(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The centre will be tasked with discovering developing and sponsoring talented people within the department and outside.
Maj. - Gen Al Marri gives a memento to Dr Manahel Thabet at the DNRD office on Wednesday. –Supplied photo
Dubai — The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs - Dubai (DNRD) will set up a centre for innovation and creativity within the department a top official revealed on Wednesday.
Major-General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri Director-General of the directorate said the centre will be tasked with discovering developing and sponsoring talented people within the department and outside.
The centre he said will foster talent and innovative thoughts. The centre will also help talented people protect their intellectual property rights.
Al Marri made these remarks on the sidelines of a lecture delivered by noted mathematician and economist Dr Manahel Abdul Rahman Thabet Chairwoman of the World Genius Directory who also serves as member of the British Society for Economics.
Thabet gave a lecture titled ‘How to be a Genius’ as part of a series of lectures hosted by the DNRD every month under the theme ‘Leaders of Excellence’. Dr Manahel spoke about the methods that could help individuals to discover themselves and nurture their talents. She talked about her life’s journey from a little girl suffering from autism to where she is today.
She referred to the personality of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai as a “truly genius leader”. “He is a leader a poet and a knight” she said.
She said the UAE supports its citizens and called upon the Western countries to learn from the UAE.
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