Lecture in National Conference at Department of Chemistry, Forman Christian College, Lahore, Inaugural Session, January 18, 2017, entitled, “The Exciting World of Innovation: Challenges”.
Lecture under the Distinguished Lecture Series at the Arts Auditorium, University of Karachi, February 16, 2017, entitled, "Science Technology and Innovation: Imperatives for Socio-economic Development"
Lecture in The Oxbridge Lecture at Kehkashan Hall, Serena Hotel, Islamabad, March 10, 2017, entitled, ”Hydrodiplomacy between Pakistan and India to Prevent Water War between Two Nuclear States – Role of World Bank, US, China, Europe, Japan and other Countries”.
Lecture in Beaconhouse Schooling System at Pak-China Friendship Center, Inauguration at the auditorium of PAK China Friendship Center, March 11, 2017 entitled, "The Exciting World of Tomorrow: Beyond Imagination".
Lecture in the International Conference on 'Climate Change and Biodiversity' at The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, May 2, 2017, entitled, “The Exciting World of Innovation”.
Lecture in the National Defense University (NDU), Islamabad, August 18, 2017, entitled “Pakistan Future Development-Transitioning to a Knowledge Economy”.
Lecture in International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies organized by US- Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E), at University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, on Sep. 12-13, 2017, entitled, “The Exciting World of Dicovery”
Lecture organized by IPR, at the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Islamabad, September 12, 2017, entitled, “Transforming Economy: Innovation and Policies for Sustained High Growth”.
Lecture in International Conference theme ‘Trends and Prospects in Molecular Biosciences’ organized by Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (IBB) in collaboration with Pakistan Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PSBMB) at Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, October 23-24, 2017, entitled, “Science, Technology and Innovation for Socio-economic Development”.
Lecture in Honorary Professor’s Appointment Ceremony at Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China, November 02, 2017, entitled “Some Recent Adventures in Natural Product Chemistry and Higher Education”.
Lecture in 6th International Symposium-cum-Training Course on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, November 6-9, 2017, entitled, “Disruptive Innovations: the Exciting World of Discovery”.
Lecture in International Workshop on Application of NMR in Pharmaceutics, Phytotherapeutics and Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey November 14-17, 2017, entitled, “NMR in Drug Discovery and Life Sciences”.
Lecture in Leaders Summit, organized by Chartered Accountants Women’s Committee, Karachi, December 14, 2017, entitled, “4th Industrial Revolution: A game Changer for Pakistan?”.
Chief Guest at the Pak-China Congress held on January 08, 2016 at Karachi and delivered a lecture entitled,”The Exciting World of Medical Discovery”.
Lecture delivered at the 3rdInternational Conference on Environmental Horizons on January 09. 2016at Karachi entitled “"Environmental Horizons: The World of Tomorrow”.
Lecture delivered at the workshop on “Unlocking the Industrial Potential of Seaweed Resource in Sri Lankan Institute of Nanotechnology, (SLITNEC) ,Sri Lanka on January 13, 2016 at Colombo, Sri Lanka entitled, “Innovation: An imperative for Industrial and Socio-economic Development”.
Lecture delivered at the Sir Kotlewala Defence University on January 13 at Colombo, Sri Lanka entitled "Exciting World of Discovery”.
Lecture delivered in the workshop entitled ,“Restructuring the Science and Higher Education Platforms in Pakistan” in the1STInternational Conference on Bioscience and Biotechnology in Colombo, Sri Lanka on January 12, 2016 entitled “Higher Education: Imperatives for Socio-Economic Development”.
Keynote address at the conference entitled, “Strengthening Human Governance for Sustainable Ease of Doing Business Index In Pakistan” .at Islamabad on January 21, 2016 entitled, “Innovation for Socio-Economic Development”.
Chief Guest at the Inaugural Ceremony and delivered a lecture in the “Joint 2nd Annual Conference of Ziauddin University with European Society of Translational Medicine from Discovery to Health Care” in Karachi, on February 1, 2016 entitled, “Exciting Recent Advances in Medical Sciences”.
Address at the Marketing Association of Pakistan’s Tea Meeting entitled “Pakistan – Islands of Excellence” in Karachi, on February 3, 2016, entitled, “Innovation in Socio-Economic Development”.
Lecture delivered under the Distinguished Lecture Series at the Arts Auditorium, University of Karachi on February 04, 2016 entitled, “Knowledge as Engine for Socio-Economic Development.”
Chairman Organizing Committee of the 7th International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy, held during February 15– 18, 2016 in Dubai, UAE.
Chief Guest and Principal keynote address delivered at the 3rd E-Learning and Distance Education Conference – ELDEC, held on March 14, 2016 in Lahore entitled, “Science and Innovation: Imperatives for Socio-Economic Development”.
Participated in a cross conference “Afkar-e-Taza” on April 01, 2016 at Karachi and delivered a presentation entitled, “Wondrous World of Discovery”.
Keynote Speaker at the PSTD’s (Pakistan Society for Training and Development (PSTD) 50 Years Conference entitled, “Re-imagining and Re-thinking Capabilities of Human Resources in Pakistan”, held on May 18, 2016.The address entitled, “Knowledge as Engine for Socio-Economic Development”.
Plenary lecture delivered at the Beijing Forum 2016 held on May 24 in Islamabad entitled “Transitioning to a Knowledge Economy: Partnering with China”.
Chief Guest and lecture delivered at the Education & Career Expo 2016 held in Karachi on May 28, 2016 entitled, “Transitioning to a Knowledge Economy”.
Keynote address delivered at the PAUN International Conference held on July 23 2016 in Islamabad Entitled, “Education our Forum”.
Lecture Delivered at the Qatar Foundation organized under the QNRF (Qatar National Research Fund) on August 16, 2016 in Doha, Qatar entitled “The Exciting World of Discovery”.
Invited as a plenary speaker at the Kalbe Science Award 2016 held on August 20 at Jakarta, Indonesia. The address entitled, “Wondrous World of Discovery”.
Lecture delivered at the Institute of Space Technology, IST Commencement Day on August 31 at Islamabad entitled, “The Exciting World of Science”.
Invited as a Chief Guest and Lecture delivered at an international Conference on “Role of Chemistry in Environmental Protection and Drug Development” held on September 01 at Jinnah Women University, Karachi entitled, “Exciting World of Discovery”.
Plenary Lecture delivered at the 29th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products and the 9th International Conference on Biodiversity” (ISCNP-29 & ICOB-9) held on September 25 at Kaya Thermal Convention Center, Amman, Jordan entitled, “Some Adventures in Bioactive Natural Products and Higher Education”.
NASIC-UiTM Symposium on “Drug Development from Indigenous Plants in Developing Countries", organized as the President NASIC at the Atta-ur-Rahman Institute for Natural Products Discovery, during October 4-7, 2016 at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam Campus, Selangor, Malaysia and the lecture delivered entitled, “The Exciting World of Science: Technology and Innovation” on October 07, 2016.
Keynote Speaker at Annual Post Graduate Medical Education, (PGME) Conference 2016 held on Oct 15, 2016 at A K U Auditorium and the lecture entitled, “Disruptive Innovations: The Exciting World of Discovery”.
Lecture delivered at the 4th International Conference of “Excellence in Pharmacy Education & Research: A Quality Approach” held on October 25, 2016 at the School of Pharmacy at University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan entitled, “The Wondrous World of Discovery”.
Presented a lecture at the IDB Advisory Panel on Science and Technology held on October 27, 2016 at the IDB Headquarters, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia entitled "Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Imperatives for Development".
Invited as a Keynote Speaker at the 14th international Conference on "Arab Universities: Science, Technology and Innovation" held on November 05, 2016 organized by Arab Academy of Sciences in Beruit, Lebanon. The lecture entitled, “The Wondrous World of Discovery”.
