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- World Bank To Set Up Technology Parks in Pakistan
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 Hackathon to Be Held at the Punjab Youth Festival
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| World Bank To Set Up Technology Parks in Pakistan Posted: 14 Mar 2014 12:25 AM PDT
The Minister of State for Information Technology, Ms. Anusha Rahman, held a consultative session with the World Bank Country Director,Mr. Rachid Benmessaoud, at the Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT), to discuss the mutual collaboration, cooperation and opportunities to strengthen the IT industry in Pakistan. The Minister of State for IT apprised Mr. Benmessaoudon regarding the steps that have been taken by the present Government to accelerate the growth of IT and Telecom industry in Pakistan. She stated that Pakistan's IT industry has seen steady progress despite global recessions and regional setbacks. The government is providing a complete package of incentives to the local IT industry that were formulated after extensive discussions with relevant stakeholders. Ms. Anusha Rahman said that her objective was to further enhance the share of Pakistan's IT industry in the global arena, and in this respect, numerous steps have already been taken by the Ministry of Information Technology. Some of the recent achievements including the accelerated program for e-Governance implementation, Multipurpose Community Tele-centers and entrepreneurship programs for the youth. The Minister of State for IT emphasized the need for the establishment of the state-of-the-art Technology Parks as being instrumental to promote collaboration, digitization and innovation in both traditional socio-economic sectors and new emerging technologies. She stated that she would welcome collaboration and technical assistance from the World Bank in the establishment of Technology Parks on strategic locations around the country. The Country Director appreciated the efforts of the Ministry of IT under her leadership and stated that adoption of Information and Communication Technologies is immensely important for the development of any country as has been proven through positive correlation between adoption of ICT and macroeconomic indicators. The Country Director assured that the World Bank would actively look into providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Information Technology for establishment of the state-of-the-art Technology Parks in Pakistan. The post World Bank To Set Up Technology Parks in Pakistan appeared first on The Giga Web. | |||||||||||||||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Hackathon to Be Held at the Punjab Youth Festival Posted: 14 Mar 2014 12:16 AM PDT
Microsoft Pakistan is to organize windows 8.1 Hackathon as technology partners at the Mega event of "Punjab Youth Festival 2014".The Windows 8.1 App development Hackathon is a project of Microsoft, launched in Pakistan by the company's Innovation Center- Lahore which, currently is engaged in facilitating technical training sessions in different universities across the country, including Bahawalpur, Gujrat, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi and Lahore. The Windows 8.1 Hackathon is structured as the first of mega scale technological projects in Pakistan. It's an initiative for students and developers to learn new app development skills and differentiate themselves in a competent technological market. Around 600 participants across the country will be showcasing their talent in this competition organized under the umbrella of Punjab Youth Festival on 15thand 16th March at Gymnasium Opposite to the National Hockey Stadium Lahore. A number of participants have already registered from Multan, Bahawalpur, Quetta, Muzaffargarh and Taxilla. Amir Rao, Country Manager for Microsoft Pakistan said "Windows 8.1 Hackathon is one of the key initiatives of Microsoft to foster education by providing technical knowledge and support to young developers. We expect the competition to provide a running start to Pakistani students and developers as they can learn and bring a wealth of new, exciting and quality apps to the country in all fields etc." Pakistani student have immense talent to deliver. By organizing this event with the Punjab Youth Festival we want to give them the platform to express their competency in the advancing technological world. He added Usman Anwer, Director General Sports Punjab said "We are delighted that Microsoft is actively participating in this festival. Skilled and passionate youth can lead to a brighter and developed Pakistan. We wish our alliance with Microsoft through this initiative, will continue to grow and support the young generation of the country" The two day Application Development competition will be categorized into three parts 1. Code for Better Pakistan Theme involving students to find out issues and problems that concerns people the most and fabricate a project for overcoming them by becoming the change agent 2. Innovation Develop the next big thing by thinking put of the box and develop software's that can change lives of people 3. Games Develop new, exciting and entertaining applications for people and show skills for becoming masters in the technical arena. Winners will be awarded with lucrative prizes which include Windows Phone devices and many cash prizes.
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