Two-day Dow DICE Health Exhibition concludes.

KARACHI -- The two-day Dow DICE Health Exhibition 2019 organised by the Dow University of Health Sciences in collaboration with the American DICE Foundation at the Expo Centre concluded here on Saturday.

The project, developed by students of the Dow University, received the first prize. It will help prevent cancer-causing ingredients from industrially produced foods.

The second prize was given to Hamdard University students on 'Health Monitoring Smart Chair with Mobile' and the third prize was awarded to NED University students for 'Spectacles for the Blind'.

While the next 10 projects were awarded cash prizes by the DICE Foundation and 14 projects were awarded cash prizes under Javed Akhai Award.

Addressing the closing ceremony, industrialists and other experts said that this exhibition of projects has provided an opportunity for industries and educational institutions to come closer, which will have a positive impact on Pakistan's economy.

Addressing the closing ceremony, senior vice president of the Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Dr. Mirza Ikhtiyar Baig said that previously, there were gaps between industries and educational institutions that ended with the help of Dow DICE Health Exhibition. In the United States and other developed countries, research in the field of agriculture has doubled and tripled its productivity; we have not had any research in this field before. Had there been contact between educational institutions and agricultural institutions in the last years, our agricultural output today would have been at least twice as high as in other countries.

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