The Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITES (P@SHA) organised its 13th annual ICT Awards Ceremony during a grand gala dinner on October 14, 2016 at Movenpick Hotel Karachi. For the first time ever, the main sponsor of the event is UBL, a bank that leads the banking and financial services sector in Pakistan, and one that has come to be acknowledged as a Progressive and Innovative bank.
Bringing together local tech superheroes on a common platform, the Awards ceremony lauded innovation and excellence in the Pakistan ICT industry and recognized the efforts of outstanding achievers that have been making waves both locally and internationally. The guest list for the event included leading players from the tech industry as well as representatives from the government, the business sector, professionals, academia and students.
Jehan Ara, President of P@SHA said:
“The idea behind organizing the P@SHA ICT Awards 2016 every year is to celebrate homegrown Pakistani innovators. The Pakistan IT industry has been growing steadily over the years, and it is essential for us to tell the world that Pakistan is a country where young innovators transform their ideas and dreams into products that have been solving business and community problems.”
Entries for the P@SHA ICT Awards were received from all over the country and judging was held in all three major cities of Pakistan to evaluate the applicants and their products. Companies and individuals were asked to pitch their products in front of a panel of esteemed industry experts who came up with the list of winners and runners up.
Chairman P@SHA Mr Naseer Akhtar, President & CEO of the Infotech Group said on this occasion:
“The official export figures are deceptive because some of revenue being generated by IT professionals, consultants and freelancers is coming in as remittances. Although the IT industry had been successful in incubating, creating and supporting the growth of companies, the sector had not succeeded in creating large scale companies employing 10,000+ people. This will only happen when we have more top notch universities creating a larger number of graduates in the software engineering and computer science domain. The goal of P@SHA is to provide software and IT service companies with a collaborative platform where they can come together as a force to network, to brainstorm and to come up with solutions collectively”
The application process for the awards kicked off in July, and companies and individuals applied in17 product categories and 15 local categories. P@SHA ICT Awards also open doors to international exposure for local companies working on innovative ideas, as the winners from the Product categories get a chance to represent Pakistan and benchmark their products against those from 17 countries at the APICTA (Asia Pacific ICT Alliance) Awards 2016 that are being held in Taiwan in December this year.
Official hashtags for the event were #PASHAAwards16 and #PASHAICTAwards16.
Here is the complete list of Winners:
APICTA Product Categories
Best in Application Tools & Platforms
Runner Up:
Company: Avanza Solutions
Product: Novus Xcite
Website: www.avanzasolutions.com
Runner Up:
Company: Ovex Technologies Limited
Product: dinManage
Website: www.ovex.com.pk
Winner:
Company: Elixir Technologies
Product: Tango+
Website: www.elixir.com
Best in Communications
Runner Up:
Company: LMKT (Pvt) Ltd
Product: V-Connect
Website: www.lmkt.com
Winner:
Company: Pakistan Data Management Services
Product: Easy Urdu Keyboard
Website: http://www.pakdata.com
Best in E-Learning
Winner:
Company: Simobo
Product: Touch Reading
Website: www.simobo.com
Best in Service Innovation
Winner:
Company: Telenor Pakistan
Product: Khushal Zamindar Service
Website: www.telenor.com.pk
Best in Financial Industry Application
Runner Up:
Company: UBL Fund Managers
Product: imPro
Website: http://www.ublfunds.com
Runner Up:
Company: AutoSoft Dynamics (Pvt.) Limited
Product: AutoMWallet
Website: www.autosoftdynamics.com
Winner:
Company: Infotech (Pvt.) Limited
