Finding Innovative & Creative Solutions for Society (FICS '22) concludes at NUST.

ISLAMABAD -- Grand Finale and Prize Distribution Ceremony of Finding Innovative and Creative Solutions for Society (FICS 2022), a platform to foster social entrepreneurship, was held at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) on Thursday.

The overall winner of FICS '22, organised by Innovation and Commercialization Office, was Team 'Mine Information Modeling (MIM)' from NUST Institute of Geographical Systems, NUST School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

The team emerged victorious from amongst 395 project ideas pitched during the 3-stage competition.

The winning project revolves around integrated BIM-GIS application that can be effectively used for asset management, having detailed and intelligent design incorporating various aspects of an asset.

The winning team was awarded a cash prize of PKR 250,000/-, sponsored by National Radio Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC).

In addition, second and third prizes, and four winners of Special Categories in SGDs were awarded cash prizes of PKR 150,000/-, PKR 100,000/- and PKR 25,000/- each, respectively.

Team 'Environmental Prediction through Satellite' from Egypt stood first amongst the international contestants and was awarded a Global Champion Award of USD 1000, sponsored by Walled City Co.

A total of 80+ finalist teams of FICS '22 demonstrated their prototypes of technology-based innovative solutions to a panel of 20+ industry judges. The winning teams have also been awarded 6-month free incubation space at TechOne - NUST's Incubation Centre.

Apart from the Prototype Development Fund (PDF) sponsored by Crescent Steel and Allied...

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