Zubair Qureshi
Islamabad
With digital technologies becoming the building blocks of Pakistan’s intelligent society and increasingly important during the Covid-19 pandemic and post-pandemic recovery Huawei is once again touching on an important driver of the digital transformation journey; nurturing ICT talent.
The company runs the 4th edition of its flagship annual Middle East ICT Competition in Pakistan to support preparing the next generation of leaders for an intelligent world.
This year’s competition is being held in partnership with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in Pakistan.
Due to the restrictions placed by Covid-19, what were once traditional roadshows have been substituted by virtual roadshows, as well as awareness sessions the first of which was conducted at Sukkur IBA, followed by Iqra University, and then Mehran University of Engineering and Technology.
Both university professors, and executives from Huawei Pakistan were in attendance.o far, around 300 students have participated in these sessions, with more virtual roadshows planned at universities throughout Pakistan till the first week of November by Huawei team and its learning partners. 30+ universities are expected to be virtually visited before the roadshows come an end.
Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Sukkur IBA, Dr. IrshadNazeer, spoke about the importance of these roadshows, “The event was very beneficial for students as they were motivated towards skilled based learning and global competition. This sort of initiative from Huawei has always helped our students and faculty on the path of Industry Academia Linkage.”
Shahzad Akbar from Channel Service of Huawei Pakistan further added, “I have been part of this ICT competition since it began in 2016 and I have seen how it has changed lives of students. Initiatives like these can act as a platform to teach the youngsters about the power of ICT and excite them about this booming industry, this competition will help tap into the potential of the rising generation and empower you to lead the development of Pakistan’s ICT industry.”
Huawei annually invites students from colleges and universities all around Pakistan to participate in the ICT competition.
