State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak, during his speech at the coding contest organized by Samsung, said that the ICT division’s next vision is to create a smart generation.

As part of a continued effort to boost problem-solving and research skills among Bangladeshi students, Samsung R&D Institute Bangladesh (SRBD) recently organized its third coding contest for university students. 

More than 1,608 students and problem solvers from 65 leading public and private universities participated in the contest, reads a press release. 

The contest was held in three stages, The first round was held on August 16 online, where 1,608 students and problem solvers registered. 

After the first round, 348 students and problem solvers qualified for the second round which was held on September 23. 

The top 50 participants from the second round were invited for the final round and it was held recently at SRBD premises where the top 10 performing contestants were selected as winners. 

Md Sabbir Rahman of Buet became the champion of this contest.

Before the award-giving ceremony, SRBD MD Wonmo Ku and State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak gave speeches to the participants. 

Wonmo Ku expressed his gratitude of satisfaction for the successful organization of this type of event and mentioned that SRBD also has been hosting this competition since 2018 to help find and support Bangladeshi SW talents. 

He mentioned that Bangladeshi young engineers and problem solvers have huge potential, and if they can continue to practice under proper guidance like SRBD, they can flourish their talent at Global Level. 

Zunaid Ahmed Palak shared the digital Bangladesh vision with the participants; and stated that SRBD is one of the leading R&D centers that played a key role in the progress to create a “problem-solving culture in Bangladesh”. 

The Digital Bangladesh vision and inauguration of SRBD happened concurrently in 2010.

He expressed that under the Visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, digital Bangladesh is no more a dream but a reality, and the next vision for the ICT division is to create a smart generation. 

At the end of his speech, he also awarded ten new “Made In Bangladesh” laptops to the top ten winners of this code contest. 

Later, the top 10 winners were handed over award amount of Tk1,70,000. 

Among them, Md Sabbir Rahman from Buet won award money of Tk50,000 as the champion,  Ayon Shahrier of Dhaka University won award money of Tk30,000 as the first runner-up, Iftekhar Hakim Kaowsar from Buet won award money of Tk20m000 as the second runner-up.