University – Industry Linkages
Roundtable on IT and Computer Science
Being the Industry Representative the gap analysis, way forward & implementation mechanism is mentioned below:
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Aligning with Pakistan’s IT industrial application market demand horizon analysis for coming 30 to 50 years for the appropriate positioning of the students & faculty. Like upcoming biotechnology industry requirements. Bio – IoT, AI, bioinformatics etc.
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Aligning with Pakistan's existing industries in particular SME’s IT requirements for making education market demand oriented and developing the Industry connectivity mechanism.
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Entrepreneurship mindset development content/courses and entrepreneurship nurturing mechanism in collaboration with
Industry Resource centers/ SME Development Centre.
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Recently IT entrepreneurs and/or investors from USA visited Pakistan and identified gaps in the skills set of the graduates vis-e-vie IT
industry requirements.
TEC Suggestions:
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Making IT education relevant to upcoming industry. For example, IT requirements related for the futuristic 45 bio projects based on 3 major crops in the country.
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Academia – Industry – Govt. helix for industry facilitation through “SME development center” & “Industry Resource Centre” BKIT.
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Introducing books likes Think & Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill, Rich Dad, Poor dad etc. courses and the entrepreneurship case studies for the entrepreneurship mindset development.
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IT centers in self sustainable public – private partnership for graduate’s capacity building and entrepreneurship facilitation
