Faculty of Computing Held 8th Episode of ExcITeCup 2023

Faculty of Computing at Capital University of Science and Technology held 8th Episode of ExcITeCup with the slogan Excel in IT on May 27, 2023. The event is based on different creatively challenging activities for enthusiasts from fellow universities located in Islamabad and other cities of Pakistan.

This year ExcITeCup offered seven challenging competitions such as:-

• Quiz Competition

• Programming Competition

• Software Project Competition

• Table Tennis

• Poster Designing Competition

• Hackathon Competition

• E-Gaming Competition:-

  • FIFA
  • TEKKEN

The colorful episode of ExcITeCup was officially started with a ribbon cutting ceremony from Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abdul Qadir, Dean Faculty of Computing, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad. The ceremony was attended by university officials, faculty and judges. The inauguration ceremony followed the recitation of Holy Quran and a welcome address by Prof. Dr. Nayyer Masood, the convener of ExcITeCup. He embraced and obliged the participant teams from various universities obsequiously. He also conveyed the objective of event to the guest participants, and provided the details of all competitions. The chief guest of this ceremony was Prof. Dr. Abdul Qadir, Dean Faculty of Computing, CUST. He graced the ceremony with his presence. Later the conductors of different competitions explained the proposed venue and time of the competitions individually in front of the audience. The inaugural session encapsulated by serving Hi-Tea and refreshment to all attendees.

Winning participants of different universities were presented with shields, prize money and certificates along with the IT Cup. However, Dr. A. Q. Khan Institute of Computer Sciences and Information Technology commonly known as KICSIT has remained the recipient of the IT Cup for the year 2023. In the last, Prof. Dr. Nayyer Masood presented the shield to the chief guest.