P@SHA ICT Awards 2012 held in Lahore

Winners from product category of awards will compete at APICTA in Brunei.

LAHORE: The Annual P@SHA ICT Awards 2012, themed “Innovation Beyond Limits”, was held at Pearl Continental hotel in Lahore on Wednesday.

The winners from the product category of the awards will be part of the P@SHA delegation which will compete at the Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) in Brunei against 15 IT economies, including Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. The APICTA is scheduled to be held from December 2-5 this year.

Speaking at the award ceremony, P@SHA President Jehan Ara said that the judges of the awards are becoming tougher and tougher each year and are awarding recognition to only the best in each category.

“We are delighted with some of the entries received this year and are looking forward to taking the winners to Brunei to compete regionally against the best software applications in the Asia Pacific,” she said.

P@SHA’s newly-elected chairman Naseer Akhtar said that there was a lot of potential in Pakistan’s ICT sector and they needed to be nurtured and recognised for their achievements.

Winners:

Best in Financial Applications
Winner – Avanza Solutions
Product: Aurum

Best in New Media & Entertainment Applications
Winner: PiLabs
Product: Candy Pot

Runner Up – GeniTeam
Product: Mafia Empire

Best in E-Health Applications
Winner - Cure MD

Best in Research & Development Applications
Winner - NUST College of EME / CARE / Shifa International Hospital
Product: Network Enabled Retinal Image Analysis and Screening System for Grading and Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy

Best in Security Applications
Winner: Tunacode
Product: gKrypt

Best in E-Learning
Winner – Sharp Image
Product: Salah for Kids

Runner Up – Viftech Solutions
Product: Urdu Inc.

Best in Tools & Infrastructure
Winner – Ten Pearls
Product: uTrack

Runner Up – Secure Beans
Product: White Crack SV

Best in Tertiary Student Category
Winner – Hide & Seek – NED University
Syeda Areej Kamal
Ayesha Anwer
Syeda Batool Fatima 

Best in Startup Category

Winner  - Infogistic Pvt Ltd

Best Mobile Application
Winner – Tricast Media
Product: Cricket Companion

Runner Up –  Folio 3
Product: DynAX7 App

Best in Animation
Winner: Ice Animations
Product: Pi-Rats

Runner Up: Moftak Solutions
Product: IslamBox for Google TV

Best in Gender Diversity
Ovex Technologies

Best in CSR
Next Generation Innovation

Best in Managed Services
Access Group

Best in ICT for Development
Winner – Ammar Jafri
Project: E-Village Project

Best CIO - Private Sector

Winner - Khurram Zafar, CIO, Lahore Stock Exchange