Latest IT News: - Teradata has announced the winners of the 12th
Teradata National IT Excellence Awards for 2014.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Federal Minister for
Petroleum and Natural Resources was the chief guest and Dr Syed Ismail Shah;
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) presented the winner’s trophies at a
grand event on 18 May at a local hotel. Abbasi recognized Teradata efforts in
the promotion of information technology and related professionals in Pakistan through
annual recognition and awards program since its launch in 1997. Dr. Shah
acknowledged the efforts of Teradata and also congratulated the winners for
achieving excellence in their respective fields.
" It is my honor to welcome the winners of
the Teradata National IT Excellence Awards in the ranks of high achievers as
adjudged by the panel. , We are pleased to recognize their talent and
achievements, and to be a part of their journey to further excellence,"
said Khuram Rahat , Teradata president of Pakistan , Afghanistan and
Bangladesh.
The winners of the 12th Teradata National IT
Excellence Awards are:
Excellence in IT Business Intelligence: This
award is given to an individual who has demonstrated skills in integrating successful
business intelligence levels of an organization and thus increased business
performance and productivity. Mr. Mohammad Rizwan Arif was the winner in this
category for the successful implementation of more than 250 accounting and
management programs in more than 800 organizations, including more than 300
schools. He has also released software for the digital study of Al - Quran.
Excellence in Software Development: Recognizing
individuals who have shown exceptional skills in developing software that is or
may be deployed both locally and internationally, the winner in this category
is Mr. Sham Zia, for his project, " TRACK FOREVER, " an enterprise-
class vehicle tracking and fleet management software solution.
Excellence in Software Export: This
organization award is given to M / S Netsol Technologies Limited, for its
unique efforts resulting in achieving the highest software exports since 2004
the company realized a 22 percent growth in software exports in 2013 compared
with 2012.
Excellence in IT Research and Development: Won
by Mr. Osman Hassan for his role in developing new ideas, technologies,
techniques and / or products through research and development, developed
Mr.Hassan the first training robot and simulator for Minimally Invasive Surgery
in Pakistan. He is the founder and director of System Analysis and Verification
(SAVE) Lab. He has purchased over Rs. 60 million in research grants and has
published over 75 articles.
Excellence in IT Education: This award is given
to recognize an individual who fosters IT talent in Pakistan.Winner of this
category in years was Dr. Sajjad A. Madani, who has co - prepared and presented
the concept paper for the establishment of a virtual campus for distance
learning at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. The concept was implemented
in 1.5 years. Student enrollment is now about 4,000 students, Innin programs,
undergraduate and three graduate level programs.
Excellence in Project Management: Given to an
individual with proven qualitative and quantitative results in the successful
implementation of projects in the period of consideration, this award was given
to Mr. Naeem Siraj. He demonstrated qualitative and quantitative results with
the successful implementation of the Retail Management System on the 400 point-of
- sale systems.
Excellence as an IT Student: This award was earned
by Mr.Suleman Belal Kazi. A student at the National University of Science and
Technology, he has been on the Dean Honor roll for all six semesters. Mr. Kazi
placed first in IET is "Present around the World" Competition and was
the team leader of the team that won the " Best Engineering Design "
award. These achievements and accolades as semifinalist in 2012 Engineering
Robotics Contest held at the National University of Science and Technology, and
his appointment as a Microsoft Student Partner for Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute,
has earned him this award.
Excellence in IT Enabled Service Offerings:
This award recognizes innovation in solutions that offer to have a direct
impact to the consumers in Pakistan, whether it creates practical or related to
raising the bar in the service industry with regard to the technology solution.
This year it was given to three people involved in two projects. Mr. Ahmad
Saeed and Dr. Bilal Zaka was awarded for its IT -enabled service through Pak
Wheels, the community- based car website.Mr.BilalZakawon to earn his Ph.D. in
science and graduation with distinction from Graz University of Technology in
Austria, and for advising the Higher Education Commission to run learning
management systems in 15 universities.
CIO of the Year: This category recognizes
individual leadership and thoughtful innovation in technology applications
within an organization. Dr. Sarfraz Alam received this award in appreciation
for his high contribution as Chief Information Officer for TEXPO Pakistan (Private)
Limited. Under his dynamic leadership, more than 100 engineers have been
developed, and the first satellite tracking ground stations for the United Arab
Emirates have been developed.
Lifetime Achievement Award: In recognition of
having spent his entire career in promoting IT in Pakistan, was this award
given to Mr. Shahid Mahmud. He is member of the Executive Advisory Council
(CAC), National University of Science and Technology for IT and telecoms, and a
member of NUST Alumni Advisory Council. Mr. Mahmudis founder of Paktel, the first
mobile company in Pakistan, where he remained a director on the board of
directors until 1998. In 2001 he was selected to participate in the prestigious
Eisenhower Fellowship program on leadership in the United States America.
Nominations for the awards were received by the
independent auditors KPMG Taseer Hadi and Co Seven judges evaluated the
nominees based documents. The compiled results were announced by the auditor.
Judges 12 Teradata National IT ExcellenceAwards were:
Dr Abdul Wahab, President Mohammad Ali Jinnah
University,
Professor Dr Ziauddin Zia Head of Computer
Science Department, COMSATS Vihari,
Dr Arshad Ali DG NUST SEEC Islamabad,
Brigadier Saleem Ahmed Moeen (Ret.) President
Secure Tech Consultancy Pvt Ltd,
Noor Uddin Baqai counselor PTCL
Ms. Jehan Ara President P @ SHA Pakistan
Software House Association for IT and ITES,Salman Ansari, CEO, Salman Ansari Technologies