Dr. Hideharu Morishita is the leading force behind GIS Technology Transfer to Pakistan. On 24th January 1997, he met Mr. Malik Meraj Khalid (then caretaker) Prime Minister of Pakistan and introduced how GIS technology can help Pakistan for better planning and management to achieve the target of Sustainable Development. The Prime Minister welcomed this idea and in September 1997, Pakistan Society of Geographic Information Systems (PSGIS) was established to provide a practical platform for GIS Technology Transfer. PSGIS under the continuous and attentive guidance of Dr. Hideharu Morishita was very successful to organize workshops and international GIS conference in Pakistan. Malik Meraj Khalid accepted to Patronize this non profit organization and facilitated education complex of Barki for Research and development activities of PSGIS. Establishment of first ever National GIS Development and Application Center of Pakistan at Barki is one of the progressive and valuable contribution of Anjuman Ikhwan e Islam (NGO which is presided by Malik Meraj Khalid). This NGO is very successfully working  for the promotion and uplifting of education in the rural sector of Pakistan. 

The contribution of  Dr. Hideharu Morishita is very well recognized by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Federal Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development,  Capital Development Authority CDA (Planning Wing), Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning, Punjab; Lahore Development Authority LDA (Town Planning) and several other planning institutions in Pakistan.
 

Addressing International Conference on Development and Application of Geographic Information Technology: Year 2000 and Beyond at Ikhwan Education Complex Barki, Lahore, Pakistan

Meeting with Malik Meraj Khalid, Prime Minister of Pakistan ( January 24, 1997)

Contact Address:
Dr. Hideharu Morishita
Associate Professor                   
 Dept. of Information and Policy studies  
 Aichi Gakuin University                
  12 Araike, Iwasaki-cho, Nissin-shi 
 Aichi 470-0195 JAPAN                 
 Phone: +81-5617-3-1111 ext. 556    
 Fax  : +81-5617-3-4403                  
 E-mail: hmorishi@psis.aichi-gakuin.ac.jp , tab01477@nifty.ne.jp
 http://www.psis.aichi-gakuin.ac.jp 
Email: hmorishi@ait.ac.th