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Having practical knowledge for a successful professional career is a must in the present context.  In this respect, a Job Exposure Visit can serve the purposes aligned to it by the motto of “Seeing is believing”. The students of City University totaling 20 got this opportunity to visit one of the most renowned BPO Company, Genex Infosys Ltd situated at Nikunja, Dhaka.

ESDG project of Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) has recently organized a Job Exposure Visit on 22 October, 2019 as a part of job placement with 20 female students of different levels of CSE department of City University. On the other hand, Genex, part of the IPE Group UK, is the leading outsourcing providers of customer experience management and trusted by world’s leading brands where they achieve results through transforming their clients' businesses with delivering excellence in customer experience. Moreover, they are experts in people interactions which gives them the edge in delivering a superior customer experience in every contact.

Two-day Grace Hopper Girls’ Programming Camp held at Comilla University, Comilla at 16 & 17 October and Pundra Science and Engineering Technology, Bogra at 21 & 22 October, 2019. These camps were organized by Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN).

This camp is organized mainly to improve the skills of programming for undergraduate female students. Now-a-days women students are not entering the workplace due to lack of proper skills while studying at university level with science and information technology. And BDOSN is working towards that goal.

Two-day Grace Hopper Girls’ Programming Camp held at City University, Panthapath, Dhaka. The camp was organized in collaboration with Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) and City University. A total of 40 students from the Computer Science and Engineering Department participated in the camp.

The camp is organized mainly to improve the skills of programming for undergraduate female students. Now-a-days women students are not entering the workplace due to lack of proper skills while studying at university level with science and information technology. And BDOSN is working towards that goal.

Women skilled in information technology can take Bangladesh to a unique height in the global market. Bangladesh can also be self-reliant. Establishment of equal participation of men and women in the workplace can be established. And for that purpose, Bangladesh Open Source Network is organizing various activities across the country.

In continuation of this, the three-day Grace Hopper Girls Programming Camp, a day-long ICT camp and a job-preparation workshop have been completed at Rangpur Engineering College in Rangpur Division. Rangpur Engineering College (REC) is affiliated by the University of Rajshahi. The camp was organized in collaboration with Rangpur Engineering College and Bangladesh Open Source Network.  These programs are organized to give an idea of ​​the huge potential that is open to graduate students in the information technology sector. A total of 65 women graduating students of Computer Science and Engineering Department and Information and Communication Department has participated in the three-day event.  

Bangladesh Open Source Network (BDOSN) organized various events in Sylhet and Dinajpur to bring women forward for the equality of women in information technology. A total of 5 programming camps, 3 ICT camps and 3 job preparation hands-on training workshops were held at various institutions in Sylhet and Dinajpur to increase women's participation in the technology workforce by creating women's interest and skill development. This huge event started on September 14 and September 22 with an ICT camp in Dinajpur.

Theoretical knowledge is not enough for making a good professional career. With an aim to go beyond academics, industrial visit provides student a practical perspective on the world of work. Following the same lines students of some renowned universities of the capital Dhaka got an opportunity of meeting the most popular company Rokomari.com.

Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) has arranged an exposure visit on 3 September,2019 with 6 female students of different universities. Rockmarie.com is an online based e-commerce company. A familiar name to thousands of book lovers across the country. There are numerous young people working in different departments of this organization.

All students need to experience the world of work, particularly work of the future, long before they leave their student life. In our country, it is commonly seen that students are almost always engaged in the pursuit of theoretical knowledge in the life of education. Or pay attention to study end. But they are not aware of what to do when this part is paid off. Rather, at the end of their education life, they fall into a confused state where they do not understand what to do. 

They take time to acquire the skills they need in the workplace after their student life for which they do not have enough time. Although male students can overcome this random situation in a very short time, it is not an easy path for female students. Because they have surround impedance. It is often seen that many girls drop out after their education life because of this condition cannot be overcome. Because they are unable to prepare themselves, they are not much visible in the workplace.

From this thinking, a hands on job preparation workshop "A Dream to Guide" was organized on July 27 and 28 July in the initiative of Bangladesh Open Source Network (BDOSN). The workshop was organized in the office of BDOSN with a total of 11 graduate women students. This workshop provides hands-on training on all the skills and concepts a female student needs to have before place herself on the workplace.

