Oman Logistics Center, part of ASYAD group, organized the first gathering on the Logistics Research Competition that targets fourth-year university students to enhance their skills in logistics-related scientific research. The competition focuses on developing students' problem-solving abilities, sharing knowledge and ideas, improving communication and developing their analytical skills in different related logistics areas.
The competition runs from November 2019 to February 2020, with several scientific research training workshops. In these workshops, students will learn how to undertake high-quality scientific research which will assist them to effectively participate in the competition. The research proposals will go through evaluation stage that will be conducted by specialists in the field.
There will be a total of 30 researchers giving their support to the competition in different sectors all relating to logistics, and over 90 students involved, from 7 different colleges and universities around the Sultanate. They are competing over three months to win:
1st winner: 1000 OMR
2nd winner: 500 OMR
3rd winner: 300 OMR
Shaima Al Azri, strategist at Human Capital at Oman Logistics Center, said: “The competition aims to improve the quality, experience and competence of students across disciplines in research and development. It will give them the opportunity to share their ideas and research results and will help them to develop a clear vision of their future career path."
“Further, it will give them the opportunity to meet and interact with logistics companies and industry experts, exchange ideas and gain insights of the industry and get exposed to practical applications”.
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