UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND ADVANCES TO REGIONAL FINAL OF 10TH ANNUAL HULT PRIZE

UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND ADVANCES TO REGIONAL FINAL OF 10^TH ANNUAL HULT PRIZE

The Hult Prize has recently announced the winning team from University of Malakand that has advanced 10^th annual regional final.

The Hult Prize Foundation been called the “Nobel Prize for Students” and has been featured in a TIME Magazine Cover Story highlighting the “Top 5 Ideas Changing the World.” Hult Prize is considered one of the largest social entrepreneurship competitions in the World. It has engaged more than +1,000 Universities and +100 Countries for Social Entrepreneurship all over the World this year.

Each year, the Hult Prize team issues a big bold challenge aligned with a large market opportunity inspiring student from over 100 countries to solve its greatest problem. The challenge for each team involved in the 10th-anniversary Hult Prize will be to build the foundations of a venture that will provide meaningful work for 10,000 youth within the next decade.

HultPrize at University of Malakand organized 2 month cohort for 450 teams to bring their ideas for this year challenge and recently they organized its OnCampus Final on 22^nd December at Digital Lab University of Malakand.

Hult Prize at University of Malakand was judged by an elite panel of global judges. Shad Begum, founding director of the Association for Behavior and Knowledge Transformation (ABKT), Lyn Chittik from Belgium, Founder Light Your Torch Foundation, Samar Hassan, Co-Founder Epiphany, Fatima Anila, Chairperson - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Central Standing Committee, Fazli Subhan, Chairman Youth ImpactX, Arshad Ali Khan Director Planning and Development university of swat, Dr. Muhammad Usman, Manager University Industry Linkages (ORIC), Dr. Shabir Ahmad, Deputy Registrar(Meetings), Dr. Jawad Hussain, Assistant Professor and business consultant, Dr. Nasar Rashid, Assistant Professor, Jamil Anwar Abbasi, Deputy Director Student Societies and Zeea Hassan Taslib, Director, NShield Solutions flew from Dubai to judge the OnCampus Event.

Hult Prize at University of Malakand Final was made possible by the support of Youth ImpactX, Wadana and Business Incubation Center University of Malakand for being the biggest supporters of Hult Prize at University of Malakand.

Hult Prize at University of Malakand organized Semi-Finals on 8 December in Multi-Purpose hall Education Department, University of Malakand. Top-16 Teams from Semi-Final were selected to participate in the OnCampus Final.

Judges Panel, after long deliberations, declared Team Maryam as Hult Prize at University of Malakand (2018-19) OnCampus Winner. Winning Team will go to Jordan for Regional Final and they have a chance to win $1M in the UN final.

Wining Team Captain of Hult Prize at University of Malakand OnCampus Final Receiving her award from Ms. Shad Begum

Campus Director Hult Prize at University of Malakand group photo with OnCampus Final Judges

Female Participants of Hult Prize at University of Malakand OnCampus Final