Foundation University Business Incubation Center (FUBIC) organized its 7 th incubatee selection committee meeting for the induction of 7 th cohort. After intensive reviews and analysis of 62x business plans submitted by startups, 3x incubates were shortlisted and brought forward to the selection committee. All 3x incubates have been selected, by the selection committee, to be incubated at FUBIC for a period of 12 months.
Dr. Tahir Rashid – Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor, International Partnership, University of Salford, UK conducted an exploratory visit to FUI on February 02, 2023. Dr. Tahir Rashid has a fruitful meeting with Director FUSH, Director FUSST, Registrar FUI, GM Finance, Director QA & Manager Accreditation & Collaboration.
The said meeting provided a base line for engaging the two institutions into several beneficial collaborative avenues, including the following:
a. Articulation Agreements
b. Progression Arrangement
A team of FUI officials hosted Prof. Dr. Amir Mahmood – Dean Business School, Western Sydney University, Australia for a fruitful collaborative meeting at Serena Hotel on February 02, 2023.
Director – Foundation University School of Science & Technology (FUSST), Registrar FUI, HOD Business Administration and Manager Accreditation & Collaboration represented FUI in the said meeting.
Both the parties showed keen interest in various collaborative activities including the following:
a. Students Exchange
b. Faculty Development Programmes (PhD)
By the grace of Almighty Allah (S.W.T), FUI students, Mr. Muhammad Hasnat Umar & Mr. Muhammad Zarnain Nadeem – BS Software Engineering (FUSST) have successfully completed their 5th semester under the Bilateral Exchange opportunity at Istanbul Aydin University. The international office (FUI) encourages its students to take part in mobility opportunities and enhance their learning abilities with international exposures. A little Heads up for FUSST Students, the next call for bilateral exchange will be announced in the month of May 2023.
On Monday, October 24, 2022, The Foundation University Islamabad (FUI) and Greenstar Social Marketing (GSM) joined hands to implement the youth awareness programme “Khud Ko Pehchaano” (funded by Punjab Population Innovation Fund (PPIF) and Population Welfare Department, Punjab.
Foundation University Business Incubation Center (FUBIC) has organized “FICS’23 – Campus Round” at FUBIC conference room on 9 th January 2023 at 11:00 am. 36x applicants from the department of Software Engineering and Electrical Engineering participated in the competition and pitched their innovative projects. After due deliberations, evaluation panel shortlisted 10x projects for the next stage of FICS’23.
Foundation University Business Incubation Center (FUBIC) awareness seminar deliver on 30 th November, 2022 by Manager FUBIC Syed Taimoor Hassan, to the students of Engineering & Technology, FUSST regarding all the activities of FUBIC to mentor them towards starting their own startup with the help of FUBIC.
A team of TANG Chinese International Education & Technology (Pvt.) Ltd, led by – Mr. Max Ma – CEO and accompanied by Mr. Zargham Abbas – Business Development Manager and Rashid Mehmood – Manager Academics & Operations visited Foundation University College of Physical Therapy on January 04, 2023.
The Postgraduate Program Review (PGPR) of Foundation University Islamabad was successfully conducted by the Department of Quality Assurance (DQA) on December 13th - 14th 2022 at FUSST and FUCP. The HEC Review Panel was consisted of following members:
1. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Afzal, Dean Arts & Social Sciences, Lahore College of Women University, Lahore.
2. Dr. Ghulam Mujtaba Shaikh, Professor, Sukkur IBA University, Sukkur
3. Prof. Dr. Hammad Naveed, Professor, FAST NUCES, Lahore.
The Community Medicine Department under the leadership of Brig Prof Dr. Naila Azam organized training of Master trainers on “ Khud Ko Pehchano” project in collaboration with Greenstar Social Marketing (GSM) on Monday 24th Oct 2022 from 1000hrs-1500hrs in Committee room FUSH. Dr. Tahira Amjad, Assoc Prof Community medicine from FUSH was the focal person of Foundation University Islamabad, to do all the necessary coordination with FUI secretariat and GSM, and to facilitate the execution of this project for both the FUI campuses.
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) conducted an awareness seminar on 4th call for proposals under its Technology Development Fund (TDF) on 29th November, 2022 at Air University Islamabad. Representatives from the industry, academia and HEC shared their previous experiences and success stories that led to creation and commercialization of research spin-offs at national and international level.