Universities of the future
August 3, 2021
Universities can be harbingers of change. We have seen how the Oxford and Cambridge universities contributed to the development of the United Kingdom; how Stanford and MIT have done the same for the US; and how the IITs helped boost Indian industry.
The associated technology parks with many of these universities have contributed to the emergence of thousands of industries in new and emerging fields that have earned billions of dollars for their respective national economies.
My association with the University of Cambridge goes back 56 years; this is reflected in my being awarded both PhD and DSc degrees by Cambridge University and being elected a Life Don at Kings College, Cambridge. I have therefore had the opportunity of watching its Science Park grow and contribute to the economic development of the United Kingdom.
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Undoing the HEC damage
April 24, 2021
Considerable damage has been done to higher education in the last three years because of the one-sided policies of the last chairperson, most of which were bulldozed through without taking any stakeholder on board through a consultative process.
Such policies will destroy both the undergraduate and graduate academic programmes, as well as research in the country, and must be immediately suspended by the incoming chairperson when he/she takes charge.
In addition to the changes made to the academic curriculum (‘Higher education ravaged’, The News, April 7, 2021), hardly 25 percent of the PhD scholarships and post-PhD fellowships were awarded to deserving candidates, which will have a negative impact on future university growth and development of required talented manpower in many emerging areas and technologies (‘HEC woes’, April 2. 2021).
PM directs to take all necessary steps to increase exports on priority basis
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Imran Khan updated on strict monitoring of sugar sales and obtaining information from flour mills
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday directed to take all necessary steps to increase exports on priority basis.
Chairing the weekly review meeting of priority sectors in Islamabad on Thursday, he called for the formulation of a comprehensive action plan to increase the exports of valuable items at large level.
In the review meeting on economic outreach, the Prime Minister was briefed in detail about the steps taken to increase the export capacity.