The State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak visited the IT center of freelancer Trishna Deo of Kakarkandi Union of Nalitabari Upazila under Sherpur District on Thursday. During this visit, he gifted a laptop to this freelancer on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Apart from providing 4.4 Mbps fiber cable internet connection, Palak promised to set up a Joy Digital Service and Employment Center (Joy D-Set) at Nalitabari Sadar and Nakla Sadar which is 5-7 km away from the training center.
He said that apart from providing training from this training center of 5000 square feet area, it will also be developed as a hub for providing government services and creating business entrepreneurs. He also informed that, the Sheikh Kamal IT Training and Incubation Center will be built in Sherpur Sadar at the cost of taka 100 crores. The construction work will start in the next 4-6 months.
Palak further informed that, through 650,000 freelancers like Subir Nakarek and Trishna Deo, remittances of 750 million dollars have come to the country. There was a time, when none of the students-teachers-parents could realize the necessity of computer or internet. After 13 years, now every teacher wishes their school had a Sheikh Russell Digital Computer Lab. Every MP wants to have a school of future in his area. Seeing the success of Subir-Trishna, now the parents also understand that their children will be able to provide self-employment resources if they get computers and internet. As a result, the centers that were established in the beginning will be repaired. Kumon education system will also be introduced in 3 D-Sets of Sherpur.
On reaching the Kakarkandi Union in the morning, the state minister was welcomed by the locals with traditional turbans of Garo people, feathers and a Sash. Zunaid Ahmed Palak announced to include Kakarkandi village under 10 digital village project in view of the request from the local public representative to the state minister.
The director of the Info Gov-3 project, Bikarna Kumar Ghosh, the Director General of the ICT Division Md. Golam Mostafa, Project Director of EDC Khandkar Azizul Islam, Deputy Commissioner Sahela Akhter, Superintendent of Police Md. Kamruzzaman, Zilla Parishad Chief Executive Officer Syed A Z Morshed Ali and other officials of the district administration were present during the visit of the State Minister.