Seven PU students win scholarships

PESHAWAR, June 4: As many as seven students of the University of Peshawar (UoP) have won the “Mentoring a Talent” scholarship in information technology.

The seven students of Department of Computer Science were picked for the scholarship after an online test and interview arranged by the Texpo, the Microsoft certified partner, held in April this year.
The students include Fawad Younas, Zulqarnain Alam, Abdus Salam, Irfan Azam, Mohammad Junaid, Naureen Akram and Ahmar Mahmood. They were awarded with scholarship equivalent to two years tuition fee for their studies.
The award winning students accompanied by Dr Mahfooz, Chairman of the Department of Computer Science on Monday called on Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Qibla Ayaz.
The vice-chancellor congratulated the students and their chairman for achieving distinction in the field of information technology in South Asia. He termed the achievement as hard work of students, their parents and teachers.—APP