National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), STEM Careers Programme HEC, and National Centre of Robotics and Automation (NCRA) organised the 18th annual National Engineering Robotics Contest NERC 2022 at NUST College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (CEME) Rawalpindi.
The last two decades have seen tremendous activity in the field of Robotics. Robot clubs have sprung up everywhere in the world and thousands of web pages are devoted to robots. A large number of robotic contests are held annually throughout the world.
NERC is the pioneering and biggest Robotics contest in Pakistan, which attracts participants from all over the country.
Addressing as the chief guest, Asim Shahryar Husain, CEO of National Technology Fund (Ignite) .
In his address, he complimented the efforts of NUST CEME to organise NERC – a platform that provides students with an opportunity to get complete Engineering experience.
Earlier, Brig Asim Bashir, Commandant CEME highlighted how the number of participants had grown and standard of the competition risen over the years. He said “We believe that healthy competitions like NERC are beacons of a progressive attitude.
In a knowledge-based economy, creativity and innovation have become essential weapons in the intellectual armory of students.”
