Day: January 13, 2023

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Government of Brunei scholarship for foreign students 

Karachi, January 13, 2023 (PPI-OT):DSU’s IERC (Intl Education Resource Center) would like to encourage DSU students and alumni to apply for the Scholarship for Foreign Students tenable in Brunei Darussalam for the 2023/2024 academic session.

The scholarship provides foreign students with the opportunity to pursue studies at the Postgraduate Master’s Degree level at the following institutions of higher education in Brunei:

Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD),

Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA),

Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB),

Kolej Universiti Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan (KUPU SB) and

Politeknik Brunei (PB).

The application form and further details on the scholarship are available on the following link. http://www.mfa.gov.bn/online-bdgs

The deadline to apply for this scholarship is 15th Feb 2023. DSU’s final semester undergraduate students as well as DSU alumni are strongly encouraged to apply.

For more information, contact:
Manager Marketing,
DHA Suffa University (DSU)
DG-78, Off Khayaban-e-Tufail, Ph-VII (Ext.),
DHA, Karachi-75500, Pakistan
Tel: +92-21-35244871
Email: sabah.baloch@dsu.edu.pk
Website: www.dsu.edu.pk

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A Big Win for NUST at Pakistan Engineering Council Capstone Expo 2022 

Islamabad, January 13, 2023 (PPI-OT):This has been an amazing week for NUST as the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SCEE) and College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (CEME) bag top positions in two categories at the Pakistan Engineering Council Capstone Expo 2022 which recorded participation by 35 universities from across Pakistan, with an exhibition of 200 projects.

From SCEE, the final year project of students Sikandar Ali Khokhar and Touqeer Ahmed of BE Civil Engineering bagged the 1st position in the category of ‘Civil Engineering and Allied Disciplines’ for their project ‘Bendable Concrete’ that aims at the commercialization of bendable concrete (engineered cementations composite) for more efficient and cost-effective alternate of conventional concrete.

The team’s faculty advisor and co-advisor are Dr Rao Arsalan Khushnood and Dr Fawad Ahmed Najam, respectively. In another win at the expo, the Final Year Project “Smart handheld surgical tool with haptic feedback” by students of CEME also won the 1st position, in the category of Mechanical and Applied Category.

The project of CEME’s BE Mechatronics Engineering students Ahmed Abdullah Nasir, Rameen Sheikh, Rao Muhammad Ahmar Hassan, and Maha Imran is titled “Smart handheld surgical tool with haptic feedback.” It is a smart hand-held surgical tool for trainee surgeons to avoid excessive force exertion on the tissue during minimally invasive surgery. The team was supervised by Dr. Mubasher Saleem. We congratulate the students and our faculty for once again proving the matchless mettle of NUSTians!

For more information, contact:
Director Press and Media Release
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
NUST Campus, H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan
UAN: +92-51-111-11-6878
Tel: +92-51-90851381
Fax: +92-51-90851382
Email: prnust@gmail.com
Website: www.nust.edu.pk

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Hackathon 2023

Islamabad, January 13, 2023 (PPI-OT):

Healthon

The software engineering department at CUST is conducting the hackathon on Friday and Saturday, March 17-18, 2023. The main event in the CUST hackathon will be the “HealthOn” competition. “HealthOn” will focus on health-related issues in the modern world.

“HealthOn” event will give participants the chance to design a system to address health-related issues using the newest tools and technologies, such as Python, machine learning, IoT, etc. Any IoT-based related hardware, such as microcontrollers, sensors, smart watches, and smartphones, may be used by the participants.

Evaluation criteria

The resulting system needs to satisfy the following criteria, and the evaluation will be done based on the quality measure of those criteria.

The scope of the problem for which the system has been designed. (Problem statement)

How simple it is for the user to use and comprehend (HCI and UI)

How effective is the designed system (in terms of accurate results)?

How efficient is the designed system (in terms of processing time)?

How novel is the design of the system?

How code is managed (Git Hub, bit bucket)

How clean and easy to understand the code is (comments)

Tools and Technologies

The participants can use the following tools, technologies, and hardware:

Any programming language and IDE, e.g., Python in Jupyter Notebook

Any microcontroller, e.g., Arduino, Raspberry Pi, any smart watch, or smart mobile

Rounds

The competition will consist of one round.

Team Members

The team will consist of one to three members.

Event Field

The “HealthOn” event will be from any health-related field, as a few are mentioned below.

Patient Health Monitoring (Heart Rate, SpO2, Blood pressure, etc.)

Elder Care and Independence

General Hygiene Monitoring

First Responder Communication

Creative Presentation

The event activity is focused on designing and creative parts of the hackathon. Creative Presentation skills are one of the essential skill sets for students in institutions of higher learning. To help them improve their presentation skills, students are encouraged to use systematic methods to facilitate their presentations in the classroom.

