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Support to Development of Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park Project

Progress Report (July 2014-June 2015)

Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority Information & Communication Technology Division

Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications & Information Technology

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The Hon’ble Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has

mentioned that the Government will establish Hi-Tech Park in every districts

followed by every Divisions.

“The government is working for making Digital Bangladesh as a “Nation Brand” to create

positive image of Bangladesh abroad.”

Mr. Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Advisor to the Prime Minister on ICT Affairs

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Contents

1. Project Background ........................................................................................................... 5

2. BHTPA’s Mission and Objectives ........................................................................................ 6

2.1 BHTPA’s achievement (2014-15) and Future Plan (2015-16) ................................................ 6

2.1.1 Developer Appointed for Kaliakoir-Hi-Tech Park ................................................................. 7

2.1.2 Jessore Software Technology Park (JSTP) ........................................................................... 7

2.1.3 Mohakhali IT Village .......................................................................................................... 7

2.1.4 Rajshahi Hi-Tech Park ........................................................................................................ 7

2.1.5 Sylhet Hi-Tech Park ............................................................................................................ 8

2.1.6 Private Software Technology Park ...................................................................................... 8

3. Objectives of the SDKHTP Project ....................................................................................... 9

3.1 Major Objectives ............................................................................................................... 9

3.2 Major Components of the Project ...................................................................................... 9

3.3 Fund Allocation of the Project .......................................................................................... 10

3.4 Allocation, Target and Achievement in FY 2014-15 ........................................................... 11

3.5 Second Revision of Development Project Proposal (DPP) .................................................. 12

4. Project Implementation Unit (PIU) ................................................................................... 15

4.1 Government Officials & Staffs .......................................................................................... 15

4.2 Individual consultant and Consulting Firm ........................................................................ 16

5. Implementation Progress ................................................................................................ 16

5.1 Works Components ......................................................................................................... 16

5.1.1 Alternate Road ................................................................................................................ 16

5.1.2 Internal Access Road ....................................................................................................... 18

5.1.3 Multi-Tenant Building (MTB)............................................................................................ 19

5.1.4 Street Light in KHTP ......................................................................................................... 20

5.1.5 Sewerage Line in KHTP .................................................................................................... 21

5.1.6 Boundary Wall in KHTP .................................................................................................... 22

5.1.7 Land Development in Sylhet Hi-Tech Park ........................................................................ 23

5.1.8 Software Quality Assurance Lab in Jahangirnagar University ............................................ 24

5.1.9 Sewage Treatment Plant in KHTP ..................................................................................... 25

5.1.10 Reformation works of Administrative Building for Tenants of KHTP .................................. 26

5.1.11 Interiors, Furniture and Fit-outs for Existing Building Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park ...................... 26

5.1.12 Establishment of Robotic Lab at BUET .............................................................................. 26

6. Works done in 2014-2015 ................................................................................................ 27

7. Procurement Plan ............................................................................................................ 28

7.1 Procurement Plan for Goods (2015-16) ............................................................................ 28

7.2 Procurement Plan for Works (2015-16) ............................................................................ 30

8. Human Resource Development ........................................................................................ 31

8.1 Employment Incentive Program ....................................................................................... 32

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8.2 Quality Certification Program .......................................................................................... 35

8.3 Skill Enhancement Program ............................................................................................. 38

8.4 Online Assessment Test ................................................................................................... 43

8.5 Training on Lean Six Sigma, Oracle & SAP ......................................................................... 48

8.6 C-Level Advanced Management Training .......................................................................... 49

8.7 Mid-Level Training Program ............................................................................................. 50

8.8 Training on Cloud Computing ........................................................................................... 51

8.9 Training of CSE graduates on JAVA at Infosys, India .......................................................... 51

8.10 Hi-Tech Park/ Special Economic Zone Management Training for public officials ................ 52

9. Workshop/Seminar ......................................................................................................... 53

10. Investor Meet & Exposure Visit ........................................................................................ 54

10.1 Visit to Kolkata, India ...................................................................................................... 54

10.2 Visit to China ................................................................................................................... 55

10.3 Visit to Malaysia .............................................................................................................. 55

10.4 Visit to Infosys, India ....................................................................................................... 56

11.1 Annexure-I (a): List of Recruited candidates under Employment Incentive Program.......... 58

11.2 Annexure-I (b): List of participants of Skill Enhancement Program .................................. 101

11.3 Annexure-I (c): List of Participants of Lean Six Sigma Course ….........................................102

11.4 Annexure-I (d): List of Participants of C-Level Advanced Management Training .............. 103

11.5 Annexure-I (e): List of Participants of Mid-Level Training Program....................................105

11.6 Annexure-I (f): List of Participants of Cloud computing Training ...................................... 147

11.7 Annexure-I (g): List of Participants of Infosys Training......................................................148

11.8 Annexure-I (h): List of Participants of Hi-Tech Park Zone Management Training .............. 154

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1. Project Background

The Government of Bangladesh has declared „Vision 2021‟ with a target to make

Bangladesh a middle income country by using Information and Communication Technology

(ICT) and by developing favourable business environment for Hi-Tech industries. Information

Technology has been identified as the “thrust sector” for the economy of Bangladesh.

Government has taken various initiatives to achieve the target. To fasten up the economic

development of the country, Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA) was established in

2010.

BHTPA is responsible for the establishment and expansion along with management,

operation and development of Hi-Tech Parks within the country. Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park,

Jessore Software Technology (IT) Park, Sylhet Hi-Tech Park, Mohakhali IT Village and Janata

Tower Software Technology Park are important and priority projects which would be the

milestone for development of IT sector as well as industrialization of Bangladesh.

The Government of Bangladesh is implementing “Support to Development of Kaliakoir

Hi-Tech Park Project” under the Private Sector Development Support Project (PSDSP) financed

by IDA and DFID. BHTPA is establishing various off-site infrastructures in Kaliakoir Hi-Tech

Park, Jessore Software Technology Park and Sylhet Hi-Tech Park.

Main gate of Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park Existing building in Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park

Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park (KHTP) is the first ever Hi-Tech Park in Bangladesh, located at

Kaliakoir upazilla in Gazipur district. It is situated only 40 km North from Dhaka city covering

with 232 acres of land. Additional 97 acres of land is under process for inclusion with the Park.

The park will be a world class business environment/investment zone forthe investor especially

foreign investors where they could utilize vast potential of young educated and technically

skilled work force.

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BHTPA is establishing a Software Technology (IT Village) Park at Jessore, Hi-Tech

Park at Sylhet along with establishment of HTP/STP in other districts of the country. The World

Bank has also agreed to expand their support in establishing a Multi-Tenant Building (MTB) at

Jessore, IT Business incubator at CUET and developing some basic facilities at Sylhet Hi-Tech

Park under the Support to Development of KaliakoirHi-Tech Park Project (SDKHTP).

2. BHTPA’s Mission and Objectives

Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park has been established with a view to achieve a set of specific

mission and vision. The underlying mission and vision are:

To establish a world class business environment for targeted high growth industrial

sector and new business;

To develop indigenous technological capability for the development of the local

industries;

To enter into foreign markets by exporting state of the art technology products;

Infrastructure to facilitate hassle-free industrial operation with necessary support.

Honourable Advisor to the PM on ICT Affairs visits KHTP

2.1 BHTPA’s achievement (2014-15) and Future Plan (2015-16):

Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA) has been considered one of the key

driving forces for realizing the goals of Vision 2021 by creating employment opportunities in

IT/ITEs sector. To create nationwide infrastructure and environment for developing IT/ITES

services, BHTPA has been playing prime role.

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2.1.1 Developer Appointed for Kaliakoir-Hi-Tech Park:

It is the first Hi-Tech Park initiated by the Government covering an area of 232 acres.

BHTPA has appointed a developer through PPP model for Block–II & V and selection process

has been completed to appoint another developer for block–III. Appointment process of

Developer for other blocks is also going on.

Signing of Contract Ceremony between BHTPA and Summit Tecnopolis Ltd (SIMCL-Infinity JV) on 28th

June, 2015

2.1.2 Jessore Software Technology Park (JSTP):

The BHTPA is implementing another project to establish a Software Technology Park in

Jessore covering 9.18 acres of land through GoB fund. A Multi-Tenant Building (MTB) of 14-

storey of steel structure has been under construction out of which 4 storied will be implemented

through Support to Development of KHTP Project. A 12 storey of steel structure dormitory,

33KVA sub-station building, sub-station line, 4-storey canteen, approach road and boundary

wall construction work is going on consequently which will be completed by June 2016.

2.1.3 Mohakhali IT Village:

Mohakhali IT Village, is another important project for BHTPA. RFP has been issued to

responsive developer to establish Mohakhali IT Village under PPP Model on 47 acres of land at

Mohakhali, Dhaka. This park is located in the prime location of the capital city and well

connected to other places by road, rail and air.

2.1.4 Rajshahi Hi-Tech Park:

Government has allocated 43 acres of land to establish Hi-Tech Park at Rajshahi in the

North-Western region of Bangladesh. Part of the land has been transferred to BHTPA and other

part is in process.

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2.1.5 Sylhet Hi-Tech Park:

A Hi-Tech Park is going to be established in Companijong upazilla under Sylhet district.

Government has allocated 162 acres which is only 12 km away from the International Airport.

Land development and electricity line from two feeders is establishing under Support to

Development of KHTP.

2.1.6 Private Software Technology Park:

BHTPA is allowing Private Software Technology Park to fulfil the demand of space for

investment of IT/ITES sector. In this connection, ACCENTURE has been declared as the first

Private Software Technology Park.

