CTO Forum Bangladesh is going to honor the IT professionals

Webinar, after the hackathon, this time CTO Forum Bangladesh is going to honor the independent IT professionals. The special website for CTO Excellence Awards is open from Tuesday. The work of selecting the person eligible for this honorary medal will continue for the next two months. Interested individuals may apply for the awards in four categories including CTO of the Year and CTO Forum e-Governance Awards.   The honorary logo was unveiled at a press conference held at Sagar-Runi Hall of Dhaka Reporters Unity at noon. Meanwhile, CTO Forum President Tapan Kanti Sarkar said a four-member selection committee comprising Dr Mohammad Kaikobad and Syed Akhter Hossain has been formed to make the award universally accepted and free from bias. Tapan Kanti Sarkar, President, CTO Forum Bangladesh said, “Information technologists are behind the success of Digital Bangladesh. But they are always behind the scenes. They do not come forward. That is why their contribution is always left behind. As a small organization, we carry out some activities to bring them in front. We've done a lot of webinars over the last two years during the Covid-19 pandemic to keep them updated. In order to bridge university students with the University Grants Commission, we first arranged hackathons with Amazon and later with a2i and Hitech Park authorities. Fair Group and Samsung were also involved in this hackathon. Arfe Elahi Manik, General Secretary of CTO Forum Bangladesh gave welcome speech on the occasion. However, in response to a question from reporters, he said that the CTO forum has now entered into matchmaking between the academy-industry and the government through the implementation of a three-pronged approach. We are working to bring everyone together. Speaking on the occasion, Syed Akhter Hossain, CTO Forum Advisor and Dean of School of Science and Engineering, Canadian University of Bangladesh, said, He believes that this year's innovative competition will turn into a landmark fair. Bikarna Kumar Ghosh, Managing Director of Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority spoke online. He said the CTO Forum's innovative hackathon is a unique initiative. With such an initiative, the high-tech park authorities will be by their side again. I wish the young society for this endeavor to establish itself as an innovative nation. Ashraful Haque, Joint General Secretary of CTO Forum Bangladesh, Mohammad Asif, Executive Member and Mohammad Musa, Treasurer, also spoke among others.