Keynote Speaker at the “5th Annual Regional Event Asia Management Conclave” held on November 16, 2016 in Lahore. The lecture entitled, "Transitioning to a Knowledge Economy".
Chief Guest and Presentation at the 1st Annual Invention to Innovation Summit 2016-Sindh, session “Life Science Technologies for Product Development" held on December 06, 2016 at the Department of Teacher Education, University of Karachi entitled, “Recent Exciting Innovation in Health Sciences”.
Keynote Address delivered at the inauguration of 14th Eurasia Conference held on December 15, 2016 at the ICCBS, Karachi entitled, “Transitioning to a Knowledge Economy: Opportunities and Challenges”.
Lecture at the International Conference on Innovation Strategies for Sustainable Development held on December 19 in Islamabad entitled “Disruptive Innovations: The Exciting World of Discovery”.
Plenary Lecture delivered at the Inauguration of the Conference on Environmental Horizons entitled, “Environmental Horizons: The World of Tomorrow” jointly organized by Department of Chemistry and ICCBS at the Prof. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui auditorium on January 21, 2015.
Lecture delivered at the Pakistan Engineer’s Forum ‘Education in Pakistan-problem and its solutions’ held on February “Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Imperatives for Progress” on February 21, 2015 at Doha, Qatar.
Lecture delivered at DHA Suffa University entitled, “The Exciting World of Discovery” on February 27, 2015 at Karachi.
Chief Guest and a Plenary Lecture delivered in an International conference on recent Innovation in Pharmaceutical Sciences, organized by Riphah International University, entitled, “Some Adventures In Natural Product Chemistry And Higher Education”, in Islamabad on March 03, 2015.
Lecture delivered as a Chief Guest and the Key note Address to Old Ravians Association, entitled, “Pakistan and its challenges ahead” on March 23, 2015 at Defence Authority Creek Club, Karachi.
Lecture delivered as Chief Guest at the 3rd Pakistan CIO Summit & Expo & 1st IT Showcase Pakistan 2015entitled, “The Thrilling World of Innovation” on March 31, 2015.
Lecture entitled “Research and Innovation in Socio-Economic Development” delivered at Ordinance College, Malir Cantt. Karachi on June 03, 2015.
Lecture delivered in connection with Independence day celebration jointly organized by ICCBS and Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, entitled, “The Exciting World of Discovery-The Pakistan Perspective”, at Prof. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui Auditorium on August 13, 2015.
Lecture organized by IPR, held at HEC Auditorium delivered by “Building a Knowledge Economy”, Islamabad on September 02, 2015.
Keynote address delivered at the “NASIC Conference Cum Workshop on Herbal Drug Development for Socio–Economic Uplift in Developing World”, entitled, “Science and Technology- A Great Equalizer” organized by University of Jordan at Amman on September 06, 2015.
Keynote address delivered at the “International Conference on Natural Products and Drug Discovery” held under the Royal Patronage of HRH Princess Sumaya Bint El Hassan at the University of Jordan, entitled, “Adventures in Natural Products Chemistry and Higher Education”, at Amman, on September 08, 2015.
Plenary Lecture delivered at the “International Conference on Natural Products and Drug Discovery” held under the Royal Patronage of HRH Princess Sumaya Bint El Hassan at the University of Jordan entitled, “Drug Lead Discovery From Nature- Case Study 1”, on September 09, 2015.
An honorary speech on Award felicitation ceremony on behalf of Prof. Wolfgang Voelter at Tübingen University on October 14, 2015.
Lecture delivered as guest speaker at Rotary Club of Karachi entitled, “Science and Technology for Socio Economic Development” on October 19, 2015.
Chief guest and Inaugural Address at the 12th National Annual Symposium of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery on 31st Oct, 2015 at AKUH in the Rufyda Auditorium.
Presentation delivered at Second Regional workshop on “Harnessing Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development", entitled, “Science, Technology and Innovation for sustainable Socio Economic Development” held at Meeting Room, United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok on November 02, 2015.
Special Lecture held at AuRIns, Kuala Lmpur, Malaysia entitled, “Science, Technology and Innovation: Some Adventures in Natural Product Chemistry and Higher Education” November 04, 2015.
Keynote address entitled, “"Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development” at the “2015 Education Forum for Asia Annual Conference” held at Changdu, China on November 07, 2015.
Lecture entitled at the Main Auditorium of Indus University,, “Wonderful World of Discovery”, delivered Karachi on November 25, 2015.
Inaugural address entitled, “Time to Wake Up and Transition to Knowledge Economies” at the International Symposium on the theme “What new mechanisms of financing Science, technology innovation in Africa held at King Fahd Palace- Hotel, Dakar, Senegal on December 09, 2015.
President, Organizing Committee of the “NASIC Workshop on Modern Spectroscopic Techniques and their Applications in Structure Determination”, held at International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences during December 1-3, 2014.
President, Organizing Committee of the “Drug Discovery and Therapy World Congress 2014”, held at John B. Hynes Memorial Convention Center, Boston, USA during June 16-19, 2014.
President, Organizing Committee of the “Global Biotechnology Congress 2014”, held at John B. Hynes Memorial Convention Center, Boston, USA during June 16-19, 2014.
President, Organizing Committee of “National Science Conference” held at ICCBS Institutions, in collaboration with Pakistan Academy of Sciences during May 01-03, 2014.
Chairman, Organizing Committee of “IYCr South Asia Summit Meeting on vistas on Structural Chemistry” held at ICCBS Institutions during April 28-30, 2014.
President, Organizing Committee of the “6th International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy” held at Dubai during February 10th – 12th, 2014.
Chief Guest at Convention Center, Liaquat National Hospital and delivered a lecture, organized by the Department of Biochemistry, LNH on January 10, 2014, entitled, “Chemistry in Life”.
Plenary speaker at the conference entitled, “Innovative Approaches in Chemical and Biological Sciences” at Government College University Islamabad and delivered a lecture in the session dedicated to him, February 18-21, 2014, entitled, “Some Adventures in Natural Product Chemistry”.
Chief Guest at the “Beaconhouse High Achievers Ceremony’, Islamabad and delivered a lecture on March 08, 2014, entitled, “Wondrous World of Science”.
Keynote address at the Marketing Congress in Lahore on March 11, 2014, entitled, “Science, Technology and Imperatives for socio-Economic Development”.
Keynote Speaker at the 2nd CIO Summit and Expo 2014, at Marriott Hotel, Karachi, on March 25, 2014 entitled, “Wondrous World of Discovery”.
Keynote address entitled, “delivered to the students of Waters at the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon on April 02, 2014"Wonderful World of Chemistry".
Inaugural address at the Convocation cum Conference, “Chemical Education and Research for Sustainable Industrial Development and Economic Growth, at the Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon on April 03, 2014 entitled, “Developing a Knowledge Economy”.
Plenary lecture at the Adamantane House, Sri Lanka on April 04, 2014 entitled, “Some Adventures in Natural Product Chemistry and Higher Education”.
Delivered a lecture at the Federal Urdu University of Science and Technology on April 16, 2014 entitled, “Wondrous World of Chemistry”.
Plenary lecture delivered at the Plenary Session “Promotion of Higher Education, Science and Technology and International Cooperation in Pakistan” in IYCr South Asia Summit Meeting on Vistas on Structural Chemistry at the ICCBS Institutions on April 29, 2014 entitled, “Wondrous World of Science”.
Plenary lecture at the Inauguration of National Science Conference jointly organized by the Pakistan Academy of Sciences and ICCBS Institutions at ICCBS on May 01, 2014, entitled, “Wondrous World of Science”.
Delivered a lecture at Bait-ul- Hikmah as a “Hakeem Said Lecture”, May 15, 2014, entitled, “Wondrous World of Science”.
Attended as the Chief Guest and delivered a lecture in the “7th Power Generation and Energy Forum 2014” on May 22, 2014 entitled, “Energy Scenario in Pakistan”.
