Knowledge Exchanges: HEC, British Council attend conference

Executive Director HEC Dr Sohail Naqvi explains role of HEC in Pakistan and transformation of higher education sector.

A delegation of the British Council Pakistan and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) attended the annual Association for University Research and Industry Links (AURIL) conference in London, according to a press release.

AURIL is the biggest and oldest Knowledge Exchange organisation in Europe. At the conference, Executive Director HEC Dr Sohail Naqvi explained the role of the HEC in Pakistan and the resulting transformation of the higher education sector.

He also laid out the plans for universities in Pakistan to expand their remit of teaching and research into organised knowledge exchange that could benefit businesses, social organisations and local communities.

Nishat Riaz of the British Council said, “We are very happy to see that the HEC is going forward into new areas that help encapsulate the growth of research in Pakistan into applications that will create local benefits.”

Published in The Express Tribune, October 8^th, 2011.