KARACHI, July 1, 2026 — Tech Valley, a premier in-country partner of Google for Education, has partnered with the Government of Sindh to inaugurate Sindh’s first Google for Education Gemini Corner at NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi. The launch, attended by Google’s Global Delegation, Sindh’s IT Minister, and NED’s senior leadership, marks a new phase in the province’s AI education strategy; bringing Google’s most advanced generative AI tools onto campus.
The Gemini Corner is a dedicated, Google-equipped space where NED students and faculty can access Gemini for Education, Google Workspace, and related AI tools for academic research, engineering problem-solving, code generation, and learning. It is the first facility of its kind at any public sector university in Sindh, and the first of six Gemini Corners planned across the province’s institutions by the end of 2026.
Mr. Muhammad Ali Rashid, Special Assistant to the Chief Minister for Science, Information & Technology, who inaugurated the facility, said:
“NED University has been producing Pakistan’s engineers for over a century. Today, we are equipping those engineers with the most powerful AI tools. This Gemini Corner is not just a room, it is a statement that Sindh’s students will not be left behind in the AI era.”
Mazen Abdullah, Head of Education, MENA & Pakistan at Google, said:
“NED is one of Pakistan’s most respected engineering institutions, and putting Gemini inside it makes a real statement. We didn’t just want students to hear about AI; we wanted them to use it, build with it, and own it. Engineering in the 21st century is AI-assisted engineering, and NED’s students now have access to the best tools in the world.”
The Corner gives NED’s academic community access to three integrated tools, each addressing a distinct part of student and faculty work:
- Gemini for Education – Google’s generative AI platform, supporting AI-assisted research, code generation and debugging, analysis of complex engineering data, explanations of advanced technical concepts, and academic writing; all within a secure, institution-grade environment where data is never used to train Google’s models.
- Google NotebookLM – A research and synthesis tool that lets students and faculty upload source material; research papers, textbooks, project briefs; and interact with it conversationally, generating summaries, study guides, and structured overviews in minutes.
- Google Workspace for Education – The full suite of collaborative productivity tools, enabling seamless co-authoring and presentation across teams.
All tools operate under Google’s enterprise-grade security framework, including AES-256 encryption, no human review of content, and full GDPR compliance.
Tufail, Vice Chancellor of NED University, said:
“NED has always been at the frontier of technical education in Pakistan. The Gemini for Education Corner brings that frontier into our classrooms and labs. Our students will now learn not just how to solve engineering problems, but how to use AI to solve them faster, better, and at scale.”
Umar Farooq, CEO of Tech Valley Pakistan, added:
“We spent months thinking about where the first Gemini Corner should go. NED was the obvious answer; it is the university where Pakistan’s engineers are made. From here, we will roll out five more corners before the year is out, so that every major Sindh university has a home for AI.”
NED University is one of Pakistan’s oldest and most prestigious engineering institutions, with thousands of students enrolled across engineering, computer science, and applied sciences. Its graduates go on to lead industry and government in Pakistan and abroad, making it a natural first home for tools designed to help technically capable learners accelerate their research, strengthen their projects, and enter the workforce already fluent in AI.
NED’s Gemini Corner is the first of six Gemini Corners planned across Sindh’s public universities by the end of 2026, a rollout designed to give students across Karachi and the wider region the same AI tools available at the world’s top universities.
By the close of 2026, six campuses across Sindh will share a common AI backbone; 20,000 students will be building career-ready skills in AI and data through Google’s Career Certificates, and the province’s own leadership will be working from the same toolset shaping classrooms and boardrooms alike. Sindh is not simply adopting AI education; it is building the infrastructure for an entire generation of engineers, technologists, and public servants to compete on equal footing with their global peers. The Gemini Corner at NED is where that generation begins.