The main purpose of emphasizing presentation skills in higher education is to help develop professionalism in the learning environment. In this era of technological advancement, students can enhance their presentation skills using high-tech equipment, thus improving their ability to present information in a professional manner.

Evaluation Rubrics

The focus of the presentation

Clarity and coherence of the content

The thoroughness of the ideas presented and the analysis

Clarity of the presentation

Effective use of facts, statistics, and details

Lack of grammatical and spelling errors

Design of the slides

Effective use of images

Clarity of voice projection and appropriate volume

Completion of the presentation within the allotted time frame

Tools Requirement

Microsoft Office – PowerPoint Prezi

Visio/Adobe Photoshop

Competition Rounds

1st Round: Easy Module – 40 Minutes

Evaluation Time – 20 Minutes

2nd Round: Difficult Module- 30 Minutes

Team Details:

The team would consist of one or two members at maximum

E-Gaming Competition

The Department of Software Engineering, CUST will host an open-to-all E-Gaming competition in conjunction with its Hackathon. The competition will be based on the next game:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Tekken 3

PUBG: Player Unknown Battleground

Event Details

There will be 16 Teams at the maximum that can register for this

The “First come first serve” rule will be followed for the

All the matches will be Knockouts.

Each team must bring their own

The entry fee for each team will be Rs.2500.

There will be 16 matches in total.

8 – Round of 16 Matches

4 – Quarter Finals

2 – Semi-Finals

Match for 3rd Position

Final Match for 1st and 2nd Position

Each team will consist of 4

Entry Process

Entries can only be submitted via

While submitting your entry via email make sure to mention these details:

Name of Team

Names of Team Members

Contact

Address

Entry Fee Details

Logo Designing

The event activity is focused on designing and creative part of the hackathon. The logo designing module focuses on branding, business value and communication design. It will discover and honor outstanding branding practices and design strengths through a global call for entries and selection, and striving to promote communication and development in the domain of brand and design within students.

Evaluation Rubrics

Simple

Relevant

Memorable

Timeless

Versatile

Aesthetically Pleasing

Originality

Tools Requirement

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Canva

Competition Rounds

1st Round: Easy Module – 30 Minutes

2nd Round: Difficult Module- 50 Minutes

Team Details

The team would consist of one or two members at maximum.

Logo Sample

Photography Competition

On the occasion of Hackathon organized by Software engineering department CUST, Photography Competition which will be Open for All. The competition will be based on two categories:

Mobile

DSLR

The competition will include 4 topics mentioned below:

Life (Food, Street life, Fashion)

Portraits (People, Pets)

Landscape (Travel, Nature)

Product Photography

Share your creativity and avail yourself of the great opportunity of winning cash prizes for the top three (3) winners of the competition for both categories Winning prizes.

Winning criteria: 30% audience voting 70% jury.

Quiz Competition

The Objective behind organizing a Quiz competition is to evaluate the knowledge of the participants within academics as well as beyond academics and to make them familiar with the prospects of quizzes and the objectivity of the questions. The main purpose of the competition is to develop an interest in the subject areas of Software Engineering. The Quiz competition will be on all of the following areas relating to Software Engineering:

Software Engineering

Requirement engineering

Software Quality Engineering

Software Architecture and Design

Operating System

Database

The above subject list is Illustrative and it is not comprehensive hence other areas can be brought under the scope of Software Engineering.

Rules for Quiz Competition

1. Only Single participation is allowed.

2. There will be certain time span for each round.

3. If there is any tie up among the participants about score, it will be solved by taking another round.

Competition Rounds

There will be two rounds.

Both rounds will be based on various areas related to Software Engineering.

The first round will be based on Software engineering, Software Quality Engineering, Requirement engineering, Software Architecture, and Design in which 60 questions will be given to participants. The duration of this round will be 30 minutes.

After the first round, quizzes will be evaluated and the results of the top 6/8 students will be notified on the notice board. The time duration of this activity will be 20 minutes.

The second round will be based on all the software engineering subjects which are mentioned above. Along with these subjects, there will be a section on Analytical and Logical Reasoning. 40 questions will be displayed and the time duration for this round will be 40 minutes. Only those participants which are in the top 8 can take part in the second round.

For more information, contact:
Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST)
Islamabad Expressway, Kahuta Road, Zone-V, Islamabad, Pakistan
UAN: +92-51-111-555-666
Tel: +92-51-4486700-4
Email: info@cust.edu.pk
Website: https://cust.edu.pk

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IUB has made significant progress in teaching and research in chemical and biological sciences in the last 3 years 

Bahawalpur, January 13, 2023 (PPI-OT):Professor Dr. Shazia Anjum, Dean, Faculty of Chemical and Biological Sciences, has said that Islamia University Bahawalpur has made significant progress in teaching and research in chemical and biological sciences in the last three years, which is also reflected in the recent ranking of Time Higher Education 2022.