Delivered a lecture at the IEP Technical Seminar at Prince Salman Social Conference Center in Riyadh on May 29, 2014 entitled, "Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation ---Imperatives for Socio-Economic Development".
Delivered a lecture, Science and Education at the Plenary Session entitled, “Expanding Developmental Horizons through Education, Research and Innovation: Military Perspective” in KDU International Research Conference 2014, Sri Lanka on August 21, 2014, entitled, “Some Adventures in Natural Product Chemistry.
Delivered a lecture at the Pakistan High Commission in India under "Pakistan High Commission Lecture Series" in Delhi, India on August 29, 2014, entitled, “Exciting World of Chemistry.
Delivered a lecture under the “Distinguished Lecture Series” at the Arts Auditorium of University of Karachi on September 02, 2014, entitled, “The World of Research and Discovery”.
Delivered a lecture,at Hamdard Thinker’s forum at Hamdard Center on September 11, 2014 entitled, “Intakhabi Islahaat”.
Delivered a lecture in the workshop on “Furture Challenges of Education”, arranged by Youth Wing of All Pakistan Memon Federation on September 14, 2014. entitled, "The Exciting World of Discovery".
Delivered a lecture at the award conferring ceremony on him entitled, “International Scientific Cooperation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences” held at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China on September 28, 2014 entitled, “The Wonderful World of Scientific Discovery”.
Chief Guest and the Keynote Speaker at the Inauguration of “Research Congress” of Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and delivered a lecture entitled, “The Wondrous World of Science", on October 10, 2014.
Chief Guest and Keynote Speaker at the workshop entitled, “Investigating Bioactive Metabolites from Natural Sources: Enzyme inhibitory Studies, NMR and LC-MS Interpretation” held at the IFS, Kandy, Sri Lanka on October 13, 2014 a entitled, “The Wondrous World of Science”.
Plenary lecture in the “28th International Symposium on Chemistry of Natural Product” at Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai, China on October 20, 2014 entitled, “Some Adventures in Natural Product Chemistry”.
Delivered a lecture at the TWAS Conference held during TWAS 25th General Meeting in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman on October 27, 2014 entitled, “The Wondrous World of Science”.
Plenary lecture delivered in the 7th World Congress on Productive and Regenerative Medicines (7th WCPRM) at National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan on November 05, 2014 entitled, “Some Adventures in Natural Product Chemistry and Higher Education”.
Delivered a lecture as an “International Distinguished Lecturer” organized through International Affairs office at Academia Sinica in conjunction with the Graduate Student Association of the Taiwan International Graduate Program held at Academia Sinica on November 07, 2014 entitled, “The Wondrous World of Science”.
Delivered a lecture on the “World Science Day” announced by UNESCO, organized by National Academy of Young Scientists (NAYS) at ICCBS Institutions on November 10, 2014 entitled, “The Thrilling World of Discovery”.
Delivered a lecture at the Regent Plaza at the Business Management Conference 2014 on November 15, 2014, entitled, “The Exciting World of Discovery”.
Chief Guest at the “NASIC Workshop on Modern Spectroscopic Techniques and their Applications in Structure Determination”, at ICCBS on December 01, 2014 and delivered a lecture entitled, “Exciting World of Discovery”,.
Chief Guest at the closing ceremony of BURAQ conference entitled, “Changing Perception Through Visions of Space” in Islamabad on December 31, 2014.and delivered a lecture entitled, “Thrilling World of Discovery”.
Chairman Organizing committee at the 4th MMDR Symposium cum Work shop at the Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) Institutions, and delivered lecture entitled, “Some Adventures in ”Natural Product Chemistry and Higher Education".on January 7, 2013.
President of Organizing Committee at the 5th International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy (ICDDT), Dubai Women’s College, Dubai, UAE, during February 18-21, 2013.
Presented the Jack Cannon lecture at the inauguration of the Natural Product Chemistry Conference (NPC 2013) at University of Technology Mara, UiTM, Malaysia, on March 04, 2013.
Presented a plenary lecture entitled, “Transitioning to a Knowledge Economy”.at the Going global Conference 2013 at Dubai, on March 06, 2013.
Participated as a Keynote Speaker and delivered a lecture entitled, “Unleashing Our Creative Potential”.at the Pakistan India Leadership & Human Capital Summit on March 13, 2013.
Delivered a lecture at the conference, entitled, “Religion and the Idea of a University”. held at the Clare College, Cambridge, UK, on April 05, 2013.
Participated and delivered a lecture entitled, “Positioning the bank in its intervention on Science Technology and Innovation”at the Ninth meeting of the IDB Advisory Panel on Science and Technology, at IDB Headquarters, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 27, 2013.
Participated as the Guest of Honor and keynote speaker and delivered a lecture entitled, “Transitioning to a Knowledge Economy” at the 10th Convocation of Zia Uddin University at Expo Center Karachi on April 30, 2013.
Delivered a lecture entitled “Importance of Research and Development” as a .Guest Speaker at the Ordinance College, Karachi on May 02, 2013.
Delivered a plenary lecture entitled, “Transitioning to a Knowledge Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for OIC Member States” at the 19th IAS International Scientific Conference held at Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 06, 2013.
Delivered a lecture entitled, “Future of Higher Education in Pakistan” as the Chief Guest at the Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Seminar held at Karachi on May 25, 2013.
Organized an International Conference entitled, “Drug Discovery and Therapy World Congress 2013” and World Biotechnology Congress 2013 at Boston, USA during June 3-6, 2013.
Organized an International Conference, World Biotechnology Congress 2013 at Boston, USA during June 3-6, 2013.
Delivered a lecture entitled, “Unleashing Our Creative Potential” as a Chief Guest at the First International Conference on Sensing for Industry, Control, Communications, and Security Technologies, (ICSICCST 2013) at Prof. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui Auditorium on June 24, 2013.
Delivered a lecture entitled, “Key Concepts on Research Excellence and Success of Pakistan” at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Kandawal, Ratmalana, Colombo, Sri Lanka on July 04, 2013.
Delivered a lecture entitled, “Science, Technology and Higher Education-Imperatives for National Development”.in an International Conference on Driving Research towards Economy: opportunities and challenges from SLAYS at National Science Foundation Auditorium, Colombo,Sri Lanka on July 5, 2013.
Lecture entitled, "Pakistan-China Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges".at the First Annual China Pakistan Joint Think Tank (CPJTT) Conference in Tsinghua University, Tsinghua, China on August 31, 2013.
Lecture entitled, “Recent Advances in Natural Product Chemistry”.delivered at the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica (SIMM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China on September 10, 2013.
Delivered a lecture entitled, “Pakistan’s Energy Crises”.as a Chief Guest at the Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China on September 12, 2013.
Pak-China (PAS-CAS) Bi-National Symposium organized at Urumqui, China during September 16-17, 2013.
Delivered a lecture entitled, “A Revolution in Higher Education” as a plenary speaker at the VC Forum, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad on September 23, 2013.
Delivered a lecture entitled, “Exploring Mars – Discovering Earth” as a .Chief Guest at World Space Week held at SUPARCO Headquarters, Islamabad on October 4, 2013.
Delivered a lecture entitled, “Energy Crises in Pakistan” as a Chief Guest at the inauguration of the International Conference on Mineral Water and Energy Resources at Karachi on October 05, 2013.
Participated as a distinguished speakers at the Centenary Conference of the Association of the Commonwealth Universities (ACU), entitled, “Universities of Tomorrow: Agents of Change” held atSenate House, University of London, UK on October 16, 2013.
Delivered a lecture entitled, “Some Adventures in Natural Product Chemistry and Higher Education” at the 4th BCNP, Conference on Natural Products and the Annual Meeting on Molecular Evolution, Systemic and Ecology (RESM) in Natal, the Capital of Rio Grande do Renata Mendonça Araújo, Brazil on October 29, 2013.
