PTCL hosts its first ‘Digital Learning Hackathon 2019’

PTCL hosts its first ‘Digital Learning Hackathon 2019’

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) proudly hosts its first ever ‘Digital Learning Hackathon 2019’,at a special event organized at PTCL Academy in Islamabad.

The initiative is launched to enhance capacity building of PTCL employees through introduction of the Harvard Manage Mentor (HMM), which isa globally recognized online learning program.

PTCL employeeswere provided with digital learning modules that helped them devise careful conceptualization, strategy, accuracy and real-time solutions for business cases.The Hackathon consisted ofinsightful presentations given by the participants, where the best solutions would be considered for incorporating into thecompany processes.

Speaking on the occasion, Syed Mazhar Hussain, Chief Human Resource Officer, PTCL, said, “PTCL is at the forefront of supporting its massive workforce in order to meet its learning objectives. We aspire to provide quality opportunities to our employees to build the business acumen and prowess. Furthermore, these learning interventions willhelp in developing the skill-set of employees to achieve overall organizational excellence.”

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Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) is the largest integrated Information Communication Technology (ICT) Company of Pakistan. With a humble start from a telephone and telegraph department in 1947, it has evolved to offer latest digital and telecommunication technologies today. It acts as the communication backbone for the country with the largest fiber cable network that spans from Khyber to Karachi and submarine cables connecting Pakistan to the world. PTCL has been assigned initial long term entity rating of ‘AAA’ (Triple A) and short term rating of ‘A-1+’ (A-One Plus).