Tech Valley, a Google for Education Premier Partner in Pakistan, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Kinnaird College for Women in Lahore to digitise the institution’s academic ecosystem and build a cadre of AI ready women professionals. The partnership is aimed at closing the gender gap in Pakistan’s technology sector by equipping 5,000 young women with industry standard digital skills alongside their degree programmes.
Under the agreement, Tech Valley will allocate 5,000 Google Career Certificate scholarships exclusively for Kinnaird College students for the 2026-27 academic year, independent of any broader provincial scholarship pools the company has run elsewhere. The scholarships will give students access to globally recognised certifications in fields including artificial intelligence essentials, cybersecurity, data analytics, project management, people management, and digital marketing, allowing them to build industry aligned skills while completing their degrees.
The partnership also includes a faculty professional development component, under which Kinnaird’s teaching staff will undergo advanced training and certification arranged by Tech Valley to build proficiency in Google’s artificial intelligence tools and methodologies. This training will cover the Google Certified Educator programme at both foundational and advanced levels, Google Gemini certification, and further instruction on AI Studio and Google Cloud technologies, with the goal of helping faculty integrate AI tools into their daily teaching practices rather than treating them as a supplementary resource.
As part of the collaboration, a dedicated Gemini Corner will be established on the Kinnaird campus, creating a physical, always available innovation hub where students and faculty can engage directly with Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence tools. The space is intended to make technological literacy a lived, daily experience for the college community rather than something confined to scheduled classes or workshops, continuing a model of campus based Gemini Corners that Google and its regional partners have introduced at other educational institutions in Pakistan over the past year.
The signing ceremony was attended by senior leadership from Allied, including its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Managing Director for Allied Europe, alongside the Tech Valley team, reflecting the scale of the partners involved in the initiative. Founded in 1913, Kinnaird College for Women is one of Pakistan’s oldest institutions of higher learning for women, and the partnership positions the college as a reference site for how women focused digital skilling programmes can be embedded directly into an existing academic structure. Tech Valley described the collaboration as central to its mission of driving female workforce inclusion, framing the initiative as an effort to prepare women not simply for entry level technology jobs but for leadership roles within Pakistan’s expanding digital economy.
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