Delivered a lecture entitled, “Importance of Research and Development”. As a guest speaker at the Ordinance College, Karachi on November 12, 2013.
Delivered an online lecture entitled, “The Wondrous World of Science” held at Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Islamabad under a lecture series initiated by the PAS and COMSATS, Islamabad, on November 25, 2013.
Delivered a lecture entitled, “Science, Technology and Higher Education-Imperatives for Socio-Economic Development” as aChief Guest at the Conference organized by Network of Academies of Science in Countries of the Organization of Islamic Conference (NASIC) Islamabad on November 26, 2013.
Keynote address entitled, “The Role of Universities in the Knowledge Society in Sri Lanka”.delivered as te Guest of Honor at the “Committee of the Vice Chancellors and Directors (CVCD) Research Conference- 2013”, Sri Lanka on November 29, 2013.
Delivered a lecture entitled, “Changing the Landscape of Higher Education, Science and Technology in Pakistan” as a Chairman, Organizing Committee and Keynote Speaker at the 14thAsian Symposium on Medicinal Plants, Spices and other Natural Products, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan on December 9, 2013.
A presentation entitled, “LEJ for learning” presented at the global launching of the website of integrated courses “LEJ Knowledge Hub” held at the Sindh Governor House, Karachi on December 12, 2013.
Chief Guest at the closing ceremony of ICICT 2013 held at IBA City Campus, Karachi on December 15, 2013.
Delivered a lecture entitlted, ”Changing Perceptions through visions of space” as a Chief Guest at the closing ceremony of BURAQ Conference held at Islamabad on December 30, 2013.
Delivered a lecture entitled, “Higher Education Science and Technology: Imperatives for Socio-Economic Development” held at the Department of Leadership and Management Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad on December 31, 2013.
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman was the chairman of organizing committee and presented a lecture entitled, “Discovery of Lead Molecules against Prevailing Diseases and Decade of Change in the landscape of Higher Education in Pakistan” on January 03, 2011 on 3rd International Symposium-cum-training course on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research at International center for Chemical and Biological Sciences on January 3-6, 2011.
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman presented a lecture at the Multi Topic Symposium by IEEP on March 16, 2011 at Karachi.
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman presented a lectureat the National “Mera Pakistan Conference” Organized by COMMECS and Karachi Chambers of Commerce on March 11, 2011 at Karachi.
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman was the chairman of organizing committee and presented a lecture entitled, “Discovery of Lead Molecules against Prevailing Diseases and Decade of Change in the landscape of Higher Education in Pakistan” on January 03, 2011 on 3rd International Symposium-cum-training course on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research at International center for Chemical and Biological Sciences on January 3-6, 2011.
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman presented a lecture at the Multi Topic Symposium by IEEP on March 16, 2011 at Karachi.
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman presented a lectureat the National “Mera Pakistan Conference” Organized by COMMECS and Karachi Chambers of Commerce on March 11, 2011 at Karachi.
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman was the chairman of organizing committee and presented a lecture entitled, “Discovery of Lead Molecules against Prevailing Diseases and Decade of Change in the landscape of Higher Education in Pakistan” on January 03, 2011 on 3rd International Symposium-cum-training course on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research at International center for Chemical and Biological Sciences on January 3-6, 2011.
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman presented a lecture at the Multi Topic Symposium by IEEP on March 16, 2011 at Karachi.
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman presented a lectureat the National “Mera Pakistan Conference” Organized by COMMECS and Karachi Chambers of Commerce on March 11, 2011 at Karachi.
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman was the chairman of organizing committee and presented a lecture entitled, “Discovery of Lead Molecules against Prevailing Diseases and Decade of Change in the landscape of Higher Education in Pakistan” on January 03, 2011 on 3rd International Symposium-cum-training course on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research at International center for Chemical and Biological Sciences on January 3-6, 2011.
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman presented a lecture at the Multi Topic Symposium by IEEP on March 16, 2011 at Karachi.
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman presented a lectureat the National “Mera Pakistan Conference” Organized by COMMECS and Karachi Chambers of Commerce on March 11, 2011 at Karachi.
Participated and presented a Special Lecture on “Changing Landscpae of Higher Education, Science and Technology in Pakistan” during the 10th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry on 6th January, 2006.
Participated as a speaker in the “interactive Roundtable Session for the High Level Panel Meeting of the UN General Assembly” held in New York on 15th September 2005.
Participated in Special High-Level Global Roundtable Forum at the United Nations on “Innovation and Investment: Science and Technology to meet the Millennium Development Goals” in New York, USA on 13th September 2005.
Participated in “Preparatory Forum of the Scholars and Intellectuals” ahead of the extra-ordinary session of the Islamic Summit Conference in Makkah from 9 – 11 September 2005.
Presented Keynote Address in the Ministerial Roundtable on Science, Technology and Innovation to meet the MDGs at UN Headquarters in New York, USA, 29th June to 1st July 2005.
Presented Keynote Address at the 8th Regular Session of the Commission on Science & Technology for Development at Geneva from 23rd to 27th May 2005.
Presented Keynote Address in the Malaysia-IAS 2005 Science Conference and 1st Meeting of OIC Task Force on Vision 1441, 21st to 25th March, 2005.
Presided over the Twenty-First Session of the EMACHR (WHO Eastern Mediterranean Advisory Committee on Health Research to take place in Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt, 13th to 15th March, 2005.
Presented Keynote Address in Conference of Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development at Abu Dhabi, 11th to 12th December, 2004.
Participated in the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) 15th General Meeting at Trieste, Italy, 20th to 26 November, 2004.
Participated as Keynote Speaker in the Inauguration of INASP Symposium in Oxford UK, 5th November, 2004.
Participated as a Resource Person in the panel on “S&T Promotion, advice and application, for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals” on the UN Commission for S&T for Development, 26th to 29 October, 2004, Vienna, Austria.
Participated as Keynote Speaker at Biennial Conference on Science and Technology (BICOST III), 15th to 17th September, 2004, Budapest, Hungary.
Participated in the 11th Meeting of the General Committee for the IDB Merit/M.Sc. Scholarship Program at IDB Headquarters, Jeddah, Sauid Arabia, 29th to 31st July, 2004.
Participated and presented a Keynote Lecture at the 42nd Meeting of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Health Research at Geneva, 2nd to 8th May, 2004.
Participated and presented a Plenary Lecture entitled “Natural Product Chemistry-At the Turn of the Century” at the 9th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry, held in Karachi, Pakistan from 10-13 January 2004.
Participated and presented Plenary Lecture entitled “Biodiversity-Source of new Pharacophores” at the ICOB-4 & ISCNP-24 (IUPAC International Conference on Biodiversity and Natural Products: Chemistry and Medical Applications, held in New Delhi, India from 26-31 January, 2004.
Gave Keynote Lecture at the Asia-Pacific Industrial Development Forum on Biotechnology at the Chengdu International Exhibition and Convention Center, Chengdu, China, 16th to 17th December, 2003.
Attended the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) by United Nations at Geneva, Switzerland, 10th to 12th December, 2003.
Gave Keynote Lecture at the Conference on Role of Science in Information Society (RSIS) at Geneva, Switzerland, 6th to 9th December, 2003.
Gave Keynote Lecture at the Conference on Role of Science in Information Society (RSIS) at Geneva, Switzerland, 6th to 9th December, 2003.
Gave Keynote Lecture at OIC Conference on Science & Technology at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 6th to 10 October, 2003.
Attended the International Basic Science Program (IBSP) Meeting UNESCO Head quarters, Paris, 19th to 22 May, 2003.
Attended and presented a Lecture at Workshop Capacity Building for Academies at Trieste-Italy, 5th to 7th March, 2003.
Participated and presented a Plenary Lecture entitled “Natural Products Chemistry at the Turn of the Century” at the 7th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences held in Karachi, Pakistan from 8-12 March, 2002.
