LAHORE (WEB NEWS) The LUMS Energy Institute released its second edition of Pakistan Electricity Outlook 2022 – a report with a detailed analysis of the electric power system of Pakistan. It carries a critical review of the National Transmission & Despatch Company’s (NTDC) Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCEP) forRead More →

LAHORE ( Web News ) The President of The Bank of Punjab (BOP) and the Vice Chancellor of LUMS entered into an arrangement to create a roadmap for digital innovation and customer experience. The Innovation Center aims to turn challenges into opportunities facing digital ecosystems in various sectors including payments,Read More →

LAHORE ( Web News ) The National Incubation Centre Lahore (NICL) at LUMS held its capstone event – the Investor Summit, which brought together its 9th Cohort of change-driven start-ups, pitching their ventures in Agritech, Cleantech, Edtech, Healthtech, and Fintech to seasoned investors and start-up founders in Pakistan. The InvestorRead More →

LUMS and UoBS students celebrate experiential learning programme in Skardu LAHORE ( Web News ) Last week students, faculty, and staff from LUMS and the University of Baltistan, Skardu (UoBS) celebrated the successful completion of the inaugural session of ‘Learning Without Borders: The Baltistan Experience’. 150 students from LUMS, andRead More →

Making education viral: TikTok, Edkasa and LUMS partner to make Pakistan #ExamReady LAHORE ( Web News ) TikTok has partnered with Edkasa and LUMS to launch a digital learning programme to facilitate online education and distance learning for high school students. Driven by TikTok, the programme #ExamReady will promote digitalRead More →

Investments of Pakistani startups grew by almost 5 times over 2020: Syed Amin-Ul-Haque LAHORE ( Web News ) Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications Syed Amin-Ul-Haque has said that the investments of Pakistani startups grew by almost 5 times over 2020, MOITT through Ignite have been providing both localRead More →

LUMS Vice Chancellor named International Educator of the Year LAHORE ( WEb News ) The Academy of International Business (AIB), the premier global organization of international business and management scholars, has named LUMS Vice Chancellor, Dr. Arshad Ahmad, the AIB International Educator of the Year for 2022. Established in 1959, AIB’sRead More →

PSCE Equips Power Sector Officials with Vital Knowledge of Transmission Planning LAHORE ( Web News ) A three-day Module-II of Training on Transmission Planning for the officers and engineering professionals of newly established Market Implementation and Regulatory Affairs Department (MIRAD) of Distribution Companies (DISCOs), National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA),Read More →

LUMS celebrated its Convocation 2020 and 2021 LAHORE ( Web News ) LUMS’ first in-person Convocation ceremonies since 2019 were held on two days. Pro Chancellor LUMS, Mr. Abdul Razak Dawood, officiated the convocation for the Class of 2020 on Saturday, January 15, 2022, and the ceremony for the ClassRead More →

Pakistani American technology executives convene at NIC LUMS LAHORE ( Web News ) In a bid to build stronger connections between tech diaspora in the US, and tech talent in Pakistan, Pakistani American and OPEN Seattle tech delegation, visited the National Incubation Center Lahore (NICL) at LUMS. The delegation comprised of technology executives from Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Educative, Leverify, and Data ScienceRead More →

Study finds community policing has potential but needs reforms to have impact in the global south LAHORE ( Web News ) Researchers from the Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS), LUMS and Princeton University are part of a large international study on community policing in the Global South, includingRead More →