Deputy Minister of Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury inaugurated ‘Seeds For The Future 2022, Bangladesh’ arranged by Huawei to inspire ICT talents and help them gather industry-oriented knowledge at Hotel Amari in the capital on Monday.
Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury said, “We have many technology companies from many countries who are doing business in Bangladesh. But very few have come out from that business domain and assisting our youngsters, our next gen to be skilled. Thus, I want to thank Huawei.”
“An important thing is, it not only covers STEM but also non-STEM students. Because often we find that non-STEM students also have innovative ideas. Many of the tech entrepreneurs we can see now in the global arena are from humanity background.” he added.
Cultural Counselor of China Embassy, Dhaka Yue Liwen, CEO of Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Limited Pan Junfeng, Board Member of the same company Jason Li, academia from the participating universities this year were present at the event.
Yue Liwen, Cultural Counselor of China Embassy, Dhaka, said, “Since this program was launched in Bangladesh in 2014, Huawei has been working intensively to select outstanding students to participate in its flagship global program, and try to help this great country realize the “Vision of Digital Bangladesh”.
That’s why I say this program is very significant, because its mission is consistent with Bangladesh’s vision.”
Huawei’s CEO Pan Junfeng said, “Huawei keeps organizing different programs with a view to opening up new avenues and platforms for the youth to gather knowledge and develop insights.
‘Seeds for the Future’ is one such program where the participants get to know about the industry practices directly from the experts and can put their caliber to the test.
Such programs carry much more importance to realizing the digital Bangladesh journey. We are happy to organize such programs in Bangladesh.”
This Year, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET), Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), Islamic University of Technology (IUT), BRAC University, East-West University (EWU) and Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), are taking part in this exclusive program.
