Amir Ibrahim (CEO/President JAZZ) and Majid Qureshi visited UMT along with 15-member delegation today. He held a meeting with Dr. Hasan Sohaib Murad (Chairman, ILM Trust), Robert Wheeler III (Dean SBE), Khalid Naqi (Director Career Services) and his team. He also met Dr. Muhammad Aslam, Rector UMT there. The team met Dean SST, senior faculty members and heads of Management Offices.
During the meeting, avenues for collaboration and strengthening of academia-industry linkages were discussed. OCS-ICDF (UMT) conducted a detailed introspective interview of Mr. Amir, whereby he shared his thoughts about the disruptive innovations and game changers in Telecom & IT industry in the era of industrial revolution 4.0. He thoroughly discussed the recent trends of Data Analytics, AI, Machine Learning, Virtual Reality and the emerging scope of MVNO in Telecom & IT industry. He also shed light on the challenges of industry and academia in driving and inspiring the Millenials in the digital age. In addition to this, he also expounded upon the importance of Ideation and industry-academia linkages to promote entrepreneurship among future leaders through an Innovation Eco-System.
The visit was arranged through the efforts of the Office of Career Services (OCS).
