▁Ur du ▁word ▁for ▁" action " ▁and ▁is ▁derived ▁by ▁Pakistan ' s ▁national ▁poet ▁All ama ▁I q bal ▁phrase ," The ▁world ▁is ▁not ▁something ▁to ▁be ▁merely ▁seen ▁or ▁known ▁through ▁concepts , ▁but ▁something ▁to ▁be ▁made ▁and ▁re - made ▁by ▁continuous ▁action / am al ." ▁CE O ▁and ▁founder ▁of ▁Academy ▁Ben je ▁Williams ▁said , ▁" O ur ▁goal ▁is ▁to ▁cultiv ate ▁youth ▁in ▁Pakistan ▁who ▁are ▁no ▁longer ▁vulner able ▁to ▁the ▁hop eless ness ▁and ▁desp air ▁of ▁under ▁and ▁un emp loyment , ▁but ▁who ▁are ▁hope ful ▁for ▁tom orrow , ▁equ ipped ▁with ▁the ▁skills ▁that ▁will ▁enable ▁them ▁to ▁act ▁upon ▁their ▁professional ▁dream s ▁and ▁become ▁the ▁future ▁leaders ▁and ▁cre ators ▁of ▁their ▁communities ." ▁Academy ' s ▁initial ▁name ▁was ▁" Set u ▁Institute ", ▁derived ▁from ▁S ansk rit ▁word ▁for ▁" B ridge ; ▁ स े त ु " ▁as ▁Ben je ▁and ▁co - found er ▁K unal ▁initially ▁considered ▁launch ing ▁the ▁organization ▁in ▁India . ▁ ▁History ▁Am al ▁Academy ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁Stan ford ▁University ▁gradu ates ▁Ben je ▁Williams ▁and ▁K unal ▁Ch aw la . ▁Williams ▁who ▁graduated ▁from ▁Stan ford ' s ▁Business ▁School ▁worked ▁with ▁Ac umen ▁Fund ▁as ▁a ▁Global ▁Fellow ▁and ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁h iring ▁and ▁training ▁market ing ▁officers ▁at ▁a ▁social ▁enter prise ▁in ▁L ah ore ▁where ▁he ▁initi ated ▁the ▁idea ▁after ▁seeing ▁a ▁gap ▁between