Pakistan, Aug. 31 -- When Mansoor Alam first arrived in China in 2015, he carried with him a pressing question from his homeland: how to fix a power grid that could not keep up with demand. Almost 11 years later, the Pakistani engineer is helping to answer that question. He is also building bridges between the two countries through his daily work with wires and circuits and through joint mastery of advanced IoT applications that are reshaping the global electricity industry.

Mansoor Alam's journey was born of necessity. Back in Pakistan, electricity shortages were a daily reality - demand far outstripped production and load shedding was routine.

His motivation was straightforward: to acquire advanced knowledge that could help him grow p...