LUMS is excited to welcome you to the eighth episode of ALUMS Chat!
Episode 8 – Mariam Nusrat (MSc 2010): Promoting Video Games for Social Change
ALUMS Chat is an informal, one-on-one virtual conversation with an alum where we ask the questions that are on everyone’s mind and hear unique, personal stories about their journey. Each episode features one alumni guest who will share their story.
Episode 8 – Mariam Nusrat (MSc 2010): Promoting Video Games for Social Change
ALUMS Chat is an informal, one-on-one virtual conversation with an alum where we ask the questions that are on everyone’s mind and hear unique, personal stories about their journey. Each episode features one alumni guest who will share their story.
February 24, 2023
Time:
4:00 pm
Facebook Live
In this episode, we’re joined by Mariam Nusrat (MSc 2010), the Founder of GRID, a tech start-up unleashing the power of video games for social change. Her platform, Breshna, empowers users to create, share and monetise their own educational video games, with no code and at lightning speed; think Canva for video games.
To date, Breshna has gained significant traction: 35k+ users from 52+ countries. The team is now building Breshnaverse, a carnival-themed metaverse, where users will be able to display their own video games. The team is backed by investors including Paris Hilton's 11:11 Media, Blockchain Founders Fund, Alpha Sigma Capital, Formless Capital, TechMeetsTrader, and TABLE management.
Mariam is a US-based Pakistani entrepreneur, with 7 years in the focused video games sector and 12 years of experience in the Edtech space, working at The World Bank across 22 different countries. For this work, she has been recognised on the Forbes Next 1000 List and is a recipient of the Clinton Global Initiative University Honor Roll Alumni Award. Mariam is on a mission to empower the next 100m people to tell their stories through video games.
Join the conversation with Mariam as she shares her story of entrepreneurship and reflects on the passion behind her journey.
