The Seeds for Future, flagship competition of Huawei, is open for registration in Bangladesh aiming to develop the technology ecosystem by enhancing domain knowledge of undergraduate students across the country.
This year, the Bangladesh round champion will win Huawei Matebook, while the first runner-up and second runner-up will win Huawei Pad and Huawei Smart Watch, respectively, according to a press release on Saturday.
The announcement on registration opening has been made at the launching ceremony of ‘Seeds for the Future 2025 Bangladesh’ at Huawei Bangladesh Academy on Saturday.
Furthermore, the top eight students of Bangladesh round will get a chance to visit China to participate in Tech4Good competition. Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, special assistant to chief adviser for the ministry of posts, telecommunication and information technology, was the chief guest while Secretary Shish Haider Chowdhury, Chinese Embassy Cultural Counsellor Li Shaopeng and Social Welfare Ministry Secretary Mohammad Mohiuddin were special guests on the occasion.
Addressing the programme, Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb said that the current interim government is working to formulate national policies for AI, cloud and semiconductors.
“So, for all those things, we will launch a grand digital transformation master plan. Huawei has a significant market share in telecommunication and ICT. Therefore, it has a role here which can help this transformation,” he said.
North South University Vice-Chancellor Dr Abdul Hannan Chowdhury, Dhaka University Treasurer Prof Jahangir Alam Chowdhury and Huawei Bangladesh CEO Wu Ji were present on the occasion.
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