Second French Alumni Day celebrated
Celina Ali
Islamabad: The 2nd France Alumni Day, the world day of international graduates from the French Higher Education was celebrated this month in France, Pakistan and all over the world.
The France Alumni Day program included many different projects – besides the prestigious event at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs in Paris, with the participation of alumni, on May 15, 2024 at the Quai d’Orsay, in France and coordinated by academic institutions and alumni networks, as well as actions organized by French embassies, consulates and Campus France spaces internationally – meetings, competitions, seminars.
In Pakistan, large French companies like L’Oréal, Schneider Electric, Total Energies, Alstom are actively looking for talents ready to pursue global careers and are offering the opportunities of career growth through international mobility.
For this 2nd edition, the French Embassy, Pakistan-French Business Alliance, Campus France Pakistan and France Alumni Pakistan hosted all Pakistanis who got a part of their Education and professional training in France on the occasion of three networking events for meeting each other and discussing with Embassy representatives, companies & key people in Karachi on Monday 20th May, Lahore on Wednesday 22th May and Islamabad on Friday 24th May.
The events in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore opened with a welcome speech given by respectively Nicolas Galey, Ambassador of France to Pakistan, Alexis Chahtahtinsky, Consul General of France in Karachi and Habib Anwar, Honorary Consul of France in Lahore.
Panel discussion with Alumni and companies were moderated by the Higher Education and Scientific Attaché of the French Embassy in Pakistan.
The Head of Economic Department of the French Embassy also attended and brought his expertise during the panel. These events were an opportunity to promote the career of Alumni and to show the role that their academic education in France played in these career choices.
Launched on the initiative of the former Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Mrs Catherine Colonna, France Alumni Day is organized worldwide by Campus France, which coordinates and develops the network France Alumni since its creation in 2014.
