Seminar on Future Ready: Preparing for Successful Careers

Our contemporary world has its unique blend of challenges as well as opportunities; the larger challenge is the rapid change that is taking place around us. Capitalizing on opportunities and tackling challenges both require enhanced robustness in leadership attributes. In the same context, NORIC (NUTECH Office of Research, Innovation & Commercialization) arranged a seminar for NUTECH students on Future Ready: Preparing for Successful Careers on 31 January 2023. A group of experts committed to enhancing leadership skills and students’ self-actualization was engaged to conduct the seminar. Four distinguished speakers conducted the seminar at NUTECH, Air Vice Marshal Asad Ikram (R) – (Senior Advisor for Officer Training and Jinnah Centre for Character & Leadership, PAF, and the Principal Advisor National Incubation Centre for Aerospace), Air Commodore Khalid Banuri (R) (Advisor Training Jinnah Centre for Character & Leadership PAF), Dr. Bushra Hassan (Consultant for developing and delivering curriculum for Jinnah Centre for Character and Leadership PAF) and Mr. Imran Jattala (Startup & Innovation Ecosystem Builder, Founder of Pakistan Chapter of Hult Prize, Visiting faculty for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Air University). These experts brought diverse and wide-ranging experiences which furnished NUTECH students with something novel and different to think about and practice. The seminar was concluded by Director NORIC who thanked all the participants and presented souvenirs to the honorable guest speakers. Overall, the seminar was interactive and enriched with valuable information. The session was informative and turned out to be very beneficial for NUTECH students.