By: Farah Zaheer Khan

A DESIRE TO DREAM, DARE AND DO

With the end of Febtastic February, we bring to you another exciting cycle in March, which is in process of preparation, SOFTEC 2010. Here is your chance of joining the largest IT extravaganza of  Pakistan and win exclusive prizes.

Currently, Softec has extended its date of registration, so those who still wish to join in, here is your chance.

The Softec enthusiasts are here to share with you how they are working hard day and night in order to make this event successful. Every individual here has his story to tell. Each individual belonging to the Softec team is ready to go on the roller coaster ride which is only weeks away. Let us introduce you to these enthusiasts and how they are on their way towards the finale.

Since registrations are in full swing here we start with, Shigrif Khan, General Secretary, who shows off his wallet, which is loaded with one day’s registration fee.

While the busy president, Mohsin Zaka, ignores the camera

Farah Zaheer (Assistant Vice President), engrossed in her work.

Kamran Lodhi, head evaluations, tries to smile at the photographer while at work on his black laptop.

Marketing Head trying his level best to impress and convince a sponsor on the phone, our advice go catch him in his office.

Creative Design Team At Work. (Rt- Waqas Qamar)

Head Interior Décor with her Assistant.

From right: Sehrish Riaz (Head Interior Decor), Maria Akbar (Assistant Interior Decor)

IX Volunteers at Work

This week you became a part of preparations of Softec 2010. Stay tuned for we have more for next week in our bank. Next week you will definitely catch a glimpse of the next chapter of preparations. The IT extravaganza is not far away, so hurry up and register yourself before Shirgif completes his counting.

Contributed by Farah Zaheer Khan

“Our vision is to enhance the imagining ability of young minds and then equip them with the courage to visualize beyond limits”.

SOFTEC, “Pride of FAST”, is a name which makes heads turn. People stop to listen and talk about it. It is one of the most exciting Software Extravagances every year which attracts institutions, students and groups from all over Pakistan. Over the years it has become a standard yardstick for any event with which it covers diverse competitions. Organized by students of FAST-NU, since 1995, it has made its mark on the pages of academic history of Pakistan.

SOFTEC is a two day I.T extravaganza which has been taking place since the past 15 years at national level. It is a journey of 7 months of great zeal and enthusiasm, hard work and diligence. Students from all over Asia now compete in the Software Competitions such as the Bilal Hashmi Programming Competition, G3n.X Gaming Competition, Microcontroller Interfacing Competition, and the Engineering Projects. IdeasXtreme (where students from Grade School display their ideas), Microcontroller Interfacing Competition, Kidz Corner, TechNext (Hardware Exhibition), Software House Enclosure, ISP Enclosure, Education Enclosure, Web Hosting Enclosure, Book Fair and much more.

This year SOFTEC will organize its 6^th International event with a Team of highly talented and energetic students. The society’s executive body for SOFTEC 2010 earlier this year which comprises of:

• Mohsin Zaka as the President
• Hassan Waqar Ahmed, Syed Afraz Ali Shah and Miriam Mehdi as the Vice Presidents
• Farah Zaheer Khan and Ali Murtaza as the Assistant Vice Presidents
• Shigriff Khan and Mohsin Munir as the General Secretaries
• Ibtisam ul Haq as the Visualizer,
• Shahram Javed as the Event Co-coordinator
• Umair Amjad as the co-coordinator Competitions.

The society recently conducted its oath signing ceremony on 1^st September in the grand FAST-NU Lahore Campus auditorium at 5 pm.

In the ceremony, the executive body officially announced the SOFTEC 2010 team which consists of 80 members including the executive body of 11 members.

This is the ceremony that marks the beginning of a journey which is long and full of vaults, but it also highlights the emergence with glory. Various software houses show great interest as its sponsors. It is due to the highly reputable sponsorships and hardwork of the SOFTEC Team that SOFTEC is successful every year.

About the Author:

Farah Zaheer Khan is the Assistant Vice President of SOFTEC 2010. She has been a part of SOFTEC since the past two years. Majoring in marketing, she is a student of BBA at FAST-NU Lahore.