The first “Science and Tech Expo” was put on by the SAPSUT to encourage collaborations between academic institutions and business.
The first “Science and Tech Expo” was put on by the Shuhada-e-Army Public School University of Technology (SAPSUT) to encourage collaborations between academic institutions and business.
Vice-Chancellor of Shuhada-e-Army Public School University of Technology Brigadier (r) Dr. Zafar Muhammad Khan said during the opening ceremony that the institution had been designed in a contemporary manner to support technical education.
He claimed that the initial Science & Tech Expo was planned with the intention of giving students and businesspeople a forum to familiarise them with the demands and needs of the modern world.
He claimed that students were receiving the most up-to-date technical training in order to supply the country’s industrial sector, including Rashakai Economic Zone, with skilled labour, enabling the full realisation of the advantages of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor projects.
“Government and industrialist patronage for technical education is a must to usher in a new era of economic development and prosperity not only in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but in the entire country,” the VC said, adding that promotion of technical education would also lead to employment opportunities for young people.
Zar Alam Khan, the president of the Nowshera Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who was the chief guest at the event, announced that they had officially signed an agreement with the technical university under which the local industrialists would support the students wholeheartedly and offer them guidance and job opportunities.
He claimed that the technical university’s students were talented and that they had displayed their abilities in the exhibition in the best way possible, attracting a lot of visitors and industrialists. The industrialist claimed that they could profit from the student projects on display at the expo.
Muhammad Khalid Khan, secretary of science and information technology, praised the students’ abilities, diligence, and technical knowledge and exhorted them to keep working towards acquiring more knowledge and technology in order to keep the country competitive with developed nations.