NUST Becomes First Pakistani University To Join DCO
Umer Jamshaid Published May 24, 2022 | 05:25 PM
Continuing with its mission to enable digital prosperity for all, the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO),a global multilateral based in Saudi Arabia, has welcomed National University of Science & Technology (NUST) as an official observer into its organisation
Islamabad (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th May, 2022) Continuing with its mission to enable digital prosperity for all, the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO),a global multilateral based in Saudi Arabia, has welcomed National University of Science & Technology (NUST) as an official observer into its organisation. The announcement builds on the inaugural visit of DCO’s Secretary General to Pakistan in November 2021, and will augur well for expanding the DCO’s capability to empower youth while contributing to the digital economy. The DCO, with its focus on digital economy initiatives supporting the youth, entrepreneurs and women globally, will work with NUST to foster research and innovation capability within Pakistan and other DCO member state countries. The DCO represents over half a billion people, 70% of them being under the age of 35.
Commenting on the new partnership, Lt Gen (Retd) Javed Mahmood Bukhari, Rector NUST, said that NUST is proud to have joined the Digital Cooperation Organization as a “premier observer.” He further said that NUST has been consistently making conscious efforts to contribute to the economic growth at national and international level.
He asserted that it is our collective responsibility to embrace digital transformation. This transformation was realised in NUST quite early. Consequently, NUST has built the processes and procedures, which steer NUST ecosystem towards digital transformation. The university is therefore already on its way to becoming a digitally transformed university. He pinned high hopes on the agreement with the DCO, which, he believed, would help in not only strengthening academia-industry collaboration for immense mutual benefit, but also bringing about digital prosperity for all.
The announcement is in the backdrop of DCO’s ambitious global membership expansion, as leading universities, technology companies and non-profit organisations join DCO to create global digital prosperity. The DCO agenda includes programmes to enhance cross-border data flows, support for market expansion for small and medium-sized enterprises, empowerment of digital entrepreneurs, and advancement of digital inclusion among women and youth.
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