DHAHA, Sept 6, 2019 (BSS) – A two-day long Bangladesh Robot Olympiad has
begun today at Teacher-Student center (TSC) premises of Dhaka University
(DU).
State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak was present as the
chief guest while Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman
inaugurated the Olympiad.
The Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering of DU and
Bangladesh Open Source Network jointly organised the event, said a DU press
release.
While addressing the event, Palak urged the students to play effective
role to develop education, health and agriculture sectors in Bangladesh by
utilizing Robotics knowledge properly.
“The government would provide financial support to establish a modern
Robotics Lab at the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering of
DU,” he said.
VC Akhtaruzzaman called upon the young generation to play pioneering role
to upgrade the human civilization through new and modern scientific
inventions.
He stressed the need for creating scientific mindset among the youth
community to face challenges of the fourth industrial revolution.
“The new generation has to prepare themselves with humanitarian values
along with scientific development,” the VC urged the students.
Chairman of the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering of DU
Dr Shamim Ahmed Dewan presided over the inaugural session while President of
Bangladesh Robot Olympiad Prof Dr Lafifa Jamal, General Secretary of
Bangladesh Open Source Network Monir Hassan and Chief Coordinator of
Bangladesh Robot Olympiad Redwan Ferdous also addressed the programme.
Around 400 students from different schools of the country are
participating in this Olympiad.