LCCI declares 2017 year of industry-academia linkage

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) has declared 2017 the year of industry-academia linkage.

The decision was made by LCCI President Abdul Basit, Senior Vice President Amjad Ali Jawa and Vice President Muhammad Nasir Hameed Khan in a meeting. A special standing committee on industry-academia linkage was also established, which would be headed by Omar Saleem.

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The LCCI office-bearers said that the purpose of the initiative was to enhance interaction between the industrial sector and educational institution. It would help produce skilled human resources as per requirement of the industry. They said that the LCCI was focusing on development of research activities and capacity-building.

The LCCI would collaborate with academia and undertake projects to help the industry handle the challenges faced by it in the 21^st century. They said that workshops, conferences, symposia and seminars would also be organised.

They said that the economic challenges being faced by the country needed tailor-made and workable solutions and that was possible only through strong academia and industry linkage. They said that there was no dearth of resources in Pakistan, but it was far behind in the economic race because we have failed to properly tap these resources. They said that in the developed economies, there was a strong linkage between the academia and industry and Pakistan today also needs to adopt that pattern to overcome its multiple issues.