FUNCTIONS
| After HEC’s notification, Office of Research Innovation and Commercialisation (ORIC) was established in 2011. Currently having 12 offices, RIC functions are as follows: |
- Facilitates and coordinates research and publication related activities of NUST constituent institutions and liaise with national and international academics, research and industrial organisations to support research at NUST
- Harnesses the university research ecosystem for achieving self-reliance in the defence sector of Pakistan
- Encapsulates NUST’s research and intellectual property opportunities at the earliest stage and translates these benefits to industry and community
- Provides a platform to NUST students, graduates, faculty, and other aspiring entrepreneurs to transform technology-based business ideas to reality
- Promotes the economic development & competitiveness of region, create new business opportunities, foster a culture of entrepreneurship and generate knowledge-based jobs
- Stimulates and manages the flow of knowledge and technology amongst R&D institutions, companies, markets and NUST
- Creates new enterprises by commercialising University R&D outputs and to undertake commercial projects based on inherent capabilities / capacities
- Facilitates NUST management in reaching out philanthropic partnerships and manage alumni network
- Enables working professionals from industry to stay abreast of latest developments in their related disciplines as well as conduct trainings for the internal staff / faculty of NUST
- Promotes NUST graduates as the premium choice for the employers
- Provides programs and services to inculcate employable skills in demand and enable students to make effective career choices
- ICT enablement of University and its core functions