ORIC

Introduction

Higher Education Commission (HEC) intends to develop and endure a dynamic and internationally competitive research sector in Pakistan that makes a major contribution to economic prosperity, national well-being and the expansion and dissemination of knowledge. Promotion of Research is one of the core strategic goals of the HEC. Through the program and initiatives launched by the HEC for strengthening research and the process of knowledge creation, the quality and research output originating from the universities and institutes in the country have shown remarkable improvements and Pakistan has been acknowledged as rising star in a number of research disciplines in terms of percentage increasein internationally cited research publications. Yet, this is no more than an end of a beginning and we need not only to sustain and improve this trend but also contemplate on questions of relevance and economic, social and academic impact of the research.

In line with the policy of HEC and in pursuance of Vice Chancellor’s directives for streamlining the management of research initiatives and programs, there was a need to establish a center for monitoring the ongoing research and development activities at the University of Peshawar, Peshawar. Accordingly the worthy Vice Chancellor was pleased to issue executiveorders to energize the existing arrangements as Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC) at the University of Peshawar with effect from April 2014.This office is established for not only sustaining but also improving the trends of the research activities having an impact for the improvement of areas concerning economic, industrial, socialand academic development and their accelerated advancements for achieving the national objectives.