Global Entrepreneurship Challenge Nustians end up among top three

Two students from Nust beat 22 teams from across the world at the second Global Entrepreneurship Challenge in Istanbul

ISLAMABAD: Two students from National University of Science and Technology (Nust) beat 22 teams from across the world at the second Global Entrepreneurship Challenge in Istanbul, Turkey, last week. The two Nustians, Bilal Khalid and Fahad Islam, were ecstatic about ending among the top three from a total of 25 teams. “We feel humbled and honoured at bringing glory to Pakistan and Nust at this international platform,” said Khalid, who studies in the Nust Institute of Civil Engineering. The competition judged technology ideas on the basis of innovation and feasibility and the finalists pitched their ideas to an illustrious panel of eleven judges from around the world.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 15^th, 2011.