Stories from Dr Umar Saif
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Pakistan’s own Khan Academy
Currently, the project is being scaled up to over 800 high schools in Punjab
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My six years with the government
Punjab is a largely digitised affair
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Tackling unemployment using technology
Pakistan’s future is bright and our youth holds the key to our economic growth
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A little “MIT for Pakistan”
In short duration of 3 years, our MIT for Pakistan members have won over Rs700 Million in competitive research grants
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Fighting crime & terrorism through technology
Digitisation of Criminal Record Office is part of a larger effort to develop an integrated criminal profiling system
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Growing role of technology in Punjab
Our system automatically analyses incoming data in real-time and fires off SMS alerts to relevant officials
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Using technology to help citizens
The success of the CFM demonstrates that technology can play a central role in helping us reform government.
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Punjab’s model of m-governance
Our anti-dengue campaign has led to a full-blown real-time disease surveillance system in Punjab.
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My year with the government
My time with the government further reinforced my view that technology can indeed be a powerful enabler for reform.
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Technology and the Metro Bus
The Metro Bus is run by a sophisticated set of IT systems, each carefully tweaked, according to our requirements.