The ceremony also marked signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between HEC and five universities for collaboration in the functioning of HEC EduTV.
Dr. Tariq Banuri, Chairman HEC graced the occasion as chief guest. Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Muhammad Asghar, Executive Director HEC, Mr. Abid Zaidi, Country Manager Microsoft, Mr. Mike Yeh, Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft, Middle East and a number of Vice Chancellors, faculty members and students were also present.
Imagine Cup is one of Microsoft’s many efforts to transform skill development, nurture budding technologists and foster collaborative and innovative spirit. This global technology competition boasts of several success stories emerging from the competition.
It is a vibrant platform to innovate, get recognized and eventually get enabled to bring about a positive change.
Imagine Cup continues to foster innovation among students and enables them to transform their ambitions into reality.
The winning team will now represent Pakistan at the upcoming worldwide finals to compete among global teams for a USD $100,000 prize.
Addressing the ceremony, Dr. Banuri underlined that imagination is the real essence of education as well as human life and spirit.
“Imagination enables the mankind to design other possible worlds. Imagination is not about technology, but it is all about human beings.
” He stressed that imagination and curiosity play a vital role in solving problems and the development and use of technology are pivotal to materialize imaginations.
