Emerging Technologies

2. Emerging Technologies, Tech incubation
and Digital Skills
Engr. Prof. Dr. Attaullah Shah

3. Emerging Technologies in 21st Century
Intelligent Sensors and Wireless Sensor Networks
Intelligent Cars and Smart Highways
Tele-Health (Wireless Healthcare)
Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
Nanotechnology
Clean Technology
Robotics and Automation
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4. INTELLIGENT SENSORS AND WIRELESS
SENSOR NETWORKS
Opportunities in:
 Medical Instrumentation
 Factory & Office Automation
 Automotive & Transportation
 Telecommunications
 Structural Fatigue Monitoring
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5. INTELLIGENT CARS & SMART HIGHWAYS
Typical Examples:
 Safety Critical Systems ( e.g. Anti-Lock Braking Systems).
 Electronic Stability Control.
 Rollover Prevention.
 Autonomous Predictive Cruise Control.
 Intelligent Speed Adaptation.
 Lane-change assist.
 Child safety seats to prime airbags based on the child’s weight.
 Drowsy driver detection & prevention.
 Drunk driver detection & prevention.
 Integrated Safety Management.
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Study: Intelligent Cars Could Boost Highway Capacity by 273%
Tue, September 04, 2012 IEEE Spectrum Inside Technology
Highway Capacity Benefits from Using Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication and Sensors for Collision Avoidance, by Patcharinee
Tientrakool, Ya-Chi Ho, and Nicholas F. Maxemchuk from Columbia University, was presented last year at the IEEE Vehicular
Technology Conference.

7. TELE-HEALTH (WIRELESS HEALTHCARE MONITORING)
Typical Examples:
 Wearable Sensors for monitoring vital body signals: Heart rate, blood
pressure, blood sugar level, cholesterol levels, etc.
 Wireless interface for data transfer to PC, cell-phone, doctors office with
real-time indication of any abnormal behavior and recommended action.
 Kiosks with real-time capability to monitor vital body signs and interact
with individual as well as doctor’s office.
 Provide real-time vital body signs information to coaches in deciding
whether to leave a player in or pull him out (e.g. basketball, football,
boxing and other endurance sports).
 Wirelessly monitor condition of vehicles (tire pressure, engine heat, rpm,
etc.,) to determine servicing schedule.
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8. Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
What is MEMS ?
 Imagine a machine so small that it is imperceptible to the human eye.
 Imagine working machines with gears no bigger than a grain of pollen.
 Imagine these machines being batch fabricated tens of thousands at a
time, at a cost of only a few pennies each.
 Imagine a realm where the world of design is turned upside down, and
the seemingly impossible suddenly becomes easy – a place where
gravity and inertia are no longer important, but the effects of atomic
forces and surface science dominate.
Source: Sandia National Laboratories, Intelligent Micromachine Initiative
www.mdl.sandia.gov/mcormachine)
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9. NANOTECHNOLOGY
The NNI defines Nanotechnology as consisting of all of
the following:
 Research & technology development at the 1-to-100nm
range.
 Creating & using structures that have novel properties
because of their small size.
 Ability to control/manipulate at atomic scale.
Reference: Nanotechnology for Dummies by Richard Booker and Earl Boysen, Wiley Publishing, Inc.
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10. CLEAN TECHNOLOGY (Cleantech)
Typical Applications of Cleantech:
 Alternate energy sources: solar, wind, etc.
 Fuel cells
 Smart grid : Architecture, sensors, software, middleware, interface,
etc.
 Smart meters: Monitoring, comparing, optimizing.
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11. ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION
Typical Applications:
 Robotic system of systems
applications:
Search and rescue
Search and destroy
Fire detection and prevention
Biological threat detection
Chemical spill/threat detection
 Medical instrumentation
 Assistive and rehabilitative
applications
 Home automation and applications
 Factory and industrial automation
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12. The
contextual
challenges of
GB
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Limited job opportunities – Govt. is the largest
employer
Approximately 4% agriculture land
No large-scale industry
Shortage of skilled personnel
Rugged mountains
Energy shortage
Weak internet connectivity
Weak infrastructure
Lack of skilled personnel
Lack of business acumen
Cultural Taboos

13. Key Global Statistics about Freelancing
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Gig economy “a labour market characterized by the prevalence of
short-term contracts or freelance work as opposed to permanent jobs”
Fourth fastest-growing Gig/freelancing economy in the world with 47 per
cent, the fastest in Asia.
According to MoIT, Pakistani youth earned 0.5 billion dollars in 2020 from
freelancing
Pakistan is the 4th most popular country for freelancing.
90% freelancers are under the age of 35
According to bayt.com & Odesk, average earning of a Freelancer in
Pakistan is 52,872/- per month
No systematic data available for GB (anecdotal evidence suggest that less
than 2000 freelancer in total are from GB)