Participated and presented a Lecture at Pak Millennium Conference 2002 in Boston, 8th to 17 April, 2002.
Presented Keynote Address at the UNESCO Round Table of Ministers of Science Paris, France and Eleventh Islamic Academy of Sciences Conference at Rabat, Morocco, 22nd to 26th October 2001.
Participated and presented a Plenary Lecture entitled “Bioactive natural products - a potential source of new pharmacophores”at the 22nd IUPAC Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products held in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 4-8 September, 2000.
Presented a Plenary Lecture at the Brunei University on 3rd March, 2000.
Participated and presented a Plenary Lecture at the 8th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry held in Karachi, Pakistan from 18th to 22nd January, 2000.
Participated and presented a lecture at the 16th Expert Committee meeting on Vector Biology and Control entitled “Chemistry and Specifications of Pesticides” held in Geneva, Switzerland from 6th to 10th December, 1999.
Participated and presented a Special Lecture at the 7th International Conference and 11th General Conference of the Third World Academy of Sciences held in Dakar, Senegal from 22nd - 27th November, 1999. President of Senegal conferred TWAS Gold Medal on 22nd November, 1999 on outstanding scientific achievements.
Participated and presented a lecture at the Third Governing Body meeting of Inter-Islamic Network on Water Resources Development and Management held in Amman, Jordan from 18th to 21st September, 1999.
Participated and presented a lecture at the Ninth Islamic Academy of Science Conference “Science Education and Technology Management for Development in the Islamic World” held in Amman, Jordan from 26th to 31st July, 1999.
Participated and presented Plenary Lecture at the World Conference on Science in Budapest, Hungary from 24th June to 2nd July, 1999. Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman also awarded the “UNESCO Prize” by the Director General UNESCO on 29th June, 1999 in Budapest, Hungary.
Attended the seventeenth session of the Executive Committee of COMSTECH, held in Damascus, Syria from 12th-16th April, 1999.
Participated and presented a Plenary Lecture at the 21st IUPAC Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products, held in Beijing, China from 11th to 18th October, 1998.
Delivered lecture at the Symposium on Planning and Management of Research Projects, organized by the King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology in Saudi Arabia from 16-18 November, 1998.
Delivered lecture at the 9th IUPAC Congress on Pesticide Chemistry at London, U.K., 2-7 August, 1998.
Inaugurated and delivered a keynote address at the seminar on "Improving Productivities and Deeping Industrialisation in the Field of Electronics, Informatics and Telecommunications" in the OIC Member Countries in Cairo, Egypt, 19-23 June, 1998.
Delivered a lecture at the 4th International Conference in Tehran, Iran, 18-22 May, 1998.
Delivered Plenary Lecture at the 7th Asian Chemical Societies Conference at Hiroshima, Japan, from 17-21 May, 1997.
Delivered Invited Lecture at the 20th IUPAC Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry in Chicago. 1996.
Organized and delivered Plenary Lecture in the 7th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products, in December 28, 1997-January 1, 1998 in Karachi, Pakistan.
Organized and presented Plenary Lecture in the Workshop on Science and Technology in December 16-17, 1997 in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Organized and presented Plenary Lecture in the 7th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Product in December 28, 1997 in Karachi, Pakistan.
Delivered Plenary Lecture at the Symposium on Bioactive Natural Products and attended the Rocky Mountain Regional meeting of the American Chemical Society, held in Colorado, U.S.A., from 9th to 12th June, 1996.
Organized and delivered lecture on the occasion of 6th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products and Pak-US Binational Workshop on GC-MS in January 4-8, 1996 in Karachi, Pakistan.
Delivered lecture on the occasion of 35th International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry Congress. held from 14th to 19th August, 1995 in Istanbul, Turkey and also gave series of lectures on NMR Spectroscopy at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, Turkey.
Delivered lecture in the Workshop in "Purification and Structure-Determination Techniques to Speed Drug Development" from 15th to 16th May, 1995 at San Francisco, U.S.A.
Delivered lecture on the occasion of International Conference on Science in Islamic Polity in the Twenty-first Century, organized by COMSTECH, from 26th to 30th March. 1995 in Islamabad.
Delivered lecture at the First International Meeting on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, from 4th to 7th September, 1994 at Istanbul, Turkey.
Organized and delivered lecture on the occasion of 19th IUPAC International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products, held from 16th to 20th January, 1994 in Karachi.
Organized and participated in the 5th International Symposium and Pakistan-U.S. Binational Workshop on Natural Product Chemistry at Hotel Holiday Inn, Karachi From 5-9 January 1992.
Participated and presented a poster, a Key Note Address at the 18th IUPAC symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products from 30th August-4th September 1992 at Strasbourg, France.
Participated and presented a Plenary Lecture at the "Regional Conference on Medicinal Products from Tropical Rain Forest" from 13-15 May 1991 at Kepong, Kuala Lumpur.
Participated and presented a Plenary Lecture at a conference entitle "Fifty years of Chemistry in Sri Lanka, Golden Jubilee-Symposium on Natural Products Chemistry" from 20-23 May 1991 at Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Participated and presented an invited Lecture at the "Gordon Research Conference 1991" from 22-26 July 1991 at New Hampton, USA.
Participated and presented a lecture at the "33rd IUPAC Congress" from 17-22 August, 1991 at Budapest, Hungary.
Participated and presented a Plenary Lecture at the Regional Seminar on Research Trends in Medicinal Plants. from 1-3 December 1991 at Dacca, Bangladesh.
Organized and Participated in the 2nd International Chemistry Conference in Karachi University from 28-30th December, 1990.
Participated in the Second General TWAS meeting Caracas, Venezuela from 18-20 October, 1990.
Participated in the First Review Group Meeting on Pesticides for the Revision of the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality-gusto Garolfo (Milano), Italy from 28-30 June 1990 Organized by W.H.O.
Participated and presented a Plenary Lecture at the International Symposium on Natural Products Chemistry from February 12-15, 1990 at Katmandu, Nepal.
Participated and presented a invited Lecture at the 17th IUPAC International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products from 4-9 February 1990 at Delhi, India.
Organized and participated the 4th International Symposium and Pakistan-US Binational Workshop on Natural Product Chemistry at Hotel Holiday Inn, Karachi from January 1990.
Presented Plenary Lecture at the Fifth International Conference on Islamic Medicine from 20-23 November 1989 at Cairo, Egypt.
Participated in the 31st National Organic Symposium at Cornell University, Ithaca U.S.A from 18th to 22nd June 1989.
Participated in the W.H.O. Expert Panel meeting on W.H.O. Expert Committee meeting on the chemistry and specifications of Pesticides at W.H.O. headquarters, Geneva from 19 to 25 Sep. 1989.
Participated and presented a Plenary Lecture at the 1st National Chemistry Conference held in Peshawar in October 1989.
Participated and presented invited Lecture at Huang-Minlon Symposium on Organic Chemistry held in Shanghai, China from 7-10 November 1989.
Participated and presented Plenary lecture at a conference an Technologies and the Development of the Muslim World from 2 to 7 December, 1989 at Kuwait.
Presented Inaugural Lecture at the inauguration of the Institute of Fundamental Sciences in April 1988 in Peradinya, Sri Lanka.
Participated and presented Plenary Lecture at the Tokushima 88 Presymposium on "Natural Products Chemistry" from 28-29 May 1988 at Tokushima Bunri University, Japan.
Participated and presented Invited Session Lecture at the "16th l.U.P.A.C. International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products" from May 29-June 3rd 1988 at Kyoto, Japan.
Participated and presented Plenary lecture at the "Second NAPRECA Symposium on Natural Products and Workshop on Development of Data bases", from 12-16 September 1988 at Nairobi, Kenya.
Participated and presented Plenary lecture at the "Sixth Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants and Spices". (ASOMPS-VI) from 24-28 January 1989 at Bandung, Indonesia.
