Entrepreneurship centre opened at FJWU

Rawalpindi: Nicole Guihot, Acting Deputy High Commissioner of Australia, and Prof. Dr. Samina Amin Qadir, Vice Chancellor, Fatima Jinnah Women University inaugurated Fatima Jinnah Women Entrepreneurship Development Centre, funded by Australian High Commission, Islamabad under Australian Direct Aid Programme here on Tuesday.

Hugh Boylan,Chair, Direct Aid Program, Mr Mateen Amin- Manager, Direct Aid Program, Dignitaries, Senior Management and Faculty Members attended opening ceremony.

The purpose of this centre is to connect innovative ideas and entrepreneurs to what they need to succeed to promote their success, and to accelerate innovative businesses in the community using both tested and experimental approaches. The Management of the Office of Research, Innovation & Commercialization (ORIC) accelerates to support main objectives of FJWEDC, it has developed linkages with other incubation centres and entrepreneurship development centres such as, Institute of Space and Technology, Islamabad, Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE), Islamabad, WECREATE Centre, Islamabad and Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Islamabad.