Namal Institute, which is a part of the envisioned Namal Knowledge City, is designed to integrate education with employability to enable talented youth to become economically useful and socially robust citizens of Pakistan. The objective is to equip students with necessary academic knowledge and requisite professional skills by establishing a collaborative framework of public as well as private partnerships. Namal Education Foundation and Namal Institute are working on developing strategic links with both academic institutions and industry to foster a culture of collaboration between industry and the academia. The idea is to celebrate the interaction of creative, technical and entrepreneurial talent on a common platform to nurture a culture of research and innovation. Through the collaboration of university researchers and companies it is hoped that important milestones may be achieved in response to the specific needs of industry.