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KARACHI: “The Way Forward” was the theme of the TED talk program hosted by Ziauddin University at its Clifton campus on Friday.

The chancellor Dr Asim Hussain inaugurated the conference that is called ‘TEDxZiauddinUniversity’ that is aimed at encouraging in-depth conversations and linking students at a local level. The talk is an educational initiative to bring change in students and motivate them to present their remarkable projects and activities to the world. It aims to nurture ethical and intellectual inquisitiveness, through an innovative approach in imparting knowledge, skills and social awareness among the students.

“At such kind of conferences where we interact with each other, we learn how to behave in society, what others thinks, what we think and what is the way forward in life,” Dr Asim said, speaking at the event.

He said younger people have to understand problems, challenges, perceptions and then decide what should be our future. He said if we can decide on our level it will become a larger level and then obviously it will turn out to be globally.

Other renowned motivational speakers included: TV actor Adeel Husain, known media person Zarrar Khuhro, Daraz.pk founder Muneeb Maayr, Managing Partner of IAL Saatchi & Saatchi) Imtisal Abbasi, co-founder and COO of Sehat Kahani Iffat Zafar, Manager of Youth Engagement Program at the Indus Health Network Ayesha Rahman, founder and CEO of ClimateX Saquib Mehmood and Marketing and Communication Professional Suman Valeecha. They shared their remarkable successful stories with the students. Large number of gathering participated in Ted Talk event with great enthusiasm.