Presented Plenary Lecture at the Tokushima 88 Pre-Symposium, Tokushima from 28 to 29 May 1988.
Organized and Participated in the 3rd International Symposium and Pakistan-US Binational Workshop on Natural Product Chemistry from 19th-14th January, 1988.
Organized and presented Plenary Lecture at the International Workshop on "Isolation and Structure Elucidation of Natural Products using Spectroscopic Techniques", in Karachi from 11-16 January 1987.
Participated and presented a Plenary Lecture in the Second National Meeting of Chemists at King Saud University, Riyadh, from 7th-9th March 1987.
Participated in the Symposium on Organic Synthesis at Churchill College, University of Cambridge in July 1987.
Presented Plenary Lecture at the Fourth International Conference on "Chemistry and Biotechnology of Biologically Active Natural Products" at Budapest, from 10-14 August 1987.
Participated in the "11th International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry" at Heidelberg from 16-21 August 1987.
Participated in the "Second General Conference of Third World Academy of Sciences" held in Beijing from 11th to 18th September 1987.
Participated in 15th l.U.P.A.C. International Symposium on "The Chemistry of Natural Products" at the Hague (Holland) from 17th-22nd August, 1986.
Organized and Presented Plenary Lecture at the 2nd International symposium, U.N.E.S.C.O. - S.C.A.M.A.P. Workshop and Pakistan-U.S. Binational workshop on "Natural Products Chemistry" Karachi from 18th to 25th January, 1986.
Presented Plenary Lecture at the Sub-regional workshop organized by the Department of Chemistry, Eniversity of Indonesia from November 3rd-6th 1986.
Participated in the International Expert Panel Meeting on the issue of medicinal plants and to evaluate practical applications at Vienna from 10th-12th December, 1986.
Participated in the International U.N.E.S.C.O. Workshop on Spectroscopy at Peradinya, Sri-Lanka, 29th June -4th July, 1985.
Presented Plenary Lecture at the Third International Conference on the Chemistry and Biotechnology of Biologically Active Natural Products held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 16th to 21st September 1985.
Presented Plenary Lecture at the l.U.P.A.C. Symposium entitled "International Symposium on Organic Chemistry of Medicinal Natural Products" held in Shanghai, China from 10th to 13th November 1985.
Organized and participated in the Ist International Symposium and Pakistan-U.S. Binational Workshop on Natural Products Chemistry in Karachi (5th-9th February 1984).
Participated in 8th the International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Seoul, Korea (August, 1984).
Participated in the Conference on "Chemistry and Developing Countries" in Norwich, England (September 1984).
Participated in the Conference on "Elements in Health and Disease" organized by Hamdard, Delhi (February 1983).
Presented Plenary Lecture in the Alfred Benzon Symposium on Natural Products and Drug Development in Copenhagen, Denmark (7-11th August 1983).
Participated in the 9th International Congress in Heterocyclic Chemistry and was chairman at a major session in Tokyo, Japan (21st-26th August 1983).
Participated in the World Health Organization meeting on Vector, Biology, and Control in Geneva, Switzerland (8th-14th November 1983).
Participated in Panel Meeting of International Organization of Chemistry in Development in Delhi, India (December 1983).
Member of the Government delegation to the First World Conference on Islamic Medicine at Kuwait (March 1981).
Participated in the 7th International Symposium on Organic Synthesis held in Oxford, England in July 1981.
Participated in Conference organized by G.T.Z./B.M.Z. on "Education and Development in Asian Bangkok (October 1981).
Represented Pakistan at the 4th Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants and Spices, Bangkok (September 1980) (Chairman at two of the organic chemistry sessions, and Plenary Lecturer).
As U.N.I.D.O. expert on medicinal plants, Professor Rahman participated in the U.N.I.D.O. Consultants Meeting on Production of Drugs from Medicinal Plants (Lucknow, India, March 1978).
Represented Pakistan in the 3rd Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants and Spices, Colombo, Sri Lanka (1977).
Member of the Government delegation in the First World Conference on Muslim Education at Jeddah (1977).
Represented Pakistan at the 27th International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Congress in Tokyo (October 1977) (Chairman at two of the organic chemistry sessions).
Participated in the l.U.P.A.C. Conference in Boston (1971).
Participated in the I.U.P.A.C. Conference in London (1968).
Participated as the keynote speaker at theEisenhower Fellowships South Asia Regional Conference - SARC 2012 during September 27-29, 202 and presented a lecture entitled, “ Higher Education, Science & Technology --- Key Issues for Socio-Economic Development”.at the opening session entitled,“Education and Human Resource Challenges of South Asia Achieving its Full Potential in the 21st Century” on September 27, 2012 at Colombo – Kings Court, Sri Lanka.
Participated as the vice president of the TWAS and presented a lecture entitled, “Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development”at the TWAS 12th General Conference and 23rd General Meeting during 18-21 September, 2012 at Tianjin, China.
Participated as the Guest Speaker and presented a lecture entitled, “Importance of Research in Socio Economic Development” at the Commandant Ordinance College” on October 25, 2012 at Karachi.
Participated as the chief guest at the inauguration of first National Symposium on “New Horizons of Microbiology” at the Federal Urdu University, on November 07, 2012 at Karachi.
Presented a lecture entitled, “Science Technology and Innovation for Socio-economic Development” at the open forum public lecture at the Islamaia University of Bahawalpur on November 14, 2012 at Bhawalpur.
Partcipated as the keynote speaker and deliver a presentation entitled, “Using Technology to Leap-Frog” at the Global Launch of the first Sanitation Hackathon on Nvember 30 at Lahore.
Attended the 1st Meeting of the High Level Panel Group on “Science, Technology and Innovation for Development “ at UNESCO Headquarters during 15-17 September, 2011 in Paris and he presented a lectureat the Public Session of the Panel with Permanent Delegations of UNESCO entitled “Models for capacity building in science, technology and innovation” on September 16, 2011at France , Paris.
Delivered a lectue entitld, “Natural Cataclysms and Global Problems of Modern Civilization” at the World Forum – the International Congress and Exhibition in Istanbulon September 19, 2011 at Istanbul, Turkey.
Participated as the keynote speaker and presented a lecture entitled “Some Adventures in Natural Product Chemistry and Higher Education” on symposium on Bioactive Natural Products – Applications in Health and Agriculture in Colombo on October 03, 2011 at Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Presented an inaugural lectureentitled, “Building Bridges with the West through Knowledge Economy” at the session entitled, “Contributions in the Promotion of Higher Education, Science and Technology in OIC Countries, and in Natural Products Chemistry” on 18th IAS Conference at Doha on October 22, 2011 at Doha, Qatar.
Presented an inaugural lectureentitled, “Contributions in the Promotion of Higher Education, Science and Technology in OIC Countries, and in Natural Products Chemistry” at The 75th Convocation Ceremony of the Universityof Technology MARA on October 19, 2011.
Presented a lecture entitled, “Higher Education and its Socio-Economic Impact” on Annual Day-2011 at DHA College for Boys on March 15, 2011 at Karachi.
Delivered a lectue entitld, “Natural Cataclysms and Global Problems of Modern Civilization” at the World Forum – the International Congress and Exhibition in Istanbulon September 19, 2011 at Istanbul, Turkey.
Participated as the keynote speaker and presented a lecture entitled “Some Adventures in Natural Product Chemistry and Higher Education” on symposium on Bioactive Natural Products – Applications in Health and Agriculture in Colombo on October 03, 2011 at Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Presented an inaugural lectureentitled, “Building Bridges with the West through Knowledge Economy” at the session entitled, “Contributions in the Promotion of Higher Education, Science and Technology in OIC Countries, and in Natural Products Chemistry” on 18th IAS Conference at Doha on October 22, 2011 at Doha, Qatar.
