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Research & Innovation

Research, Innovation & Commercialization.

Established January 15, 2018

Turning research into real-world impact — connecting INU’s faculty, students and ideas with the industries that can use them.

Introduction

Research with a destination

The Office of Research, Innovation & Commercialization (ORIC) was established at Iqra National University on January 15, 2018. ORIC strives to promote teaching and research in emerging areas across Management Sciences, Computer Sciences, Art & Design, Allied Health Sciences, and Engineering & Technology.

By connecting research directly to educational, social and economic priorities, ORIC works to translate faculty and student research into outcomes that benefit both the university and the wider community.

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Mission

Transforming Iqra National University to drive high-impact innovation, applied research and entrepreneurship — promoting a culture of commercialization as well as self-sustainability.

Vision

To enable and lead Pakistan’s transformation into a knowledge-based economy, dependent upon innovation and entrepreneurship.

What ORIC Does

From proposal to partnership

ORIC works on two fronts — equipping INU’s researchers to win and manage funding, and building the industry relationships that carry their work outward.

Supporting Researchers

  • Assisting in the formation of research groups across INU’s academic fields

  • Identifying research opportunities for faculty members

  • Providing guidelines for applying to research grants

  • Introducing incentive policies for faculty to write proposals and win research grants

  • Offering legal, administrative and financial management support for research grants

  • Serving as the focal point for research-related liaison with funding agencies

Building Industry Connections

  • Establishing national and international collaborations through MOUs with public and private industry and universities

  • Strengthening university–industry linkages

  • Supporting commercialization and licensing of university research products

  • Arranging research seminars and conferences

  • Creating awareness of ongoing research across the university

  • Working to bring INU’s research quality in line with international standards

  • Advancing an anti-plagiarism culture across the university

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ORIC by the Numbers

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Research Archive

Faculty Research Publications

Browse the complete archive of journal articles published by INU faculty — searchable by researcher, department, journal, and year, and updated as new work is published.

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Research Focus Areas

Where INU’s research happens

Faculty and students discussing data during a management sciences seminar

Management Sciences

Students working on code at multiple monitors in a computing lab

Computer Sciences

Design student sketching at a studio drafting table

Art & Design

Allied health science students practising clinical skills in a university lab

Allied Health Sciences

Engineering students testing equipment in a university workshop

Engineering & Technology

Have Research Worth Exploring?

ORIC works with faculty and students across every school at INU to take research further — from funding to commercialization.

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