DHAKA, Feb 17, 2019 (BSS)- Posts, Telecommunications and Information
Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar today launched Huawei’s “Seeds for the
Future” campaign aiming to cultivate and provide an opportunity for
Bangladeshi talents in the field of information and communication
technologies.
The flagship campaign under the corporate social responsibilities (CSR) in
next two months will select promising 10 students from five reputed local
universities, who will get intensive experiences in technology and training
at Huawei headquarters.
Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest, Mustafa Jabbar said
Bangladesh is moving fast towards “Vision 2021”.
“Our youth have significant contribution to the development of ICT and so,
we are very much responsible to take care of our youths by nurturing their
talent,” he added.
Terming this platform as a good opportunity for the local talents to
gather knowledge, the minister noted that they could innovate better things
in future.
“We always feel proud when our youth do something good or make a good
contribution to society,” Jabbar said.
Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Chief Executive Officer Zhang Zhengjun
announced details on the campaign at the press conference in a city hotel.
Zhang Zhengjun said Bangladesh has a large portion of youths who are have
energy and dreams, and Huawei believes youth is the main engine of
development as well as digital advancement.
This ICT talent hunt education programme “Seeds for the Future” will help
the youths to bring new ideas to make the society fully connected and
intelligent, he said, adding, “With this project, we want to plant that
visionary seed in their mind so that in coming years they can come up with
new ideas to make this society a better living place.”
In Bangladesh, Huawei has been organising this programme every year since
2014. Talents of Dhaka University (DU), Bangladesh University of Engineering
and Technology (BUET), Khulna University of Engineering and Technology
(KUET), Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) and
Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) will get chance in
this year’s edition of “Seeds for the Future”. Huawei’s experts with
concerned university judges’ panels in phases would select two best students
from each university.
Starting in 2008 globally, “Seeds for the Future” programme has been
implemented in 108 countries and international organisation worldwide towards
benefiting over 30,000 students from 350 universities. More than 3,600
university students, among them, have taken a study trip to the Huawei
headquarters.