Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has awarded gold medals with cash prizes to the students of two best research projects in IT & Telecom for the year 2010. PTA Chairman Dr. Mohammed Yaseen presented gold medals to the winners of the competition during a ceremony held at PTA Headquarters, Islamabad.
Member (Technical) Dr. Khawar Siddique Khokhar and Member Finance (acting) Shabbir Ahmed were also present on the occasion. The event was attended by senior officers of the authority, faculty members of the universities and parents of the awardees.
The gold medals were awarded on the basis of a competition among accredited national universities held by PTA for the best research projects on IT & Telecom. A total 10 research projects were received from different universities which were later on scrutinised and evaluated by a PTA committee through a transparent procedure of marking.