Presented a lecture entitled, "Recent developments in Higher Education in Pakistan: Challenges and opportunities” at Hamdard University, Karachi on January 28, 2011.
Participated as the Chief Guest at “Neurology Conference, related to epilepsy” at Aga Khan University on December 24, 2010 at Karachi.
Participated as the keynotespeaker entitled “Managing National Talent & Building Nations at the 2ND Talent Management Forum at the theme entitled,: Leveraging Your Talent to Drive Business Outcomes on January 23, 2010at Karachi.
Participated as the chief guest at the Seminar at the Natonal Defence University on 15 February, 2010 at Islamabad.
Participated as the guestspeaker and presented a lecture entitled, “Higher Education Science and Technology - Imperatives for Socio-Economic Development” at the seminar at Rotary Club of Karachi:on 08 March, 2010 at Karachi.
Participated in the 3rd World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists, theme entitled ”Building a Better World “New Horizons Sound Strategies” during March 21-22 and deliver a lecture at the Plenary session entitled, “ Muslim Knowledge Ecosystem” on March 21 and a lecture at the roundtable session entitled, “Capturing the Muslim World into Global Competativeness in Science, Technology and Innovation:What it take? Developing an action Agenda” on March 22, 2010 at Doha Qatar.
Partcipated as the Chief guest at the Post graduate medical education annual conference: entitled “ Career Counseling: what’s after the residency” on April 09, 2010 at Karachi.
Participated as the keynote speaker at the session on education entitled, “The Power of quality Education.” at the last Annual Conference of Rotary International District 3270 comprising Afghanistan & Pakistan on April 03, 2010 at Karachi.
Participated as the Chief Guest at the workshop on “Nutraceutical Foods of Industrial Importance on April 13, 2010 at Karachi.
Participated in the 6th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) during May 16-21, 2010 and presented a lecture entitled, “Innovation : The Path to Socio-Economic Development”at the plenary session on May 19, 2010 at Kualalumpur, Malaysia.
Participated as the chief guest at the workshop on “The Concept of Responsible Science Safety, Security and Ethics” held at COMSTECH during June 9-10 , 2010 at Islamabad.
Presented a lecture entitled, “Higher Education, Science and Technology: Challenges and Opportunities in the Islamic World”at the seminar held at Dr. Zia uddin hospital University on June 24, 2010 at Karachi.
Participated as the chief Guest at the symposium entitled “ Women in World Neuroscience” on July 01, 2010 at Karachi.
Participated in the International Conference on Strategies. Scientific Research in the Universities of the Muslim World: Reality and Prospects dur ing 6 - 8 July at Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2010.
Participated as the Chief Guest at the inaugural session of seminar on “Investing Opportunities in Pakistan” on July 17, 2010 at Karachi.
Participated as the Chief Guest at the National Conference on Information Assurance(NCIA-2010)at Military College of Signals Hamayun Road on Augst 10, 2010 at Rawalpindi.
Presented a lecture entitled, “Education System of Pakistan” at National Defence University on August 20, 2010 at Islamabad.
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman participated as the Chief Guest at the inaugural ceremony of the 5th International Conference on Statistical Sciences: Mathematics, Statistics and Applications, held on Jan 23, 2009 at Lahore.
Attended the meeting organised by the Science Policy Centre at the Royal Society and the International Council for the Life Sciencesat the occasion of organizing 350 years of Royal Society Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman was invited as the discussant on this osscasion presenting a discussion entitled “Global security risks – the context for biological risks” on a session entitled, “New Approaches To Biological Risk Assessment”, at the Royal Society on February 19, 2009 at London, UK.
Participated in the Second Islamic Conference of Ministers of Health in Tehran, on March 3-4, 2009at Tehran, Iran.
Participated as the Chief guest at the closing ceremony of “The All Pakistan Programming, Engineering and Business Competition” at the FAST-NUCES on May 02, 2009 at Karachi.
Participated as the Chief Guest at the Inauguration Ceremony of 1ST International Conference on “Energy, Environment & Sustainable Development for Growing Economics (EESD2009)” at Mehran Engineering University, MUET Auditorium on May 04, 2009 at Jamshoro.
Participated and delivered an inaugural address at the one day workshop entitled, “Natural Product-based drugs and other Botanicals – Present Status and Future Prospects” at ICCBS Auditorium on May 16, 2012 at Karachi.
Participated as the keynote speaker entitled, “the Science and Technology policies relevant to new Emerging Technologies in the OIC Member States” at the S & T Conference and Exhibition parallel to 36th Council of Foreign Ministers Conference on, May 24, 2009 at Damascus, Syria.
Participated in the EAHEP roundtable conference on the Bolonga process and Europe-Asia dialogue during 1-3 july, 2009 at Belgium.
Participated as the Guest of Honourat the International Conference on Plants and Environmental Pollution (ICPEP-2009) during July 06-09 2009 at Turkey.
Participated as the chief guest at the 4 days workshop entitled, “BiofertilizersImportance and Development using Indigenous Resources” at the Council room of Dean of Sciences, University of Karachi on August 20, 2009.
Invitation from United Nations - High Level meeting on Biotechnology in New York and meetings in State Department, Washington during 9-10 September, 2009.
Participated as the Chief Guest at the inauguration ceremony of Workshop entitled, “Laboratory Bio-Safety and Containment Facilities” at COMSTECH on Oct 05, 2009 at Islamabad.
Attended the 20th General Meeting of TWAS, as Vice President, in Durban, during October 18-23, 2009 at Durban, South Africa.
Participted in the workshop entitled, “Enhancing scientific capacity for development: examining the past and preparing for the future” during 07-10 Nov 2009 at Bern, Switzerland.
Participated in the High level Conference on “Building knowledge, economics for job creation, increased competitiveness and balanced development” (Invitation from Tunis Ministry of Foreign affair ISESCO) during 1-3 December 2009 at Tunis, Tunisia.
Participated in 17th IAS Conference and presented a keynote lecture entitled, “Building a Knowledge Society in the Islamic World: Challenges and opportunities” on December 15, 2009, Malaysia.
Participated as the cief guest at the three – day “Patch Clamp Technology” Workshop at ICCBS Institutions at H.E.J on December 21, 2009 at Karachi.
Participated and presented a National Presentation at IAP Conference on Biochemistry at Royal Society and General Assembly meeting during January 12-15, 2010 at London, UK.
Attended the meeting organised by the Science Policy Centre at the Royal Society and the International Council for the Life Sciencesat the occasion of organizing 350 years of Royal Society Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman was invited as the discussant on this osscasion presenting a discussion entitled “Global security risks – the context for biological risks” on a session entitled, “New Approaches To Biological Risk Assessment”, at the Royal Society on February 19, 2009 at London, UK.
Participated as a chief guest at the International Conference of Pakistan Zoology Congress at University of Sindh, Jamshoro, on February 24, 2009 at Jamshoro.
Participated as the Chief Guest: 8th Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Symposium on February 26, 2009 at Lahore.
Partiipated in the Second Islamic Conference of Ministers of Health in Tehran, on March 3-4, 2009at Teran, Iran.
Participated in the Islamic Conference of the Ministers responsible for Water as a sideline event of 5th World Water Forum Istanbul on March 20, 2009 at Istanbul, Turkey.
Participated in the Biosafety and Biosecurity International Conference 2009 on 2-3 April 2009 at Casablanca, Morocco.
Participated and delivered an inaugural lecture as the first activity of the Science Forum at Forman Christian College on April 20, 2009 at Lahore.
Participated as the Chief Guest at the National Seminar on Agriculture Biotechnology, organized by Center for Molecular Genetics, University of Karachi on April 28, 2009 at Karachi.
Participated as the keynote speaker and delivered a lecture entitled, “Transitioning to a Knowledge Economy” at 11th Young Leaders’ Conference on July 04, 2012 at Karachi.
