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Innovation and Technology Centre of the Lahore School of Economics Launches Sialkot Football Project:

Dr. Azam Amjad Chaudhry, Dean and Professor, Lahore School of Economics and Shamyla Chaudry, Assistant Professor, Lahore School of Economics conducted a special event to distribute subsidies for high quality inputs on 12 August 2015 in order to help Sialkot football manufacturers overcome the high cost of imported rexine. In this project more than 70 firms from the Sialkot football sector were invited to an event in which 30 firms were selected to receive vouchers from the Lahore School of Economics that can be used to purchase high-quality foreign rexine at a large discount.

Dr. Azam Amjad Chaudhry of the Lahore School of Economics formally launches Sialkot football rexine project

Dr. Chaudhry also discussed the plan to launch an innovation fund to promote innovative ideas in Punjab. Dr. Eric Verhoogen from Columbia University also discussed the trends in Pakistani football exports and how manufacturers will need to focus on productivity to compete with global players like China.

Dr. Azam Amjad Chaudhry and Ms. Shamyla Chaudry of the Lahore School of Economics select firms to receive football rexine subsidies

Participants from the Sialkot football sector and Sialkot chamber of commerce attend launch of the Lahore School of Economics rexine project