PESHAWAR: Toseef Nawab, 7th-semester student from the Industrial Engineering Department, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar has emerged as a winner in the Students Category of the “NUST X UNDP Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award”, an initiative supported by UNDP and USAID in collaboration with NUST, Islamabad. Toseef would receive the grant of Rs. 1 million as part of the Business Development Support Fund and has been invited to join a tailored incubation program to further enhance his business idea. The project addresses a critical environmental issue in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where more than 700 marble factories generate an estimated 300 tons of marble slurry waste annually. This waste has detrimental effects on agricultural lands and aquatic ecosystems. His innovative solution involves waste management by reusing marble slurry to create tuff tiles and curb stones, offering an environmentally sustainable and cost-effective alternative. APP
