Pakistan students win top 2 prizes at global tech competition

Pakistani students have won the top two positions at the Huawei ICT Competition Middle East 2020.

The team of three Pakistani students, Kalim Ullah (MS IT SEECS-NUST), Maria Aftab (MS IT, SEECS-NUST) and Asadullah (Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro), won first place in the competition in the Middle East category of the tech contest and qualified for the final global competition.

According to details, a virtual event happened this year in which more than 15,000 students and 440 universities from all over the world participated.

The final leg included 13 teams from 27 universities in which Pakistan’s team emerged victorious, winning prizes that include US$20,000 prize money, laptops smartphones and also a chance to join Huawei Pakistan.

The winning students are from National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) and Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro.

The students were glad that the Chinese tech company offered them a learning opportunity during the pandemic that affected the global education system.

Thousands of students from Pakistan applied for the contest but only 500 were selected.

“The list was further narrowed down to 150 students” who were offered free training and virtual classes during the preliminary round

Lastly, the best 30 students from Pakistan were finalized for the final national round and the top six were shortlisted for the competition.