Experts stress that students will become entrepreneurs

The Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) is working to develop young Bangladeshi students as entrepreneurs.

In that sequence, the Grand Finale of the 7th Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards (GSEA) Bangladesh Chapter was held on Friday evening at the Westin Hotel in Dhaka.

Invited guests emphasized that students should become entrepreneurs rather than just looking for a job as the business landscape around the world is changing.

“Bangladesh’s economic situation will change in the hands of young entrepreneurs,” they said.

Kaiser Ahmed Alam, a student of Bangladesh Institute of Technology (Buet), won the first prize. BRAC’s Safat Jamil won his second place, and third place went to Sarowar Jahan from the same university.

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The winner will represent Bangladesh at the World Championships in Cape Town, South Africa.

Minister of Education Dipu Moni was the main guest at the opening ceremony of this grand finale. Deputy Minister of Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury, Mark Stockli, Chairman of the Board, Entrepreneurship Organization, Sami Ahmed, Managing Director of Startup Bangladesh Limited, Altaf Hossain, iDEA Project Director, Sanjay Jhunjhunwala, Regional Chairman of EO attended as special guests. bottom. .

Businessman and sports organizer Kazi Inam Ahmed was also a guest at the event.

The jury included Farzanah Chowdhury, CEO of Green Delta Insurance Limited, Shamim Ahsan, Member of EO Bangladesh, Sonia Bashir Kabir, Founder of SBK Foundation, Siddharth Goswami, Senior Consultant and Operations Specialist, iDEA Project, It included Kyser Hamid, Managing Director and CEO of Bangladesh Finance.

Minister of Education Dipu Moni said, “Give the Global Student Entrepreneurship Award a special role in creating smart citizens.”

“We have a good degree, but it has no application. ,” she added.

Deputy Minister of Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury said: “We teach young people to dream, but if we can’t create the right environment for them, how will they become entrepreneurs? Huh?” he said.

“We are trying to create an outcome-based education system. We want to provide our students with an education that is relevant in today’s times and in demand in the job market,” he added. .