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BITE signs MoUs with universities for research
Peshawar—Director British Institute of Technology
and E-Commerce (BITE), Dr. Muhammad Farmer has said that his
institute has signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with
different public sector universities in Pakistan to encourage direct
contact and cooperation between their faculties, administrative
staff and students. He expressed these views while exclusively
talking to APP here before leaving for UK.
The BITE three-member delegation comprised of Dr. Muhammad Farmer,
Prof. Stephen Moore and Prof Dr. Abdul Waheed Khan visited Peshawar,
Islamabad and Lahore during their weeklong stay in the country. Dr.
Muhammad Farmer said that the BITE had inked MoUs with different
universities and institutes to peruse faculty training and academic
cooperation exchange of staff and research teaching and discussion,
exchange of scientific and technological information joint research
activities, exchange of students under MS/ Ph. D. split degree
programmes.
“We signed MoUs with Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering
Sciences and Technology, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad and the
University of Punjab, Lahore while agreement would be signed with
the University of Peshawar in Peshawar and other educational
institutions in future.
Hailing from Bangladesh, Dr. Farmer said that Pakistani educational
institutions would benefit from the collaboration, which would open
new venues of higher education for teachers and students. He said
that a lot of students came to the BITE from the Middle East as well
as from Asian countries.
“BITE is a pre-eminent Institution committed to innovation in
research, consulting and education,” he added. He said that the BITE
had started linkages programmes at universities in various
countries, including India, Malaysia, Nigeria and Pakistan. The BITE
Director said that the institute provided the building blocks in
understanding for those who seek exceptional knowledge of
technology, management and e-commerce.
The curriculum of the institute offers students broad-based,
academic and practical experience that will enable students to learn
and implement current theories in management and the use of
Information Communication Technology (ICT), he added. Answering a
question, he said that the BITE mission was that to be recognized as
a world class educational institute specialized in innovative
business technology and e-commerce. Dr Farmer said that there was no
dearth of talent among Pakistani students, but they had not been
able to come forward due to a lack of opportunities.—APP
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