Registration for the BASIS National ICT Awards started from Tuesday with the intention of paving the way for innovative nations as advanced technology service providers. Those interested can participate by registering their names from the official website of BASIS National ICT Awards till October 2. Non-BASIS members can also participate in the registration. As usual, there will be 108 awards in 36 categories. Judgment will be done in country-made judging software, free from bias.
Russell T Ahmed, the president of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), the national trade organization of the country’s software and information technology services sector, inaugurated the fifth edition of the conference at a press conference organized at their conference center in the afternoon.
He said, since BASIS became a member of the Asia Pacific ICT Alliance-APICTA, I participated in Taiwan in 2016 and received a merit award. From that our strive begins. Then the tech performance of 18 member countries teaches us to think anew. However, we could not make much use of this network to expand business in foreign countries. Haven’t been able to pick up any of our products in Singapore or Hong Kong yet. So, this time we want to take the products of the participants out of the country. And the best-awarded projects, as always, will participate in the international competition of the APICTA Awards, known as the Oscars of the Asia-Pacific information technology sector. They will always bring glory to the country.
At the event, the convener of BASIS National ICT Awards 2022 and President of BASIS Advisory Standing Committee M Rashidul Hasan said that 365 applications were submitted for this honor in 2017. Among them, 43 institutions were awarded. In 2018, 77 initiatives were awarded out of 653; Out of 1175 applications submitted in 2019, 69 individuals and organizations received this honor. Latest Virtually; Out of 1,239 applications submitted in 20-21, 59 initiatives were awarded. Among the recipients of awards, many companies such as Chaldal, Jantrik, TenMinute School, and Prism ERP are moving ahead with honors.
BASIS Advisory Standing Committee Vice President Shah Imraul Qaish, BASIS Advisory Standing Committee Vice President Uttam Kumar Pal, BASIS Director AKM Ahmedul Islam Babu, Tanveer Hossain Khan, and others were present at the event.
Convener of BASIS National ICT Awards 2022 and President of BASIS Advisory Standing Committee M Rashidul Hasan said that the journey of BASIS National ICT Awards started with the goal to achieve APICTA Awards. Compared to the previous four BASIS National ICT Awards, this year’s event is going to be held on a larger scale. In the previous events, we received overwhelming responses and success in the country and at the APICTA Awards. Hopefully, this year’s awarded products and services will be awarded more than the previous years at APICTA Awards and will brighten the image of Bangladesh abroad.
Members of BASIS Executive Council and BASIS President’s Advisory Standing Committee among others were present on the occasion.
It is to be noted that, this time, BASIS President’s Advisory Committee member Abdullah H. Kafi will serve as the chief judge and BASIS Advisory Standing Committee member Liakat Hossain will serve as the co-convener.