The Faculty of Engineering and Technology at Sukkur IBA University will host SIBACOM’26, an inter-university technology exhibition and competition, on 30 November 2026 at the university in Sukkur, according to a post by the university’s Students’ Council on LinkedIn. The event is billed as a day of innovation, technology, creativity, and competition that brings together students from universities across Pakistan, under the slogan Innovate, Compete, Inspire. The organisers say winners will receive cash prizes, but the post does not state the amounts or how many places each competition will award.
The programme covers nine activities. The robotics events are Robo War, in which student-built robots compete against each other, and the Line Following Robot (LFR) challenge, in which a robot has to follow a marked track as quickly and accurately as it can. There is also a Programming Challenge, a Project Exhibition, a Circuit Design competition, a Drone Competition, E-Games, an ICT Quiz Contest, and a fun activity in the form of Tug of War. This mix combines events that test hardware skills, such as robot building and circuit design, with software contests and general technology knowledge, so students from computer science, electrical engineering, and related fields can find something to enter. The post does not give the rules, team sizes, or judging criteria for each event.
Participation has fixed fees and a deadline. The registration fee is Rs500 per person, and a stall at the exhibition costs Rs2,000. Registration closes on 20 November 2026, and students can register by scanning the QR code on the event poster or by emailing the organisers at sibacom@iba-suk.edu.pk. The stall option suggests that the project exhibition is open to teams who want to display a finished project and not just compete, and it gives student developers and makers a chance to show their work to visitors and judges from other universities. The post does not say whether prizes are awarded in the exhibition or whether visitors who are not competing can attend for free.
The hashtags attached to the post refer to electrical engineering and computer systems engineering, which points to the departments behind the event, and to robotics and student innovation. Technology competitions of this type give students a place to apply classroom knowledge and compare their projects with those from other institutions, and they often attract sponsors looking for talent. The organisers have not announced sponsors, judges, or the schedule for the day, nor have they said how many universities have confirmed participation. Students who plan to take part will need to follow the Students’ Council announcements for those details as the deadline gets closer.
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