In this era of the fourth industrial revolution, there is going to be a rapid change in technology and industries. Integration of technology has already started changing our lifestyles. One of the key components would be IoT for the automation of everything around us. To grow interest in this potential topic among the female students, Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) has organized an ICT camp titled,“Deep Dive with IoT for Female Students”. The workshop took place on March 18, 2022, in NAF Tech, Mohakhali DOHS, Dhaka. A total number of 14 female students participated in the workshop.

The session was conducted by Mr. Maherul Azam Koreshi. Mr. Maherul is currently a System Design & Development Engineer, IoT at NAF Tech. He has also been playing the role of the treasurer of Bangladesh FlyingLabs.

The workshop started with the Introduction to IoT. Mr. Maherul guided the participants about how to start learning IoT through the JRC Board and also provided the must-know points of IoT components by the time they were introduced to IDE and installed it to start using JRC Board. Every participant was facilitated with a kit box containing JRC Board, Breadboard, Jump Wires, LEDs, Resistors, Push Switch, Magnet, etc. After implementing the Controlling LED Through JRC Board and cayenne, a participant expressed her emotion and said “IoT is fun and interesting! I want to do more projects!”. It will make our daily life easier and more comfortable. 

At the end of the workshop, the participants shared their opinion and wished to participate in the workshop on this topic again. Also, they suggested arranging a short competition among all of the participants.

This day-long workshop was organized under the ESDG4Bd-2030 project of the Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN).