Industry-academia linkages are imperative for sus-tained economic growth in addition to promoting knowledge-based economy and providing qualified and highly skilled workers to face the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution.
This was stated by Atif Munir Sheikh, president Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FCCI), while addressing a zoom meeting with Dr. Shaista Sohail, executive director, Higher Education Commission (HEC).
He welcomed the beginning of direct contacts be-tween the HEC and the FCCI and said that it was very encouraging that the Commission had realised the fact that without synchronizing industry with higher education institutes, we could not make a phenomenal and inclusive growth.
He termed the direct meeting between HEC and FCCI as a new milestone towards unfolding a modern industrial era of cloud computing, robotic and artificial intelligence etc.
He hoped that the contacts between the two entities would continue in future to get tangible results.
