Texas A&M at Qatar hosts Pakistani students at the second U.S.-Pakistan women in energy scholars program

Texas A&M at Qatar hosts Pakistani students at the second U.S.-Pakistan women in energy scholars program

Nineteen female undergraduate students from Pakistan participated in the second annual U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council Future of Women in Energy Scholars program, hosted by Texas A&M University at Qatar, a Qatar Foundation partner university. The program was sponsored by the U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council, a public-private partnership between the U.S. Department of State and Texas A&M University, that seeks to increase women’s economic participation in Pakistan by promoting women’s entrepreneurship, employment, and access to career-enhancing educational opportunities. In addition, USAID, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, and the U.S. Embassy in Qatar provided significant support for the program. The young women represented nine universities from four different cities in Pakistan and were proficient in a wide range of academic disciplines including chemical engineering, electrical engineering, biotechnology, software engineering, geophysics, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, geography, and earth and environmental sciences. More than 480 qualified young women studying at 30 different universities across 14 cities in Pakistan applied to the program. The students were welcomed to Texas A&M at Qatar by Dr. César O. Malavé, Dean of Texas A&M University at Qatar, and Dr. Ioannis Economou, Executive Associate Dean. “At Texas A&M at Qatar, we are cultivating a new generation