Product: Marlin
Website: www.infotechgroup.com
Best in Government & Public Sector
Winner
Company: RAR MultiBiz Services (Pvt.) Ltd
Product: Monitoring, Evaluation and Staff Mobilization
Website: www.multibizservices.com
Best in Health and Well Being
Winner:
Company: Teresol Pvt. Ltd
Product: i-MPLOYEE
Website: www.teresol.com
Best in Inclusion and Community
Runner Up:
Company: Paimona
Product: Paimona
Website: www.paimona.co
Runner Up:
Company: Transparent Hands
Product: Transparent Hands
Website: www.transparenthands.org
Winner:
Company: WonderTree
Product: WonderTree
Website: www.wondertree.co
Best in Industry Application
Winner:
Company: Code Informatics
Product: Scarta
Website: www.codeinformatics.com
Best in Media & Entertainment Technologies
Winner:
Company: Morango Films
Product: Minute Story
Website: www.morangofilms.com
Best in Research & Development
Runner Up:
Company: DATALOG
Product: Datalogger
Website: www.datalog.pk
Winner:
Company: NUST College of EME, Collaborating Units: CASE, AFIO, Biomisa
Product: Analysis of Optical Coherence Tomography Image for CDSS
Website: www.ceme.nust.edu.pk, www.biomisa.org
Best in Retail and Supply Chain Management
Runner Up:
Company: Simobo
Product: Howmuch.pk
Website: www.simobo.com
Runner Up:
Company: Abacus Consulting
Product: Antlere
Website: www.abacus-global.com
Winner:
Company: Bramerz Private Limited
Product: Fishry
Website: www.bramerz.pk
Best in Security Application
Runner Up:
Company: LMKT (Pvt) Ltd
Product: V-Secur®
Website: www.lmkt.com
Winner:
Company: Trillium Information Security Systems in research collaboration with the ASERG Lab at COMSATS Islamabad
Product: T-Eye Platform
Website: www.infosecurity.com.pk
Best in Tourism & Hospitality
Winner:
Company: FetchSky
Product: PeekaBoo Guru
Website: www.fetchsky.com
Best Startup
Runner Up:
Company: Sukoon.com.pk
Product: Sukoon Online Services
Website: www.sukoon.com.pk
Runner Up:
Company: Wukla
Product: Wukla
Website: www.wukla.com
Winner:
Company: Sheops
Product: Sheops
Website: www.sheops.com
Best Tertiary Student Project
Runner Up:
Institute: NUST College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Product: Clinical Decision Support System for Diagnosis of Movement Disorders
Website: www.ceme.nust.edu.pk
Runner Up:
Institute: NUST College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Product: Intelligent Video Based Solution for Retailers’ Resource Management
Website: www.ceme.nust.edu.pk
Winner:
Institute: National University of Science & Technology (NUST)
Product: Sionser
Website: www.nust.edu.pk
Best School Project
Runner Up:
Institute: Aitchison College
Product: Billion Book Exchange
Nazar Dean Khan
Winner:
Institute: Cedar College
Product: FAQ Chatbot
Amin Farid
Innovation in Fintech (Special Category Sponsored by UBL)
Winner:
Company: Blockchain Tech
Product: Urdubit
Website: www.urdubit.com
Local Categories
Best in Mobile Application
Winner:
Company: WeRPlay
Product: Run Sheeda Run
Website: www.werplay.com
Best in Animation
Winner:
Company: Ice Animations
Product: Mansour / Cartoon Network
Website: www.iceanimations.com
Best in Export Growth
Winner:
Company: NetSol Technologies
Website: www.netsoltech.com
Best in Project Management
Runner Up:
Company: TPS Pvt. Ltd.
Product: Mobilink Bank Payment Switch Swap
Website: www.tpsonline.com
Winner:
Company: Systems Limited
Website: www.systemsltd.com
Best in BPO
Winner:
Company: Sybrid Pvt. Ltd.
Website: www.sybrid.com
Best in Managed Services
Winner:
Company: Arbisoft
Website: www.arbisoft.com
Best in Gender Diversity
Winner:
Company: WeRPlay
Website: www.werplay.com
Best in Brand Development
Winner:
Company: Invest2Innovate
Website: www.invest2innovate.com
Best in HR Excellence
Winner:
Company: Systems Limited
Website: www.systemsltd.com
Best in Social Media (Non IT Company)
Winner:
Company: Strategic Alliancez
Website: www.strategicalliancez.com
Best in Social Media (IT Company)
Winner:
Company: WeRPlay
Website: www.werplay.com
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