Workshop on Fourth Industrial Revolution held in Gopalganj

A workshop on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) was held at Kotalipara upazila in Gopalganj district on Tuesday.

Bangabandhu Academy for Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development (BAPARD) hosted the workshop held at its academic building.

Md Moshiur Rahman, secretary of the Department of Rural Development and Cooperatives, inaugurated the programme joining as the chief guest via an online platform where BAPARD director general Syed Robiul Alam on the chair.

Dean of the Engineering faculty of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University Dr Saleh Ahammed, BAPARD director Krishibid Md Mahmudunnabi, deputy directors Krishibid Mohammad Tozammel Haque and Md Abdul Goni Miah, upazila agriculture officer Nitul Roy and Kotalipara Police Station officer in-charge Mosharaf Uddin spoke, among others, on the occasion.

Chief guest Moshiur Rahman said, “We cannot go forward if we do not connect with the technology related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. I think our daily activities will be conducted through digital technology within the next 10 years.”