Huawei announced six winners of ‘Seeds for the Future 2023’ at a gala event held at Huawei Bangladesh Academy on Thursday, who will have the opportunity to travel to China for further exploration and training.

Focusing on the development of a robust ICT ecosystem in the country, Huawei has arranged ‘Seeds for the Future’ in Bangladesh for the 10th time this year, according to a press release.

More than 600 applications were submitted and based on their profile top 20 students were selected for the final round this year.

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Through several interviews and project presentations on how to empower society with ICT. Based on their interviews, concept and presentation merit, Huawei has selected these six students, said the release.

Mohammad Ajmain Fatin, University of Dhaka (EEE); ALL Mumtahina Arika, Islamic University of Technology (EEE); Farsia Kawsar Chowdhury, BUET (ME); Arpan Saha, University of Dhaka (EEE); Mayeesha Farjana, RUET (CSE); and Sajid Ahmed Chowdhury, IUT (CSE) are the winners of this year’s program. The winners will be given the exclusive opportunity to attend training at Shanghai and Huawei headquarters in Shenzhen, China.

The programme began with a speech by Pan Junfeng, President, Huawei South Asia Region & CEO, Huawei Bangladesh. Song Yang, Counsellor, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Bangladesh was the chief guest of the gala event while Prof. Dr. Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, Honorable Vice Chancellor, Islamic University of Technology (IUT) graced the event with his presence as the special guests.

Regarding the ‘Seeds for the Future’ initiative, Pan Junfeng said, “Shaping the future to build a fully-connected digital world is of paramount importance to Huawei. Huawei is playing a forerunner role in this connection as the whole intention of our flagship programme ‘Seeds for the Future’ is to facilitate and empower the youth of Bangladesh with the right skills so that they can take the helm of the future world and expedite the digital transformation journey of this country.”

Chief guest Song Yang congratulated all the six winners of Seeds for the Future programme. “I have full confidence that the China-Bangladesh strategic partnership of cooperation will stay in the future and Chinese companies operating in Bangladesh like Huawei will keep upholding this cooperation,” Song Yang said.

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IUT VC Prof. Dr. Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, said, Huawei is organizing this kind of program, but I believe universities should think about this kind of idea generation and innovation programmes. It will allow them to think out of the box and come up with innovative solutions for complex problems. Seeds for the Future organized by Huawei serves as a perfect platform for identifying and nurturing talents and ideas.”