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Dev Mania Project Competition 2021

Enabling Sustainable Development Goals of Bangladesh by 2030- BdOSN, a project for bringing girls in the ICT sector is going to organize a project competition aka online hackathon for the girls. The project competition aims to sharpen the existing skills of girls in computer science. 40 female students from different universities were took part at the entire process of the contest. 

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A total of 19 teams were registered in the preliminary section of the contest. Registration was started from the 11th November 2021. After the selection process, 10 teams were selected for the final idea presentation. On 3rd December 10 teams were appeared for the final round and after the close evaluation of the judges, top three teams were selected as the winning team and they were awarded with prize money- Champion 15K BDT, 1st runner up 10K BDT and 2nd Runner up 8K BDT. Top three team were from- Champion team_BARAQAH from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), 1st Runner Up Team Hypatia from Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET) and 2nd Runner Up Team CODIAC Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology.

Key objecticve of this project competion was to- 

• To sharpen the innovative ideas of our tech enthusiast girls to solve the real life problem
• To encourage our girls in thinking of the tech based solution to overcome the challenges of fourth industrial revolution
• To strengthen the existing skills of girls in computer science

At the final round presentation, each team had to present their idea concept with live demo. On the basis of their presentation preparation, realistic implementation of the project and the effectiveness of the solution, two honorable judges of the contest evaluate their project. Two key resource person were graced the presentation- Md. Iftekhar Alam Ishaque, Deputy CTO, SSL Wireless and Md. Altamis Nabil, Biz-Engagement lead, bdapps.

This project contest was conducted under three years ESDG4BD project of BdOSN. This project is closely monitored by Manuser Jonno Foundation.