The UK’s Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) categorizes knowledge exchange activities into the following six major groups as per objectives:

• Facilitating knowledge / research exploitation and process
• Skills and human capital development
• Knowledge sharing / diffusion
• Supporting the community / public engagement / developing government
• Enterprise education and entrepreneurship
• Exploiting the university’s physical assets

Advisory Panel

Following advisory panel has been notified for the development and launch of Pakistan knowledge transfer program

A.       A.    Members from Universities of Pakistan

• Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gillani, Vice-Chancellor , KPK University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar
• Prof. Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Khan, Vice-Chancellor, University of Agriculture (UAF), Faisalabad
• Prof. Dr. Muhammad Nawaz, Vice-Chancellor, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences – UVAS
• Lt. Gen. Muhammad Asghar, Rector National University of Sciences and Technology, NUST
• Engr. Ahmed Farooq Bazai, Vice-Chancellor, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta
• Dr. Ahmad J. Durrani, Vice Chancellor, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore

 B.   Industrialist

• Mr. Imtiaz Rastgar, Chairman Rastgar Group, Islamabad
• Mr. Osman Khalid Waheed, CEO, BF Biosciences Limited Rawalpindi
• Mr. Ahsan Zafar Syed, Engineering Manager, Mechanical Engro Chemical Pakistan Ltd Daharki
• Dr. Javaid Aziz Awan, Visiting Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology,
• Mr. Sohail P. Ahmed, Vice Chairman, Automotive House of Habib, Karachi
• Prof. Dr. Muhammad Shafiq Choudhry, Ramna Food Products Pvt Ltd. Lahore
• Mr. Almas Hyder, CEO, Synthetic Products Enterprise Ltd. Lahore
• Mr. Abdul Razzaq Gauhar CEO, Infinity Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Lahore
• Mr. Usman Malik, CEO, KorTech Auto Industries Ltd, Lahore

The Higher Education Commission has come into agreement with the British Council to work mutually for the promotion of knowledge Exchange. Through this collaboration with British Council various activities will be initiated with the higher education institutions including:

1)     KE National Strategy Development Support
The aim is to support HEC to develop a national strategy and five years strategic plan on higher education sector knowledge exchange (KE) Programme.

2)    Leadership Grants
The DISKE (Developing institutional Strategy for knowledge Exchange) grants will embed the concept of KEx at the institutional level, the BC and HEC will work with leaders (including the Vice Chancellor, Dean, Registrars and Head of Departments)in Pakistan Higher Education institution to develop KEx strategies in collaboration with their UK partner institutions and implement the strategy in their respective institutions. 

3)   ORIC Staff Training

       Development of a training programme, initially through NUST, in partnership with a UK institution, leading to national roll-out through HEC.  Details of partnership to be refined as part of a tender exercise. 

4)    HEC Research Links

       Create a network of the UK and Pakistani partner institutions who specialize in a specific academic/industry sector.  This network of Universities will showcase successful collaboration on knowledge exchange between universities and the business or social sector.

• I       Improved research relevance, access to funding, access to partners
•         New research / collaborative projects
•   New contacts (in other sectors, with other HEIs etc)
•   Enhance reputation and regard
•   Higher rankings
•   More robust management and contracting practices
•   New / improved curricula / courses
•   New contacts
•   Improved career prospects
•   Improved personal reputation with a wider audience of peer
•   New insights
•   New skills and experiences

 Major Activites  

•       Briefing for Directors ORICS via Video conference held on 20th September 2011
•       Briefing session for HEC Senior Managment held on 26th September 2011
•       Survey on Knowledge Exchange published on HEC main page https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KEx_Academics
•       KE Training on Higher Education- Business and Community Interaction (HE-BCI) Survey held from 21st -25th November 2011. For details please visit Training Details
•       Briefing Session on Knowledge Exchang, for VCs of all Public Private Universities, held on Nov 25th 2011
•       British Council's Knowledge Exchange Dissemination and Networking Event held on 22nd Nov. For details visit http://www.bcconnectlive.com/
•       KE Steering Group Meeting held on December 13th 2011

•       KE Training for Capacity Building of SIU, Finance and R & D divisions of HEC by expert from Higher Education Statistical Agency UK held from January 16 th to January 20th 2012

•       KE Steering Committee Meeting to review Draft KE National Strategic Plan held on 31st January 2012

•       Briefing sessions on HEBCI (Higher Education Business and Community Interaction) survey going on in all Regional Centers

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