Zia Khan: COO PIAIC, A National Initiative, HEC’s Role & Skill Development | 325 | TBT
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Zia Khan is the CEO of Panacloud and the Chief Operating Officer of the Presidential Initiative for AI & Computing (PIAIC).
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Link to the Presidential Initiative for Artificial Intelligence and Computing: https://www.piaic.org/
00:00 Introduction
01:14 Early Life & Education
05:16 Studying multiple degrees
06:59 Silicon Valley
09:46 Learning programming
10:38 JAVA
11:32 Talent in Pakistan
13:16 Operation Badar
17:44 NGO
19:30 The effect of 9/11
22:16 Overseas work opportunities
24:36 Value of Computer Science
28:24 Pakistan’s Education System
31:02 HEC & The Quality of Faculty
36:42 Student & Faculty Challenges
38:49 Solutions
39:27 Online classes
40:20 Examination System
42:05 Credit hours
43:28 Academic Issues: Private vs. Public Sector
45:39 Solutions
50:02 Jawan Pakistan
53:06 Education Ministry of Pakistan
54:44 Syllabus Revision
55:45 FAST
57:08 PIAIC’s drawbacks
57:57 Moving Abroad
1:01:09 IT Skills
1:03:48 Entry tests
1:09:21 Admissions vs. Dropouts
1:11:32 The model of education
1:14:05 Graduates of PIAIC
1:15:01 Syllabus
1:16:15 Success stories
1:17:49 Future goals of PIAIC
1:23:13 Pakistan in 2050
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