DICE and IBA Come Together for INVENT-2014
In
one his satirical essays Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi wrote a tongue in cheek sentence
about the discontent of Englishmen: anytime the English see a need for
something they cannot find in existence, they quickly invent a contraption to
fulfill their particular need. Dr.
Khurshid Qureshi, a Michigan based Pakistani engineer, wants his countrymen to
be afflicted with similar discontent.
DICE (Distinguished Innovations, Collaboration and Entrepreneurship—
http://www.diceinnovationportal.com/ ) Foundation, a non-profit organization
founded by Dr. Khurshid Qureshi has been working to foster a culture of
innovation in Pakistan. DICE is an
innovation platform. Since 2007 an
annual DICE Competition & Exhibition event has been regularly held in
Pakistan. In these events student
competitors display their innovative projects and win prizes. DICE Foundation’s activities are being financially
supported by the Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST); the
Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO); and the
British Council.
In
parallel to what DICE has been doing, a similar activity has been taking place
at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) in Karachi. Through an annual event dubbed INVENT,
started in 2011, IBA’s Entrepreneurship Society (IBAES) had been providing
enterprising students a chance to increase the visibility of their innovative
ideas and take the ideas to the next logical step: a business based on the new
idea.
It
was only natural for DICE and IBA-ES to come together and do a mega
entrepreneurial event together. This
year’s INVENT is that very program.
DICE-INVENT 2014 will be held at the IBA campus, December 19-20 . Entrepreneurs wanting to participate in the
competition have been submitting their project write-ups to the organizing
committee. Winners of the competition
will be given cash prizes along with a chance to use IBA’s incubation
facilities for the commercial-use development of their ideas.
Read
more about DICE-INVENT 2014 here:
