October 31, 2011 -- ANGLE plc (“ANGLE”), which focuses on the commercialisation of technology, is delighted to announce that its Middle East Director, Dr Athar Osama has been awarded the prestigious World Technology Network (WTN) award and has been elected as a fellow of the WTN.
ANGLE employee, Dr Osama is the first Pakistani to receive the WTN award, which are seen as the “Oscars of Science and Technology”. With this award, WTN has recognised www.Muslim-Science.com, which was founded by Dr Osama as an agent of change.
Muslim-Science.com is designed as a platform for a dialogue among Muslims and between Muslims and other communities about the state of science and technology in the Muslim World and the influence of Muslim faith on the former.
The Previous WTN award winners include Al Gore (US former Vice President), Mohammad Yunus (founder of Grameen Bank), Mark Zuckurberg (Facebook founder), Larry Page (Google) and Tim Berners–Lee (Inventor of Internet).
Dr Athar Osama, Director of Middle East and Asia for ANGLE commented:
“I am honoured to have received this award. There is major potential in connecting Muslim technology to Western markets and vice versa. The Muslim World that has for too long now been only a consumer of knowledge and technology generated in the West now has an opportunity to leapfrog several stages of development and become both an intelligent user and producer of scientific knowledge and technological innovation. Many Islamic countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Malaysia, Pakistan, Iran, Jordan, and Egypt have, in recent years, shown remarkable ambition to invest heavily in science and innovation and ANGLE is pleased to have played our part in laying the foundation of a science and innovation revolution in the Islamic World.”
Andrew Newland, Chief Executive of ANGLE commented:
“We are very proud of Athar’s success. Dialogue about science and technology is an excellent way to improve understanding between the Muslim and non-Muslim communities and ANGLE is delighted to have supported this communication through our extensive involvement in the Middle East over the last several years.”
