The contestants from Bangladesh have won 2 winners and 2 merit awards in the Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Awards 2020-21 led by Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS).
This is the first time Bangladesh has virtually participated the contest, said a press release.
Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) won in the ‘Public Sector and Digital Government’ category with the project named “IoT based automatic power interruption monitoring System”.
Islamic University of Technology (IUT) won in the ‘Research and Development category with the project named “AUXILIO: A Head-mounted Mouse for People with Upper Limb Disability”.
Besides, the Institution of Diploma Engineers (IDEB) has also received Merit Award from Tertiary Student Category with the project named “IoT Based Agriculture Productivity recommendation System”.
Jhenaidah Polytechnic Institute received Merit Award from Senior Student Category with the project named “IoT Based Smart Vending Machine for Sanitary Pad”.
Due to the pandemic, this year’s APICTA Awards 2020-21 was held on a virtual platform with a slightly different dimension. After successfully transiting through 2 capsules of the judging system, the contestants reached the final round.
The entire judging process was completed from September 1 to December 11, 2021. Finally, the winners were announced on December 15, 2021 observing the Gala night and Award giving ceremony.
From Bangladesh, a total of 40 projects in different categories were selected to participate in the competition through a series of screenings from interested organizations among the BASIS member companies, Government organizations, and students. In this edition of the event, Syed Almas Kabir, president, BASIS; Farhana A Rahman, senior vice president; Shoeb Ahmed Masud, vice president (Admin), Mushfiqur Rahman, vice president (Finance), Rashad Kabir, director, BASIS took part as respected judges from Bangladesh.
Rashed Kamal acted as the Economy Coordinator from Bangladesh.
From BASIS Secretariat, Enamul Hafiz Latifee, joint secretary (Research Fellow), and Nadia Tabassum, assistant manager, Trade Facilitation Department, were engaged to coordinate the entire program.
This year, APICTA Awards 2020-21 was virtually held by Malaysia. The 17th edition of the APICTA Awards was held in Bangladesh by BASIS in 2017.
The Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards (APICTA Awards) is an international awards program organized by APICTA, which aims to increase ICT awareness in the community and assist in bridging the digital divide.
This year, APICTA received 300+ nominations from 260 teams representing Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
Each year, one of the member APICTA economies is responsible for hosting the APITCA Awards ceremony. However, due to the prevailing restrictions caused by COVID-19, the 2020-21 edition of the APICTA Awards was held online.
