Information technology (IT) got first reference in 1958 in Harvard Business Review as “a new technology having no single established name”.
In today’s knowledge-based economy, proper utilization of IT assures access to knowledge which is the prime gate to economic as well as social progress.
In Pakistan, in a very short time many initiatives came into limelight with most of them projecting from private sector and Pakistani community abroad. Plenty of profit was earned by investors including businesses as well as private institutes. SOme of the major pioneering steps forward from private sector included:
- Introduction of IT courses by Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari Institute of Technology (KASBIST). For the fisrt time, in Pakistan’s history, courses of eCommerce and IT-based business were started.
- Introduction of specialized computer and IT courses based on American curriculum by APTECH worldwide.
- Formation of Hamdard Institute of IT which offered degree programs of IT engineering and software development.
Many institutes having names specific to IT were introduced, such as:
- COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
- Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences
- CECOS University of Information Technology and Emerging Sciences
- City University of Science and Information technology
- Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology
- Sarhad University of Science and Technology
By introducing degrees focused on specialized and advanced computer courses we can not only meet the current unemployment issues but it can also pave more ways of research.
