National Conference on setting standards for 21st Century Pakistan

The first-ever National Conference on Setting Standards for 21st Century Pakistan is being organized by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) on May 26, 2011 at Islamabad. The Conference aims to assemble key stakeholders including parliamentarians, diplomats, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and members of the civil society who will provide an impetus leading to a national pledge to be taken to promote university-community and university-industry linkage.

The event, which will showcase the contribution of higher education sector towards nation building, will highlight the significance of sustainability of a progressive research culture, which ensures flow of knowledge to and from the business and the industrial sector. In this regard a project for the establishment of business/technology incubators in the universities has been initiated. These incubators would ensure an atmosphere where viable start-up companies/entrepreneurships can grow and prosper. These incubator graduates have the potential to create employment, revitalize neighborhoods, commercialize new technologies, and strengthen local and national economies.

University project being demonstrated include:A knowledge-based Expert System to Diagnose Spinning Faults for Producing High Quality Yarn by National Textile University.

The rector of the National Textile University, describing the project made by the NTU at the first-ever National Conference on Setting Standards for 21st Century Pakistan.