Fatima Jinnah Women Entrepreneurship Development Centre inaugurated

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. More than 100 potential entrepreneurs have been trained under series of trainings organized under this sponsorship programme. Nicole Guihot thanked Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Samina Amin Qadir and congratulated her on inauguration of Fatima Jinnah Women Entrepreneurship Development Centre, funded by Australian High Commission, Islamabad under Australian Direct Aid Program. Australian High Commission, is well known for its investment in the education sector of Pakistan, and this commitment is reflected on this occasion of inauguration of this centre.