The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan is conducting Idea Pitching Boot Camps for the candidates for round-l of the Prime Minister’s National Innovation Award (PMNIA).
Around 256 candidates are participating in the five-day idea-pitching boot camp that started on February 6 and will continue till February 10, simultaneously, at five higher education institutions (HEIs), including Institute of Business Administration, (Karachi), University of Engineering and Technology, (Lahore), Institute of Management Sciences, (Peshawar), Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, (Quetta), National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad. The objective of the boot camps is to train the students for persuasive pitching in the upcoming final pitching competition. Relevant industry experts are mentoring the students. The candidates were shortlisted from around 13,000 applications received through the online portal www.pmyp.gov.pk. The applications for round-l of PMNIA were received from students between 15 to 30 years of age in October and November 2022 from youth aged between 15 to 30 years. The applications were received for all kinds of innovative ideas.
