The Research Institute of Food science and Technology has
already signed a scientific joint project entitled on “Enhanced production of
thermostable pectinase enzyme” with the University of Central Punjab (UCP),
located in Lahore, Pakistan.
The contract has been signed following a Memorandum of
Understanding signed between organizations as well as the cooperation of
Professor Shah Jahan Beig, an academic staff of UCP, with the 3rd Asia-Pacific
probiotics workshop held on 6-7 December, 2016. Being one of the most
pioneering universities in Pakistan, the University of Central Punjab
enrollment amounts to 8000 students studying in the seven distinct faculties
and two schools affiliated to the university.
Having been attracted by the expertise of the faculty members
of RIFST, academic staff in the faculty of Life Sciences at UCP had no
hesitation in proposing and implementing the aforementioned research project.