ICCI inks MoU with NUTECH to promote academia-industry linkages

Islamabad August 25 (Online): The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National University of Technology (NUTECH), Islamabad to promote academia-industry linkages and produce demand-driven graduates for the industry.
SardarYasirIlyas Khan, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Dr. Syed Adnan Qasim, Registrar, National University of Technology signed the MoU in a ceremony held at NUTECH, Islamabad.
Fatma Azim, Senior Vice President ICCI, Mian AkramFarid, Chairman ICCI Founder Group, Engr. Khalid Asghar, Rector, NUTECH and others were present at the occasion.
By signing MoU, ICCI and NUTECH have agreed to work jointly for promoting applied research in academia and indigenous industrial knowledge, new technologies & innovations in industries in order to help the industrial sector in producing imports substitutions, value-addition of products and exports enhancement.
Both institutions will establish long-term and sustainable partnerships to find innovative and cost effective solutions to industrial problems.
The NUTECH with the support of ICCI will produce a highly capable and efficient industrial workforce by providing them international quality skills education and indigenously developed competency based training that would help in enhancing industrial efficiency and productivity.
ICCI and NUTECH will also create different collaborative forums besides creating joint working groups to work on various initiatives including periodic review of curriculum and industrial research works, scrutiny of NUTECH industry projects and apprenticeship programs etc.
They will work jointly to identify the required technical, vocational skills and competency standards for the local industry, locate industrial processes and systems that need technology and skills upgradation, identify research & development projects for NUTECH for value addition of industrial products.