LUMS CS Majors Win at SOFTEC '19

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Eighty-two teams came together to compete against each other in the programming competition of the 23rd edition of SOFTEC ’19. The programming competition is one of the oldest categories of the event, where two teams from LUMS reached the top ten.

The winning LUMS team comprising Computer Science majors from the batch of 2020, Ammar Tahir, Mohammad Hamza and Sheikh Abdul Mannan, brought home the much sought after trophy for the programming competition.

SOFTEC is an annual event organised by FAST-NU Lahore Campus. It aims to promote the advancement of Information Technology and the propagation of its benefits amongst all. The event has been able to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, an environment to showcase exceptional skill and a platform for innovation to students and professionals alike. SOFTEC is one of the biggest IT events held in Pakistan as it boasts competitions ranging from programming, web and applications development to data science and engineering projects.