14. Most popular skills for Freelancing in 2021
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1%
2%
2%
2%
3%
6%
7%
8%
8%
10%
19%
30%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
Finance
QA
Project Management
Customer support
Administrative
Marketing
Translation
Content Writing
Multimedia Production
IT
Programming
Web & Graphic…

15. GB-Invent Today (GB-IT)
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Purpose: Empowering youth through skills development
Target: 3000 Youth of GB (Male, Female) trained in four years
• Graphic Designing,
• Web Development,
• Social Media Marketing
Areas of skills:
• Economic Empowerment of Youth
• Ease of job creation pressure on Govt.
• Vibrant entrepreneurial eco-system
• Self-reliance
• Diversification of revenue generation avenues
• Ripple's effect
Outcomes:

16. Money matters
(income projections)
S.No. Success
Rate (%)
No. of skilled youth x Avg.
monthly Income x 12
Per year
income
1 70 2100 x 30,000 x 12 756,000,000/-
2 80 2400 x 30,000 x 12 864,000,000/-
3 90 2700 x 30,000 x 12 972,000,000/-
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17. PAKISTAN BUSINESS INCUBATION CENTRE
Joint Initiative of KIU and SCO
CONCEPT
• Enabling startups
• Extending help for realizing great ideas
• Facilitate transformation of high-potential
software startups into successful businesses
• A tailor-designed process that is aimed at
fostering youth of GB
• Project funded by SCO, Building donated by KIU
• Completed in record 4 Months
• 15x Startups selected for first incubation cycle
• Mentoring being offered by PITB
Rs 1.5 Mn Revenue Generated in First Month
111 Jobs Created in First Month

18. National Freelance Centre (KIU-Punjab IT Board)
• Federal Govt. Funding
• Jointly organized by ORIC
KIU and Punjab IT Board
• 75 youth trained in the
areas of web development
Digital Marketing, E-
commerce, Search Engine
Optimization, Graphic
Design
• 200 Plus students
registered in second
cohort in Nov2021
• Self Employment and IT
based businesses created

19. KIU Blended/Online Education
during COVID-19
 KIU Launched the first ever Learning Management System
to reach 6000 plus students during COVID-19
 KIU IT team worked closely with SCO to launch the system
successfully and today about 4200 students are accessed
to provide them with the teaching & Learning Facilities
 SCO developing district facilitation centers with better
connectivity and speed of internet, so that students can
collect the teaching and learning material from these
centers.
 For students of remote areas, where access through digital
platforms is not possible, Facilitation Centers are being
established.

20. KIU Learning Management System

21. KIU Blended Learning Facilitation
Centers in GB

22. Project awarded under Local
Challenge Fund (WB Assisted)
 Strengthening of
Secondary Education
in Gilgit Baltistan
through Digital
Transformation
PKR: 21.85 Million

23. Faculty of Engineering and Technology

24. National Freelance Centre at KIU in
collaboration with PITB
First Cohort of 90 Students Graduated
Second Cohort of 250 Students in process
NFLC provides Freelance Skills in
Digital Marketing
Website Designing
Graphic Design

25. Partnership with National Freelance
Training Program (NFTP)
 KIU in partnership with MoIT-SCO and Punjab IT Board is
offering NFTP (currently in progress)
 Training of 90 youth has been completed on Sep 04, 2021.
 Aim is to train 1450 youth in three freelance training
programs
 Graphic Designing
 Web Development
 Content Marketing
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26. Future focus of KIU in Business
Incubation, Freelancing and Digital
Skills
Continuance of existing activities
Focus on commercialization of KIU’s
indigenous research
Public-Private Partnership
Focus on tech enabled businesses from
all sectors of life.
Promotion of Freelancing among the
youth of GB
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27. GB Invest targets six sectors and their enablers, contributing
to improving key socio-economic indicators
GB Invest Initiative

28. AgriTech
& Smart
Farming
Hospitality &Tourism
Management
High
Altitude
Porters
Micro
Businesses
Supply Chain Management E-Commerce
Soil & Pest
Management
Green
Mining
Upskilling
WomenArtisans
GB invest uses a large palette given the requirement for multiple
supporting/ enabler investments to deliver real socio-economic
impact in GB
GB Invest Initiative

29. Goal: USD
105 Million
USD 10
USD 25
USD 5
USD 5
USD 5
USD…
Tourism
Renewable Energy
Agri Business
Tech based ventures
Minerals and Mining
Trade and Commerce
Aiming for
mobilizing and
leveraging for
these sectors
in the first
round
Ticket Sizes
Investment Opportunities in GB

30. CONCLUDING REMARKS
 Technology will change our lives and the way we conduct our
day to day activities.
 Major technological breakthroughs will be interdisciplinary &
occur at the fringes of classical disciplines (e.g. bio-info-
nanotechnology).
 Engineers, scientists & technologists and every one will need
to be trained with depth as well as breadth.
 Better coordination with Government, Private Sector and
Community required
 Digital Skills an integral Part of Teaching and Learning in all
disciplines
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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31. THANK YOU