Ali to lead research agency in Pakistan

Mubarik Ali, left, on a visit to Virginia Tech with SANREM PI Manuel Reyes of NC A&T State University.

Mubarik Ali, left, on a visit to Virginia Tech with SANREM PI Manuel Reyes of NC A&T State University.

Mubarik Ali, a team leader for the SANREM CRSP in Asia, has been appointed Chief Executive of the Punjab Agriculture Research Board (PARB), a research agency being reactivated in the Punjab region of Pakistan.

The agency, dormant since 1998, will oversee the allocation of a $20 million annual research development budget. Continue reading