Declaration of Accenture Communications Infrastructure Solutions Ltd’s building

declared as Private Software Technology Park

A meeting regarding future plan of Hi-Tech Park under the Chairmanship of

Hon’ble State Minister, ICT Division

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3. Objectives of the SDKHTP Project

The objective of the project is to create employment opportunities through the

establishment of knowledge-based industries in general, and IT/ITES & advanced Hi-Tech

industries in particular, in order to realize the Government‟s vision of Digital Bangladesh.

3.1 Major Objectives:

To create world-class business environment for establishing ICT and other knowledge-

based Hi-Tech industries inthe parks;

To help develop sustainable technology and firm-level innovation; and

To provide capacity building support for Hi-Tech Park related institutions, private sector

IT/IT Enabled Services companies, IT/ITES association members, skills development

training, Freelancers training enabling improved and enhanced business environment

with increased opportunities for growth.

3.2 Major Components of the Project:

Construction of Alternate Road for the villagers in Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park;

Construction of Internal Access Road with drainage facility in KHTP;

Construction of Multi-Tenant Building (MTB) (4 storied out of 15) in Jessore Software

Technology Park;

Establishment of Street light in KHTP;

Establishment of Sewerage line in KHTP;

Establishment of Sewage Treatment Plant in KHTP

Construction of Boundary wall in KHTP;

Fitting fixture in 03 storied administrative building of KHTP;

Site/ Land Development of Sylhet Hi-Tech Park;

Establishment of Water reservoir with treatment plant and water supply system in KHTP;

Construction of Custom House in KHTP;

Establishment of Software Quality Assurance Lab in Jahangirnagar University;

Installation of Robotic Lab in BUET;

Establishment of laboratory in BITM & University;

Human Resource Development for IT/ITES sector & Business Linkage.

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3.3 Fund Allocation of the Project:

Budget

Head

Code and

Description Component

Cost (in lakh)

GoB IDA DFID Total

Revenue

4500- Pay of

Officer

Pay of Deputed officers 40.11 - - 40.11

4600- Pay of

Establishment

Pay of Recruited office

personnel

- 5.07 1.19 6.26

4700-

Allowances

Allowances for project

personnel

35.00 34.26 8.04 77.30

4800-

Supplies &

Services

Site clearance, Publication,

POL, Training & Workshop,

Transaction Advisory Services,

Individual Consultants, Business

Linkage (Company

Certification, C-Level Training,

Mid-Level Training,

Employment Incentive Program,

Human Resource Program (

Skill Enhancement Program,

CSE graduate Training Program

etc.), Audit fee, Stationary &

others etc.

- 3186.89 2767.96 5954.85

4900- Repairs

&

Maintenance

Repair, maintenance &

rehabilitation

- 6.48 1.52

8.00

Capital 6800-

Acquisition

of Assets

Office equipment (PC, Laptop,

Camera, Air cooler, Projectors,

furniture), Lab for BITM &

Other University etc.

636.60 0 636.60

6900-

Acquisition

of Land

Acquisition of Land 1100 0 0 1100

7000-

Construction

& Works

Land Development, Access

Road, Alternate Road, Water

supply & sewerage, Integrated

waste management plant,

Custom House in KHTP, MTB

in Jessore, Land development

and some basic facilities in

Sylhet, IT Business Incubator in

CUET

12791.91 2807.99 15599.90

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Initially the allocation of the project was 22236.332 lakh (GoB 1175.11, IDA 18517.31

and DFID 2543.91). After 1st revision the allocation was increased to 23698.81 lakh (GoB

1175.11, IDA 16312.06 and DFID 6211.64). BHTPA is going to propose 2nd

revision of the

DPP as some important component need to incorporate. The project implementation period is

January 2013 to June 2016.

3.4 Allocation, Target and Achievement in FY 2014-15 (according to 1st

revision):

(Figure in Lakh Taka)

Code Component

Name

Project

Allocati

on

Provision for FY

2014-15

Achievement FY 2014-

15

Balan

ce as

on

June

30,

2015

GoB RPA Total GoB RPA Total

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

(a) Revenue

4500 Pay of Officers 40.11 9.75

9.75 8.92 8.92 0.83

4600 Pay of Staff 6.26 - 2.00 2.00 - 1.78 1.78 0.22

4700 Allowances 77.30 11.25 2.50 13.75 11.39 2.76 14.15 (0.40)

4800

Supplies &

Services 5954.85 -

2239.5

0

2239.5

0 -

1874.4

0

1874.4

0 365.10

4916

Vehicle

Maintenance &

others

8.00 - 3.00 3.00 - 0.75 0.75 2.25

Sub-total Revenue 6086.52 21.00 2247.0

0

2268.0

0 20.32

1879.6

8

1900.0

0 368.00

(b) Capital

6800 Goods 636.50 - 321.0 321.0 83.86 83.86 237.14

6900 Land Acquisition 1100.00 - - 0.00 - - - -

7000 Works 15600.00 -

5225.0

0

5225.0

0 -

5492.0

5

5492.0

5

(267.05

)

Sub-total Capital 17336.50 0.00 5546.0

0

5546.0

0 0.00

5575.9

1

5575.9

1 (29.91)

(c) Physical Contingency 151.31 - - - - - - -

(d) Price Contingency 124.48 - - - - - - -

Grand total (a+b+c+d) 23698.81 21.00 7793.0

0

7814.0

0 20.32

7455.6

0

7475.9

1 338.09

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3.5 Second Revision of Development Project Proposal (DPP):

As per decision of the Inter Ministerial Steering Committee meeting held on 15 July 2013,

the 1st revision of the DPP was approved on 22

ndOctober 2013. Due to the expansion of the project

scope with lapses of time, the 2nd

revision of the project becomes essential. Initially the allocation

of the project was 22236.332 lakh Taka. After 1st revision the allocation was increased to

23698.81 lakh Taka. In the 2nd

revision the allocation has been proposed as 23722.70 lakhs. The

main reasons & features of 2nd revision with justification are discussed briefly as follows:

(i) Bangladesh has a huge opportunity in IT/ITES sector in global market. But it is not easy to

exploit the opportunity as there is stiff competition with other players to get access the

market. For harnessing the opportunity need to scaling up the competitiveness of the

IT/ITES firms is very crucial. The project is supporting IT/ITES firms to improve their

competitiveness in different ways 40 firms has been provided support for undertaking

quality certification (2 firms- Capability Maturity Integration Model (CMMI) Level-5, 10

firms – CMMIL-3, 25 firms–ISO:9001, 3 firms – ISO:27001). Considering the high demand

and impact for expansion of IT/ITES business in global market the World Bank agreed to

support in this initiative by expanding up to 50 firms. Besides the CMMIL-3, 5, ISO-9001,

27001 the ISO-14001 could be considered which is relevant for IT/ITES manufacturing. In

this circumstance, project is planning to extend the opportunity to support in quality

certification program up to 50 IT/ITES firms.

(ii) The KHTP and other IT Parks are being established with a target to attract reputed foreign

firm, which could increase employment, economic activities and contribute significantly to

the GDP of the country. It is also proposed to provide selected youth from Bangladesh to

participate training programs in other countries as the Brand Ambassadors of Bangladesh to

attract the IT/ITES industry to invest and locate in the country with the display of their

capabilities and the skills in the sector at these companies. One such offer has been

implemented as a goodwill gesture offered to the country by a leading multinational IT/ITES

company Infosys Ltd by inviting 100 Computer Science Engineers/IT graduates for specific

3 months training at their Mysore campus. To implement such collaborative program in

home & abroad BDT 150 lakh has been proposed.

Reception of CSE/IT graduates selected for the training in

Infosys Campus, Mysore at BCC Auditorium.

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(iii) Government is going to establish a Hi-Tech Park in Sylhet covering 162 acres of land for

establishing last-mile basic infrastructure such as Electric Connectivity, Land Development, has

been proposed in the DPP. As uninterrupted power supply is one of the most important success

factors for a Hi-Tech/ Software Technology Park, Sylhet Pally Bidyout Samity-2 has been

requested to establish electricity line in SHTP from Bhadaghat and Companygonj feeder line.

Honourable State Minister for ICT Division visits Sylhet Hi-Tech Park along with

Chairman, Parliamentary Committee for Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and IT

(iv) In KHTP an Internal Access Road has been constructed to establish connectivity to all the

blocks. A lake on the alignment of the road disrupted the continuity of the road. To make

effective use of the road a bridge has been proposed over the lake for smooth

communication.

Location of proposed bridge to connect internal

access road in KHTP.

Proposed bridge

(v) There was a plan to establish an IT Business Incubator in Chittagong Engineering University

(CUET). Initially the estimated cost was 24 crore but practically it need more than 40 crore BDT.

In this circumstance the World Bank suggested to construct a modest building of 20/30

thousand square feet for as a part of IT Park. Dormitory and other infrastructure could be

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constructed separately. Now, Government is planning to initiate a project under GoB, so

this component is proposing to drop from the project.

(vi) Summit Technopolis Ltd (JV of Summit and Infinity India) have been appointed for Block

2 & 5 of KHTP and JV of Fibre@Home and Technopark Malaysia has been selected for

Block-3. Full functional IT space created by the developers will be available by June 2017.

But there is a huge demand of IT space as some renown firms are interested to invest in

Bangladesh. To ensure the IT space with necessary facilities government is encouraging

establishment of Private Software Technology Park under Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park

Authority Act in Dhaka, Chittagong and other places of the country. To encourage

establishment of Private STP government is going to support by creating necessary fit out

in it. Therefore, BDT 2500 lakh has been proposed for this purpose to encourage

investment in IT/ITES Sector.

