“Ignite National Technology Fund”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Ignite National Technology Fund^[1]^[2] or simply Ignite (formerly National ICT R&D Fund) is a non-profit company owned by the Government of Pakistan and administered by the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication.^[3] It provides grants to startups and innovate projects, operates incubators^[4] and digital skills training^[5] programs through private sector partners, commissions studies that inform public sector policy and undertakes outreach^[6]^[7] to evangelize innovation and to spread awareness about its programs amongst industry,^[8]^[9] academia, media and policy makers. Ignite was established in 2007 and is funded by mobile telecom operators, landline telecom operators and internet service providers, ISP, in Pakistan by Government mandate.

Ignite is headed by a CEO, who is usually from the private sector. The CEO reports to a Board of Directors,^[10] comprising public and private personnel including representatives of telecom operators and ISP that fund Ignite. The Chairperson of the Board is the Minister of IT & Telecom of the Government of Pakistan.

Ignite has established National Incubation Centers (NICs) at Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawer, Karachi and Quetta.^[11]^[12]^[13]

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1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.ignite.org.pk/|title=Ignite (Formerly National ICT R&D Fund)|website=www.ignite.org.pk|language=en|access-date=2018-04-22}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/IgniteNTF/|title=Ignite - National Technology Fund|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-22}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.moitt.gov.pk/|title=Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication|website=www.moitt.gov.pk|access-date=2018-04-22}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://tendernotice.pk/800398/ignite-national-technology-fund-islamabad-tender-notice|title=Ignite National Technology Fund Islamabad Tender Notice|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://pakobserver.net/anusha-approves-award-contract-digiskills-training-project-national-incubation-center/|title=Anusha approves award of contract of DigiSkills training project, National Incubation Center|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}
6. ^{{Cite news|url=http://idgpakistan.com/idg-partnership-national-ictrd-newsletter/|title=IDG Partners with National ICT R&D Fund’s Newsletter ~ Ignite! - IDG Pakistan|date=2017-03-21|work=IDG Pakistan|access-date=2018-04-22|language=en-US}}
7. ^{{Citation|last=Ignite|title=Yusuf Hussain Discussing 4th Industrial Revolution, DigiSkills and Entrepreneurship - DIN News|date=2018-04-10|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBMnZuIiSPE&t=3s|accessdate=2018-04-22}}
8. ^{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1586541/2-pakistans-industry-set-double-2020-ignite-ceo/|title=Pakistan's IT Industry set to Double by 2020: Ignite CEO|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}
9. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/156448-ignite-holds-meet-up-in-lahore-to-discuss-bumping-up-it-ites-exports|title=Ignite holds meet-up in Lahore to discuss bumping up IT, ITeS exports|website=www.geo.tv|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-22}}
10. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.chitraltimes.com/en/2018/04/03/60th-board-meeting-ignite-national-technology-fund-held/|title=60th Board Meeting Ignite National Technology Fund Held|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}
11. ^{{Cite news|url=https://lums.edu.pk/news/general-news/lums-awarded-contract-ignite-set-national-incubation-center-quetta|title=LUMS Awarded Contract by Ignite to Set-up National Incubation Center Quetta|date=2018-02-22|work=LUMS|access-date=2018-04-22|language=en}}
12. ^{{Cite news|url=https://fp.brecorder.com/2018/02/20180202340516/|title=PM launches DigiSkills programme to train 1 million youth|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}
13. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/276322-technology-training-for-50-000-artisans-planned|title=Technology Training for 50,000 Artisans Approved|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}

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