Another really proud moment for Pakistan, nine Pakistanis are shortlisted for the British Council Alumni Awards that celebrate the success of UK’s International alumni. These Pakistanis have been selected in different categories like entrepreneurial, professional achievement, and social impact.

The news went viral after a press release that came in front of media on Friday. A total of 1200 applications were sent from different parts of world. Nine Pakistanis have been selected among many others for the award nominations.

The award ceremonies are planned to be held in Egypt, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Turkey and the US.

The Pakistani students have been selected for each category and the list is as follows:

Dr. Usman Qamar Finalist – Professional Achievement, University of Manchester and UMIST

Amna Zamir
Finalist – Professional Achievement, University of Leicester

Dr. Umair Saif
Finalist – Professional Achievement, University of Cambridge

Dr. Nousheen Zakaria
Finalist – Entrepreneurial Award, University of Leeds and University of Sheffield

Ahmed Daniyal Siddiqui
Finalist – Entrepreneurial Award, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Muhammad Sibtain Jiwani
Finalist – Entrepreneurial Award, Manchester Metropolitan University

Abia Akram
Finalist – Social Impact, University of Warwick

Moneeza Burney
Finalist – Social Impact, Sheffield Hallam University

Kamran Siddiqui
Finalist – Social Impact, Queen Mary University of London

9 Pakistanis Selected for British Council Alumni Awards 2017

Professional Achievement Awards University:

• Umar Saif of University of Cambridge,
• Amna Zamir of University of Leicester,
• Usman Qamar of University of Manchester.

Entrepreneurial Awards:

• Ahmed Daniyal Siddiqui of University of Strathclyde,
• Nousheen Zakaria of University of Leeds, University of Sheffield,
• Muhammad Sibtain Jiwani of Manchester Metropolitan University.

Social Impact Awards:

• Abia Akram of University of Warwick,
• Muhammad Kamran Siddiqui of Queen Mary University of London,
• Moneeza Burney of Sheffield Hallam University.

The Study UK British Council Alumni Awards, created by the British Council in partnership with UK higher education institutions, are intended to recognize outstanding success in entrepreneurship, professional achievement, and social impact by people who have studied at UK higher education institutions within the last 15 years.

Applications were received from alumni in 14 countries from more than 125 UK universities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The judges from the judge’s panel could not resist talking about the nominations and the awards.
The Alumni Campaign Manager of British Council, Bryony Inge has said,

“We had more than a thousand excellent nominations and selecting the finalists was difficult: they are a representation of so many outstanding alumni doing amazing things, and they all deserve to be celebrated. These alumni are a credit to their universities and will serve as an inspiration to the next generation of international students.”

Rosemary Hilhorst the Director of British Council Pakistan said,

“I am delighted that Pakistan is hosting the Alumni Awards for the second consecutive year. … The award is all about honoring the success of individuals whose achievements here in Pakistan have been, in some measure, influenced by their experience of studying at a UK university. We celebrate with them and congratulate them not only on their impressive professional successes but in their capacity as ‘ambassadors’ for UK higher education.”

The famous shoe designer and UK alumnus Professor Jimmy Choo, OBE, is Global Ambassador of the Alumni Awards.

According to him,

“I am delighted to support the British Council Alumni Awards 2017 as Global Ambassador. Studying in the UK was an experience that changed my life and contributed to my success today. It is an honor to be supporting today’s recent outstanding UK university alumni by sharing their success stories and positive impact on the world.”

Congratulations to all the nominated Pakistanis. We hope you will make the country more proud of you.

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There are two things one wants more than money, one is reorganization other is praise.

This quote goes with the aim of APICTA perfectly .It is an international Awards (Asia Pacific ICT Awards) Program to honor the ICT works of brilliant minds, working for more than a decade and half it provides an opportunity to network with the like-minded people as delegates from countries across the Asia-Pacific region take part in the competition. To represent Pakistan, this year a delegation of 41 people was taken to the international arena set in Taipei by Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA). The team included the entities that were declared winners or runners up at the P@SHA ICT Awards 2016.

Taipei (Taiwan) was the venue for 16^th annual wards of APICTA. It was recently conducted and the good news here is that Pakistan managed to bag 3 Gold Medals and 6 Silver Medals.

Teams who won Gold Medal from Pakistan

• A team from NUST won Gold in Tertiary Student Projects for their project “Clinical Decision Support System for Diagnosis of Movement Disorders”.
• A team from NUST also won a gold award, for its project, “Analysis of Optical Coherence Tomography Image for CDSS”.
• Wonder Tree won the Gold for Inclusion and Community.

Teams/People who bagged Silvers from Pakistan

• UBL Fund Managers
• Mandi Express
• Sionser
• Trillium Information Systems
• Amin Farid
• Nadia of Sheops

The choice was tough as there were 17 countries competing for the Asia Pacific ICT Awards. These proved to be great success for Pakistan. The delegates were from countries like Bangladesh, China, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Australia and many more.

It is a huge success for the teams and the country. We are proud of our winners and congratulate them.

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