Pakistan
\nThe Huawei ICT Competition 2021-2022 Global Final in Shenzhen drew to a close on June 25. This year marks the sixth Huawei ICT Competition, which included three competitions \u2013 Practice, Innovation and Industry \u2013 attracted 150,000 students from more than 2000 universities in 85 countries and regions around the world.
\nAfter making it through the national and regional competitions, 130 teams from 43 countries and regions faced off in the global final, making this year\u2019s finals the largest yet.
\nThis year\u2019s participants were also the first to compete for a new series of Women in Tech Awards which have been designed to honor the outstanding talent displayed by the young women contestants in the Competition. A TECH4ALL Digital Inclusion Award was also presented during the awards ceremony, as part of Huawei\u2019s TECH4ALL Digital Inclusion Initiative.
\n2021-2022 Regional finals winners, Pakistan\u2019s team one; Sateesh Kumar, Iqra Fatima, and Bhagchand Meghwar along with their instructor Dr. Faheem Khuhawar and team two; Hafiz Rizwan, Adnan Ali, and Mukhtar Memon along with their instructor participated in the practice competition.
\nThese students hail from Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Islamiya University Bahawalpur and UET Lahore.In the Innovation Competition, two further teams from Pakistan were nominated this year. Osman Ahsan Sheikh, Muhammad Abdullah Ahsan Sheikh, Aqsa Amir and their instructor Merai Syed represented team \u2018Homevism\u2019, comprised of students fromNUST.
\nThe second team, \u2018Boltay Haroof\u2019, from LUMS consisted of Umer Farooq, Tabish Rafiq, Areej Ahmed and their instructor Muhammad Saeed. After a hotly contested competition, in the Network category of the Practice competition, Pakistan Team One clinched the 1st prize, while Pakistan Team Two grabbed the 3rd prize.
\nIn the Innovation competition, Team Boltay Haroof won the 2nd prize, while Team Homevism were awarded the 3rd prize.
\nHuawei Enterprise\u2019s President of Global Partner Development and Sales Xiao Haijun spoke at the event about how indispensable ICT has become to our work and lives.
\nAs one of Huawei\u2019s key initiatives in talent cultivation, the Huawei ICT Competition is designed to help build an ecosystem that students around the world can use to bridge digital divides and accelerate global digital transformation by improving their ICT knowledge, skills, and innovation capabilities.
\nCEO Huawei Pakistan, Mr. Mark Meng stated, \u201cDespite the lingering pandemic, this Huawei ICT Competition attracted more participants than before.
\nThe achievements and milestones Pakistan students and teachers have achieved reflects on the great vision and determination of Pakistan government towards ICT talent nurturing, innovation and technology adaptation.\u201d
\nDr. Faheem, proud mentor of Pakistan\u2019s Team One stated, \u201cThis is nothing short of a privilege and honor for Pakistan, we highly appreciate and are thankful to Huawei for the continuous support throughout this journey that led to achieving this level of success.
\nTheir cooperative nature and professionalism to resolve issues that ICT academy instructors and students face from all over Pakistan are extremely noteworthy.\u201d
\nBhangchand Meghwar, who was born in Tharparkar, Sindh, exclaimed, \u201cI come from a village where there aren\u2019t a lot of resources on hand, being able to represent and win for Pakistan on such a prestigious platform has been nothing short of a dream come true.\u201d
\nIn the future, Huawei plans to continue building education, industry, and public talent ecosystems by establishing talent alliances, integrating talent standards, improving talent capabilities, and demonstrating talent value.
\nHuawei has also announced plans to nurture 1 million certified ICT professionals by 2024 to improve the digital skills of society as a whole. This is intended to promote scientific and technological progress, industry development, and sustainable social and economic development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pakistan The Huawei ICT Competition 2021-2022 Global Final in Shenzhen drew to a close on June 25. This year marks the sixth Huawei ICT Competition, which included three competitions \u2013 Practice, Innovation and Industry \u2013 attracted 150,000 students from more than 2000 universities in 85 countries and regions around the world. After making it through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9187,494,315,9188,9186],"class_list":{"0":"post-268923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-emerge-victorious","9":"tag-global","10":"tag-huawei","11":"tag-ict-competition","12":"tag-pakistani-teams"},"yoast_head":"\n