Home ›› 19 Apr 2023 ›› News
The government, as part of building an innovative nation as envisaged in the 'Smart Bangladesh' vision, is going to set up Research and Innovation Centers (RICs) in the country's 10 public universities.
The World Bank (WB) financed Enhancing Digital Government and Economy (EDGE) Project of the Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) of the ICT Division in consultation with the universities has selected the 10 universities, including BUET and Sher-e-Bangla Agriculture University, to finance setting up the RICs, said a media release on Tuesday.
Informing these at a workshop titled: "Designing Research and Innovation Center for Smart Bangladesh" held on Monday at the auditorium of the EDGE project at Mirpur with the Project Director Dr Muhammed Mehedi Hassan in the chair.
Co-Team Leader of EDGE project Faruq Ahmed Jewel said the government is going to set up RICs, especially on frontier technologies, including nano, agro and biotechnologies.
"The RICs would make it possible for the youths to solve various problems of government and industry through Research and Development (R&D) as well as develop startups and generate Intellectual property of patents," he said, adding that these RICs will be used not only research and innovation but also provide training to the youths on advanced technologies.
Chairman of the Department of Metrology of Dhaka University (DU) Professor Dr Towhida Rashid, Prof and Director of IIT of DU Dr Mohammed Shaiful Alam Khan, Instructor of MIST Md Mokhlesur Rahman, Prof of Sher-e-Bangla Agricul-ture University Dr Abul Hasnat M Solaiman, Head of Corporate Affairs of Rana Group Aminur Rahman, CEO of Farming Fu-ture BD Arif Hossain spoke, among others, at the function.