97 acres of land to be included with 232 acres in KHTP

(vii) BHTPA has allocated space to 5 firms in existing 3 storied building KHTP to start the

business in limited extend as well as to make sure the use of the building. The employee

need to commute from Dhaka to the park as residential facilities is yet to develop in

KHTP. To ensure the easy communication facility govt. has decided to arrange two buses

for regularly commuting between Dhaka and KHTP. Therefore, amount BDT 375 lakh has

been proposed to procure two AC Bus under this project.

(viii) There are several important works component are being to be implemented to create off-

site/onsite infrastructure in KHTP, JSTP & SYTP. In original DPP there are provision for

one Executive Engineer and one Assistant Engineer as deputed officers from other Govt.

Organization. The BHTPA & ICT Division perused several times for appointing

Engineers, but no one has been appointed so far. In this circumstances two Engineers has

been proposed as consultant to ensure the quality monitoring of the construction works.

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Infrastructure & Construction Key Expert and Procurement Specialist

(Executive Engineer) are supervising MTB construction works.

(ix) The government has declared the new pay scale for government employee. In this project

pay and allowances of deputed government officers was calculated on the basis of

previous scale. Therefore, the total amount for pay and allowances need to be increased.

4. Project Implementation Unit (PIU)

A project implementation unit is working for effective implementation of the project.

PIU consists of the following personnel:

4.1 Government Officials & Staffs:

Sl Post (Designation) No. of

Post

Name of Appointed

Person Remarks

1 Project Director 1 A N M Safiqul Islam Working since 18 Marh 2013

2 Deputy Project

Director

1 Md. Azizul Islam Working since September 2013

3 Executive Engineer 1 - Not yet deputed

4 Assistant Director 1 Rumana Khorshed Working since August 2014

5 Asst Engineer (Civil) 1 Atiqul Islam

(additional charge)

Additional charge from BHTPA

6 Accountant 1 Hannan Md Forhad Working since 24 October 2013

7 Office Assistant 1 Taslima Islam Working since 3 July 2013

8 Work Assistant 1 Mustain Billah Working since 9 July 2014

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4.2 Individual Consultant and Consulting Firm:

Sl Consultant/Firm No. of

Post

Name of Appointed

Person Remarks

1 Transaction Advisor 1 Firm Ernst & Young LLP Working since 30 June 2014

2 Financial Management

Specialist

1 Md. Surut Jaman Working since 12 August 2014

3 Procurement

Specialist

1 Habibul Aziz Working since 1 October 2014

4 Environmental

Specialist

1 Md. Billal Hossain Working since 1 September

2014

5 Social Specialist 1 - Social Specialist will be

appointed soon

6 Training &

Management

Specialist

2 (i) Abu Saleh Md. Sushan

(ii) Mohammad Masudur

Rahman

(i) Working since 10 April 2014

(ii) Working since 1 June 2014

Managing Director of Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority, Ms Hosne Ara Begum, ndc

(Additional Secretary) is the Head of Procuring Entity (HOPE) of the project.

5. Implementation Progress

5.1 Works Components:

The project has been designed to establish some important off-site and on-site

infrastructure such as (a) Alternate Road for the villagers (b) Internal Access Road in KHTP (c)

Street Light in KHTP (d) Sewerage Line in KHTP (e) Sewage Treatment Plant in KHTP (f)

Custom House in KHTP (g) Multi-Tenant Building (MTB) in Jessore Software Technology Park

and (h) Site/land development in Sylhet Hi-Tech Park etc. The progress of different sub

component is discussed below:

5.1.1 Alternate Road:

Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park covers a total land area of 232 acres allocated by the government.

Additional 97 acres of Government land is under process for inclusion with the Park. Currently,

some access roads passed through the park used by the inhabitants of neighbouring villages such

as PiererTaki, Boktarpur, Janer Chala etc. As the park is going to be a business environment with

a limited access for common people surrounded by a boundary wall, so all the access points need

to be closed which will hinder villager‟s access to market places, highway, upazilla, hospital etc.

To minimize the villagers‟ suffering Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority decided to construct an

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alternate road to ensure easy access of the villagers of neighbouring village. Initially plan was to

construct a new road within the boundary of the park but after consultation with the local

Authority BHTPA has agreed to widen the existing narrow kutcha road. As the Kaliakoir Hi-Tech

Park would be closed by boundary wall, so 18 ft. wide alternate road has been established for the

villagers for easy reach/access to Kaliakoir and National Highway. The total 2696 meter road was

divided into 3 parts on the basis of the locations and the contract was awarded to the selected

lowest bidder PBL for construction with the amount of BDT 13.55 crore to complete the

assignment by 6th

October 2014 which has been completed in extended time in April 2015.

The contract for constructing the other part of 1150 meter alternate road has been

awarded to the selected lowest bidder Spectra Engineers Limited on 20/01/2015 with the

amount of BDT 3.99 crore. The physical progress of the Alternate Road-2 is about 75% and it

will be completed by October 2015.

Alternate road in Kaliakoir Hi-Tech park in Part I

Alternate road in Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park

in Part II

Alternate road under construction

at Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park in Part III

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5.1.2 Internal Access Road:

Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park is divided into 5 blocks. Block-1 is for administrative purpose

and remaining 4 blocks will be used as industrial area. It is mentionable that the consulting firm

Price Water House Cooper proposed a road network for the Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park in

Feasibility Study.

The arterial and primary road was proposed to ensure easy access to all the blocks. Part

of the main access road from the main gate to end of the block-1 was constructed by using GoB

fund and remaining part is being constructed through this project. Initially the contract was

signed with the responsive lowest bidder Spectra Engineers Limited for 46 feet wide Access

Road with drainage facility on 02 January 2014.

The actual contract price of the work was BDT 27.84 crore for the length of 2225 m. But

1300 m long and 5.5 m width (without drain) has been included in this contract after Bank

clearance and approval from ICT Division as only 1700 m road with 46 feet wide & drainage

facility was possible to construct due to lake and other some physical obstruction.

The construction of Access Road has been completed within the stimulated time and the

Honourable State Minister of ICT Division, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunication & IT has

inaugurated on 16 April 2015.

Construction Work at KHTP Engineer is monitoring the Construction Work at KHTP

Internal Access Road of Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park Opening of the Access Road by Honorable State

Minister for ICT Division on 16/04/2015

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5.1.3 Multi-Tenant Building (MTB):

A Multi-Tenant Building is being constructed in Jessore Software Technology Park

(JSTP) under the project. Social Impact Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment

were conducted by short term appointed consultants of the project. It is mentionable that there

was no compensation and acquisition issue as it was government land (owned by Public Works

Department). This component include in the project during 1st revision on October 2013.

Initially 4 storied with 52000 sq. feet out of 15 floors will be constructed from the project. The

rest 11 storied of the MTB will be constructed by using GoB fund through the Jessore Software

Technology Park Project.

Task Team Leader Mr. Manju Haththotuwa and Consultant CK Veeresh, WB visit JSTP

ICT Secretary visits construction of JSTP

Hon’ble State Minister visits JSTP

On 02 January 2014 contract was signed between the Authority and Spectra –

Macdonalds (JV) the responsive lowest bidder with a contract price of BDT 42.84 crore. The

physical progress of the construction of MTB in Jessore Software Technology Park is about

80%. The expected completion date of works has been fixed at September 2015 in 2nd

time

extension.

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Environmental Specialist Mr. Billal Hossain

briefing the labourers at JSTP Project

site regarding occupational health and safety

issues

Under constraction MTB in JSTP

5.1.4 Street Light in KHTP:

This component is to establish the street light both side of the access road. The tender

was called for the Construction of Electric & Street Light Line in KHTP under package no.

BHTPA-WD4.1 vide this office memo no. 56.02.0000.009.34.131.15-68 dated 04.02.2015. The

tender notice was published in (1) The Daily Observer on 06.02.2015 and (2) The Daily

Jugantar on 08.02.2015. The notice was also published in the websites of Bangladesh Hi-Tech

Park Authority and Central Procurement Technical Unit of IMED. Sixteen firms purchased the

tender documents from the office and 6 (six) of them submitted bids within the tender

submission date 10.03.2015 at 2:00 pm.

The official estimate of the package is BDT 3,33,78,800.00. InGen Technology Ltd.

fulfilled all the qualification criteria and was the lowest responsive tenderer among the

participants by quoting total amount of BDT 1,93,54,412.00 (One crore ninety three lakh fifty

four thousand four hundred and twelve). The contract has been awarded to the selected lowest

bidder InGen Technology Ltd on 07/04/2015. Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak, MP the Honourable

State Minister for ICT Division, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications & IT has inaugurated

the work on 16 April 2015. Mr. Imran Ahmad, MP, the Chairman, Parliamentary Standing

Committee for Posts, Telecommunications and IT was also present in the inaugural session. The

physical progress of the construction of Electric & Street Light is about 50%. Hopefully the

assignment will be completed before the planned date 08 October 2015.

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Honorable State Minister, ICT Division along with

Chairman Parlimentary Standing Committee in

KHTP on 16.04.2015

Honorable State Minister, ICT Division along with

Chairman Parlimentary Standing Committee is

inaugurating the work of street lighting in KHTP

on 16.04.2015

5.1.5 Sewerage Line in KHTP:

Sewerage line is one of the most important components for Hi-Tech Park. Advertisement

was published for Construction of Sewerage Line in KHTP under package no. BHTPA-WD3.1

vide this office memo no. 56.02.0000.009.34.125.14-70 dated 05.02.2015. The tender notice

was published in (1) The Daily Independent on 07.02.15 (2) The Daily Amader Shomoy on

07.02.15 and (3) The Daily Ittefaq on 08.02.15. The notice was also published in the website of

Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority and Central Procurement Technical Unit of IMED. Sixteen

firms purchased the tender documents from the office and 6 (six) of them submitted bids within

the tender submission date 12.03.2015 at 2:00 pm.

