{"id":112599,"date":"2026-05-15T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=112599"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:22:00","slug":"hec-appoints-rector-nust-as-national-chair-to-spearhead-pakistans-ai-and-robotics-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/hec-appoints-rector-nust-as-national-chair-to-spearhead-pakistans-ai-and-robotics-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"HEC appoints Rector NUST as National Chair to spearhead Pakistan\u2019s AI and Robotics transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD:\u00a0 At a time when Artificial Intelligence and Robotics are giving major impetus to the world economies, industries, security paradigms and governance systems, the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/un-announces-job-opportunities-for-pakistanis-check-how-to-apply\/\">Higher Education Commission (HEC)<\/a> of Pakistan, in a landmark development, has appointed Rector NUST Dr Muhammad Zahid Latif as the National Chair on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, entrusting NUST with spearheading a strategic national initiative in two of the world\u2019s most transformative domains.<\/p>\n<p>Based at NUST Islamabad campus, the National Chair, together with a panel of experts, will serve as a premier national platform for policy direction, strategic alignment, governance structures, and comprehensive assessment of the national AI and Robotics ecosystem, particularly in relation to HEC-supported national centres, including the National Centre of Artificial Intelligence (NCAI) and the National Centre of Robotics and Automation (NCRA).<\/p>\n<p>The appointment reflects the confidence reposed by HEC in the Rector NUST\u2019s visionary leadership and underscores the university\u2019s growing stature as a leading hub of academic excellence, cutting-edge research, and technological innovation in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing his appreciation to HEC leadership for honouring NUST with this important national mandate, the Rector said, \u201cThis initiative is not only a recognition of NUST\u2019s academic and research contributions, but also a collective national opportunity to build long-term strategic coherence in emerging technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The success of Pakistan\u2019s AI and Robotics journey hinges upon meaningful collaboration between academia, industry, government and innovators. As part of this initiative, we aspire to foster precisely that synergy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Chair will also lead efforts to identify structural gaps, systemic inefficiencies, and operational challenges impacting the long-term sustainability and effectiveness of the national AI and Robotics ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Through benchmarking against international best practices, the initiative seeks to develop an integrated national framework capable of ensuring coherence, strategic alignment, and coordinated progress across institutions and stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is further expected to recommend transformative national pathways and implementation approaches that can accelerate Pakistan\u2019s emergence as a competitive knowledge economy driven by innovation, intelligent systems, and advanced automation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD:\u00a0 At a time when Artificial Intelligence and Robotics are giving major impetus to the world economies, industries, security paradigms and governance systems, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan, in a landmark development, has appointed Rector NUST Dr Muhammad Zahid Latif as the National Chair on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, entrusting NUST with spearheading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":112600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[42178],"class_list":["post-112599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-hec-appoints-rector-nust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112601,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112599\/revisions\/112601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}