As Pakistan's sole gateway to the APICTA Awards, we conducted the P@SHA ICT Awards 2022 with the ambition of putting the best of Pakistani tech talent on the international stage at APICTA.
Through targeted campaigns, we received 900+ entries for the P@SHA ICT Awards. This provided ample opportunity to pick the very best projects to win and pitch in APICTA, who were further supported through multiple mentoring sessions.
As a result of this laser focus on success, Pakistan had a clean sweep at the APICTA Awards - winning a total of 20 awards across categories, topping both Winner (gold) and Merit award rankings.
It should also be noted only 1 Head Judge was from Pakistan, signifying confidence in Pakistani candidates by judges from across the region.
Judging Process
Judging for APICTA comprises an expert panel of judges drawn from the industry, academia, and relevant fields of ICT innovation. These judges hail from all APICTA economies. Results are tallied via a computerized system that checks for score deviations and flags any anomalous behavior, making the APICTA Awards one of the most rigorous and credible ICT awards worldwide.
Candidates have a fixed amount of time within which they can pitch their project or product and make a case for why they deserve to be an APICTA Award winner. No extra time can be given; with several hundred participants from across the region, punctuality is key to the timely completion of judging.
Pioneering a hybrid judging panel model for the very first time, this APICTA Awards event was further distinguished by the zero deviations in scoring pointing to an extremely orderly and unbiased round of evaluations.
Pakistan as Host
According to Mr Stan Singh, Chairman of APICTA, Pakistan scored a resounding 10/10 in each of the 17 criteria APICTA uses to evaluate performance of the host country.
By flawlessly executing a 5-day international megaevent with participation from 15 other economies, 150+ foreign delegations and 49 international, Pakistan made APICTA history and successfully changed the perception of its nation and its industry amongst the visitors - 95% of whom were visiting Pakistan for the very first time.
Pakistan's Wins
It was a proud moment for Pakistan as it stood 1st in APICTA 2022 Awards among 200+ applications from 16 economies. It was follow by Hong Kong in second place and Thailand in third place.
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