Digital devices produced in high-tech parks will be exported after meeting the demand of the country: Bikarna
Bikarna Kumar Ghosh, newly appointed Managing Director of Bangladesh Hi-Tech Parks Authority and Additional Secretary to the Government, hopes that the high-tech parks will meet the demand for digital devices in the country and export them abroad in the coming days. He expressed this optimism while presenting the keynote address at the seminar titled 'Ongoing Activities of Hi-Tech Park: Challenges and Prospects' organized by the Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority.
Senior Secretary of the Information and Communication Technology Department NM Zeaul Alam was present as the chief guest at the seminar held at the Conference Room of the Information and Communication Technology Department (live and zoom platform) at ICT Tower in Agargaon on Monday.
ANM Shafiqul Islam, Director (Joint Secretary) of Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority delivered the welcome address at the seminar conducted by Akhtaruzzaman, Joint Secretary of the Department of Information and Communication Technology.
Afterward, the main article was presented by Bikarna Kumar Ghosh, the main speaker of the seminar.
He paid homage to the Father of the Nation, wished peace to the departed souls of the great language movement, the great war of liberation and the martyrs of 15th August. During the discussion, he discussed in detail the overall picture of various activities of Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority in a PowerPoint presentation.
"Currently, we are meeting 75 percent of the domestic demand for digital devices ourselves," he said. Soon we will meet the 100% demand of digital devices in the country and then we will export those abroad in a full swing.
“In the meantime, we have exported IoT devices manufactured in Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City, Kaliakair.” He hopes that more companies will start production there in a very short time.
Speaking as the chief guest, Mr. NM Zeaul Alam, Senior Secretary, Department of Information and Communication Technology, said that this is the right time to build a sustainable high-tech manufacturing ecosystem in Bangladesh where Bangladesh High-Tech Park Authority can play a leading role. A labor-intensive economy is not enough to survive the competition of emerging economies to overcome the risks of a global recession after Covid-19.
In the current context, countries that are focusing on developing knowledge-based and technology-based industries will be able to attract FDI (foreign direct investment). Realizing this reality, the Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority has been working relentlessly from the very beginning to develop technology-based infrastructure.
At the end of the seminar, the officials of the Information and Communication Technology Department and its affiliated departments participated in the open discussion.
