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| IT Innovation Award |
Organized by COMSATS and co-sponsored by NTS, the awards are a
platform to identify and support innovative and creative ideas in the
field of Information Technology.
The awards are divided into two categories.
- For academia, all students and faculty of Pakistani nationalities who are studying in any public or private university are eligible.
- For the industry, any full time or self-employed individual from a registered company in Pakistan is eligible.
At a minimum, they must have a proof of concept or prototype that has
great social impact, is relevant to the needs of Pakistan and
contributes significantly to the IT field.
The winner of the BITA award will get 1 million PKR to take his or
her idea further. All ideas will be judged across three broad
categories: completeness, technical merit and relevance. We should
mention that if your project or proposal has already received funding
from any other national or international agency, you are not eligible
for BITA.
Just to get a sense of what it takes to win the BITA award, previous
winners of the BITA awards include proposals such as ‘BlastSim –
Simulation and Modeling of Suicide Bombing for Risk Planning and
Mitigation’ and projects like ‘Fetal Anamoly Detection’.
The deadline for submission of ideas to BITA is November 30, 2014.
The shortlisted proposals will be made public by December 10, 2014 and
the presentation and final evaluation will take place during the
International conference on Frontiers of IT (FIT) at the Serena Hotel on
17-19th December, 2014.
Prizes
- Rs. 1 Million for Best idea from academia category
- Rs. 1 Million for Best idea from Industry
Important Dates:
- Proposal Submission: November 30, 2014
- Announcement of shortlisted proposals: December 10, 2014
- Presentation & final evaluation: December 17-19, 2014 (During FIT 2014)
Further Details:
- Visit BITA website for FAQs, criteria, submission guidelines and anything further on BITA.
- Please make sure that you have read all the details before submitting your proposal.
- Here’s the website URL: http://bita.fit.edu.pk/
- All queries can be sent to bita at fit.edu.pk
