributed across promising schools in Pakistan. Other organizations who are receiving similar packages include Society of the Sun and SUPARCO. Other winners in Asia are from: Albania, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ta …

In his email message dated July 28, 2009, Dr. Amy Flatten, Director of International Affairs for the American Physical Society (APS) lauds the efforts of the KSS for the popularization of science and hopes to forge stronger links between the science communities of the two countries. Here are excerpts from her letter. Your newsletter of the Khwarizmi Science Society and cover note to APS President Cherry Murray was forwarded to me.  I believe APS members would welcome the chance to learn more abo …

Dr. Faisal Sultan, Chief Executive Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital and Cancer Research Centre donates a telescope to the Khwarizmi Science Society. It is a Meade reflector scope, with aperture 114 mm and focal length 910 mm. It has two optical eyepieces [9mm and 25mm], one electronic eyepiece with cable and a Barlow lens. It is mounted on a tripod and has the Meade Autostar 493 system to control movement and search pre-programmed targets. We tthank Dr. Sultan for this generosity. The telescope …

With great pleasure, I like to mention that our outreach activities for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 are gaining huge popularity. Photographs and videos of the recent falakyati mela (astrofest) in the historic fort at Rohtas can now be seen at http://khwarizmi.shutterfly.com. We have also received financial support worth: Rs. 50,000 from the Pakistan Science Foundation 300 British Pounds from the Canon Foundation in UK Rs. 40,000 as a single contribution from an individual. This adds …

The Khwarizmi Science Society's activities for the International Year of astronomy are featuring prominently in world wide blogs. These blogs happen to project a very positive image of the country and help fight away the negative publicity we get all the time. These exciting blogs belong to the astronomers Salman Hameed and our Executive Member Umair Asim. "Here is a face of Pakistan that rarely gets attention. Khwarizmi Science Society (KSS) has been doing a fantastic job of popularizi …

We are approaching schools in Punjab for organizing Falakiyati melas on their campuses. This will come at no cost for the schools. The students, teachers, and parents at the local schools will be shown celestial bodies with the help of powerful telescopes, harbored by the Khwarizmi Science Society team. If you would like our team to come to our school download the material given below, fill in the forms, and send back to the Society address. Letter for inviting schools for organizing falakeyati …

The April 2009 issue of the Cern Courier published by the Institute of Physics, UK carries a report of our lecture on the LHC grid.  The report was written by Umer Hassan, Life Member KSS, and was titled: Pakistani students learn Grid Computing. The complete report can be viewed here. .

Munnoo Bhai is Pakistan’s foremost columnist, journalist, and dramatist. He writes his opinions about the KSS Symposium on Science and Muslim Civilization, published in the most widely circulating Urdu daily, “Jang”.

Dear Prof. Siddiqi, This is just to let you know how much I enjoyed my meeting with you and the opportunity to give a general lecture under Khwarizmi Society. It was delightful to see how so many people could be brought together on a working day to listen to science. This gives rise to hope and inspiration. The fact that the question-answer session went for almost 45 minutes speaks for the desire and the thirst for the discussion of new ideas in our younger generation. It was very impressive to …

On October 23, Dr Atta-ur-Rehman, Chairman Higher Education Commission, Pakistan presided over the seminar organized by COMSATS institute, Islamabad and Khwarizmi Science Society. The seminar was titled "Introduction to System-on-Chip Technology" and the speaker was Jauher Zaidi, PalmChip USA. This seminar will now be repeated at the COMSATS Institute Lahore. This will become a formal inauguration of the KSS in COMSATS, Lahore. On October 23, Dr Atta-ur-Rehman, Chairman Higher Educatio …

A seminar on Embedded Systems Technology is being organized by the Khwarizmi Science Society and COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore. There will be two sessions by Mr. Jauher Zaidi, CEO and Founder PalmChip USA, one in the COMSATS Institute Lahore and the other in the Higher Education Commission Building, Islamabad. A seminar on Embedded Systems Technology is being organized by the Khwarizmi Science Society and COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore. There will be tw …

The Astronomy lecture on 14 October by Dr Salman Hameed was hailed as an encouraging success, with a healthy audience, a grasping speaker and seamless organization. The session was Presided by the Vice President of the Khwarzimic Science Society, Dr Hasan Shah, who is currently the Chairman of the Physics Department, Government College University and a long associate of the KSS. The event was mediated by the President KSS, Dr Saadat Anwar Siddiqi. The Astronomy lecture on 14 October by Dr Salman …

Salman Hameed’s popular lecture will be going as planned on Tuesday. See below for announcement posters of the event in Urdu and in English. Also check out the newspapers Jang and The News for advertisements, on coming Sunday, 12 October 2003. Salman Hameed’s popular lecture will be going as planned on Tuesday. See below for announcement posters of the event in Urdu and in English. Also check out the newspapers Jang and The News for advertisements, on coming Sunday, 12 Octobe …