Campus corner
27 students get Duke of Edinburgh award
Twenty seven students of DPS STS School Dhaka have received The Duke of Edinburghs International Award in Bronze level for their outstanding success in completion of different self development activities, says a press release.
Rizwan Bin Farouq, chairman of the Executive Committee (EC) of The DEA Foundation, was the chief guest at the certificate awarding ceremony. The ceremony was presided over by Harsh Wal, principal of the school. Vice-Principal Madhu Wal, Award Coordinator Imran Wahiduzzaman were also present among others.
Grand finale of business plan contest held
The grand finale of Inception: Business Plan Competition was held at BRAC University auditorium in the capital recently, says a press release.
Inception: Business Plan Competition was inaugurated on March 8, 2016 in BRAC University. Top 6 teams were selected based on creativity, feasibility and management of their business ideas for grand finale. On the Grand Finale day, Shukhendra Kumar Sarkar commenced the competition with his valuable speech. Team BRACU Synergy became the champion of the competition. Team Revive and Mavericks became 1st and 2nd runners-up respectively.
Jahan Ara Begum, joint secretary, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MoWCA); Nazia Haider, senior programme officer, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); Abdusattor Esoev, senior programme manager and deputy chief of Mission, International Organization from Migration (IOM), Shukhendra Kumar Sarkar, treasurer, BRAC University, Asma Khatun, national programme officer, IOM; Chowdhury Asif Mahmud Bin Harun, programme associate, IOM and Abu Daud Khan, CEO and MD, Enroute International Limited, were present and enlightened the judge panel of the competition.
This competition was organised under Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) funded project Ashshash: for men and women who have escaped trafficking. The project is being implemented by International Organization for Migration - the largest intergovernmental organisation in the field of migration.
Independent News/agency
