To transform Pakistan’s economy into a knowledge based one by promoting efficient, sustainable and effective ICT initiatives through digital development of industrial and academic resources, National ICT R&D Fund, along with the Ministry of IT plans on launching new projects.
It was recently reported that the National ICT R&D, Board of Directors, under the chair of Minister for IT, Anusha Rahman, has approved the preliminary work for the formulation of RFPs to establish National Centers of Innovation in the emerging technologies of TechFin, IoT and Robotics and work has already begun.
These centers would shelp in the growth of digital services in Pakistan. The Robotics Innovation Center is one such initiative.
The objective of the robotics center is to enable innovators to transform ideas into commercially viable products. The Robotics Innovation Center will be a cross-disciplinary innovation & commercialization institute dedicated to innovations in products, and end-user experiences that maximize the benefits of robotics across different sectors including:
- Agriculture
- Security
- Medical
- Industrial automation
- Automobiles
The Center will act as a hub of resources and support for startups, industry & students. National ICT R&D Fund is inviting startups, industry professionals, innovators and researchers to brainstorm with them in building a state-of-the-art Robotics Innovation Center within the country.
The Meetup
The meetup session is planned on Thursday, 09 February 2017 at 1000hrs (10:00AM) in the National ICT R&D Fund Office. Remote participants will be able to join on video conferencing link as well. Participants need to register by February the 7th to take part in the event and booking are being made on a first come first serve basis.
Click here and fill out the form to express your interest in attending the event. Due to limited number of seats, only selected participants will be invited.
GOOD STEP.
aburd. is this meant for NATIONOL ICT R&D FUND. First they show their previous projects. commercialize them and get them ready for utilization. second please make some good building for their office. these are just stupidities and bookish things. Not practicle
tell us how many such projects have they done in past which can be used or modified to be used in these labs.Only political games.What is progress of the research is a big question mark.rejections of projects with false reasond that our board will take presentation and pac will evaluate.these funds are for freinds of bord members . bunch of gooons
I have once called for interview for position of HR Manager and was shocked that juniors were taking interview for their senior and were asking non sense questions . Then i came to know by some resource that they have already selected person and this is only documents formality. Kindly tell that where to go if anybody has not close reference . where is merit. May be such positions are dummy positions so that nobody dare to question and blindly do what has been asked to do.
INTELECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS K ISSUE PAR HAR DAFA JAWAB HOTA HA K LEGAL OPION LA RAHE HEN. EVERY NEW MANAGEMENT STARTS FROM SCRATCH. PLEASE MINISTRY OF IT AND TELECOM INTERVENE THIS ISSUE. NO LEGAL GUIDELINE , IPR POLICY OR CORRIGENDUM AND NO ADDENDUM ON LEGAL OPIONO ARE AVAILABLE . RULES NOT CLEAR. DIFFERENT PROJECTS HAVE DIFFERENT IP RIGHTS .PLEASE PROVIDE PUBLIC REPORTS OF OUTCOME OF PROJECTS NOT OLD PROPOSALS.
MANY GOOD PROJECTS COULD NOT JUST GET THROUGH DUE TO THIS CONFUSION, WHICH IN TURN BENEFITED BY OTHERS POOR PROJECTS.
WHO HAVE GOOD FRINDS CAN MAKE MILLION DOLLAR COMPANIES AND NO BAR ON THEM. A FEW PEOPLE ARE GETTING REPEATED FUNDINGS .EVERY NEW CEO SUPPORT TO THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY NETWORK. THEY ARE GIVEN FREE HAND TO DO WHAT THEY WANT BUT JUST SAY ”YES MADAM” ON WHAT MINISTER SAYS