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NICL at LUMS stands at the forefront of revolutionizing Pakistan’s startup landscape with its groundbreaking Entrepreneurial Coaching program. A game-changer for aspiring entrepreneurs, this initiative, driven by the Transforming Academic Knowledge to develop Entrepreneurial Universities in Pakistan (TAKE-UP) Project, has equipped NICL, LUMS’ Learning and Development team to become certified Read more…

Fab Labs are a game-changer for entrepreneurs. These state-of-the-art facilities, equipped with cutting-edge machines, offer young startups an invaluable opportunity to transform their ideas into reality. With Fab Labs being set up in TAKE-UP partner universities across the country, these facilities will become a vital component of entrepreneurial education in Read more…

One of the primary objectives of the TAKEUP project is to train entrepreneurial coaches. In pursuit of this goal, the Faculty Training by Master Trainers for Entrepreneurial Coaching under WP 6.4 was conducted at COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus from July 17 to 21, 2023. Six master trainers conducted fourteen Read more…

Higher Education Institutions in Pakistan that struggle with funding, face serious difficulties to provide future entrepreneurs with adequate facilities and equipment to develop their ideas. Especially after the motivation phase where ideas have been developed, it is necessary for these young entrepreneurs to be guided through visualization and rapid prototyping Read more…

The third edition of Entrepreneurship 101 (E101) began with 30 students that came from different backgrounds and diverse fields of studies; some of them already had interesting ideas they wanted to pursue while others were curious about entrepreneurship and wanted to explore if they too could start a venture of Read more…

Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) received three machines in November 2022 from the University of Saarland under the TakeUp project collaboration, namely, Co2 Laser Machine, CNC Wood Router, and 3D Printer MSLA that have been placed in the Makers Lab located within the National Incubation Center Lahore at LUMS. Read more…