Business Desk :
Welcoming the big crowd and esteemed speakers and performers from home and abroad, the much anticipated day-long event ‘TEDxGulshan’ successfully ended at RAOWA Convention Centre in the city recently.
Featuring the intriguing theme ‘Innovation Enabling Social Change’, for the first time in Bangladesh TEDxGulshan commenced at 10am and continued till 4 pm. TED is the world’s most respected speaking platform featuring leading thinkers and doers starting from Bill Gates to UN Secretary General to Shahrukh Khan as host/curator of TEDx in India.
TEDxGulshan, true to the format of TEDx events is a platform for the people to spread their story that will be thought-changing for the attendees and creating a bridge connecting the thought leaders, academics, change makers and entrepreneurs to bring about a social change.
The event was commenced with the welcome speech of the President and Curator of TEDxGulshan Ashfaq Zaman. After inaugurating the programme the main licensee of bringing TEDxGulshan for the first time in Bangladesh said, ‘TEDxGulshan will spread the fascinating ideas of Bangladeshis to inspire along with almost 44 million people globally through the TED channels.
At the event Prime Ministers’ Private Industry and Investment Advisor Salman F. Rahman, shared about the world of freelancing and how it emerged in Bangladesh. He highlighted the challenges that caused a hindrance towards bringing money from abroad and how freelancing can be institutionalized to solve the prevalent manifold problems in this sector.
Syed Tamjid-ur-Rahman, Vice President UN Global Compact Bangladesh & Vice President Bangladesh Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution, Bobby Hajjaj, Oxford Scholar & Faculty, International TEDx speaker Major Mohommed Ali Shah also presented their speech.
During the day-long event, Zara Mahbub, Country Director and CEO of Kazi IT Centre Limited, Dr. Yasmeen Haque, Professor of the Department of Physics of Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Maliha M. Quadir, Founder and Managing Director, Niaz Rahim, Group Director of Rahimafrooz Bangladesh Limited and Anir Chowdhury, Policy Advisor of a2i of PMO shared their experiences.
Among others, Ayman Sadiq, CEO of 10 Minute School, Dr. Katherine Li, Director of Office of External Affairs of North South University, Mahir Ali Khan, Vice Chairman of Rupayan Group, Sausan Khan Moyeen, Enchanted Events and Prints and Bibi Russell, Bibi Productions Fashion for Development also shared their experiences. In the closing remarks TEDxGulshan event Curator Ashfaq Zaman gave vote of thanks to the attendees.
Welcoming the big crowd and esteemed speakers and performers from home and abroad, the much anticipated day-long event ‘TEDxGulshan’ successfully ended at RAOWA Convention Centre in the city recently.
Featuring the intriguing theme ‘Innovation Enabling Social Change’, for the first time in Bangladesh TEDxGulshan commenced at 10am and continued till 4 pm. TED is the world’s most respected speaking platform featuring leading thinkers and doers starting from Bill Gates to UN Secretary General to Shahrukh Khan as host/curator of TEDx in India.
TEDxGulshan, true to the format of TEDx events is a platform for the people to spread their story that will be thought-changing for the attendees and creating a bridge connecting the thought leaders, academics, change makers and entrepreneurs to bring about a social change.
The event was commenced with the welcome speech of the President and Curator of TEDxGulshan Ashfaq Zaman. After inaugurating the programme the main licensee of bringing TEDxGulshan for the first time in Bangladesh said, ‘TEDxGulshan will spread the fascinating ideas of Bangladeshis to inspire along with almost 44 million people globally through the TED channels.
At the event Prime Ministers’ Private Industry and Investment Advisor Salman F. Rahman, shared about the world of freelancing and how it emerged in Bangladesh. He highlighted the challenges that caused a hindrance towards bringing money from abroad and how freelancing can be institutionalized to solve the prevalent manifold problems in this sector.
Syed Tamjid-ur-Rahman, Vice President UN Global Compact Bangladesh & Vice President Bangladesh Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution, Bobby Hajjaj, Oxford Scholar & Faculty, International TEDx speaker Major Mohommed Ali Shah also presented their speech.
During the day-long event, Zara Mahbub, Country Director and CEO of Kazi IT Centre Limited, Dr. Yasmeen Haque, Professor of the Department of Physics of Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Maliha M. Quadir, Founder and Managing Director, Niaz Rahim, Group Director of Rahimafrooz Bangladesh Limited and Anir Chowdhury, Policy Advisor of a2i of PMO shared their experiences.
Among others, Ayman Sadiq, CEO of 10 Minute School, Dr. Katherine Li, Director of Office of External Affairs of North South University, Mahir Ali Khan, Vice Chairman of Rupayan Group, Sausan Khan Moyeen, Enchanted Events and Prints and Bibi Russell, Bibi Productions Fashion for Development also shared their experiences. In the closing remarks TEDxGulshan event Curator Ashfaq Zaman gave vote of thanks to the attendees.