The official estimate of the package was BDT 1,98,68,954.00. United Commercial Centre

Ltd fulfilled all the qualification criteria and was selected as the lowest bidder among the

participants by quoting total amount at BDT 1,98,49,562.00 (One crore ninety eight lakh forty nine

thousand five hundred and sixty two). The contract has been awarded to the selected lowest

responsive bidder United Commercial Centre Ltd on 20/04/2015. The physical progress of the

construction of Sewerage Line in KHTP is about 45%. The expected completion date of works is 21

October 2015.

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Ongoing construction works of Sewerage line in KHTP

ICT Secretary visits the ongoing development

works in KHTP

Honorable State Minister of ICT Division in KHTP

5.1.6 Boundary Wall in KHTP:

Boundary was constructed in KHTP in 2008 but some portion of boundary was

demolished for construction of alternate road for the villagers. There is also a process is ongoing

for adding 97 acres of land with 232 acres of land. Therefore, a boundary wall is also needed to

enclosed 97 acres of land along with reconstruction for demolished wall.

Ongoing construction works of Boundary wall in KHTP

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The tender regarding Construction of Boundary wall in KHTP was called for the

package no. BHTPA-WD6.1 vide this office memo no. 56.02.0000.009.34.133.15-107 dated

24.02.2015. The tender notice was published in (1) The Daily Shomokal on 25.02.15 (2) The

Daily Star on 25.02.15. The notice was also published in the websites of Bangladesh Hi-Tech

Park Authority and Central Procurement Technical Unit of IMED. Fourteen firms purchased the

tender documents from the office and 9 (nine) of them submitted bids within the tender

submission date 30.03.2015 at 2:00 pm. The contract was signed on 10 May 2015 after

unanimously recommendation by Tender Evaluation Committee to accept the contract price of

NN Builders Ltd. at the amount of BDT 7,38,74,224.51 (Seven crore thirty eight lakh seventy

four thousand two hundred twenty four taka and fifty one paisa) where the estimated cost was

BDT 8,49,21,234.00 The physical progress of the construction is about 20%. The expected

completion date of works is 09 May 2016.

5.1.7 Land Development in Sylhet Hi-Tech Park:

Government has allocated 162 acres of land in Companygong upzilla under Sylhet

District for developing Sylhet Hi-Tech Park. As the elevation of the land is low so it need to be

filled up to start the infrastructure development work. In this circumstances a tender under the

package no. BHTPA-WD5.2 vide this office memo no. 56.02.0000.009.34.132.15-212 dated

30.03.2015 was published in (1) The New Age on 31.03.15, (2) The Daily Shomokal on

01.04.2015. The notice was also published in the website of Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority

and Central Procurement Technical Unit of IMED. Twenty one firms purchased the tender

documents from the office and 14 (Fourteen) of them submitted bids within the tender

submission date 30.04.2015 at 2:00 pm.

The Tender Evaluation Committee unanimously recommended to accept the tender of

TEL-MC JV, 54/1, Niloy, Chowhatta, Sylhet at BDT 5,37,15,032.30 (Five crore thirty seven

lakh fifteen thousand thirty two taka and thirty poisa). The contract has been awarded to the

selected lowest responsive bidder TEL-MC JV, 54/1, Niloy, Chowhatta, Sylhet at BDT

5,37,15,032.30 (Five crore thirty seven lakh fifteen thousand thirty two taka thirty poisa) on

07/06/2015 where official estimate was BDT 6,98,62,831.98. The physical progress of the Land

Development and Retaining Wall construction in Sylhet Hi-Tech Park is about 30%. The

expected completion date of works is 31 December 2015.

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Environmental Specialist talking with different stakeholders at Sylhet Hi-Tech Park Project site

Ongoing land development works in Sylhet Hi-Tech Park

5.1.8 Software Quality Assurance Lab in Jahangirnagar University:

BHTPA agreed to establish a specialized lab in Institute of Information Technology in

Jahangirnagar University for creating a pool of skill human resources for Software Quality

Assurance.

The tender regarding Installation of Lab in Jahangirnagar University was published

under the package no. BHTP G-10.1 vide this office memo no. 56.02.0000.009.34.128.14-103

dated 23.02.2015 in (1) The Financial Express on 24.02.2015 and (2) The Daily Manabkantha

on 24.02.2015. The notice was also published in the website of Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park

Authority.

Four firms purchased the tender documents from the office and 1 (one) of them

submitted bids within the tender submission date 16.03.2015 at 2:00 pm. The official estimate of

the package is BDT 66,96,429.00. The committee unanimously recommended re-tendering for

the package as it found non responsive. The re-tender notice was published in (1) The Financial

Express on 01.05.2015 and (2) The Daily Ittefaq on 03.05.2015. The notice was also published

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in the website of Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority and CPTU website. Five firms purchased

the tender documents from the office and 4 (Four) of them submitted bid within the tender

submission date 18.05.2015 at 2:00 pm. The contract has been awarded to the selected lowest

responsive bidder Computer Source Limited at a BDT 81,54,437.00 on 02/06/2015. Though the

completion date of installation of the Lab was 01/12/2015, but it has already been completed by

June 2015.

Software Quality Assurance Lab in Jahangirnagar University

5.1.9 Sewage Treatment Plant in KHTP:

Sewage Treatment Plant is one of the

vital components for developing an

environment friendly industrial park. In

KHTP 3 STPs were suggested by the PWC in

feasibility report considering the topography

of the land. Now, BHTPA has decided to

establish a STP with 3 MLD capacities in

Block-1. The tender regarding Design,

Supply, Construction, Erection,

Commissioning and Operating of 3MLD

Capacity Sewage Treatment Plant was called for the package no BHTPA-WD3.2 vide this office

memo no. 56.02.0000.009.34.142.15-286 dated 23.04.2015 which was published in (1) The

Daily Observer (2) The New Age, (3) The Daily Janakantha, (4) The Daily Amar Sangbad, all

on 24.04.2015. The notice was also published in the website of Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park

Authority and Central Procurement Technical Unit of IMED. 12 (Twelve) firms purchased the

tender documents from the office and 6 (six) of them submitted bids within the tender

submission date 10.06.2015 at 2:00 pm. The contract has been awarded to the selected lowest

responsive bidder Wastechem International Ltd in BDT 5,19,00,000.00 on 29/06/2015. The

expected completion date of works is 31 December 2015.

Contract signing with Wastechem International Ltd

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5.1.10 Reformation works of Administrative Building for Tenants of KHTP:

The existing 3 storied building is unutilized since its construction in 2009. The BHTPA

has decided to tenant the building as suggested by the WB to operationalize the park by tenanted

the building. BHTPA selected 5 firms for existing building and agreed to provide fitting fixture

for those firms.

In this view the tender regarding Reformation works of Administrative Building for

Tenants of Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park was called for under the Package BHTP-WD-11 vide this

office memo no. 56.02.0000.009.34.126.15-415 dated 26.05.2015 which was published in (1)

The Daily Observer and (2) The Daily Manabkantha on 27.05.2015. The notice was also

published in the web sites of Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority and Central Procurement

Technical Unit of IMED. Ten firms purchased the tender documents from the office and 9 (nine)

of them submitted bids within the tender submission date 22.06.2015 at 2:00 pm. The official

estimate of the package is BDT 64,31,226.80. The tender evaluation is in progress by the Tender

Evaluation Committee (TEC). The expected completion date of work is October 2015.

5.1.11 Interiors, Furniture and Fit-outs for Existing Building Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park:

BHTPA has decided to get tenant for the existing 3 storied building constructed in 2009

to start the Park activity in limited level as suggested by the WB. The BHTPA has selected 5

IT/ITES firms and remodelling the building by fit-out, furniture and interiors suitable for

IT/ITES operation.

For this purpose the tender for the Package BHTP-WD-11 vides this office memo no.

56.02.0000.009.34.126.15-415 dated 26.05.2015 was published in (1) The Daily Observer and

(2) The Daily Manabkantha on 27.05.2015. The notice was also published in the website of

Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority and Central Procurement Technical Unit of IMED. Ten

firms purchased the tender documents from the office and 8 (eight) of them submitted bids

within the tender submission date 22.06.2015 at 2:00 pm. The official estimate of the package is

BDT 1,16,30,750.00. The tender evaluation by the Tender Evaluation Committee (TEC) is

going on. The expected completion date of work is 31 December 2015.

5.1.12 Establishment of Robotic Lab at BUET:

BHTPA agreed to set up a Robotic Lab in Bangladesh University of Engineering and

Technology (BUET) to create a pool of HR in Hi-Technology. The Lab will be managed by

ICT, Electronics and Mechanical Department to maximize its utilization. Researcher of other

University and private sector also get access in the lab.

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The tender regarding establishment of Robotic Lab under the package no BHTP G-10.1

vides this office memo no. 56.02.0000.009.34.129.14-323 dated 05.05.2015 was published in

(1) The Bangladesh Observer and (2) The Daily Jugantor both on 07.05.2015. The notice was

also published in the website of Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority and Central Procurement

Technical Unit of IMED. Five firms purchased the tender documents from the office and 3

(three) of them submitted bids within the tender submission date 08.06.2015 at 2:15 pm.

The official estimate of the package is BDT 1,80,32,360.00. The Authority forms a

technical committee for examining the technical responsiveness of the proposal. The technical

committee found 2 proposal non responsive. As other bid was more than 100% higher than the

estimated price, the Tender Evaluation Committee (TEC) recommended re-tendering for the

purpose.

