آج ہم فیس بک اور دوسرے سوشل میڈیا پر اردو استعمال کرتے ہیں، دنیا کی بے شمار اردو ویب سائٹس سے استفادہ کرتے ہیں ، دنیا بھر کے اردو اخبار رسالے پڑھ سکتے ہیں اور سرحدوں کے پار اردو،عربی ، فارسی کتابوں تک رسائی ہے ، یہ سب لاہور کے ایک سافٹ وئیر ماہر فرحان مسعود کا ہم سب پر احسان ہے ، جس نے 27 سال پہلے 23 جون 1997 کو انٹر نیٹ پر اردو، فارسی، عربی پیغامات بھیجنے کا سافٹ وئیر تیار کیا۔ مزے کی بات یہ ہے کہ فرحان مسعود نے اس وقت تک کمپیوٹر ٹیکنالوجی کی کہیں سے باقاعدہ تعلیم حاصل نہیں کی تھی۔ بعد میں انہوں نے امریکی یونیورسٹیوں سے کمپیوٹر سائنس کی ڈگریاں بھی لیں.
انہیں بچپن میں ہی سے مشینوں اور آلات سے دلچسپی پیدا ہوگئی تھی وہ کہتے ہیں
Most of what I have done in life is because I have made a commitment to do something that I actually have no clue about,then I would go and get stuck in it.
انہیں دنیا کا شاندار ترین دماغ قرار دیا گیا ۔ امریکی محکمہ خارجہ نے انہیں ٹویٹر پر با اثر ترین لیڈروں میں سے ایک قرار دیا ۔ وہ درجنوں بین الاقوامی ایوارڈ حاصل کرچکے ہیں۔ حکومت پاکستان کے مشیر بھی رہے ۔ وہ پاکستان سے انتہائی محبت کرتے ہیں اور Pakistan Go-Green تحریک چلارہے ہیں۔
وہ کہتے ہیں انہوں نے پاکستان نہیں چھوڑا۔ ڈیمانڈ کے پیش نظر امریکہ میں ایک آفس کھولا ہے ۔اس کے ساتھ ہی وہ لاہور میں اپنی ورک فورس ہرسال دو سے تین گنا بڑھا رہے ہیں ۔
ملاحظہ فرمائیں وکی پیڈیا پر فرحان مسعود کا تعارف ۔۔
Farhan Masood is a self-taught Pakistan-born technology inventor. He has
received 34 international and 5 local awards. These accolades include being the winner of MIT Enterprise Forum BAP 2012 and being sited by MITEF as one of the most brilliant minds in the world. Other than being a recognized technologist and innovator, Farhan is well known for his philanthropic activities۔ He was recognized by the US Department of State as one of the most influential thought leaders on Twitter (2013). He is the Founder and CTO of SoloInsight Inc., a pioneer in SaaS and cloud-based global recognition platforms.
Masood was exposed to gadgets and technology at a very early age. He has worked as an Advisor to the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics as well as the Ministry of Science and Technology in Pakistan. He served as the Director of a $196 million Dubai E-Government Project and worked directly for the Sheikh of Dubai. He became widely known when Voice of America recognized him as the originator of Arabic, Persian and Urdu languages on the Internet in 1997.
Over the last 16 years, Farhan has developed many interesting technologies around accurate identification and recognition. Farhan’s company, SoloInsight, is a pioneer in SaaS and cloud-based global recognition platforms. Their latest proprietary technology is called the “CloudGate”, which is a recognition engine that unifies time and attendance, access control and security. Farhan is a pioneer in the field of Internet of People and has developed patent pending technology.
He is a huge supporter and believer in Pakistan and runs a movement called Pakistan Go-Green, which was the subject of a Digital Revolution case study at the Cambridge University. This patriotic movement has over 1.5 million members on facebook and serves as a large collective body of active citizens that is instrumental in arranging blood donations, raising fund and volunteers for relief work and community service.
After winning the MIT Enterprise Forum BAP competition and the US Department of State organized Global Innovation Through Science & Technology Award, Farhan’s business and technology caught the attention of several VCs and angel investors. This was instrumental in the formation of SoloInsight in the States.
Honors and Awards
Farhan Masood Won the award of Entrepreneur of the year at eCon14
Won a Runner Up Award For his product TouchXS at Pakistan Software Houses Association For IT & ITES ICT awards.
Winner – MIT Enterprise Forum BAP 2012 Competition
Recognition at the University of Chicago
Winner – GISTech I competition 2011 – Turkey
Recognition at LUMS – Lahore University of Management Sciences
Winner – Google – P@SHA Social Innovation Fund
Recognition at Educators Development Union
Winner – P@SHA ICT Award 2012
Winner – APICTA – Malaysia 2010
Winner – P@SHA ICT Award 2009
Distinguished Employee Award from Dubai e-Government – UAE 2002
Recognition by Voice of America as the originator of Arabic, Urdu and Persian Languages on Internet
Entrepreneur of the Year 2014
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