Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts and Accessories Manufacturers (PAAPAM) and the NED University of Engineering and Technology on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a long-term framework of collaboration, co-operation, and development of strong linkage between the industry and the academia in the fields of consultancy, training, and research and development.
The MoU was signed by Chairman PAAPAM, Mashood Ali Khan, and the Vice-Chancellor of NED UET, Prof. Dr Muhammad Afzal Haque, at the third edition of DICE-Automotive 2016.
Speaking to the audience, the chairman PAAPAM announced that in addition to the signed MoU, PAAPAM would sponsor students' Final Year Projects by up to two-hundred thousand rupees, if they take up projects in Robotics, or build projects that make use of the Mechanical, Electrical, and Electronics fields of Engineering combined.
He hoped that the industrial exposure would provide opportunity to students as well as the faculty of NED UET in the fields of technical development, consultancy, and research, whilst the members of PAAPAM would be benefited in resolving their technical/managerial issues through local solutions.
He said this initiative would build the students' relationship with the industry and encourage them to actively come forward and discuss their project ideas with members of PAAPAM and other industry personnel. Furthermore, he said that the MoU would help bring a positive and vibrant change in the engineering environment of the country in the future.
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