6. Works done in 2014-2015

Details of the works done in 2014-15 is as under:

Sl

No

Name of Works Contract Date

& Amount

(Crore Tk)

Date of

Completion

Physical

Progress

Remarks

1 Internal Access Road in KHTP 02 Jan‟14

BDT 27.83

3 Apr‟15 100% Complete

2 Alternate Road in KHTP

(Part I & III)

07 Oct‟13

BDT 13.55

7 Apr‟15 100% Complete

3 Multi-Tenant Building (MTB) in

JSTP

16 Mar‟14

BDT 42.84

Jun‟15 80% Ongoing

4 Alternate Road-2 in KHTP (Part-

II)

20 Jan‟15

BDT 3.99

20 Oct‟15 75% Ongoing

5 Construction of Sewerage Line

in KHTP

19 Apr‟15

BDT 1.98


6 Construction of Street Light Line

in KHTP

07 Apr‟15

BDT 1.93


7 Construction of Boundary Wall

in KHTP

10 May‟15

BDT 7.38

9 May‟16 20% Ongoing

8 Installation of Computer Lab in

Jahangirnagar University

02 Jun‟15

BDT 0.81

1 Dec‟15 100% Complete

9 Land Development in Sylhet Hi-

Tech Park

07 Jun‟15

BDT 5.37

6 Mar‟16 20% Ongoing

10 Electricity Line in SHTP Fund has been

transferred to

Sylhet PBS-2

Mar‟16 - Ongoing

11 Sewage Treatment Plant in

KHTP

29 Jun‟15

BDT 5.19

Mar‟16 - Ongoing

12 Installation of Robotic Lab in - Dec‟15 - Re-

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Sl

No

Name of Works Contract Date

& Amount

(Crore Tk)

Date of

Completion

Physical

Progress

Remarks

BUET advertiseme

nt

13 Fitting Fixture in 03 Stoired

Admin Building of KHTP

- Dec‟15 - Evaluation

is going on.

14 Water Supply System in KHTP - Mar‟16 - Tender will

be floated

soon

15 Construction of Custom House in

KHTP

- May‟16 - Do

16 Procurement of 2 AC Bus to

Commute to KHTP

Tender will be

floated on Jul‟15

Sep‟15 - Do

17 Establishment of a Bailey Bridge

in KHTP

Tender will be

floated on Jul‟15

Mar‟16 - Do

18 Establishment of a Bailey Bridge

in SHTP

Tender will be

floated on

Sep‟15

Mar‟16 - Do

7. Procurement Plan

7.1 Procurement Plan for Goods (2015-16):

Package

Number

Description

of

Procurement

Packages

Goods

Qt

y

Procurem

ent

Method

and Type

Estimat

ed Cost

in

Million

BDT

Invite/

Advertise

Tender

Tende

r

Openi

ng

Tender

Evaluati

on

Notificati

on of

Award

(NOA)

Time for

Completi

on of

Contract

1 2 4 5 8 11 12 13 15 18

BHTP-

G1.2

Plantation LS NCB 1.975 7/1/15 7/22/1

5

8/5/15 8/19/15 12/31/15

BHTP-

G3.1

Computer-3,

Tab-7,

Display

Monitor-1

11 RFQ 0.485 7/16/15 7/23/1

5

7/23/15 7/30/15 8/31/15

BHTP-

G3.2

(Lot-3)

Procurement

of Printer

3 RFQ 0.088 7/22/15 7/30/1

5

7/30/15 8/6/15 8/31/15

BHTP-

G7.1

Interiors,

Furniture

and Fit-outs

for Admin

Building of

Kaliakoir Hi-

Tech Park

LS NCB 11.630 5/25/15 6/22/1

5

7/14/15 7/29/15 12/31/15

5/26/15 6/22/1

5

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Package

Number

Description

of

Procurement

Packages

Goods

Qt

y

Procurem

ent

Method

and Type

Estimat

ed Cost

in

Million

BDT

Invite/

Advertise

Tender

Tende

r

Openi

ng

Tender

Evaluati

on

Notificati

on of

Award

(NOA)

Time for

Completi

on of

Contract

1 2 4 5 8 11 12 13 15 18

BHTP-

G7.2

Interiors,

Fitting

Fixture,

Furniture for

Private STP

LS OTM 234.369 8/18/15 9/22/1

5

10/6/15 10/20/15 5/31/16

BHTP-

G8

Procurement

of Bus

2 OTM 37.500 7/12/15 8/18/1

5

8/25/15 9/8/15 12/31/15

BHTP-

G10

Equipment,

Hardware/So

ftware

Business

Incubator

Lab for

CUET &

others

LS OTM 256.290 8/18/15 9/22/1

5

10/6/15 10/20/15 5/31/16

BHTP-

G10.2

(Lot-1)

Supply and

Installation

of

Equipment,

Hardware/So

ftware,

Business

Incubator

Lab (Robotic

lab) at

BUET

LS NCB 18.050 5/5/15 6/8/15 7/10/15 7/24/15 12/31/15

5/5/15 6/8/15

BHTP-

G10.2

(Lot-2)

Supply and

Fixation of

Furniture for

Robotic Lab

at BUET

LS RFQ 0.200 7/14/15 7/23/1

5

7/23/15 8/6/15 12/31/15

5/5/15 6/8/15

BHTP-

G10.2

(Lot-3)

Supply and

Installation

of Air

Conditioner

for Robotic

Lab at

BUET

LS NCB 1.020 5/5/15 6/8/15 7/10/15 7/24/15 2/17/16

5/5/15 6/8/15

BHTP-

G14

Procurement

of

Photocopier

1 RFQ 0.375 7/27/15 8/5/15 8/5/15 8/12/15 8/31/15

Total 561.982

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7.2 Procurement Plan for Works (2015-16):

Package

Number

Description

of

Procuremen

t Packages

Works

Qty Procurem

ent

Method

and Type

Estimated

Cost in

Million

BDT

Tender

Openin

g

Tender

Evaluatio

n

Notification

of Award

(NOA)

Time for

Complet

ion of

Contract

1 2 4 5 8 12 13 15 18

BHTP-

WD-3.3

Water

Reservoir and

Water

Transmission

System in

KHTP

LS NCB 139.500 8/20/15 9/3/15 Oct/2015 3/30/16

BHTP-

WD-4.2

Installation of

Street Light

in KHTP

(Alternate

Road)

5 NCB 6.600 8/20/15 9/3/15 Oct/2015 12/31/15

BHTP-

WD-4.4

Establishmen

t of Electric

Line from

Block I-V

2.5 NCB 80.000 9/15/15 9/29/15 Oct/2015 12/31/15

BHTP-

WD-7

Custom

House in

KHTP

1859 NCB 100.000 8/20/15 9/3/15 Oct/2015 3/31/16

BHTP-

WD-9

Baily

Bridge/Culve

rt in KHTP

50 NCB 35.000 9/15/15 9/29/15 Oct/2015 3/31/16

BHTP-

WD-11

Reformation

Works of

Admin

Building for

Tenants of

Kaliakoir Hi-

Tech Park

LS NCB 6.500 5/4/15 5/19/15 Jul/2015 12/31/15

6/22/15

BHTP-

WD-12

Electrificatio

n and other

Civil Works

in PSTP &

Govt. Rental

STP

LS NCB 50.000 9/15/15 9/29/15 Nov/15 4/30/16

Total 432.600

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Honourable State Minister, the Secretary of ICT Division & MD, BHTPA

in a meeting on progress review of the Project

8. Human Resource Development

One of the main objectives of the project is to enhance capacity of the IT/ITES sector of

Bangladesh. In view of that, the project has taken some important programs like (a)

Employment Incentive Program; (b) Quality Certification Program; (c) C-Level Training

Program; (d) Mid-Level Training Program; (e) Skill Enhancement Program. The objectives of

the programs are as follows:

Provide employment opportunities for Bangladeshi youth in IT/ITES sector;

Support IT/ITES companies in building human resources by training on skills essential to

their internal business processes for productive employment and successfully lay the

growth path for them to become mid/large size companies;

Encourage IT/ITES companies to set up their operations at the Hi-Tech/IT Parks in

Bangladesh;

Upgrade operational management, soft skills and technical skills of mid-level managers

among leaders working in the IT/ITES industry;

Create a readily employable workforce to be absorbed in the IT/ITES sector by the

Industry;

Increase self-employment opportunities for the youth of Bangladesh in the IT/ITES

sectors;

Upgrade skills of employees working in the IT/ITES Industry enabling its growth with

better-qualified human resources;

Provide globally recognized vendor specific certification and training programs covering

IT/ITES industry needs;

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Develop increased Freelancing community to participate in micro work on crowd

sourcing platforms;

Establish an internationally-recognized quality certification program for IT/ITES

companies.

All the programs were circulated in the newspapers as well as in the BHTPA, BASIS and

BACCO‟s website. A evaluation committee was consist of BASIS, BACCO, BUET, BHTPA

and ICT Division representatives headed by the Project Director for evaluating applications and

proposals.

Seminar/workshop for awareness building on IT development

8.1 Employment Incentive Program:

Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority extends its support to provide incentive to IT/ITES

companies for appointing new employees who shall undergo training on specific company based

curriculum & processes. Under the Employment Incentive Training Program it was targeted to

2000 new employees will be trained and hired by the IT/ITES companies.

Incentive has to be provided to the IT/ITES companies upon actual

recruitment/employment of the trained candidates. BHTPA would provide employment

incentive based on actual cost of training per person with a maximum ceiling of BDT 40,000.

