Grameenphone Academy Night, a celebration programme, was held recently at GP House to award the winners of the competition “Grameenphone Academy - Cisco Network Academy 4IR learning challenge.”
The celebration was hosted by Grameenphone Academy, read a press release issued Sunday.
Last year, Grameenphone Academy rolled out on-campus town halls at 9 universities and organised an intra-university competition based on courses offered (4IR learning)– Cybersecurity, IoT, and Python.
There were three competitions per university in different categories along with one for Female@STEM. The universities are AUST, IUT, ULAB, UIU, IUBAT, DIU, BRACU, and NSU.
Around 45,000 students have enrolled from 170+ universities and colleges, and 23 thousand of students, including 8,200 female talents, have completed certification from this academy.
The academy currently offers 14 courses, developed by Grameenphone's in-house experts and in partnership with Cisco Network Academy, Amarischool, Creative IT, and Bright Skills.
Lawmaker Nahim Razzaq graced the celebration night as the chief guest, and Vice-Chairman of BTRC Md Mohiuddin Ahmed was present as the special guest.
Among other guests, the CEO of Grameenphone Yasir Azman, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of Grameenphone Syed Tanvir Husain, vice-chancellors, pro-vcs, registrar, and senior faculties of universities, were also present at the event.
While speaking at the event, Nahim said, “Grameenphone Academy is an innovative and unique approach for upskilling the youth and promoting youth empowerment.
“Inspired by such an initiative, I hope other ecosystem partners and institutions will take this kind of groundbreaking initiative to build a Smart Bangladesh.”
An interactive panel talk was also held at the event. CEO of Grameenphone Yasir Azman, Ex-president of BGMEA & Vice Chancellor of Asian University for Women Rubana Huq, Faculty of BUET Enayet Chowdhury; Rifah Nanjiba, two students from BRAC and AUST took part in the panel talk.
Mohiuddin Ahmed said, “I whole-heartedly congratulate the winners of the competitions. Furthermore, I thank Grameenphone Academy for offering the students, a practical way of learning and contributing to minimise the skill gap prevalent in
the country.”
Grameenphone CEO Yasir said, “Grameenphone has multiple initiatives to keep our future nation safe online, while also simultaneously equipping our youth with the right skillsets to thrive and lead ‘Smart Bangladesh’. We should all play our role from each of our respective places to ensure that our youth is future-fit.
“Grameenphone Academy is one of the multiple initiatives from the Grameenphone house, designed to upskill people to become smart citizens. I thank the academicians for giving us access to the industry and joining hands with us in operating this academy's activities.”
