The
country's first IT business incubator is going to be established in CUET (Chittagong
University of Engineering and Technology) campus soon. At the university level,
this type of IT business incubator is being built only in CUET. The construction
work of this incubator will start in the beginning of July inside the campus
area on 5 acres of land.
The
government has taken up the project to build an IT business incubator in CUET
to make the country's capacities affordable and to develop skilled manpower in ICT
sector. On 6th June 2017, the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved
the project at the meeting of ECNEC (Executive Committee of the National
Economic Council).
Under the
supervision of Bangladesh High Tech Park Authority (BHTPA), the decision was taken to
implement the project from July 2016 to July 2019. At that time the cost of
this project was estimated to be near 77 crore taka.
However,
the construction of IT Business Incubator could not be started at the time
fixed due to the replacement of some officials associated with the
implementation of the project, and due to the complexity of appointment of
consultant organizations.
Although the
initiative to build this IT Business Incubator in CUET campus was stuck due to some
complications. Recently, all of these complications have been resolved for the
efforts of the State Minister for Information and Communication Technology
Junaid Ahmed Palak. Hopefully it will be possible to start building the
country's first IT business incubator in early July.
Construction
work is going on after some years of taking up the project - that's why the
cost of construction may be slightly increase.
Small
details about the IT business incubator:
- Total land area for the project is 5 acres.
- Up to 7 floors of the 10 storey’s building will be used as incubation building.
- There will be a total of 35,000 square feet space of 5000 sq ft on each floor.
- In addition to the incubation building, two dormitories (1 for men, 1 for women) building will be built up to 4 floors on 6 storied foundations.
- There will be a total of 40,000 square feet space, 5000 sq ft on each floor.
- A multipurpose training center building will be built up to 6 floors on 8 storied foundations.
- Total 36,000 square feet space, 6000 sq ft on each floor.
IT Business
Incubator will bring revolution in the technology sector. The youth of our
country is running behind the job. They cannot show the courage to be an
entrepreneur due to various limitations. This IT Business Incubator will help
students become entrepreneurs in the technology sector.
CUET's IT
Business Incubator will open the door for potential young people for creative
youth. Anyone here can bring any kind of creative idea. Using this idea the
responsibility to create a productive product is up to the incubator authority.
The
students of our country are very meritorious and hardworking. A revolution in
the country's technology sector will happen if they get proper training and new
invention facilities through IT Business Incubator in CUET campus. In the IT
sector, local capacity will increase multiplied.
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