Walton awards 10 winners

Walton has awarded top 10 content creators who participated in the first round of the second season of its video making contest titled 'Smart Fridge, Smart Maker'.

The top 10 content creators were awarded at a ceremony at Walton corporate office in the capital on Monday, Walton said in a statement on Tuesday.

Organised by Walton Refrigerator, each of the 10 contestants received Tk 50,000 as reward. Each of the winners will make another video for the second round. Among them, the top three winners will be rewarded Tk 3, 2 and 1 lakh respectively. Rest of them will be honoured with attractive gift hampers.

The top 10 winners of the contest are --Shoriful Islam Shamim, Alam Morshed, Minhazur Rahman, Asifur Rahman, Mesbah Kamal, Papon, Sarwar Jahan Apu, Rafiur Rahman, Prithviraj Pradhan and Tanim Abdullah.

Walton Hi-Tech Industries Ltd. Deputy Managing Directors -- Nazrul Islam Sarker, Eva Rezwana Nilu and Humayun Kabir, Walton Plaza Trade’s CEO Mohammad Rayhan, Senior Executive Directors -- S M Zahid Hasan, Refrigerator's CBO Anisur Rahman Mollick, 3-member judge panel consisting National Film Award winning actress Kusum Sikder, Senior Executive Director and also Chief Marketing Officer Firoj Alam and Senior Executive Director and also Head of Brand Management Amin Khan and Walton refrigerator's senior brand manager Mahmudul Hasan were present on the occasion.

Chief Marketing Officer Firoj Alam has given necessary directions to the winners for their next steps of activities and presented five themes for making the second-round videos.

The themes are- Walton's role in building a beautiful future for a better Bangladesh, Walton's role in technology and modern Bangladesh, Walton's role in economic development, Walton's role in improving the quality of life and the role of Walton in climate protection.

The first round of the contest was held from October 6 to November 5, 2021 where over one thousand contestants registered.

A total of four hundred of videos were submitted in the first round. Top 10 contestants were selected with marking as 25 numbers in story, 50 in filming styles and 25 on social media activities.

Top 10 winners will now make video contents with maximum of 2-minute length on 5 themes given by Walton authorities which will be evaluated with 50 marks in filming style and 50 marks on social media activities, added the statement.