The IT Excellence Centre in Muzaffarabad, a project of AJK IT Board, hosted an innovative session for its Batch 04 trainees led by Khurrum Ghori, Chief Executive Officer of Prudential Solutions, covering the three pillars of entrepreneurship, internships, and capacity building. The session was designed to give trainees a practical orientation toward the professional world, addressing the gap that commonly exists between technical training and the realities of working within or building a thriving business.
Ghori shared insights on the mindset required to translate technical skills into commercial outcomes, offering Batch 04 a roadmap for how to navigate the professional landscape and contribute meaningfully to Pakistan’s digital economy. The emphasis on mindset over curriculum reflects a growing recognition within tech training institutions that technical competence alone is insufficient preparation for entrepreneurship or industry entry and that the ability to think commercially is a skill that needs to be taught as deliberately as code.
The session touched on internship pathways and capacity building projects as concrete mechanisms through which trainees can bridge the classroom-to-industry gap, giving participants a structured sense of what their next steps look like beyond the training program itself. Prudential Solutions’ involvement as an industry partner brings a private sector perspective into the Centre’s programming, reinforcing the institution’s stated positioning as a builder of future innovators and leaders rather than simply a coding school.
The IT Excellence Centre operates under AJK IT Board in Muzaffarabad and positions itself as one of the primary institutions working to develop technology talent in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a region where structured pathways into the digital economy remain limited relative to major urban centres.
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