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A tweetic overview of session Talent and Where it is going.
PASHA ICT Conference 2014 was held on 15th November at Mövenpick Hotel Karachi and as always, our TechJuice team made sure to give a live coverage for the event on Twitter. Jehan Ara, the founder of PASHA, officially opened the conference with an informative session on “Talent & Where It Is Going?” Here is an overview of the first session of the event.
Pakistan is blessed with exceptional talent but sadly it is poorly managed and unpolished. The reason could be the education system in Pakistan which is merely creating traditional professionals rather than innovators and inventors. Often the thought of becoming an entrepreneur is received with raised eyebrows and discouragement. This leads to a lack of drive and energy which causes young entrepreneurs to quit at an early stage.
If we do not create a culture of inculcating critical thinking, encouraging to be an employer rather an employee, building sustainable systems and changing the mindset of people, we are wasting talent and brain draining Pakistan.
This talk did a good job by pointing out the loop holes, but the real question is who is going to resolve these problems? Government, private organizations, educational institutions or ‘YOU’, sitting behind the computer screen, reading this article and thinking of dreams that never came true because you were too damn scared to try.
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“Unless you polish the raw talent, you are not going to get anything out of it.” – Afaque Ahmed. https://twitter.com/hashtag/PASHAICT14?src=hash”>#PASHAICT14#PASHAICT14 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/PASHAICT14?src=hash); TechJuice (@TechJuicePk) November 15, 2014
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“Everybody wants to move on quickly in life instead taking time to build oneself.” – Owais Zaidi https://twitter.com/hashtag/PASHAICT14?src=hash”>#PASHAICT14#PASHAICT14 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/PASHAICT14?src=hash); TechJuice (@TechJuicePk) November 15, 2014
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“There is a need to channelize the talent, our youth has talent but there is no way they can utilize it.” – @badar76 (https://twitter.com/badar76)> #PASHAICT14
— TechJuice (@TechJuicePk) November 15, 2014
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“We need a mix of few things, talent that can make and sell. Our universities are not producing that kind of talent” @nabeelaq (https://twitter.com/nabeelaq)> #PASHAICT14
— TechJuice (@TechJuicePk) November 15, 2014
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“Our whole education sector is programmed to produce technicians and engineers. We are missing innovators and inventors.” Afaque https://twitter.com/hashtag/PASHAICT14?src=hash”>#PASHAICT14#PASHAICT14 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/PASHAICT14?src=hash); TechJuice (@TechJuicePk) November 15, 2014
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“We need to develop critical thinking, encourage kids to ask questions.” – Owais Zaidi https://twitter.com/hashtag/PASHAICT14?src=hash”>#PASHAICT14#PASHAICT14 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/PASHAICT14?src=hash); TechJuice (@TechJuicePk) November 15, 2014
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“Changing the mindset from Job acheivement to Job creation is necessary.” – @badar76 (https://twitter.com/badar76)> #PASHAICT14
— TechJuice (@TechJuicePk) November 15, 2014
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“The problem is not introduction of new things, its about making sustainable systems and changing mindset of people.” – @badar76 (https://twitter.com/badar76)> #PASHAICT14
— TechJuice (@TechJuicePk) November 15, 2014
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“Consistency definitely is missing in the society because there is no honesty here.” – Afaque Ahmed. https://twitter.com/hashtag/PASHAICT14?src=hash”>#PASHAICT14#PASHAICT14 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/PASHAICT14?src=hash); TechJuice (@TechJuicePk) November 15, 2014
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“At Plan9 and generally everywhr, teams are initially very energetic but with time they lose the energy and focus.” – @nabeelaq (https://twitter.com/nabeelaq)> #PASHAICT14
— TechJuice (@TechJuicePk) November 15, 2014
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“You can start a business in 16 or 46 – Age doesn’t matter.” Owais Zaidi https://twitter.com/hashtag/PASHAICT14?src=hash”>#PASHAICT14#PASHAICT14 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/PASHAICT14?src=hash); TechJuice (@TechJuicePk) November 15, 2014
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Optimize your online visibility. Someone is looking for you and you are not there. Says @badar76 (https://twitter.com/badar76)> #PASHAICT14
— Faizan Chughtai (@faizan_chughtai) November 15, 2014
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“You should always take things positively. If you are positive, you will see many opportunities.” – @nabeelaq (https://twitter.com/nabeelaq)> #PASHAICT14
— TechJuice (@TechJuicePk) November 15, 2014
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“Running an incubator is difficult, Running a coworking space is fairly simple.” – @nabeelaq (https://twitter.com/nabeelaq)> #PASHAICT14
— TechJuice (@TechJuicePk) November 15, 2014
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“Government should do facilitation, not the execution” – @badar76 (https://twitter.com/badar76)> to @nabeelaq#PASHAICT14
— TechJuice (@TechJuicePk) November 15, 2014
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Q: “The session has happened, we have found out some holes, who is going to make sure, the problems wl be resolved.” – @Afaque (https://twitter.com/Afaque)> #PASHAICT14
— TechJuice (@TechJuicePk) November 15, 2014
