Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairperson Dr Javaid R Laghari said this while addressing the launch ceremony of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) International Business Plan Competition.
“Despite all the challenges, the HEC is striving to make Pakistan appear on the world map,” he said.
He was sharing his experience from attending the Sixth Islamic Conference on Higher Education and Scientific Research in Sudan. Leghari said access to higher education in Lebanon is 54%, Turkey 45%, Malaysia 40%, and Jordan 38%, and the OIC countries only contribute 1.5% of the world’s technology exports.
“The HEC has undertaken steps for promotion and innovation in entrepreneurship and so far, 22 Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation (ORICS) and six business and technology incubation centres are working at higher education institutions,” he said. He emphasised on the importance of working towards a knowledge-based economy to improve the economic state of the Islamic countries.
Faisal Mushtaq, patron of the TiE competition, maintained that despite a number of competitions being launched in Pakistan, somehow the rewards have never seemed juicy enough to tempt entrepreneurs to participate. “The TiE competition is not one of those. With cash prizes of $1.5 million, it is the richest business plan competition in the world.”
HEC Executive Director Dr Sohail Naqvi elaborated that the competition is all about new opportunities, sharing the passion for entrepreneurship and learning from the insights and entrepreneurial experiences of the mentors and competition judges.
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