Pakistani students to participate in US technology competition

Pakistani students are famous world-wide for their information technology skills. This year, a group of students from Fast - National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad has been short-listed from Pakistan to participate in the final round of Imagine Cup, USA.
It is the world's largest premier students' technology competition, which brings together young technologists world-wide to help resolve some of the world's toughest challenges. This time, Pakistan finals were organised at Microsoft Head office in Pakistan. This year around 2,000 students registered in Imagine Cup from Pakistan and around 50 teams competed in the Software Design Category. Out of these 50 teams, top four teams were short listed by a panel of judges from both technical and business domains. Team V3C from Fast secured 1st position.
"I am grateful to Microsoft for providing us the opportunity to showcase our potential. We all are very excited that we will be representing Pakistan," said Hussain Sajjad, Team Leader, Imagine Cup 2011 Pakistan Winner. "Imagine Cup is a unique platform to tap the imaginative talent of young minds by giving them an opportunity to think out of the box and solve the toughest problems faced by the society today. I am particularly excited about the projects these students have developed to enhance the computing experience of people. I am sure these talented students will make us proud, "said Kamal Ahmed, Country General Manager, Microsoft Pakistan.
Tahir Masood of KalSoft said, "It is inspiring to meet so many students who are on the forefront of new discoveries, whether they go on to develop a breakthrough and solve real world issue, start a new company or become better prepared to enter the workforce, students who participate in the Imagine Cup are leading us into a brighter future".-PR