Staff Reporter
Vice Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin attended the first Graduation Ceremony recently organized by the world’s largest digital incubation platform, IdeaGist.com, for the students of Startup Pakistan Pilot Cohort I and Cohort II in collaboration with 34 universities to support the Startup Pakistan program under which around 2760 students have passed out. IdeaGist.com provides free entrepreneurship training and incubation to students from collaborating universities. The event was an online 4-hour long ceremony attended by the graduates with their parents, teachers, and VCs of their respective institutes.
Speaking on the auspicious occasion, Abdul Razzak Dawood, Advisor to the Prime Minister for Commerce, Investment, Industries & Production, and Textile said that the Prime Minister’s vision is to help thousands of students to become entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is the greatest source to provide jobs in the world.
Amin ul Haq, Federal Minister for IT and Telecom in his message felt proud of the students’ performance for taking COVID-19 situation as a challenge. He revealed that the IT Ministry is working hard to achieve its targets and heading towards digitalization fast.
Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin said that the Prime Minister’s StartUp Pakistan Entrepreneurship Training Program for young people has a significant value in terms of its relevance to the socio-economic ground realities and social transformation. This is because the Program aims to train young boys and girls in both high-tech and demand-driven trades enabling them for self-employment by launching their own free enterprises to earn a livelihood for them and their families.