‘Bangladesh ICT Skills Competition 2021’ concludes

After ten months of fierce battles and different rounds, ‘Bangladesh ICT Skills Competition 2021’ came to an end announcing the names of the winners on Tuesday.

Huawei in partnership with Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) organized an event in virtual platform to announce the names.

ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak was present as the chief guest. Beatrice Kaldun, Head of the Office and UNESCO Representative to Bangladesh; Zhang Zhengjun, CEO of Huawei Bangladesh were also present.

After the final round, three teams from three universities consisting of three members each were announced as the winners of this year’s ICT Skills Competition at the award ceremony event.

The BUET team consisting of Sohan Salahuddin Mugdho, Rabeeb Ibrat, and Md Tahmidur Rafid has emerged as the champion; CUET team with Md. Kaf Shahrier, Hasan Mesbaul Ali Taher and Suhana Binte Rashid has become the 1st runner-up, and NSU team comprising Arif Ahmed Nowfel, Md Takiul Hasan Sakib, and Md Salim Reza Jim has bagged the 2nd runner up position.

All these winners will be attending the regional round of the Huawei ICT Skills Competition to be held in Malaysia in May 2022.

In this competition, 15 students from BUET, CUET, KUET, IUT, and NSU made it to the final round out of thousand students from different engineering universities. Of them, two students scored 1000 out of 1000 in the 1st round while 10 students passed HCIA (Huawei Certified ICT Associate) certification in the 2nd round.

Zunaid Ahmed Palak said, “Competition like this inspires our youth to reveal their latent talent. I thank Huawei for organizing such a fierce competition, through which it will be possible to find future leaders who will lead us to Fourth Industrial Revolution.”

Suhana Binte Rashid, a student of CUET and one of the winners, said, “The decision to participate in this competition has been one of the most profound steps I have taken in my life, as it has broadened my outlook and inspired me to push my limits to explore more. I look forward to the next regional round.”

Consisting of mainly two parts - ‘Practical Competition’ and ‘Theory Competition,’ ‘Bangladesh ICT Skills Competition 2021’ is meant for the science and engineering students.