Dadabhoy Institute of Higher
Education (DIHE) along with AGAHI, the country partner of the
Millennium-Project, a Global Futures Studies & Research participatory think-tank
conducted a two-day leadership session on Futures Thinking and Strategy
Development; the working sessions were designed and delivered by Professor
Sohail Inayatullah, UNESCO Chair of Futures Studies. Dadabhoy Institute of
Higher Education organized one of the first of its kind futures sessions in
Pakistan focused on Karachi Futures’. Inviting leaders from business, politics,
media, civil society and academia.
RabiaDadabhoy,
Vice Chairman for the Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education (DIHE) said, “we
are proud to mark that DIHE is taking a lead on Futures Research in Pakistan, we
are confident that this will create research avenues for the foresight
techniques and research thinking. This is the right platform that creates
multiple opportunities for collaboration and co-creation; doing this with AGAHI
in partnership on Pakistan Foresight Initiative; Karachi Futures is a step in that
direction”.
The objectives of the
designed sessions were to explore future methodologieswhich could help
alleviate the multitude issues the city faces. The participants were engaged in
various futures methods and were asked to apply them on the city, these
included the futures triangle, causal layered analysis, macro and micro
scenarios, visioning and back-casting. The sessions were designed to help the
participants understand and develop a familiarity with methods used to develop
preferred, probable and possible futures; particularly changes in societal
values and other critical drivers - impacting the future and to help enhance
the effectiveness to deliver desired visions.Puruesh Chaudhary Founder and
President AGAHI, said “the recently launched, Pakistan State of Future Index,
gives a sense of how decisions in the country need to be made; Karachi being
the financial hub needs a new metaphor and working with DiHE; we feel that this
is the platform which can create the momentum where citizenry participation is
at the heart of all decision-making in the city.
Professor
Sohail Inayatullah, United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair of Futures
Studiesstated “Karachi can play a pivotal role in the future of cityscape by
forming an alliance of Asian megacities that will collectively look towards
solving the pressing issues they face within, helping grow Pakistan’s value
regionally and internationally whilst transforming Karachi as the ‘Emerald of
the World’”.
The
sessions were attended byjournalists,AfshanSubhoi,Mubashir Zaidi, SohaibJamali,
Syed Naeemuddin; Academicians Dr. AadilNakhoda, Dr. Saad Ahmed Khan, Dr.
Arsalan Khan, DrSaadLiaquat, EntreprenuersAbid Butt, Roger Dawood Bayat, Amir
Jahangir whilecivil society was represented by Syed FaizanYasir, Salman Javed, Lt-General
(Retd.) Farooq Agha, ShaziaIsmat Zaidi, HabibUllahDadabhoyamongst others
Dadabhoy
Institute of Higher Education (DIHE) was established in the year 2003. It received
Charter as Degree Awarding Institute by the Government of Sindh, through an act
of the Parliament. In 2005, DIHE was recognized by the Higher Education
Commission and placed in top grade i.e. W ’A’ category institutes. TheDIHE
mission is to facilitate growth and prosperity amongst all sections of our
society. DIHE offers various undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate
programs in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, Basic
& Applied Sciences, and Law. At DIHE, no student is denied
admission due to financial need. Since the day of its inception, DIHE has
been regularly awarding merit scholarships and need-based financial help to
students irrespective of their religion, gender, caste or creed. The
ultimate objective is to provide quality education at affordable cost.
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