The Main Objectives of the Program:

Provide employment opportunities for Bangladeshi youth in IT/ITES sector;

Support IT/ITES companies in building human resources by training on skills essential to

their internal business processes for productive employment and successfully lay the

growth path for them to become mid/large size companies; and

Encourage IT/ITES companies to set up their operations at the Hi-Tech/IT Parks in

Bangladesh.

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Eligibility of the Firms:

The employment incentive support will be made available to all eligible IT/ITES

companies on fulfilling the following conditions:

Has at least 2 years experience in the IT/ITES business;

Has an average yearly revenue turnover of BDT 5 Million; and

Have currently 20 employees or more working with the company.

Advertisement Details:

The company was selected through open advertisement as follows:

Phase Advertisement

Published in

Publicatio

n Date

Last

Date of

Submissi

on

No of

Proposal

Receive

d

No of

Companie

s Selected

Finally

Contract

Sign with

Project

1st

Phase

The Daily Star,

The Daily Ittefaq

5 Dec‟13 17

Dec‟13

31 19 16

2nd

Phase

The Daily

Jugantor,

Manabkantha &

The Independent

10 Sep‟14 9 Oct‟14 28 25 25

3rd

Phase

BHTPA Website 1 Mar‟15 - 10 5 5

The approved number of new employment was 1547 for 46 selected companies and the

budget was BDT 674 lakh.

The selected companies recruited 1223 new employees during the fiscal year where male

employees were 895 (73%) and female employees were 328 (23%). The Project has disbursed

BDT 474 lakh incentives to the companies for 1124 new employment.

Detail progress of the EIP is stated below:

SL Name of

Company

Approved

Number

Recruitment Progress for

the year of 2013-2014

Recruitment Progress for the

year of 2014-2015

Total

Recruitm

ent

(6+9) Male Female Total

(4+5)

Male Female Total

(7+8)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1st Phase

1 AKR Technology 20

2 Brainstation-23 35 15 0 15 18 2 20 35

3 CSL Software 30 10 1 11 7 2 9 20

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SL Name of

Company

Approved

Number




year of 2014-2015

Total

Recruitm

ent


(4+5)

Male Female Total

(7+8)

Resources Ltd

4 Databiz Software

Ltd

41 19 1 20 10 1 11 31

5 Digicon

Technologies Ltd.

140 45 15 60 68 12 80 140

6 ERA

InfoTechLTD

50 14 3 17 14 4 18 35

7 Ethics Advanced

Technology Ltd

35 19 2 21 0 21

8 Grameen

Solutions

51 19 9 28 0 28

9 IJ Corporation 30 26 4 30 0 30

10 Kazi IT Center

Limited

200 57 13 70 70 12 82 152

11 MARS Solutions 57 14 11 25 24 8 32 57

12 Nascenia IT Ltd 21 4 1 5 9 1 10 15

13 Service Solutions

Ltd

80 7 33 40 22 18 40 80

14 Star Computer

System Ltd

50 16 4 20 19 11 30 50

15 Virgo 30 25 5 30 30

16 W3 Engineers 35 8 2 10 14 1 15 25

Subtotal of 1st

phase: 905 273 99 372 300 77 377 749

2ndPhase

17 Advent

Technologies

8 6 2 8 8

18 akhoni.com 20 -

19 Big Bang

Computers Ltd.

10 7 3 10 10

20 Computer

Graphics &

Design

10 8 2 10 10

21 Copotronic

InfoSystems Ltd

15 13 2 15 15

22 Creative IT Ltd. 60 40 20 60 60

23 Dhaka Calls 15 -

24 DK Technology

Ltd

8 -

25 ENERGOTECH 20 14 6 20 20

26 FIFO Tech 50 35 15 50 50

27 Global Web

Outsourcing

Limited

25 12 3 15 15

28 Habib Intelligent

Software Ltd

10 9 1 10 10

29 HN Associates

Ltd.

10 5 5 10 10

30 Impel Service &

Solutions Ltd

50 33 17 50 50

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SL Name of

Company

Approved

Number




year of 2014-2015

Total

Recruitm

ent


(4+5)

Male Female Total

(7+8)

31 M/S Dhaka

Services Company

10 7 3 10 10

32 MAMTech

Limited

10 8 2 10 10

33 MY Outsourcing

Ltd

50 23 27 50 50

34 Nrbjobs Ltd 30 11 9 20 20

35 Synesis IT Ltd. 40 23 17 40 40

36 Systech Digital

Limited

8 6 0 6 6

37 Techno Cassa Ltd. 15 9 6 15 15

38 Technovista

Limited

25 9 4 13 13

39 Times ASL Call

Center

30 16 6 22 22

40 UTC Associates 15 -

41 UY Systems Ltd. 30 28 2 30 30

Subtotal of 2nd

phase: 574

322 152 474 474

3rd Phase

42 Ananda Computers 20

43 Data Soft Systems

BangladeshLtd

10

44 Divine IT Limited 10

45 Neosys

Engineering Ltd

8

46 Projukti

Corporation Ltd

20

Subtotal of 3rd

phase:

68

Grand Total 1547 273 99 372 622 229 851 1223

8.2 Quality Certification Program:

Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority has taken the program for supporting local IT/ITES

companies for enhancing their competitiveness through achieving quality certification which will

enable them to aggressively participate in local and global markets and grow their businesses. The

objective of the program is to establish an internationally recognized certification program for

companies in the IT/ITES Sector. The Authority would provide 75% of the total cost and rest 25%

cost would be borne by the company. The support from the Authority is on the basis of the success

of the certification. If any company fails to achieve certification the money will be recovered (if

payment made on Bank Guarantee) from them. The output of the Program is as follows:

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Forty (40) companies will be certified through an internationally-recognized mechanism

(CMMi and ISO);

Increased foreign investment in the industry;

Increased job opportunity in the industry.

Selection of Companies:

In three phases total 40 firms have been selected for the program out of 48 selected/short

listed firms to provide incentive for certification. Two firms for CMMi Level-5, 10 firms for

CMMi Level-3, 3 firms for ISO:27001 & 25 firms for ISO:9001 are getting support under

quality certification program. The details information about selection is as follows:

Phase Advertisement Published

in

Publication

Date

Last Date

of

Submissio

n

No of

Proposal

Received

No of companies

Selected/Short

Listed

1st Phase The Daily Ittefaq, The

Financial Express,

BHTPA Website

29 Nov‟13,

1 Dec‟13

21 Dec‟13 20 19

2nd

Phase The Daily Independent,

The Daily Ittefaq

12 May‟14,

13 May‟14

20 May‟14 11 9

3rd

Phase BHTPA website 28 Aug‟14 13 Sep‟14 28 19

Awareness program on Quality Company Certification organized by UCSL

The selected firms entered in to contract with the Project and the selected firms made

contract with consulting/auditing firm for the certification. The project reimbursed cost to the

selected firms. Total budget/estimated cost for certification of selected 40 firms is BDT 397 lakh

out of which BDT 273 lakh has been disbursed to the firms.

Current Status

Total 32 companies completed the certification in the financial year 2014-15 (CMMiL3 = 6;

ISO:27001 = 3 ; ISO:9001 = 23). Details are as follows:

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Certification

Name SL Company Name Name of Auditor

Date of Completion/

Issue Certificate

CMMi L5

[2 no]

1 Data Soft Systems

Bangladesh Ltd.

QAI, India Completed by Dec

2015

2 Leads Soft Bangladesh

Ltd.

QAI, India Completed by Dec

2015

CMMi L3

3 BJIT Limited United Certification Services

Limited

15 Mar 2015

4 Dohatec New Media KPMG Completed by Sep

2015

5 ERA InfoTechLTD United Certification Services

Limited

18 Jan 2015

6 Ethics Advanced

Technology Ltd

United Certification Services

Limited

24 Apr 2015

7 Grameen Solutions

Limited

QAI, India Completed by Sep

2015

8 IBCS-PRIMAX Softwre

(BD) Limited

QAI, India 2 Apr 2015

9 Spectrum Engineering

Consortium Ltd

KPMG, India Completed by Sep

2015

10 Star Computer Systems

Limited

QAI, India 21 May 2015

11 Techno Vista Limited QAI, India 5 May 2015

12 Technohaven Company

Limited

KPMG Completed by Dec

2015

ISO:27001

13 Brainstation-23 United Certification Services

Limited

9 Dec 2014

14 Databiz Software Ltd United Certification Services

Limited

9 Dec 2014

15 Devnet Ltd United Certification Services

Limited

9 Dec 2014

ISO:9001

16 Big Bang Computers Ltd. United Certification Services

Limited

25 Apr 2015

17 Copotronic Infosysems

Ltd


Limited

7 Jan 2015

18 Digicon Technologies

Limited


Limited

7 Jul 2014

19 Euro Bangla IT Ltd. United Certification Services

Limited

23 Oct 2014

20 Mars Solutions Ltd. Consulting Automatix, India 2 Sep 2014

21 Metronet Bangladesh

Limited


Limited

27 Jun 2015

22 Nice Power & IT

Solutions


Limited

18 Dec 2014

23 Service Solution Ltd United Certification Services

Limited

16 Sep 2014

24 Subra Systems Ltd. United Certification Services

Limited

8 Dec 2014

25 Systech Digital United Certification Services 8 Dec 2014

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Certification

Name SL Company Name Name of Auditor

Date of Completion/

Issue Certificate

Limited

26 W3 Engineers United Certification Services

Limited

5 Dec 2014

27 Windmill Infotech Ltd. United Certification Services

Limited

1 Mar 2015

28 Square Informatix TQCSI (Bangladesh) Completed by July

2015

29 Synesis IT Ltd United Certification Services Ltd. 26 May 2015

30 System Resource Ltd. United Certification Services

Limited

23 Mar 2015

31 Kazi IT Center Limited United Certification Services Ltd. Completed by July

2015

32 RM Systems Ltd. United Certification Services Ltd. 24 May 2015

33 Creative IT Limited United Certification Services Ltd. 7 Jun 2015

34 Global Web Outsourcing

Limited

United Certification Services Ltd. 10 Jun 2015

35 MIR Technologies United Certification Services Ltd. 15 Apr 2015

36 Energotech Consulting Automatix, India 31 Mar 2015

37 SR Solutions Consuting Automatix, India 21 Oct 2014

38 MAP Distribution

Network

Consuting Automatix, India 11 Mar 2015

39 Nrbjobs Ltd Consuting Automatix, India 21 Oct 2014

40 JB Intel Limited Consuting Automatix, India 14 Mar 2015

8.3 Skill Enhancement Program:

Skill enhancement is another important initiative of the project to enhance the skills of

the employees and graduates for creating a readily employable workforce to be absorbed in the

IT/ITES sector in order to increase employment and self-employment opportunities for the

youth of Bangladesh. The aim of the program is to upgrade skills or achieve specific vendor

certification for employees working in the IT/ITES Industry and to develop increased

Freelancing community to participate in micro work on crowd sourcing platforms and promote

the opportunities for employment in IT/ITES companies. Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority is

supporting human resource development through the Skills Enhancement Training Program for

better employability.

