PTA Chief for enhancing academic research
By Asim Hussain

RAWALPINDI—Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Major General ® Shahzada Alam Malik Thursday emphasized the need to enhance academic research in the country which is greatly linked with industrial development and its needs.
Addressing the audience at ‘Open House and Telecom Exhibition’ for final year under-graduate students of Telecom and Computer Sciences Degree Course, held at Military College of Signals (MCS), here to develop academic /industry linkage, Chairman PTA said the exhibition plays an important role in opening industrial channels for students, besides fulfilling the vital technical requirements of the telecom/software industry.
“The development programme of any nation can be gauged from this important factor. Engineering University students and the faculty are stakeholders, who facilitate industries in preparing their products by advising them on latest technologies,” he added.
He further said that industries are undertaking major restructuring of their commercial interests and are looking for new products to increase their business and technical information. With the sponsorship of industries, students are encouraged to undertake challenging projects and MCS is no exsection to this fact, he added.
Brigadier Muhammad Khalid Rao, Commandant MCS said that the students are given sufficient exposure to undertake such ventures for which interaction between the universities and industries is essential.
‘Open House and Telecom Exhibition’ is one such forum which provides an opportunity to both the sides to understand each others requirements and is conducted regularly once a year, before the termination of under graduate course, he added. The success of this function depicts the academic standard of education and students at MCS. He said that our students are capable of developing projects of national and industrial interest.
It is worth mentioning here that Open House provides an opportunity for graduating students to present their work to the representatives of local firms and facilitate their interviews for employment after graduation. In addition, it also facilitates the faculty/industry interaction.