Lecture entitled “Higher Education for Socio Economic Development” was delivered in a seminar at Forman Christian College on July 23, 2012 at Lahore.
Lecture entitled, “Science Technology and Innovation, Imperatives for Socio-economic Development” was delivered at Dehli University on September 04, 2012 at Delhi, India.
Plenary lecture entitled, “Science, Technology and Innovation – Imperatives for Socio-Economic Development” was delivered atSummit of Science Academies of South Asia on September 08, 2012 at at New Delhi, India.
Participated as the Chief Guest and delivered a lecture entitled “Fascinating World of Science” at the International Islamic University on December 03, 2012 at Islamabad.
Lecture entitled “Some Adventures in Natural Product Chemistry and Higher Education" was delivered at LIKAT University, on December 18, 2012 at Rostoc, Germany.
Participated as the key note speaker and delivered a lecture entitled, "Higher Education, Science and Technology: Essential for Development of Pakistan" at the 5th Convocation of the “Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education” on December 25, 2012 at Karachi.
Participated as the Chief Guest and delivered a lecture entitled, “Fascinating Advaances in space Exploration” at the closing ceremony of the BURAQ Certificate Distribution entitled, “Changing Perceptions through Visions of Space” on December 30, 2012 at Islamabad.
Lecture Delivered as Chief Guest and Keynote Speaker at the Inauguration of the Workshop on AI Implications in National Security and Hybrid Warfare on, January 16, 2020.
Lecture Delivered as a Chief Guest at the 17th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology on, January 17, 2020.
Lecture Delivered as a Keynote Speaker at the National Seminar on Artificial Intelligence Implications on National Security by Institute for Strategic Studies, Research and Analysis (ISSRA), National Defense University on, January 28, 2020.
Lecture Delivered as the Chief Guest at the 35th IEEE Conference, DHA Suffah University, January 29, 2020.
Keynote Address Delivered as a Chief Guest, International Conference on Information Science and Communication Technology (ICISCT‟20), on February 08, 2020, Entitled, “Disruptive Innovations and the 4th Industrial Revolution”.
Keynote Address on Leveraging Science and Technology for Building National Innovation Systems in the 21st Century and the Road Map to Kick Starting Knowledge Economy on March 04, 2020, entitled, “Knowledge Economy”.
An online Keynote Address and the Message of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Delivered at the Inauguration of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Organisation of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka (OPA), June 27, 2020.
An Online Keynote Address, July 15, 2020.Entitled, “Importance of Creative Skills in Developing a Knowledge Economy Delivered at World Youth Skill Day at National Skills”.
An online Lecture Delivered as Keynote Speaker, Punjab Higher Education Commission Webinar on July 16, 2020, Entitled “Knowledge Economy Challenges and Opportunities”.
Attended an International Online Conference on Digitalization and Cyber Security as a Pannel Member, August 12, 2020.
Lecture Delivered on an Online Webinar on, August 19, 2020, entitled, “Science Diplomacy During COVID-19: Partnerships, Innovations and Opportunities”.
Delivered an Online Lecture as a Plenary Speaker, UPSIGN Event about Knowledge Exploitation Interactive webinar: Knowledge Exploitation Models for Pakistani Academicion, December 02, 2020.
Lecture in the Hunan Innovative International Conference on Biomedicine and Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China, October 24, 2019, entitled, “The Exciting World of Discovery”.
Special Lecture in the AASSA-PAS Regional Workshop 2019, Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Islamabad, August 19, 2019, entitled “Complementary Medicine as an Answer to Challenges Faced in Achieving Sustainable Goals in Health”,
Guest of Honor in the IEEE International Conference, Bahria University, Islamabad, March 7, 2019, entitled, “Exciting World of Discovery”.
Chief Guest and Key Note Speaker in “1st National Education Summit 19”, Islamabad December 16, 2019.
Keynote Speaker in the 17th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology”, Islamabad, December 16, 2019.
Keynote Speech in the 2nd International Student Convention and Expo 2019, April 17, 2019, Lahore.
Inaugural Address in the 7th International Conference on Endorsing Health Science Research (ICEHSR 18), Dow University of Health Sciences, April 20, 2019, Karachi, entitled, “Some Exciting Advances in Health Science Research”.
Lecture in the Rotary Club, November 30, 2019, Karachi, entitled, “Knowledge Economy”.
Keynote Speaker in the 17th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology”, Islamabad, December 16, 2019.
Plenary Lecture (Prof. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui Memorial Lecture), November 4, 2019, H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, entitled, “Some Adventures in Natural Product Chemistry and Higher Education”.
Inaugural Lecture in the ANRAP Conference, ICCBS, January 25, 2019
Inaugural Address of the Sino Pakistan TCM Clinic Research Center and Sino Pakistan TCM and Ethnomedicine Research Center followed by Agreement Signing, ICCBS, May 17, 2019.
Inaugural Address of the 7th Symposium cum Workshop on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (MMDR 7), November 4, 2019.
Keynote speaker and resource person of senior researchers gathering in 3rd International Conference on Bioscience and Biotechnology (Bio Tech-2018), Colombo, Sri Lanka,March 8, 2018.
Chief Guest at the 27th International Children's Health Conference at Beach Luxuray Hotel, April 6, 2018.
Chief Guest at the Inauguration of the Annual Health Conference, entitled, "International Conference on Endorsing Health Science Research. ICEHSR-18”, with the theme of Towards SDGs; Exploring the Healthy Possibilities at the ICCBS Auditorium “Exciting Advances in Health Sciences”, April 7, 2018.
Lecture in the 4th Human International Forum on Biomedicine and TCM Innovation, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Hunan, China, October 23-25, 2018.
Lecture in Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants, Spices and Other Natural Products(ASOMPS XVI), entitled, Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 12-14, 2018.
Participated as the chief guest at the 4 days’ workshop entitled, “Bio fertilizers Importance and Development using Indigenous Resources” at the Council room of Dean of Sciences, University of Karachi on August 20, 2009.
Invitation from United Nations - High Level meeting on Biotechnology in New York and meetings in State Department, Washington during 9-10 September, 2009.
Participated as the Chief Guest at the inauguration ceremony of Workshop entitled, “Laboratory Bio-Safety and Containment Facilities” at COMSTECH on Oct 05, 2009 at Islamabad
Attended the 20th General Meeting of TWAS, as Vice President, in Durban, during October 18-23, 2009 at Durban, South Africa.
Participted in the workshop entitled, “Enhancing scientific capacity for development: examining the past and preparing for the future” during 07-10 Nov 2009 at Bern, Switzerland.
Participated in the High level Conference on “Building knowledge, economics for job creation, increased competitiveness and balanced development” (Invitation from Tunis Ministry of Foreign affair ISESCO) during 1-3 December 2009 at Tunis, Tunisia.
Participated in 17th IAS Conference and presented a keynote lecture entitled, “Building a Knowledge Society in the Islamic World: Challenges and opportunities” on December 15, 2009, Malaysia.
Participated as the cief guest at the three – day “Patch Clamp Technology” Workshop at ICCBS Institutions at H.E.J on December 21, 2009 at Karachi.
Participated and presented a National Presentation at IAP Conference on Biochemistry at Royal Society and General Assembly meeting during January 12-15, 2010 at London, UK.
Attended the meeting organised by the Science Policy Centre at the Royal Society and the International Council for the Life Sciencesat the occasion of organizing 350 years of Royal Society Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman was invited as the discussant on this osscasion presenting a discussion entitled “Global security risks – the context for biological risks” on a session entitled, “New Approaches To Biological Risk Assessment”, at the Royal Society on February 19, 2009 at London, UK.
Participated as a chief guest at the International Conference of Pakistan Zoology Congress at University of Sindh, Jamshoro, on February 24, 2009 at Jamshoro.
Participated as the Chief Guest: 8th Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Symposium on February 26, 2009 at Lahore.