ICT Carnival at DIU

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Campus Report :
A 3-day ‘Daffodil ICT Carnival 2018’ began on Sunday at the permanent campus of Daffodil International University (DIU) at Ashulia in the capital. More than ten thousand students, teachers and ICT experts from Computer Science and Engineering Department (CSE), Software Engineering Department (SWE), Multi Media and Creative Technology Department (MCT), Computing and Information System Department (CIS) and Daffodil Education Network are participating in the carnival.
Dr Md. Sabur Khan, Chairman, Board of Trustees, DIU inaugurated the carnival. Presided over by Mohammed Nuruzzaman, CEO, Daffodil Family and convener of ICT Carnival, the inaugural session was addressed by Prof Dr Yousuf M Islam, Vice Chancellor, Prof Dr SM Mahbub Ul Haque Majumder, Pro Vice Chancellor, Prof Dr Syed Akhter Hossain, Head, Department of CSE, Dr Touhid Bhuiyan, Head, Department of SWE, Dr Shaikh Muhammad Allayear, Associate Professor and Head, Department of MCT and Md. Sarwar Hossain Mollah, Head, Department of CIS. The Carnival will continue up to 13th February.
The carnival includes competitions, project showcase, smart hakathon, programming contest, counseling and mentoring, fun events, learning opportunity, networking scope and many more so that every moment of the fest can be enjoyed and utilized with adding value.
The winners, best innovators and performers will be awarded a smart cash incentive which is worth of Tk 1 million.
Dr Md. Sabur Khan said, the future world will belongs to information technology.
So, it is quite impossible to sustain in that future world without enhancement of ICT knowledge. That’s why the carnival has been organized to encourage students of Daffodil Education Network for inventing new ICT ideas and projects.
Sabur Khan said to the students that government is giving 10 percent incentive for exporting ICT products.
He urged the students to utilize this opportunity developing innovate and internationally viable products & services.
He also urged the students to develop the ideas based on the demands of customers requirements, As this is the time of globalization, so you have to design your idea based on consumers demand, he added.
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