NBP president for strong industry-academia linkages
Academia is an important tool for boosting intellectual capital in the financial services industry, says NBP President
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KARACHI:
Strong linkage between the financial services sector and academia is an important tool for boosting intellectual capital in the financial services industry and in finding better solutions for the current economic challenges of Pakistan, said National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) President Saeed Ahmad, during his visit to the University of Karachi (UoK). NBP will plant over 1,000 trees at various sites of UoK to beautify the campus and improve environment. Ahmad said that NBP, under its CSR program ‘Green Initiative’, has also started a tree plantation drive in various parts of the city and will carry this initiative to other cities as well. Tree plantation at a large scale is essential to avert pollution and to counter negative impact of climate change, he added. He was of the view that in Pakistan, the industry-academia linkages are not as well developed as they are in other countries.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 2nd, 2018.
Strong linkage between the financial services sector and academia is an important tool for boosting intellectual capital in the financial services industry and in finding better solutions for the current economic challenges of Pakistan, said National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) President Saeed Ahmad, during his visit to the University of Karachi (UoK). NBP will plant over 1,000 trees at various sites of UoK to beautify the campus and improve environment. Ahmad said that NBP, under its CSR program ‘Green Initiative’, has also started a tree plantation drive in various parts of the city and will carry this initiative to other cities as well. Tree plantation at a large scale is essential to avert pollution and to counter negative impact of climate change, he added. He was of the view that in Pakistan, the industry-academia linkages are not as well developed as they are in other countries.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 2nd, 2018.