ICCI delegation visits HITEC University Taxila to promote academia-industry linkages.

ISLAMABAD -- President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Muhammad Shakeel Munir, on Wednesday leading a delegation visited HITEC University Taxila Cantt as a part of efforts to promote academia-industry linkages.

Muhammad Faheem Khan Vice President ICCI, Ch. Muhammad Ali, Hamayun Kabir, Engr. Azhar ur Islam, Akhtar Hussain, Sheikh Muhammad Ijaz, Muhammad Saeed Khan, Rana Qaisar Shehzad, Muhammad Naveed Malik, Adnan Mukhtar, Ashfaq Chatha, Rashid Minhas, Umer Ismail and Khalid Chaudhry were in the delegation, said a press release issued here.

The delegation visited various departments and the display centre of the university, adding the delegation discussed areas of collaboration with HITEC University to achieve beneficial results for the industry and academia.

Speaking on the occasion, Muhammad Shakeel Munir, appreciated the efforts of HITEC University, Taxila for providing quality education and excellent learning environment to its students.

He also shared the key issues of industry and hoped that the students of HITEC University Taxila would try to find out their innovative solutions.

He said that the developed countries achieved better economic growth by developing strong academia-industry linkages and we should follow the same approach to make Pakistan a progressive and prosperous country.

He said that universities were doing a lot of good research work and emphasized that they should focus on applied research and commercialization of research projects that would be more beneficial to the industry as well as economy.

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