Main features of the program are as follows:

The training institute/University shall provide quality training which will enhance better

employability skills of the candidates for the IT/ITES sector;

The training firm conduct own selection of graduates for the training program (member

from HTPA shall be present in the selection process) and explore ties/linkages with

IT/ITES (BPO) companies (local and international) for placement/employment;

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Provide quality training that will ensure maximum candidates getting employed in the

IT/ITES companies or become self-employed in the sector;

Upgrade skills of employees from the IT/ITES Industry, get globally recognized vendor

specific certification such as CCNA, PMP, Oracle, Microsoft, SAP etc. and develop

increased Freelancers community in Micro-work;

Post training, the training firm/institute shall ensure 75% of the trained candidates are able

to clear the assessment test out of which 67% of those passing the assessment test should

be placed/employed in the IT/ITES companies or take up Freelancing in Micro-work i.e.,

50% of the trained candidates. Proof of such placement shall be provided to BHTPA.

Topics identified in a workshop held on 31 August 2013 organized by Support to

Development of Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park Project. Representatives of Computer Science and

Engineering department of different public & private universities, IT/ITES firms, relevant

government and Industry associations attended the workshop. Bangladesh Association of Software

Information Services (BASIS), Bangladesh Computer Shamity (BCS) and Bangladesh Call Centre

and Out Sourcing (BACCO) had submitted their demand on skill sets training requirements, which

was authenticated by the participants. The total 27 topics were identified as training needs for the

candidates.

Orientation of training program in DIIT under Skill Enhancement Program

Selection of Training Institutes

The invitation of the Request for Expression of Interest (REoI) was published two times

in the national dailies and website. The detail information of REoI is as follows:

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90%

6% 4%

Completed Running Not started

Advertisement Published in

Advertisement

Published

Date

Last Date of

Submission

No of

Proposal

Received

Finally

Selected

Signed

Contra

ct

The Shomkal

The Daily Star

www.htpbd.org.bd

03 Jan‟14 22 Jan‟14 11 11 7

The Dail Janakantha, The

Daily Star,

www.bdnews24.com,

www.htpbd.org.bd

10 Sep‟14 22 Sep‟15 41 36

(including 4

from previous

selection list)

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Finally 34 (thirty four) training institute/universities out of selected 38, have signed the

contract paper with BHTPA

Progress at a glance:

No of

Institutes

No of

Courses

Participants Online Assessment test

Completed Running Not started Total Pass Fail

34 25 3244 221 140 3605 1554 247

Status of the participants

Trainees of Skill Enhancement Program are participating online assessment

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Training Status:

The program was started from April 2014 with a target to train up 3000 IT personnels

and unemployed youth graduates. The target has already been achieved as 3244 participants

completed the training course and more participants have joined to complete the courses. The

status of the program till June‟15 is as follows:

Sl

No. Course Name

Duratio

n (Hrs) Institute Name

No

of

Batc

h

Status Not

Started Completed Running

1 3D Animation &

Film Making

192 Ananda Computers 3 60 30

Creative IT Ltd 3 52 25

Energotech 2 40

NRB Jobs 2 40

2 Android Apps

Development

144 Creative IT Ltd 2 53

CSL Training 1 16

Databiz Software Ltd 2 20 20

Energotech 2 40

MARS Solutions Ltd 2 40

US Software Ltd 1 20

3 Basic

Networking


Copotronic Systems 1 20

Star Computer Systems

Ltd

2 30

4 C# .Net 144 Bhuyian IT Ltd 3 51

Daffodil Institute of IT 3 42 26

Databiz Software Ltd 1 20

Genuity Training 3 45

IBCS Primax Software

Ltd

2 40

Interactive Data Solution 2 40

Leads Technology Ltd 3 40 20

Optimal IT 2 40

RAJ IT 1 20


UY Software Ltd 1 20

Visual Systems 1 30

5 C++

Programming

Language

72 Genuity Training 1 15


Ltd

1 -

MARS Solutions Ltd 2 40

Open IT 3 40 20

6 Call Center

Solution

48 Digicon Global Services

Ltd

10 178 20

7 Cyber Forensic 72 US Software Ltd 1 16

8 Drupal 120 CSL Training 1 -

Optimal IT 2 40

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Sl

No. Course Name

Duratio


No

of

Batc

h

Status Not


9 English

Language

140 Bhuiyan IT Ltd 2 30

United International

Versity

1 28

10 Graphic Design 108 Copotronic Systems 1 20

Creative IT Ltd 14 360

IDRF 3 39

RAJ IT 1 20

S&S Informatics 1 20

Sudin Society 2 40

Visual Systems 1 30

11 HTML5 72


Ltd

2 40

IT Bangla 2 20 20

RAJ IT 1 20

UY Systems Ltd 1 20

Spider IT & Open IT 1 20

CSL Training 1 20

12 iPhone App

Development


Ltd

1 15

13 Java 144 Bhuyian IT Ltd 3 62

Star Computer Systems

Ltd

1 15

Daffodil Institute of IT 3 61

Databiz Software Ltd 1 20


Ltd

2 40

IT Bangla 2 44



14 Java Script 60 Creative IT Ltd 1 39


15 Magento 80 Optimal IT 3 40 20


Ltd

1 20


16

Open Source

Customization

144

IPSITA Computers Ltd 9 153

RAJ IT 1 20

IDRF 1

17 Phonegap 75 Star Computer Systems

Ltd

-

BDJobs.com Ltd 2 40

18 PHP 140 Bhuyian IT 4 72

RAJ IT 1 20

19 Python 144

BDJobs.com Ltd 1 20

Head Blocks 3 40 20

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Sl

No. Course Name

Duratio


No

of

Batc

h

Status Not


20 Responsive Web

Design


Ltd

2 30

21 Search Engine

Optimization


United International

University

1 26

22 Software Testing

& Quality

Assurance

60 Daffodil Institute of IT 2 60

Projukti Corporation 1 -

23 SQL Language 108 AKR Technology -

BASA 1 20

BDJobs.com Ltd 1 20

Creative IT Ltd 2 25 25

Daffodil Institute of IT 3 58


Ltd

1 20

Leads Technology Ltd 1 20

UY Systems Ltd 1 20

24 Titanium 48 Grameen Solutions Ltd 2 40 -

25 VMware VCloud 64 CSL Training 2 36

Total 3244 221 140

8.4 Online Assessment Test:

The Authority has introduced an Online Assessment Test to ensure the quality of the

training program. A committee has been formed in December 2014 to conduct the online

assessment test for evaluation of the participants who completed the training course.

Accordingly, a question bank has been made for individual courses to conduct the online

assessment test.The online assessment would be applicable for the participants who have

completed the courses after 6th

January 2015 as certificates were distributed to the participants.

The progress of the online assessment test is as follows:

Institute Name Course Name Duration

(hrs)

Batch

No

No of

Participants Pass Fail

Not

Attended Remarks*

Ananda

Computers

3D Animation &

Film Making

192 B1 30 30 0 0

192 B2 30 30 0 0

BASA SQL Language 108 B1 20 19 1 0

Bdjobs

Training

PhoneGap 75 B1 19 14 2 3

PhoneGap 75 B2 19 8 0 11

SQL Server 108 B1 19 10 4 5

Python 144 B1 18 10 3 5

44


(hrs)

Batch

No

No of


Not

Attended Remarks*

Bhuiyan IT

Ltd.

