Karakoram International University (KIU), Gilgit
was established in 2002 by a charter of Federal Government. The university has
a main campus in Gilgit and three sub-campuses in Hunza, Ghizer and Diamer
districts. Currently, the university have 20 departments under three faculties
offering undergraduate, graduate and PhD level programs. A total student body
at the university is over 7000 with a ratio of 50/50 male and female students.
KIU has also established Business Incubation Center (KIU-BIC) in 2016 to
promote entrepreneurship among its students and create an alternative space and
opportunities for the youth instead of relying only the employment ecosystem of
the vicinity. KIU-BIC have conducted numerous business plan competitions from
the date of its inception and tried to create linkages for investments and
promotion of our incubates in successfully establishing their businesses. One
of the success stories is that KIU-BIC sent four women entrepreneurs for an
exposure visit to University of Oregon, USA. So far, KIU-BIC have supported 60
business ideas. Among them, 10 have been turned into successful business
including companies like Chkar.com, Leeza Crafts, Ideas Graphics, Apricot
Incorporation and Silsila Jewlers etc. KIU-BIC has conducted numerous awareness
and training sessions for 5000+ students and engaged with several partners to
create a sustainable entrepreneurial eco-system in GB.
Similarly, Govt. of Pakistan has initiated
several programs in the past to train people on the sellable skills for the Gig
economy. One such project is given to Ministry of Information Technology and
Punjab IT Board with the name “National Freelance Training Program (NFTP)”
under which different partner universities are empowered to give freelance
training on various skills in their vicinities across Pakistan. Karakoram
International University, Gilgit is one such partner of Punjab IT Board (PITB)
for providing training on various skills related to freelance markets such as
Graphic Designing, Technical Writing/Social Media Marketing and Web
Development.
The purpose of this project is to promote
self-employment through promoting freelancing in Gilgit-Baltistan. Under this
project, we are aiming to train 1500 youth (male and female) on various skills
such as graphic designing, technical writing, social media marketing and web
development. So far, we have trained over 90 youth (both male and female) in
our first batch whereas training of the second batch of 150 youth is in
progress.
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