The “Not strong enough" team representing Dhaka University was declared the champion of Asia Regional (Dhaka site) International Collegiate Programming Competition 2021, a prestigious global programming contest.
This was revealed at the closing ceremony of the ICPC Asia Dhaka Regional Contest 2021 at Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) in Mirpur on Saturday.
“Potatoes” representing Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) was announced as the first runner-up, while “Cage DVDI” of Jahangirnagar University got the second runner-up position.
This time, 640 contestants from 164 university-level programming teams of the country participated in the competition, organisers said.
State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak was present as the chief guest on the occasion.
"He said that BUBT is a problem solver and it will be established as a cashless, paperless and smart campus very soon. They have already developed three apps and an Internet of Things Lab will be set up here for further development."
Later, the state minister handed over the prizes to the winners.
Professor Dr. Mohammad Kaykobad, BUBT Trustee Board Chairman Abu Saleh, Presidency University VC Abul L Haq, ICPC Judge Shahriar Manzoor, Social Islami Bank Managing Director Zafar Alam, among others were present at the programme.