“This program is one of the key initiatives taken by BCC ( ICT

Division) to speed up positive spiral growth of two

interdependent components- employability of fresh graduatet

will establish a framework that will bring Academia, ind the

Government to unleash a momentum which will snowball to

help achieve vision 2021.”

“We target to earn $3 billion from the ICT sector by 2021 and BPO can contribute $1 billion to the earnings.”

Zunaid Ahmed Palak State Minister for Information and Communication Technology

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“This program is one of the key initiatives taken by BCC ( ICT Division) to speed up positive spiral growth of two interdependent components- employability of fresh graduates and revenue generation. Project will establish a framework that will bring Academia, Industry and the Government to unleash a momentum which will snowball to help achieve vision 2021.”

Mr. Tarique M Barkatullah

Deputy Project Director – LICT (BCC)

BCC, EY, Industry & Academia Come Together At JnU !

The First Batches of Top Up IT and ITES Foundation Skills Complete

the Training.

Victory Day Special IT & ITES Skills Training for 30,000 graduates

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What the industry is saying…

NextDot Huawei

MOU with Industry

"At NextDot, we all are very excited to be engaged with an organization of such high standards. The future is in the grip of combined efforts and we believe that this partnership with EY will flourish great work scopes and opportunities for both the organizations in the future. “ Md Safkat Ullah CEO, NextDot™

“We are always on the lookout for talented people willing to challenge the status quo. After talking with LICT-EY, we felt that we have possibly found a rare source of skilled resources and hence signed up. We asked for a tailored training program and EY was happy to accommodate us. We look forward to the building up of a world-class resource pool in Bangladesh.” Syed Mamnun Quader Managing Director & CEO, Southtech Limited

“We are delighted to partner with EY. They are performing a laudable job in developing precious human capital for our IT industry. We hope to actively work with EY and LICT, BCC, to help in the ongoing activities including post training assessment as well as absorbing some of these resources through employment who could meet our proficiency requirements. We sincerely feel that this will not benefit only us, but this initiative will definitely boost the IT and ITES industry, and help participants to get employment here and abroad as well.” Mahmud Hossain, Managing Director Millennium Information Solution Limited

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MOU with Universities

MOUs with Universities

BRU, Rangpur

Chittagong University

CUET, Chittagong

CIU, Chittagong

BUFT, Dhaka

News From Academia

“I am happy that the first batches of ITES Foundation Skills and Top UP IT Programs are coming out from our university. This is a significant milestone in this project of national importance launched by Bangladesh Computer Council. I appreciated the hard work done by EY trainers and Co-ordinators as well as our students over the past several months to bring about the exciting transformation I am witnessing today. Needless to say, we wish to continue this program in our university and extend full support to this endeavour.” Professor Dr. Mijanur Rahman Vice-Chancellor Jagannath University Dec 05, 2015 Addressing over 100 students, Trainers, Coordinators and Industry Representatives at JnU

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Entire collection went for Abhijit's treatment, a student of DU suffering from cancer.

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Professors vs Students at DU Nov 20, 2015

CIU

“The value of Soft Skill Training is so enormous that I was able to successfully get through a job interview and land a full time job in a leading training and facilitation firm of this country while still doing my graduation –Nafees Kausar –Final Year Student, JnU

Reaching out Rangpur Training started at Begaum Rokeya University. Batches to start soon at Carmichael College, Rangpur Govt College, Begaum Rokeya Govt College

Students glued to the Screen in a Technical Training session at JnU

Reaching out Chittagong Training to start at Chittagong University , Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology and Chittagong Independent University

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