{"id":41911,"date":"2025-02-11T16:19:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T16:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=41911"},"modified":"2025-02-11T16:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T16:19:50","slug":"edb-reaffirms-commitment-to-advancing-pakistans-engineering-sector-by-bridging-the-gap-between-industry-and-technology-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/edb-reaffirms-commitment-to-advancing-pakistans-engineering-sector-by-bridging-the-gap-between-industry-and-technology-adoption\/","title":{"rendered":"EDB reaffirms commitment to advancing Pakistan\u2019s engineering sector by bridging the gap between industry and technology adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41916\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EDB-NUST-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EDB-NUST-1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EDB-NUST-1-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>Islamabad, February 11, 2025 \u2013 The Engineering Development Board (EDB), under the Ministry of Industries &amp; Production (MoIP), in collaboration with the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), successfully organized a seminar on \u201cImplementation of Industry 4.0 &amp; Process Automation for the Engineering Industry.\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Held at NUST Campus, H-12, Islamabad, the event brought together government officials, industry leaders, policymakers, and academia to discuss the future of Pakistan\u2019s industrial transformation through digitalization and automation.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar emphasized the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies, including IoT, AI, Robotics, Big Data Analytics, and Cyber-Physical Systems, to enhance industrial efficiency and global competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p>The Pro-Rector (RIC), NUST, highlighted academia\u2019s role in fostering research and innovation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Federal Minister for Industries &amp; Production Rana Tanveer Hussain<\/strong> inaugurated the seminar, stressing the need for automation and smart manufacturing to drive industrial growth.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"v572BE3IFg\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/engineering-development-board-edb-setting-new-standards-in-digital-governance\/\">Engineering Development Board (EDB) setting new standards in Digital Governance<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Engineering Development Board (EDB) setting new standards in Digital Governance&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/engineering-development-board-edb-setting-new-standards-in-digital-governance\/embed\/#?secret=3NSS0wdJSO#?secret=v572BE3IFg\" data-secret=\"v572BE3IFg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Chief Executive Officer, EDB, underscored Industry 4.0\u2019s role in enhancing competitiveness and the urgency of adopting digital transformation strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Experts from the government, academia, and industry engaged in discussions on policy frameworks and digital adoption strategies. EDB reaffirmed its commitment to advancing Pakistan\u2019s engineering sector by bridging the gap between industry and technology adoption.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar concluded with remarks from the Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, on academia-industry collaboration, followed by a vote of thanks from Engr. Khuda Bukhsh (CEO EDB), acknowledging participants&#8217; contributions.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees also visited the National Science and Technology Park (NSTP) for insights into ongoing research and innovation projects.<\/p>\n<p>CEO-EDB informed that similar events will also be organized in the mega industrial hubs of the country to bring the industry in close contact with academia.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0Ma4zwpVQz\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-january-2024\/\">Pakistan in the World \u2013 January 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pakistan in the World \u2013 January 2024&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-january-2024\/embed\/#?secret=xwGY8O1IZS#?secret=0Ma4zwpVQz\" data-secret=\"0Ma4zwpVQz\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad, February 11, 2025 \u2013 The Engineering Development Board (EDB), under the Ministry of Industries &amp; Production (MoIP), in collaboration with the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), successfully organized a seminar on \u201cImplementation of Industry 4.0 &amp; Process Automation for the Engineering Industry.\u201d Held at NUST Campus, H-12, Islamabad, the event brought together [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[6739,2836,1438,6641,4747,136,48,611,2801],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41911"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41911"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41919,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41911\/revisions\/41919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}