The country needs to create IT experts to prevent uncertain cyber attract as advancement of modern technology, experts said. They said a big portion of banks have been facing a lot of problems regarding IT employee management due to lack of long term vision, proper planning and initiatives, shortage of manpower and advanced training.
To overcome these problems, bank should allocate certain portion of their annual profit for ICT HR development budget, they added. They came up with these observations at the review workshop on “An Evaluation of Human Resources of IT Departments in Banks of Bangladesh” organized by the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) at its auditorium in the city on Wednesday.
Chairman of BIBM Executive Committee and Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank SM Moniruzzaman said, “Human resources of Information Technology department are considered the most important assets of a bank. The operational success and business goal of a bank mostly depend on the performance of the IT department.” A strong IT department with skilled manpower and good governance is therefore highly required, he said adding that, employees of the department are required to be transformed into human resources with adequate knowledge, skills and competencies.
Dr Prashanta Kumar Banerjee, Professor and Director (RD&C) of BIBM delivered welcome address. Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman, Director General of BIBM chaired the Program. The paper was presented in the seminar by Md Mahbubur Rahman Alam, Associate Professor of BIBM. Other members of the research team are Md Shihab Uddin Khan, Associate Professor of BIBM, Kaniz Rabbi, Assistant Professor of BIBM, Md Foysal Hasan, Lecturer of BIBM, Md Shamsur Rahman Chowdhury, Chief Information Officer of National Credit and Commerce Bank Ltd.
A good number of participants including senior bank executives, academicians, media representatives, faculty members of BIBM took part in the seminar. Barkat-e-Khuda, Dr Muzzafer Ahmed Chair Professor of BIBM & Former Professor of Dhaka University, Helal Ahmed Chowdhury, Supernumerary Professor of BIBM and Former Managing Director of Pubali Bank Limited, Md Yasin Ali, Former Supernumerary Professor of BIBM, Mohammad Shams-Ul Islam,Managing Director and CEO of Agrani Bank Limited, Abul Kashem Md Shirin, Managing Director and CEO of Dutch Bangla Bank Limited, Debdulal Roy, Executive Director (Programming), Bangladesh Bank, Dr Muhammad Ziaulhaq Mamun, Former Professor, Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of University of Dhaka also spoke among others at the event.
All panelists are agreed upon that- A specialized Information Technology Institute may be set up for the purpose of Research Development and Consultancy in the area of Banking and Financial Technology pf our country like IDRBT establish by RBI. In the concluding speech, Director General of BIBM said, output of the study along with opinions and observations made today will help BB to take future actions.
