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PALAK-BLOCKCHAIN
Palak urges youths to come up with blockchain tech based innovation
DHAKA, May 4, 2020 (BSS) – State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak has
congratulated the 10 winning teams which participated in the first ever
Blockchain Olympiad competition held last month.
Addressing an online `Award Ceremony Blockchain Olympiad 2020′ as chief
guest on Sunday, he urged the young talents to come up with new innovations
to turn crisis into opportunity.
Palak said only the young talents could turn crisis into opportunity by
offering blockchain technology based innovation for different domains
including health, agriculture and education.
“Blockchain is a frontier technology and the government wants to use it to
carry forward the country’s development,” he told the function.
ICT Secretary N M Zeaul Alam, Educationist Professor Zafar Iqbal, BCOLBD
Convenor and Professor of Department of Computer Science and Engineering of
BUET Dr M Kaykobad Kaykobad, Hong Kong Blockchain Society President Dr
Lawrence Ma, Professor of MIT Alan Elderman, Project Director of LICT Project
Md Rezaul Karim spoke at the function, among others.
Coordinator of BCOLBD Habibullah N Karim, who conducted the function,
announced the names of the 10 winning teams for award and participating in
the international Blockchain Olympiad in Hong Kong to be held in July this
year.
The ten winning teams are Hyperactive Oranges, Team Leads Chain,
DU_Nimbus, Team Digital Innovation, TORR, WEIB_3.1, Brogrammers, Aviato,
DU_Hyperledger and Cosmic Crew.
The first prize which was announced in the name of late National Professor
Jamilur Reza Chowdhury goes to champion team ` Hyperactive Oranges’ and the
ICT State Minister transferred taka one lac to the leader of champion team
Aniruddo’s account using Nagad, a money transfer platform.
At the beginning of the award ceremony a video clip was screened in memory
of late Professor Dr Jamilur Reza Chowdhury as the speakers recalled him with
rich tributes.
A stellar board of jury comprising 57 top functionaries and leaders from
the government, academia and industry adjudicated the blockchain 62 projects
and selected 10 teams as winners.
The ICT Division and the LICT Project of the government, the International
Blockchain Olympiad in Hong Kong and Technohaven Company Ltd, a leading
software company of the country, helped BCOLBD to organise the Blockchain
Olympiad competition.
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