Mecit inter-collegiate fest ‘Quest’ concludes  (Times of Oman)

MUSCAT — ‘Quest,’ a three-day academic and cultural extravaganza organised by the Middle East College of Information Technology, (Mecit), concluded with a glittering prize distribution ceremony yesterday.

‘Quest’ aims to help students understand the right attitude and skill required by the industry and provides an avenue to analyse their own capabilities.

The event was hosted for three days featuring various competitions under computer science, business, design and performing arts.

The open forum, at the inaugural ceremony marked the beginning of ‘Quest’ with distinguished speakers including Tariq Hilal Al Barwani, president, Knowledge Oman, Dr Madeeha Ibrahim, lecturer, theatre psychology, SQU and Khadija Nasser Al Lamki, a designer and winner of Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, who shared their thoughts on various categories of the event.

‘Geek a byte’, jointly hosted by .Net Club and Department of Computing, assessed contestants’ technical knowledge, innovative and creative thought processes, ability to work in teams and think on their feet in the field of computing. The judges for the event were Sangeeta Sridhar, ITA editor for Digital Oman, Ali Al Lawati, manager, TSRS, Ernst & Young and Navneet Kannan, system security analyst, BankDhofar.

The winners of four categories under ‘Geek a byte’ were: ‘Gizmo Geek’ —Caledonian College of Engineering, ‘Pixo Geek’ & ‘Cybo Geek’ — Higher College of Technology (HCT) and ‘Info Geek’— SQU and runners-up for ‘Gizmo Geek’ and ‘Cybo Geek’ was Middle East College of Information Technology (Mecit).

‘Business Sense’ was organised by Business Society in coordination with the Department of Business Studies. It tested participants’ problem solving abilities, knowledge of market, mental awareness, analytical, leadership and presentation skills.

‘Battle of the Bands’, a live music forum, enthralled the audience and kept the Mecit sports auditorium reverberating as bands from SQU, Muscat College, Majan College, Higher College of Technology, Waljat College of Applied Sciences competed for the ‘Best Band’. The foot-tapping and riveting battle was won by Majan College.