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Interloop Sponsors Female Students at Pakistan Knitwear
Training Institute

Interloop Limited and Pakistan Knitwear Training Institute
Lahore (PKTI) signed an MOU on Feb 1, 2021, whereby
Interloop will support meritorious and deserving female
students for BA Fashion Designing (2 Year Degree
Program). For the 1st batch, Interloop Management
selected 4 scholars from humble backgrounds to join the
program. Tayyab Mir, Principal PKTI appreciated
Interloop's compassionate gesture of empowering women
through higher education.

Pakistan Knitwear Training Institute is a public – private
partnership project of the Ministry of Textile Industry, the
Government of Pakistan and the business community to
produce trained manpower for the knitwear garments
industry. Since 1994, PKTI has been imparting training in
all areas of knitwear garments manufacturing. Its trainees,
including a large number of females, are proving their Bachelor Degree students during a Fashion Designing class
worth in different areas of the knitwear garments sector.

HULT Prize Entrepreneurial Program 2020-21

Interloop Limited sponsored Hult Prize Challenge 2020, a level. Dr. Nosheen Syed, President GCWUF
two-day virtual event held separately at Government Entrepreneurship Society, and Dr. Zill-e-Huma Nazli,
College University Faisalabad (GCWUF) and University of Registrar GCWUF presented awards to the winners of different
Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) in December 2020. The categories, while Asad ur Rehman, Ex-Campus Director
event took place in collaboration with the GCWUF UAF announced the awards for the top 3 teams, virtually.
Entrepreneurial Society and UAF. GCWUF and UAF, along with all the participants
acknowledged Interloop Limited’s efforts for supporting
Students presented their business ideas, projects, modules initiatives with an entrepreneurial scope, and building
and feasibilities for solving grave issues such as food self-confidence in female students through such
security, water access, energy and education. At GCWUF, sponsorships. The Hult Prize is the world’s biggest engine
Team NUtriofritella won the project award by offering for the launch of for-good, for-profit startups emerging from
peach and dates flavoured candies that provide vitamins universities.
and nutrients to the consumers. On the other hand, Team
Guiltless Pleasure from UAF was the winner with the It has deployed more than $100 Million of capital and
concept of providing customised meal plans to people with mobilized more than 2 Million young people to rethink
health issues. future businesses on college and university campuses
across 120 plus countries.
The teams will further compete at the regional level, and
the winner will participate in the finals at the International

Participants of the HULT Prize Challenge at UAF Winning Team “NUtriofritella” of GCWUF

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