Industry Liaison Committee of SMIU held a meeting with industry professionals
The Industry Liaison Committee of Department of Software Engineering of SMIU, while keeping in view the importance of collaboration between academia and industry, held a meeting with industry professionals for industry liaison at the Senate Hall of the university.
The professionals from different software houses and organizations attended the meeting, where they gave their input regarding how can SMIU strengthen relations with industry that could lead to strong Industry- Academia collaboration in future.
In the meeting, it was discussed that the Industry - Academia linkage and collaboration is a crucial mediator and modulator of skill development, adoption of knowledge and promotion of entrepreneurship. It was also said that it too aids in the strengthening research and development (R&D) investment via exploiting the synergies and complementarities present in scientific and technological capabilities. This, in turn, nurtures commercialization and mobility of IT graduates in both the public and private sectors.
It was concluded that collaboration of academia with industry provides opportunities for academia to train students as per the industry requirements and speed up the creation of spin-off entities and licensing of patents.
In the end of the meeting souvenirs were presented to the guests by Dr. Aftab Ahmed Shaikh, In-Charge Dean Faculty of Information Technology, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Khan Incharge, Chairperson Department of Software Engineering and Advisor to the Vice Chancellor on Academic Affairs, Dr. Aamir Iqbal Umrani, Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration and Dr. Asif Ali Wagan, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science.