A multi-chapter event has been held in Dhaka recently with the participation of the members of the South Asian region of the Entrepreneur’s Organisation (EO), an international organisation of young entrepreneurs.
The Bangladesh Chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation held the two-day event, where the young businessmen and entrepreneurs from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh focused on enhancing mutual cooperation, developing entrepreneurship at the global level and commercialization of innovation.
The creative and diverse innovations of Bangladesh are highlighted throughout the programme.
On February 9, the first day of the two-day program held at the Lakeshore Hotel in Dhaka, an exhibition on the Strategic Partnership Alliance was organized.
Bangladeshi entrepreneurs from jewellery, fashion, furniture, ceramics, real estate, education and several other sectors participated in the exhibition with stalls. Apart from this, an interactive session was also held for EO members with Art Patron Nadia Samdani.
The discussion focused on how entrepreneurs can work with more enthusiasm by connecting art and culture.
On the second day of the program on March 10, businessmen from India and Sri Lanka visited factories of Aristopharma and KA Design Limited by Fortis Group. Besides, several networking programmes and a friendly football match between the EO Bangladesh members and the businessmen from Indian and Sri Lanka were held on that day.
Md Zia Uddin, President EO Bangladesh, led the two-day event. He said, “This was the most prestigious event of the South Asian region of the Entrepreneur’s organization.
Through this, we have tried to build an entrepreneur-friendly ecosystem so that mutual cooperation between the member entrepreneurs of this region increases and the commercialization of innovations becomes easier.”
Faatin Haque, president-elect of EO Bangladesh; Siddhartha Totuka, president of Jaipur Chapter of EO in India; Kazi Inam Ahmed, director of the Gemcon Group; Azra Salim, managing director of the Shombhob Health Ltd; Ahmed Imtiaz Hassan, director of Aristopharma Ltd; Sohana Rouf Chowdhury, managing director of Rangs Motors Ltd; Shah Rayeed Chowdhury, director of Evince Group; Shaon Tanvir, CEO of the Satori Ltd, among others, were present at the event.
Entrepreneur’s Organization, a global networking platform, founded in 1987 and currently it has 18,000 entrepreneurs as members from 76 countries. The organisation started its journey in Bangladesh in 2016 and currently has 55 members.
