In the first edition of GPH Ispat-Prothom Alo In-Genius, the team of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) ‘The Conqueror’ became the champion. BUET team ‘Sparklers’ became 1st Runners up. The team ‘Inertia’ of Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology became 2nd Runners Up. ‘Billtec’, the Sonargaon University Team got 4th place. ‘Dextras’, the other team of BUET achieved the 5th position. ‘MIST Task Force’, the team from Military Institute of Science and Technology got 6th position. ‘Sparks of MIST’, the other team from Military Institute of Science and Technology became 7th. 8th position has been achieved by ‘SUST Cryptanite’ a team from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology and the other team of the same university- ‘SUST Invincible’ earned the 9th pace and Team ‘UITS’, a team of the University of Information Technology and Sciences achieved the 10th position.
The ‘GPH Ispat-Prothom Alo In-Genius’ teams were announced at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the capital on Tuesday and the winners were given crests, medals, certificates and prize-money.
The award was presented by Satya Prasad Majumder, Vice Chancellor, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET); Professor M. Shamim Z. Basunia, Eminent structural engineer; Chowdhury Mafizur Rahma, Vice Chancellor, United International University and AFM Mafizul Islam, Vice Chancellor, South East University.
Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman, GPH Group Chairman Mohammad Jahangir Alam and Prothom Alo Youth Activities and Events Head Munir Hasan spoke on the occasion.
BUET Civil Engineering Professor and Chief Judge of In-Genius Competition Khan Mahmud Amanat, BUET Civil Engineering Professor Rakib Ahsan and GPH Steel Chairman Alamgir Kabir were also present on the occasion.
The 27-member jury gradually selected the top 10 teams, starting with a total of 223 teams from universities with civil engineering departments.
At the award ceremony, everyone remembered the late engineer and national professor Jamilur Reza Chowdhury and highlighted his contribution for the country. A documentary on his life and work was shown on the occasion.
A minute’s silence was observed in the memory of Nafizul Islam, a participant of the 6th place holder team ‘MIST Taskforce’ who died of corona last August.
Academic partners in organizing this event were BUET’s Department of Civil Engineering and BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety.
