PITB, IT Industry and Academia Join Hands to Launch Digital Hunar 2.0 to Empower Youth

Punjab Minister IT Dr. Arslan Khalid chaired a consultation session and a program design workshop at Arfa Software Technology Park to discuss the roadmap for Digital Hunar 2.0 initiative. The event was organized in collaboration among PITB, Higher Education Department (HED) Punjab, Planning & Development (P&D) Board and Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT and ITeS (P@SHA).
Punjab Minister Higher Education Department (HED) Raja Yassir Humayun Sarfraz, PITB DG e-Governance Sajid Latif, Vice Chancellor Government College University (GCU) and Punjab University Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi, Vice Chancellor Government College University Faisalabad Prof. Dr. Shahid Kamal, Member Social General and IT Services P&D Muhammad Masood Anwar and Chairman P@SHA M. Zohaib Khan were among the key guest speakers.
The consultation session also invited stakeholders from the government, IT industry and academia to share their input in the planning and execution of the Digital Hunar 2.0.
Digital Hunar 2.0 Program as part of ‘Taleem Aur Hunar Sath Sath Orientation’ would be a series of hands-on training workshop delivered by experts from the IT industry. It aims at teaching aspiring professionals and faculty members of the universities with the latest in-demand skills and enabling them to further work as Master Trainers. The training workshop will commence in January 2023.