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- Sector: Education and Technology
- Headquarters Country: Pakıstan
- Founding Year: 2015
- Operating Regions: Pakistan
- Employees: 2-10
- Founders: Umer Shahzad
- Problem Identified: People especially students who have an idea to solve any real life problem but cannot work on their project since they have little or no access to all the electronic tools and instruments required.
- Solution Offered: Makeistan is a free maker space where anyone who has an idea that might solve some problem through technology can have access to all electronics to build their project.
- Social Impact: Free 'Arduino nights' workshop every Friday to educate kids about IoT which is the best way to inculcate in them an interest for technology (especially micro controllers) Every summers, a 'Designers In Residence Program' aims to solve any real life problem..some of the projects have actually become successful startups.
- Contributors: ITU (Information Technology University)
- Funding: ITU and the Punjab Governement
- Awards: IDIN Sustainability Grant to Makeistan
- Website: http://www.makeistan.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makeistan/?hl=en
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/makeistan?lang=en
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/makeistan/about/
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKHFJXoUURo
- Score: 8 Clinical trials management
- More Info: Makeistan is a project of Information Technology University (ITU), located on the university's campus inside Arfa Software Technology Park. They are a community of makers with a shared passion for innovation through collaborative, hands-on learning. As part of the global makers movement, they provide aspiring creators from all walks of life and levels of experience a platform to come together to build their dream projects.
