Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITES (P@SHA) organised its 14th annual ICT Awards Ceremony during a grand gala dinner on October 27, 2017 at Serena Hotel Islamabad. UBL remained the main sponsor of the event second time in a row.
The annual event brings together the stars of Pakistan’s technology sector on a common platform to celebrate innovation and excellence. Their aim is to recognize the efforts of outstanding achievers that have been making waves both locally and internationally.
The event was attended by a mix of industry leaders and fresh entrepreneurs innovating in the tech sector. Representatives from the government, the business sector, professionals, academia and students were also present.
Entries for the P@SHA ICT Awards were received from all over the country and judgements were held in 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, Barkan Saeed, said on this occasion that
As a community, P@SHA is growing and becoming stronger each day and much of the credit goes to the talented professionals and companies that have been a part of the tech industry. The P@SHA ICT Awards are one of the many ways we bring the community together to network, collaborate, and encourage innovative ways of solving problems.
“The idea behind organizing the P@SHA ICT Awards every year is to celebrate homegrown Pakistani innovators and to promote technology culture in the country” said Jehan Ara, President of P@SHA.
We want to celebrate innovation in the Pakistan IT industry and encourage young innovators in the country to work hard on their dream ideas and turn them into products and services that change business as we know it not only in Pakistan but around the globe.
The application process for the awards started in July and companies and individuals applied in 17 Product categories, 15 Service categories and 3 in special categories of Fintech Innovation. Winners received PKR 500,000 cash prize from UBL’s Head of Innovation, Hamayun Sajjad.
P@SHA ICT Awards also open doors to international exposure for local companies working on innovative ideas, as the winners from each of 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 2017 that are being held in Bangladesh in December this year.
As part of the event this year, there was also a panel discussion moderated by Shehryar Hydri, the newly appointed Secretary General of P@SHA.
Panelists included Chairman Barkan Saeed, Immediate Past Chairman Syed Ahmad, Dr Shoab Khan, Founder & CEO of CARE, and Jehan Ara. The discussions were wide ranging and included industry-government and industry-academia collaboration, the effort required to enable policy change and the growing startup landscape. There were also questions and feedback from the audience.
P@SHA ICT Awards 2016 – Complete List of Winners
Product Categories
Best in Application Tools & Platforms
Winner: Appricot Studio – ConsoliAds
Runner Up: 7Vals – EZ Enterprises
Best in Communications
Winner: Contegris (Pvt) Ltd – Intellicon
Best in E-Learning
Winner: Knowledge Platform – Learn Smart Classroom
Runner Up: Netsol Technologies Ltd. – ICAN’s Training Portal
Best in Financial Industry Application
Winner: Avanza Solutions – Cipher
Runner Up: E-Processing Systems Private Ltd. – One Load
Runner Up: Netsol Technologies Ltd. – NFS Ascent
Best in Government & Public Sector
Winner: LMKT (Private) Limited – VO8
Runner Up: National Radio & Telecom Corporation – CIS
Runner Up: RAR Multibiz Services Pvt. Ltd. – Lady Health Worker LHW
Best in E-inclusion and Community
Winner: Transparent Hands – Crowdfunding Platform in Healthcare
Best in Media & Entertainment Technologies
Winner: Cricingif
Runner Up: Snapture.pk
Best in Research & Development
Winner: NUST College of E & ME – IntelliHealth
Runner Up: NUST College of E & ME – OphthaHelp
Best in Retail and Supply Chain Management
Winner: Bramerz – FISHRY
Best in Security Application
Winner: Trillium Information Security Systems – T-Eye™ Threat Intelligence Platform
Runner Up: LMKT Pvt. Ltd – Map View
Best in Tourism & Hospitality
Winner: Fetch Sky – PeekabooGuru
Best Startup
Winner: Neurostic Pvt. Limited
Runner Up: Consumer Facilitation Technologies
Runner Up: Cricingif
Best Tertiary Student Project
Winner: Institute of Integrative Biosciences, CECOS University, Peshawar NoColi
Runner Up: NUST – PNEC ENENT – LV THREE PHASE AUTOMATIC LOAD BALANCING
Runner Up: NUST College of E & ME, Smart Health Monitoring of the Elderly using Smart Sensors
Innovation in Fintech (Special Category Sponsored by UBL):
Beat Fintech of the Year
Winner: CreditFix
Payments Innovation
Winner: Oscar
Data Analytics
Winner: Love for Data
Service Categories
Best in Service Innovation
Winner: EfroTech Services
Runner Up: QuickStart Pvt. Ltd
Best in Mobile Application
Winner: Fetch Sky – PeekabooGuru
Runner Up: WeRplay – Run Sheeda Run
Runner Up: 10Pearls Pvt. Ltd – Spyd
Best in Animation
Winner: WeRplay
Best in Project Management
Winner: Systems Limited
Runner Up: 10Pearls Pvt. Ltd
Best in BPO
Winner: Ovex Technologies Pvt Limited
Runner Up: Systems Limited
Best in Managed Services
Winner: Systems Limited
Runner Up: Trillium Information Security Systems
Best in Gender Diversity
Winner: Xgrid, Co.
Runner Up: WeRplay
Best in Brand Development
Winner: Cricingif
Runner Up: Xgrid, Co.
Best in HR Excellence
Winner: WeRplay
Runner Up: Systems Limited
Runner Up: 10Pearls Pvt. Ltd.
Best in Social Media (Non IT Company)
Winner: COMPETITIVE EDGE DIGITAL
Best in Social Media (IT Company)
Winner: Bramerz
Best in CSR
Winner: Maison Consulting & Solutions
Best in Application Tools & Platform
Winner: Appricot Studio – ConsoliAds
Runner Up: 7Vals – EZ Enterprises
It’s a very good initiative from P@SHA, Congratulations to all the Winners, keep it up
Good to see my childhood friend product Intellicon also get award, Congratulations To Everyone.
Keep up the good work.
Good to see my childhood friend’s product Intellicon also get award, Congratulations To Everyone.
Keep up the good work.