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A team from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) has won the Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) design competition organised by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) of United International University (UIU).
The award giving ceremony was held on October 26 at UIU Campus in Dhaka, said a statement.
The Team ID # 05 from BUET won the first prize of Tk 2,00,000, Team ID # 02 from UIU got the second prize of Tk 1,00,000 and Team ID # 01 from UIU received the third prize of Tk 50,000.
A total of 26 teams from 9 public and private universities of the country participated in the competition. Only 15 teams were selected for final round.
NM Zeaul Alam, Senior Secretary, ICT Division was present as the chief guest and handed over the Champion trophy to the winning team.
Moinuddin Hasan Rashid, Chairman & Managing Director, United Group, Malik Talha Ismail Bari, Member, BoT of UIU, Prof Dr M Rezwan Khan, Former VC of UIU and Prof Dr ABM Harun ur Rashid, Dept of EEE, BUET were present as the special guests in the programme.
Vice Chancellor (In-Charge) of UIU Prof Dr Md Abul Kashem Mia presided over the ceremony.
The chief guest said, “As far as I know, VLSI Design Competition organized by UIU is the first of its kind in Bangladesh. At present VLSI Global is an essential subject. For this, the government, academics and industries should jointly work together.”
“If it is implemented, the economy of Bangladesh will be more prosperous, which will play an important role in building smart Bangladesh by 2041,” he added.
He assured all kind of cooperation from the government in the development of VLSI sector.
Among others Md Shakhawat Hossain, Chief Executive Officer, Neural Semiconductor Ltd, Abdul Mubin Ahmed, Senior Director, Ulkasemi Ltd and Mojahedul Hoque Abul Hasanat, Chief Technology Officer & Chairman, Dynamic Solution Innovators spoke in the programme.
Deans of different faculties, heads of departments, faculty members, officials, students, participants, and distinguished guests were present in the programme.