DHAKA, Dec 31, 2020 (BSS) – An essay competition titled “Towards an
Entrepreneurial and Development Bangladesh: CMSMEs as the Buildings
Block for an Innovation and Knowledge Driven Economy” was held at
Dhaka University campus.
As a part of its REVIVE Project, Innovation, Creativity and
Entrepreneurship (ICE) Center of DU in collaboration with UNDP,
Bangladesh organised the event, said a press release.
A total of 72 students from 16 universities and 3 colleges — Armed
Police Batalion School and College, Shahid Bir Uttam Anwar Girls
College and Chattogram Cantonment Public College — took part in the
competition.
Among them, a student of DU’s Institute of Business Administration
(IBA) Justita Musrat won the first prize (Tk 10000) while the second
prize went to (Tk 7500) Sakif Al Ehsan Khan, Department of Public
Administration, DU.
Third Prize (Tk 6000) was won jointly by Sadia Islam Taspia,
Department of Accounting and Information System, DU and Sheikh Maher
Ansari, Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, DU.
The prize giving ceremony of the competition was held today virtually.
Pro-Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University Professor Dr Muhammad Samad
joined the prize giving ceremony as the chief guest while Dhaka
University Treasurer Professor Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed took part as special
guest with Executive Director of the ICE Center Md Rashedur Rahman in
the chair.
In his speech, Dr Muhammad Samad thanked the ICE center for
arranging such an illustrious event and congratulated all the
participants who harbour great curiosity among themselves.
He mentioned “how people like these are our crown jewels for
establishment of an inclusive, innovative and developed society.”
Professor Mamtaz Uddin thanked ICE for initiating such a project
that works with CMSMES to such extent and congratulated all the
participants for being brave and putting themselves on the paper.
“Our nation can only go forward when such brave youths take the much
needed initiatives,” he added.