UBIT wins ProBattle for the third time in a row

IBA’s annual IT Olympiad, ProBattle, concluded on the 17th of April, Sunday, after attracting almost 850 participants from all over Karachi. Being a student of Bachelors in Computer Sciences at IBA, our writer – Rehan Ahmed – was on site to cover the event as a part of a Media Partnership between ProBattle and TechJuice.

The 3-day event arranged by the university’s Computer Science society is one of the biggest tech-focused university events of Pakistan and plays host to a number of student gurus in the fields of programming, data designing, web development, FIFA, Counter Strike and a lot more. This time, the event consisted of a total of 18 competitions and a prize money of 500,000 rupees, bringing in teams from a number of universities as well as colleges and schools.

Below is the list of winners and runner-ups,

• Mortal Kombat
  Winner: Sameer Nasir, Iqra University
  Runner-Up: Tariq Rathore
• FIFA
  Winner: Usama Qasim, IBA
  Runner-Up: Owais, Aga Khan University
• Logo & Poster Design
  Winner: Abdul Subhan, UBIT
  Runner-Up: Syed Tabish Ahmed, UBIT
• Business Idea
  Winner: Nascent, UBIT
• Pseudocode
  Winner: Triple A, Habib University
  Runner-Up: UBIT Juniors
• Software Exhibition
  Winner: Logic 3
  Runner-Up: Dextrous Infinity, UBIT
• Web Development
  Winner: Smartins, Sir Syed University
  Runner-Up: Dtech-sir syed, whitewalkers-szabist
• Robowars Real Steel
  Winner: Whiplash, DHA Suffa
  Runner-Up: Darwin, DHA Suffa
• Network Design
  Winner: Malik Shahroz Awan, Mozair Anwar (Dawood University)
  Runner-Up: Tahir, Taimoor Ahmed, Sir Syed University
• Data Analytics
  Winner: Abdul Subhan UBIT
  Runner-Up: Kamran Tariq, UBIT
• Database Design
  Winner: Straight Outta MySQL, FAST
  Runner-Up: Brute Force, IBA
• Speed Programming
  Winner: Fegit, FAST
  Runner-Up: Codezilla, FAST
• Robowars Mindstorm
  Winner: Team West Indies
  Runner-Up: Team Green
• Counter Strike
  Winner: Intex, Karachi University
  Runner-Up: amigos, IQRA University
• DOTA 2
  Winner: Team Butchers, ISRA University
  Runner-Up: Under Dogs Club
• Logic Hunt
  Winner: Sufiyans, DHA Suffa
  Runner-Up: HACK, Habib

Note: The winner and runner-ups for the photography competition aren’t confirmed yet. We’ll be updating the article when we get the confirmation from ProBattle’s management.

Karachi University’s Umaer Basha Institute of Information Technology (UBIT), with the most number of winner and runner-up awards, was awarded the final trophy of ProBattle16. This is the third year in a row that UBIT has won it, solidifying its spot as one of the leading IT universities in Pakistan. Their’s were also the loudest cheers in the prize distribution ceremony held on Sunday as they took over the stage to celebrate their win.

Ripe with excitement, the competition also played host to a number of exceptional young talents. One mention-worthy highlight of the event was a group of students from Grade 6 and 7 who managed to beat out all the other competitors including college graduates in the RoboWars Mindstorm competition, arranged by a small young robotics startups called “Stemers”.

Image Credits- Hammad Photography