Latest Updates of Pak-Crypt Challenge

Scope
Pak-Crypt-2024 is focused to the problems relevant to Cryptography and its applications.

Eligibility Criteria
Any Pakistani national having interest in these areas except Government and R&D department officials.

Format
Pak-Crypt24 will be completed in three independent rounds; details are as follows.

Round 1: Registration and Screening (01-30 September 2024)
The first round is open to all Pakistani nationals. It involves a registration process coupled with a screening test. The registration process collects basic information about candidates, while the test serves as an entry-level filter. Top qualifiers from Round 1 will be announced by the end of October and invited to compete in the second round.

Round 2: Online Competition (20th October 2024)
The second round of PakCrypt will be conducted online. It is planned to take place within the first half of November. Participants who qualify from Round 1 will have the opportunity to display their skills and compete against other talented individuals. The qualifiers of Round 2 will be given opportunity to register for Round 3 as a team of 1-2 persons (both of whom must be Round 3 qualified). Note that prizes will be equally shared among winning team members.

Round 3: On-Campus Final (1st week of November 2024)
The final round of PakCrypt 2024 will be held on campus at NCCS, Air University, Islamabad. The top teams from the previous rounds will compete for the prize and prestige.

Total Prizes (Worth 1.74 Million)
Professional Category:
• Winner Team (P) 1st = 3 Lacs
• Team (P) 2nd = 2 Lacs
• Team (p) 3rd= 1 lacs
• 4th and 5th (2X)= 50 Thousand
Amateur Category:
• Winner Team (A) 1st = 2 Lacs
• Winner Team (A) 2nd = 120,000
• Winner Team (A) 3rd = 80 Thousand
• 4th and 5th (2X) = 40 Thousand

• Other Finalists worth 0.56 M


NOTE 1: Please download PakCrypt-2024 brochure from HERE