He said that in the last three years, resources were provided for research activities along with the appointment of PhD teachers in this faculty and recently in the research competition organized by Punjab Higher Education Commission, faculty member Dr. Samina Ijaz Got first position in all universities of Punjab.

He said that with the establishment of the Institute of Chemistry, not only the quality of teaching on the latest topics like chemistry and biochemistry and bioinformatics has improved, but research has also become world-class. He said that our graduates are being taught courses in line with the market needs and they are being encouraged towards such research which is needed in industrial and other sectors.

This is the reason why the name of Islamia University Bahawalpur has been prominent in research activities. He said that the admissions to BS programs in Bihar semester are going on, they include BS Botany, BS Chemistry, BS Zoology, BS Biochemistry, BS Technology and BS Bio-Information. Online admissions can be applied on the university website eportal.iub.edu.pk.

For more information, contact:
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB)
University Chowk, Gulshan Colony, Bahawalpur,
Punjab – 63100, Pakistan
Tel: +92-62-9250235
Fax: +92-62-9250335
E-mail: info@iub.edu.pk
Website: https://www.iub.edu.pk/

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Free Medical treatment provided to 758,181 flood affectees 

Islamabad, January 13, 2023 (PPI-OT):Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) has provided medical assistance to 758,181 patients in flood-affected areas since 15th July 2022. A total of 2,235 free medical specialist camps were arranged in different places in Balochistan, Sindh, South Punjab, Khyber PK and Gilgit Baltistan during this period.

For more information, contact:
Media Coordinator,
Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA)
Central Secretariat, 12-Shalimar Centre, 2nd Floor,
F-8 Markaz, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-2261943
Fax: +92-51-2857132
Cell: +92-332-5564935
Email: pima@dsl.net.pk, media.pima@gmail.com
Website: www.pima.org.pk

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U19 World Cup underlines huge women’s season: Tendulkar 

Dubai, January 13, 2023 (PPI-OT):This season is huge for women’s cricket as fans around the world shift their gaze to South Africa for the ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup and the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.

While the Women’s T20 World Cup has been played for several years now, the Under-19 event is a first-time event and one that holds a lot of promise. I think this can transform the landscape, since a global platform will ensure great learning and experience to young women cricketers.

Though women’s cricket has made huge strides, there are areas still to be tapped. What is required right now is a more robust grassroots system across the world. The larger we spread the base, the more talent we will unearth and that will have a direct bearing on the quality of the game.

I feel the inaugural tournament will ensure that happens. Going beyond showcasing the best junior talent of the world, it will ensure more investment in junior cricket in different countries, resulting in a consistent feeder line for future U19 World Cups as well as senior cricket. We have already seen this happen as Cricket Boards have either announced or are planning more age group tournaments for girls.

The Men’s U19 World Cups have served as good examples of how junior cricketers get a first-time feel of a global event. Some players who developed beautifully from there to senior international cricket are Virat Kohli, Ben Stokes, Kane Williamson, Kagiso Rabada, and more recently, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shubman Gill.

I am sure that in the years to come, we will hear of many girls who mature into top class cricketers from the U19 system. It really helps that this is a 16-team tournament and encourages teams beyond the traditional cricket markets because we have seen that women’s cricket can outdo men’s cricket in certain places – Brazil and Thailand being some examples.

The Indian Men’s U19 sides have traditionally been strong, winning the title five times. I would say that the women’s team has the capability to be one of the standout sides this time. The team has a good balance of few experienced players as well as young talented prospects both in the batting as well as bowling department.

With the senior event commencing on the back of this one, what we also see is an opportunity for the game to leave a legacy in South Africa.

The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 final between Australia and India at the MCG had seen more than eighty five thousand fans in attendance and that has been a huge moment for the women’s game. Who would have thought few years ago that female cricketers would be playing in a packed MCG, or for that matter, in a packed Lord’s for the final of the ICC Women’s World Cup three years earlier!

Two-time defending champions Australia obviously go in as the favourites for the senior event while Harmanpreet side will be looking for their breakout moment after India missed out on World Cup titles in three previous finals – the 50-over World Cups of 2005 and 2017 and the 2020 T20 World Cup.

I wish the Indian team as well as the players from the other teams all the very best for these two tournaments. Of course, players will aim for victories, but I would ask everyone to just go out and enjoy playing the game on the biggest stage.

For more information, contact:
Headquarters,
International Cricket Council (ICC)
Street 69, Dubai Sports City,
Sh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE
Phone: +97-143828800
Fax: +97-143828600
E-mail: enquiry@icc-cricket.com
Website: www.icc-cricket.com