Assignment # 1 & 2Department of Engineering ManagementCentre for Advance Studies in EngineeringIslamabad, Pakistan

COURSE TITLETechnology And Entrepreneurship

SUBMITTED BYIMRAN MEHMOODFall-2014/MSc. EM/008

INSTRUCTOR: Prof. Dr. Nadeem EhsanAssignment#1Elevator Speech

Hi, my name is Imran Mehmood. My background to date has centered around preparing myself to be the most well-rounded professional possible. I have specifically prepared myself for a career in electronics by taking competitive undergraduate classes and by gaining invaluable real-world experience. I have also prepared myself to transition into the work force through real-world experience involving internships and entrepreneurial opportunities. I also obtained considerable professional sales training as a result of my own entrepreneurial pursuits. I began to focus my efforts on obtaining additional training in computer information systems. I am achievement and detail oriented. I work extremely well in a team environment and have been a team leader on several of my projects. I further developed my communications skills, which were extremely important in my past work experience, throughout my academic career. I have worked with the latest technologies in my classes. When assigned a project, I possess the skills to see it through to top-notch completion. I am prepared to make a significant contribution in the next step in my career.

Assignment#2SADRUDDIN HASHWANI

Saruddin hashwani is one of the famous entrepreneurs in Pakistan. His faith in Pakistan was put to test recently when two of his investments in Hospitality were targeted in one of Pakistan's worst terrorist attacks. In spite of huge losses, his resolve in this country was undeterred and he vowed to reconstruct it all over. He did it and while he rebuilt what was destroyed, he set an amazing example by not firing any of his employees amid all the losses and financial tragedy he had to suffer.

Mr. Sadruddin Hashwani started from Cotton trading business in 1960 and today his industrial group is among the largest groups in the country with portfolio as diversified as Real Estate, Oil & Gas, and Hospitality, IT, ceramics and Pharmaceuticals. He has grown through hard work and intelligent business practices which are hallmarks of his success story. Today he is known to be the leading figures in hospitality industry around the world and has been honored with various awards including a gold medal for distinguished services for hospitality industry in Pakistan at World Tourism convention.

Pearl Continental Hotels and Marriot Hotels operated by his group are industry standard for hospitality industry in Pakistan. Sadruddin Hashwani is the Chairman of Hashoo Group. Today, Hashoo Group of Companies has in its fold, as owners and operators, the Pearl Continental Hotels and Marriott Hotels brands with presence in all major cities of Pakistan and Ocean Pakistan Limited, a prestigious Oil and Gas exploration and production company. Marriott hotels also belong to Hashoo Group. When Hashoo Group started using the Marriott name it was one of the first times in the history of the corporation that they had given a franchise to a hotel that was not directly under their management control. An achievement for Hashoo group, indeed. Sadruddin Hashwani terms it as a matter of great satisfaction because when he met Bill Marriott he had never thought about the franchise. Then they sent their people to inspect these hotels before offering the franchise. As a matter of fact, the franchise agreement of the Marriott was made based on Hashwanis hotel contract and drafted here in Pakistan. Today the format of franchise agreements has been initiated by the Hashoo Group and Sadruddin Hashwani is very satisfied that Marriott decided to recognize the product and lend it their name. While addressing a press conference in May 2011, after capturing of Osama Bin Laden from Pakistani city of Abbottabad, Sadrruddin Hashwani expressed his support for Pakistan and its institutions, particularly military and expressed confidence in abilities of Pakistanis.

FIZA FARHANFamous US magazine Forbes has integrated 28-year-old Fiza Farhan, co-founder of the Buksh Foundation, in its list of30 under 30 social entrepreneursfor 2015. Buksh Foundation, working in Pakistan since 2009, it is a microfinance institution that brings clean power projects to poor and rural areas of the country. The foundation has trained 135 women as energy entrepreneurs and brought solar-powered lights to 6,750 households across the country. The foundation's business and clean energy loans have been extended to some 12,000 entrepreneurs. Buksh FoundationCEO and Director ofBuksh EnergyFiza Farhan were also chosen as theFuture Energy Leader at the World Energy Councilin September last year. Buksh Foundation and Buksh Energy are part of theBuksh groupwhich was established in 1950s with a departmental store chain and has now reached the third generation and branched out into lifestyle brands.Fiza is the 4th woman from Pakistan who has been included in the Forbes list of young game changers, movers and makers. Last year, Forbes had named another Pakistani, the 24-year-oldShiza Shahidin its list of 30 under 30 social entrepreneurs. Shiza Shahid is the co-founder of the Malala Fund. She helped oversee Malala Yousufzai's medical care in London after she was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen.Speaking about her achievement, Fiza Farhan has said: We have aspired to be an innovative player in the microfinance and clean energy industries by bringing a focus on women, rural markets and impact investment for enhancing scale and efficiency. As a young Pakistani professional and as a Pakistani woman, I am pleased to have been included by FORBES in their list of 30Under30 social entrepreneurs and am particularly excited about what this could mean for the further development and growth of the foundation and for our clean energy movement in terms of reach, funding and impact and how it can help drive our vision to create apositive socio-economic change by financially helping the impoverished become active economic agents.With a masters degree in Business Administration from the Warwick Business School and a Bachelor of Science from the Lahore University of Management Sciences [LUMS], Fiza Farhan has led her teams to establish and introduce innovative business models in the development sector along with establishing a new model of green economy in Pakistan with multiple projects launched within the macro and micro renewable energy space. Most recently, she was appointed Future Energy Leader at the World Energy Council, received the 11th annual Environmental Excellence Award for the Best Performance in Renewable Energy and was appointed co-chairperson of the Italian Development Committee. She has consistently represented Pakistans development sector at the regional and global stage as a speaker across multiple conferences and forums including the UN Foundations SE4ALL forum and the Annual Global CSR Summit to name a few.She also continues to represents her company and country at the World Energy Council, UN Foundation Practitioners Network, ADB-Asia Clean Energy Forum, Gender and Energy Network et al.