LAHORE: The FormanChristian College (FCC) has named one of its historic halls after the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry to acknowledge the LCCI’s services for economy and education in the country and to strengthen industry-academia relations.
FCC Rector Dr James Tebbe, LCCI President Ijaz A Mumtaz, Vice President Syed Mahmood Ghaznavi, former president Mian Misbah-ur-Rehman, Executive Committee Members Chaudhry Ahmed Saeed, businessmen, educationists, philanthropists and economists were present on the occasion.
The FCC and LCCI officials also signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at establishing long term, sustainable and mutually beneficial cooperation in areas of bilateral interest for promoting research, training, education, andemployment opportunities between LCCI and FCC.
As per MoU, both institutions would ensure internship and recommendations for job placement, participating in seminars and standing committees, FCC consultancy, information and data exchange, collaborative research projects, short term training programs, running of educational programs on specialized topics, participation of LCCI in curriculum development and seats for LCCI members, staff & their children for FCC degree programs.
LCCI President Ijaz A Mumtaz while speaking on the occasion said that collaboration between the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Forman Christian College would go a long way and strengthen the industry-academia linkage. He said that keeping in view the importance of education The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has decided to continue to support the educational institutions to the maximum. “History is a race between education and catastrophe and if we do not want to be history we need to get educated”, Mumtaz said. He said that if we have any desire to be a developed nation, we need to realize the importance of education in national development.
