Shamyl Bin Mansoor is an Assistant Professor at NUST and co-founder and CTO of LearnOBots, an edtech startup. Prior to his role as a CTO, he established and led SMART research lab at NUST. His lab had funding of more than Rs 40 million and completed several research and industry projects. The lab won several awards for its projects from organisations such as IBA, ITU & TIE. His current focus is educational technology and promotion of STEM in Pakistan. He is also working towards introducing and promoting maker movement in Pakistan.