HBKU’s Innovation Center honors Entrepreneurship Program participants

HBKU’s Innovation Center honors Entrepreneurship Program participants

Doha - Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) Innovation Center marked the halfway point in the second cycle of its Education City Innovative Entrepreneurship Program (ECIEP) with a graduation and awards ceremony.

Held at Education City’s Minaretein, the ceremony celebrated the conclusion of ECIEP’s Capacity Building Workshops. Organized in partnership with the Qatar Development Bank (QDB), participants from 15 teams undertook a range of capacity building activities designed specifically to strengthen their entrepreneurial skills. Every team also competed for a share of ECIEP’s Entrepreneurship Program Funds, which are allocated to the five most promising business plans.

In the presence of HBKU’s deans, executive directors, and senior QDB staff, the Innovation Center certified all participants in the Capacity Building Workshops and awarded Entrepreneurship Program Funds. Several HBKU faculty and research staff were honored, including Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute’s Dr. Rashad Al-Gaashani, Scientist; the College of Health and Life Sciences’ Dr. Kabir H Biswas, Assistant Professor; and the College of Science and Engineering’s Dr. Tanvir Alam, Assistant Professor, and Dr. Jens Schneider, Assistant Professor in the College of Science and Engineering. Additionally, the Innovation Center recognized Boshra Rasti Ghalati, a Teacher at Qatar Academy for Science and Technology, Qatar Foundation.

Speaking after the conclusion