The pursuit of this broad objective comprises of the following specific categories:

	Application of the rational and scientifically researched principles in the form of projects of strictly professional nature, towards the achievement of holistic improvements in the quality of life of underprivileged masses.
	Promotion and organization of educational and research facilities at under developed regions for producing professionals who are appropriately equipped to handle future developmental activities of Globalization.
	Promote research and development and provide a base for developed nations to get specialized professional software developers catering to the needs of clients as a solution provider for software development, business process re-engineering, debugging, testing, Quality assurance, research and development in a wide variety of areas. Locate appropriate software houses/individual programmers in developing countries for recruitment and sub contracting assignments and ensuring quality assurance, packaging and timely delivery of work products. Assuming total responsibility on behalf of clients to identify, price, source, execute and deliver software projects through sub contracting in developing countries.

Projects

PLANWEL has started a model R&D project on Virtual University/distance Learning to evolve a solution by testing and perfecting it, which however, then could easily reach the masses not only in Pakistan but also extending over the region to neighboring and Central Asian countries. This has been achieved with the assistance of research institutions and institutions of higher learning in developed countries. To facilitate this, PLANWEL has established such a virtual site with necessary infrastructure, which will be available for the globalization of this educational system. This virtual site for distance learning is located at A-1, L.C.H.S, Block-20, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi-75290, Pakistan. PLANWEL has established the concept of first POP-Site for the Virtual University with its links to various other institutes of higher learning.

Research Collaborations

PLANWEL has been working with various leading international institutions of higher learning for delivering quality education to the masses. Here are a few links for more on PLANWEL’s research endeavors.

PLANWEL has partnered with Utah State University to setup the first Utah State University and PLANWEL POP (Point of Presence). It is the first instance that a leading Carnegie Foundation For Education Classified Research University-I is setting up its International Center in the region; which is a major step towards quality education, research and development in the region.

Note - Research University-I offer a full range of baccalaureate programs, are committed to graduate education through the doctorate, and give high priority to research. They award 50 or more doctoral degrees each year. In addition, they receive annually $40 million or more in USA federal support.

 

Washington State University, USAID, University of Jordon - Higher Education Partnerships for Social and Economic Development.

 

	European Union - Promoting Multimedia Access to Education and Training in Europe (PROMETEUS) - A Partnership for a Common Approach to the Production and Delivery of Learning Technologies, Content and Services.
	PLANWEL has also entered into an international competition for "The Global Bangemann Challenge" funded by World Bank. The City of Stockholm invited the whole world to show their finest information technology projects in the Global Bangemann Challenge. This international IT Award Program started in early 1997 and ended in June 1999. It is a privilege for PLANWEL that we were selected as runners up under the category "IT in all Forms of Education" which itself is an honor that an institution from a underdeveloped country was able to compete and finally stand along all the developed countries, in its endeavor for achieving quality education.
	Pakistan Library Network is a research initiative of Planwel Academic and Research Network to build electronic access network of all the regional libraries for furthering research and development; as per the mission statement of PLANWEL for Bringing Technology to the People. It is an effort to ensure that all underprivileged communities in the region have equal access to information. PLANWEL is also mirroring a database of world libraries maintained by University of California Berkley and Sun Microsystems, Inc. LIBweb

Academic and Research Resources

	Pakistan Library Network
	LIBweb - A database of world libraries maintained by University of California Berkley and Sun Microsystems, Inc. and is being mirrored by PLANWEL.