Lahore, September 08, 2023 (PPI-OT): Following the successful completion of the inaugural session in 2022, this summer a second cohort spent a month living and learning in Skardu. The Baltistan Experience is part of a landmark collaboration between LUMS and the University of Baltistan, Skardu (UoBS), where students from both universities come together to take an experiential learning course.

The grand closing ceremony in Skardu was the perfect opportunity to celebrate the students, staff, and faculty members involved in their project, showcase the cohort’s learnings, and mark the conclusion of this year’s session.

At the ceremony, Dr. Naeem Khan, Vice Chancellor, UoBS, shared how this collaboration is important for driving solutions to Pakistan’s biggest challenges. “It’s not theoretical knowledge that we have to impart but to make students understand that they should come up with their own ideas – business ideas, development ideas, conservation ideas, and sustainability ideas,” he said. Dr. Khan further explained that there is a lot of wisdom to be drawn from nature, and Baltistan is an ideal setting for that learning.

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Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)

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Lahore, Pakistan

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