Students should not study for just getting a job, rather they should focus on developing skills and date science is a must have skill, said speakers at a roundtable discussion on Friday.
Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) organized the round table on ‘Prospects of Data Science’.
The round table took place on Friday at Bangabandhu Bangladesh–China Friendship Exhibition Center, Purbachal.
The chief guest of this event was Prof Dr. Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Vice Chancellor, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Digital University.
The speaker of this event were A.K.M. Fahim Mashroor, Former President, BASIS, M Manjur Mahmud, President, DataSoft Systems, Dr. Md. Humayun Kabir, CIO, Austrian government, Abdullah Al Mahmud, CEO, Thriving Skills and Shahzada Redwan, Director and CEO, SSL Commerz LTD. Habibullah N Karim, Director and Former President, BASIS moderated this round table and welcomed everyone participating in this discussion.
The chief guest of this event Prof Dr. Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam discussed about a change in the education system will give us better results. Students should not study for just getting a job. They should focus on developing skills and date science is a must have skill.
Keynote speaker MA Bari talked about the importance of using data science in the public sector. He suggested the industry, academia and government to collaborate.
In conclusion, Everyone agreed that the prospect of data science in Bangladesh is huge. Local and international market is there for our data scientist and data engineers to capture.