Through this workshop, students get an idea of ​​the soft skills they need to get their dream job. Also find out how much digital literacy can help with their work. From applying for a job, to face an interview board which facts should be kept in mind also denoted in the workshop. In addition to the CV writing methodology, the job application process is discussed with the students.

The workshop was organized under BDOSN's three-year project "Enabling Sustainable Development Goals of Bangladesh for 2030-BdOSN". The BDOSN project will assist women in preparing themselves for workplace by conducting several workshops.

About 1,000 computer graduates come out every year in our country. Not everyone wants to be a programmer. Thousands of students study in a 4-year graduation course in computer science. Out of them, only 3,000 students come into programming. Where the number of female programmers is absolutely negligible. Which is difficult to express with percentage. But by 2020, around a million knowledge workers in the world will be needed, most of them will programmers. 

However, the situation has improved somewhat. Women are currently coming forward in programming. Programming among women is going to target a positive concept. The participation of women in various competitive programming contests is notable. Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) celebrated 50 years on the moon on July 23, 2019. A total of 185 students from various institutions across the country participated in an online programming contest where there were about165 female students.

Crest and certificate were awarded to the first five winners. Tahneema Chowdhury, a runner-up at Contest, said that a competitive programming contest will help women programmers to be master on programming at home. For women programmers who want to work with programming but do not have the same opportunities for social disruption, Online Contest is an easy solution for building skills. She advises all programming interested women to participate in the Contest on such an online platform. Tahnima writes her feelings on her blog-

https://tahanima.github.io/2019/08/30/girls-programming-contest-by-bdosn/?fbclid=IwAR3131w5WQB-A-UWodETOmWpvFT-1ueA1-b42RYGOgEtJuoZyIMjMEWlwdE

In this age of free information flow, computer programming is one of the most relevant occupations. Although the profession is creative and complex, the diversity in this profession is much greater. Because so far, a total of 701 programming languages ​​have been created. It is possible to work as a programmer in any one language. However, a skilled programmer usually knows and uses 3-5 languages. The profession is very popular and exciting for high income, flexible time and work freedom. Many people think that programming can be taken by the boys as a profession or this field is for them. But no, girls are also coming forward in this profession. And in this case they have many opportunities to do well.

We are currently living in an era where a country with no knowledge of modern technology such as robotics, sophisticated intelligence, machine learning, IoT (Internet of Things), Big Data, etc. will be far behind. There is no substitute for robotics and artificial intelligence to simplify our everyday lives. The use of robotics and artificial intelligence is increasingly rise day by day. With the concept of extending robotics to remote areas of our country, Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) has celebrated Technology Week at Bhangura Jarina Rahim Girls’ High School in Pabna. For the first time girls of this school got an idea about robots. It was a six-day event started on 27 August and ended up on 1 September.

At the first attempt students completed the coding of the line follower robot. As a visible success of Technology Week, students showed their line-follower robots on a robot truck. Features of Arduino, activation of the Inter-school and Inter School-College Programming Competition, and some preliminary sessions in Programming Language C were also shared with the students in this Week. The students of Jarina Rahim Girl's High School have been working on Robot Gathering and will be participating in the 2nd Bangladesh Robot Olympiad national event to be held at TSC of University of Dhaka on September 6-7. In addition, a team from the school will take part in the Standard Chartered Bank-Prothom Alo Inter-School and College Programming Competition. 

It should be noted that, Bangladesh Open Source Network (BDOSN) arranged a program titled ‘Obak Kutuhole' earlier in this year. Where some high school girls had come to Dhaka for two days for the first time in their lives. During these days, they visited various historical places and establishments and technology based companies in Dhaka i.e. Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, National Science and Technology Museum, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theater, Dhaka University Area, Central Shaheed Minar, DBC Television Center, Nagarik Television and Information and Communication Technology Institute- Zenex Infosys, Kazi IT, Grameen Phone, Joomshaper. The main objective of this program was to unveil the possibilities of science and technology in front of the girls of remote villages.

Bhangura Jarina Rahim Girls’ High School students participated in Obak Kutuhole

In the first phase of Obak Kutuhole, four students of Jorina Rahim Girl's High School in Pabna Bhangra and Shaheedpur martyred intellectual Humayun Kabir High School in Vedarganj of Shariatpur returned to the village with a fresh passion for science. This Technology Week is organized to encourage the students in science and technology from there school life.