Muscat, The Research Council (TRC) today signed

several agreements within the National Technology Transfer Network

(NTTN), including the signing of the support agreement for the

establishment of the Technology Transfer Office in Sohar College of

Applied Sciences (SCAS), the College of Higher Technology (CHT) in

Al Masanah , in addition to NTTN accession agreement by CAS of the

Ministry of Higher Education, and CHT of the Ministry of Manpower

and the College of Education in A’Rustaq.

The agreements were signed by Sayyid Dr. Fahd bin al-Julanda al-

Said, TRC Assistant Secretary General for Innovation Development,

and by CAS deans or their representatives, in the presence of Dr. Mona

bint Salim al-Jardaniyah, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Manpower

for Technological Education and Vocational Training, and Dr. Hilal bin

Ali al-Hinai.

In a speech welcoming the attendees and participants in the signing

ceremony of the NTTN accession agreement, Sayyid Dr. Fahd bin al-

Julanda al- Said, TRC Assistant Secretary General for Innovation

Development, praised the efforts exerted by TRC and in cooperation

with higher education institutions to establish a national network to

support the research, innovation and transfer of knowledge across the

Sultanate through the establishment of technology transfer offices in

these institutions, drawing on the experience of ESCWA.

Source: Oman News Agency