Robi Bangladesh youth fest 2017 powered by sailor ‘Rajshahi Round’

"Robi Bangladesh Youth Fest 2017 Powered by Sailor" is an initiative aimed for 'Transforming 8 Divisions through Knowledge and Innovation".

It is a festival meant for the youth of Bangladesh and this unique initiative will attempt to prepare university students for a global market by engaging them with experts and appraising them through an exciting competition, according to a press release.

The 4th round will be initiated in Rajshahi, a division famous for its mangoes and natural beauty.

The event will take place on 4th and 5th of April in the University of Rajshahi. The event will be divided in two days and is expecting a huge coverage of students.

Both the days will simultaneously include the eight skill workshops for the specialisation of the students. The topics that the skill workshop include are, marketing, finance, creativity, communication, digital literacy, design thinking, leadership and innovation.

These topics are going to be covered by famous business enthusiasts and public speakers. The initiators for the workshops are: Shahana Sharmin (Design Thinking), Maksud Gani (Entrepreneurship), Toru (Social Innovation), Bishwajit Roy (Marketing).  The workshop will take place in University of Rajshahi, according to the press release.

On day one the experts will conduct workshops in different locations. Rifat Mahzabeen, Project Manager, BDAppsis going to take a workshop on Digital literacy and BYLC will take the workshop on Leaderdship at Rajshahi College. Solaiman Shukhon, Head of Marketing, Aamra will be conducting a workshop in RUET and lastly Prito Reza will take a workshop on creativity in Barendra College, according to the press release.

The second day of the event is going to be divided into two parts. The first one is the idea competition which includes five ideas provided by the Bangladesh Brand Forum team; the topics selected for the participants are: Branding Rajshahi, Mango of Rajshahi, Silk of Rajshahi, Kalai Ruti and Mohosthangor.

Only shortlisted teams, who submitted their ideas for the given five topics will get the chance to present their ideas in front of the judges.The selected judges will be the respected faculties of the University of Rajshahi.

The second part of the program will be on value discussion session.  The chief guest for the event will be the honorable VC of the University of Rajshahi. The speakers for the value discussion and inspirational talk session are, Osama Bin Noor, Co-Founder, Youth Opportunities; Solaiman Sukhon, Head Of marketing, Aamra; NEA Shibly, CEO & Chief Consultant, Pro-edge Associates; Abanti Shithi, Singer; Zaved Parvez, VP, Resourcing, People and Corporate Division at Robi Axiata Ltd; Prito Reza, Entrepreneur, Photographer, Public Speaker and a TV host; Khaled Saifullah, BYLC; Nazmus Ahmed Albab, CEO, Lighthouse; Maksud Gani, Head of Sales, Rahimafrooz; Mashahed Hassan Shimanta, Founder, Live and Motivational Speaker; Bishwajit Roy, Asia'a Top 100 Most Influential Retail Leader, according to the press release.

In Barendra College David Hasanat, Managing Director, Viyellatex and Hafizur Rahman Khan, Chairman, Runner Group will take another session. Finally, Shahana Sharmin, Country Manager, Bangladesh at One97 Communications Ltd is going to take her session in Rajshahi College.

The main motive of the Youthfest, Rajshahi round is to have a huge student engagement with the global experts. Students will be awarded with smart phone from "WE" on spot question answering session and the winning team will receive a financial boost of Tk 25,000 and will also get a chance to participate in the main event of Dhaka.

For registration: http://youthfest.bbf.digital/rajshahi/