The Mahvash and Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation representatives met with students on their return from a two week, NUS Summer Program on Economic & Enterprise Development. These fourteen students were selected after extensive interview sessions from 35 universities nationwide.
Mr. Ali J. Siddiqui, Director, Mahvash and Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation, met and inspired the students in an informal meeting, sharing their learning and experiences from this program. The students also presented business idea that may be implemented in Pakistan.
The summer program attended by these students at the National University of Singapore (NUS) was from 11th July to 24th July 2010. This program hosts undergraduate students from universities in various parts of the world and is an excellent opportunity for participants to learn about Singapore: how the smallest nation in Southeast Asia has progressed into a modern city-state and has grown into a thriving centre of commerce and industry.
Mahvash and Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation and Sajjad Foundation annually sponsors the entire cost of the Pakistani students at this program as its’ endeavor to invest in education and to initiate and encourage entrepreneurship in the youth of today.
The participating students were from Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Institute of Business Administration Sukkar (IBA Sukkar), Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI), Institute of Business Management (IoBM), Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Greenwich University Karachi, National University of Modern Languages Islamabad, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST NU), University College of Islamabad, NUST Business School Islamabad, NUST SEECS Islamabad, Bahria Islamabad, Government College University Lahore.