C#.NET,

Dhanmondi 144

B1 15 7 0 8

Mirpur Campus B2 17 11 0 6

B3 18 18 0 0

PHP, Dhanmondi

144

B1 15 1 2 12

PHP, Mirpur B2 20 11 0 9

B3 22 21 0 1

B4 21 23 0 -2

English

Language,

Dhanmondi

140 B1 15 5 0 10

English

Language, Mirpur

Campus

140 B2 20 10 0 10

Java, Mirpur 144 B1 20

B2 20 16 0 4

B3 22 3 0 19

Copotronic

Infosys Ltd-

Chittagong

Graphics Design 108 B1 20 11 4 5

B2 20

Basic Networking 192 B1 20 2 10 8

B2 20

Creative IT

Ltd

Search Engine

Optimization 72

B1 25 Before 6 Jan'15





Basic Networking 108






Graphics Design 108











B11 25

B12 23

B13 24

B14 25

Android Apps

Dev

144 B1 28 15 4 9

144 B2 25 16 1 8

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(hrs)

Batch

No

No of


Not

Attended Remarks*

3D Animation 192 B1 24 4 5 15

192 B2 28 14 1 13

3D Animation B3 25 On going

SQL Language 108 B1 25 0 5 20

B2 25 On going

Java Script 60 B1 26 0 2 24

60 B2 23 2 6 15

CSL Training Android Apps

Dev

144

B1 12 12 0 0

VMWare B1 17 On going

VMWare B2 18 not started

HTML5 B1 17 not started

Digicon

Global

Services

Call Center

Solution

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B5 18 12 1 5

B6 24 21 1 2

B7 21 18 0 3

B8 14 12 2 0

B9 21 19 2 0

B10 20

DIIT-

Panthapath

C#.NET 144 B1 24 13 8 3

144 17

DIIT-

Kalabagan

C#.NET 144 B2 19 15 2 2

144 17

DIIT-

Panthapath


DIIT-

Kalabagan

SQL Language B2 17 11 9 -3

DIIT-Uttara SQL Language B3 15 8 6 1

Panthapath Java 144 B1 20 1 0 19

DIIT-

Kalabagan

JAVA 144 B2 16 8 7 1

DIIT-Uttara Java 144 B3 14 8 1 5

DIIT-

Panthapath

S/W Testing &

Quality Assurance

60 B1 30 27 2 1

60 27

DIIT-

Panthapath

S/W Testing &

Quality Assurance

60 B2 30 23 1 6

ENERGOTEC

H

3D Animation

192 B1 20 16 3

B2 20 20 0 0

ANDROID APPS 144 B1 20 11 9

B2 20 20 0 0

Genuity

Training

Programming

C++

72 B1 13 9 1 3

C#.NET 144 B1 15 13 1 1

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(hrs)

Batch

No

No of


Not

Attended Remarks*

B2 15 14 0 1

B3 15 12 0 3

Java Script 60 B1 14 7 0 7

B2 15 8 1 6

Java 144 B1 21

Magento 80 B1 15 10 1 4

B2 16 11 0 5

Grameen

Solutions Titanium 48 B1 20

48 B2 20

Head Block Python 144 B1 20 18 0 2

144 B2 20 20 0 0

IBCS-Primax HTML5 72 B1 20 11 3 6

B2 20 13 0 7

JAVA 144 B1 20 4 7 9

B2 20 7 8 5


C#.NET 144 B1 20 7 12 1

B2 20 15 5 0

Magento 80 B1 20 6 2 12

IDRF Graphics Design 108






Interactive

Data Solution

(IDS)

C.Net 144 B1 20 9 0 11

144 B2 20

IPSITA

Computers

PTE Ltd

Training on

HTML5, CSS3,

Joomla 2.5 and

WordPress Basics

144

B1 14 7 2 5

B2 15 7 0 8

B3 17 11 0 6

B4 13 12 0 1

B5 18 12 0 6

B6 16 12 0 4

B7 20 17 0 3

B8 20 20 0 0

B9 20 20 0 0

IT Bangla Ltd. Java 144 B1 21 18 1 1

144 B2 23 23 0 0

HTML5 72 B1 20 19 1 0

72 B2 20

Leads

Technology

Limited

C#.NET 144 B1 20 20 0 0

B2 20 20 0 0

B3 20 On going


MARS

Solutions Ltd.

C++ Programing

Language

72 B1 20 20 0 0

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(hrs)

Batch

No

No of


Not

Attended Remarks*

C++ Programing

Language

72 B2 20 19 1 0

Android Apps

Development

144 B1 20 20 0 0

Android Apps

Development

144 B2 20 18 0 2

NRB JOBS

LTD.

3D Animation 192 B1 20 20 0 0

192 B2 20 19 0 1

Optimal IT

Ltd.

C#.NET 144 B1 20 20 0 0

Magento 80 B1 20 20 0 0

Drupal 120 B1 20 20 0 0

C#.NET 144 B2 20 20 0 0

Magento

80 B2 20 20 0 0

B3 20 Not started

Drupal 120 B2 20 20 0

RAJ IT,

Rajshahi

C#.NET 144 B1 20 6 7 7

HTML5 72 B1 20 11 0 0

Graphics Design 144 B1 20 7 3 10 Before 6 Jan'15

OOP using PHP 144 B1 20 13 3 4 Before 6 Jan'15

CMS-WP 144 B1 20 13 3 4 Before 6 Jan'15

S&S

Informatics

Khulna

Graphics Design 108 B1 20

16 1 3

Spider IT &

Open IT

C++ Programing

Language

72 B1 20 14 3 3

B2 20 13 2 5

B3 20 Not started

HTML5 72 B1 20 Not started

Star Computer

Systems Ltd

Basic Network 192 B1 15 4 4 7

B2 15 5 5 5

Responsive

Website 192

B1 15 6 0 9

Responsive

Website B2 15 12 2 1

iPhone B1 15 Not taken yet

Java 144 B1 15

Sudin Society

Bangladesh-

Feni

Graphics Design 108 B1 20

9 6 5

Jessore Graphics Design 108 B2 20 6 7 7

United

International

University

English Language 90 B1 28 Before 6 Jan'15

Search Engine

Optimization 90


US Software

Ltd.

Android 144 B1 20 13 7 0

JAVA 144 B1 25 18 3 4

Cyber Forensic 72 B1 16 6 1 9

C#.NET 144 B1 21 4 10 7

UY Systems HTML5 72 B1 20 20 0 0

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(hrs)

Batch

No

No of


Not

Attended Remarks*

Ltd.

C#.Net 144 B1 20 10 5 5

SQL 108 B1 20 17 2 1

Visual

Systems

C#.NET 144 B1 30 30 0 0

Graphics Design 108 B1 30 30 0 0

Total 1554 247 482

* Before 6 Jan'15: These courses have been completed before taken the decision of online assessment test.

Payment Method of the Program:

The cost depends on the topics of the training and the Authority bears up 90% of the

total cost. Institute can claim for 25% of total training cost after starting of the training. But last

50% cost will be paid after completion of the course, online assessment test and submission of

the job placement report to the project office. By following this condition, the amount of BDT

450.00 lakh has been paid to the institutes.

8.5 Training on Lean Six Sigma, Oracle & SAP:

The Project has taken initiatives to provide capacity building support for private sector

IT/ITES companies, IT/ITES association members, skill development training, freelancers

training enabling improved and enhanced business environment with increased opportunities for

growth. The training would enhance the skills of candidates for creating a readily employable

workforce to be absorbed in the Information Technology (IT) or ITES sector in order to increase

employment and self-employment opportunities for the youth of Bangladesh. The training on

„Lean Six Sigma Black Belt‟, „Oracle‟ and „SAP‟ along with certification is specialized training

which have huge demand and interest in IT sector.

Objectives

Provide training leading to certification for the courses - Lean Six Sigma Black Belt,

Oracle & SAP training;

Provide assistance to develop and update the training contents; and

Hand holding support to the mid and top level management of IT/ITES Industry.

Advertisement:

The Invitation for the Request for Expression of Interest (REoI) was published in the

two national dailies namely: The Daily Independent and The Daily Jonokantha, on 16 & 17

February 2015 respectively. REoI was also published in the website of BHTPA. In response to

the REoI, ten (10) Expression of Interest (EoI) was received by the deadline.

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Selected Training Provider:

After detail evaluation the following Training Service Provider has been recommended

by the evaluation committee:

Course Name Training Providers

Lean Six Sigma (Black Belt) (1) Star Computer Systems Ltd, (2) TUV SUD Bangladesh (Pvt.)

Ltd. (3) Babylon Resource (Pvt.) Ltd.

SAP (1) Mars Solutions Ltd.

Oracle (1) IBCS Primax Software (Bangladesh) Ltd

Current Status of the Training:

SL Course Name Training Provider Start Date No of participants

1 Lean Six Sigma

(Black Belt)

TUV SUD Bangladesh (Pvt.) Ltd. 13/6/2015 18

2 Star Computer Systems Ltd. 23/6/2015 16

Training on Six Sigma course in TUV SUD Bangladesh Ltd

8.6 C-Level Advanced Management Training:

C-Level Training Program was taken for creating an upgrade Operational Management

and Technical & soft skills among C-level managers working in the IT/ITES industry in

Bangladesh. The C-level Advanced Management training at Hong Kong University was held

from November 25- December 7, 2013 on 9 modules. The 15% of the total cost was borne by

the participant and rest 85% cost was borne by the project.

The total cost of the program was BDT 271.14 lakh. A knowledge dissemination course

was organized from September 22- October 2, 2014 for 25 CEO/COO of IT/ITES firms in

National Institute of Local Government (NILG) where the participants in the Hong Kong

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University share their experience as resource person. This C-level advanced management

training would enhance company competency to compete in global market. The total cost of

local C-level training was below BDT 3.5 lakh.

Training Summary

SL Place of Training Date No of Participants

1 Hong Kong University, Hong Kong 25/11/13 – 7/12/13 25

2 BCC conference room, BCC Bhaban 09-23 February 2014 20

3 National Institute of Local Government

(NILG), Dhaka

22/9/14 – 2/10/14 25

Total 70

Local C-level Training at BCC conference room C-level Advanced Management training in Hong

Kong University

8.7 Mid-Level Training Program:

It is identified that there is a shortage of skilled manpower in the Mid Level of the IT

/ITES Sector in Bangladesh. Considering the importance of Mid-Level Manager, the

Government has introduced this program to scale up capacity of the IT/ITES. The Objective of

the Mid-Level Training Program is to upgrade Operational Management, soft skills and

Technical skills of mid-level managers among leaders working in the IT/ITES industry. The

selected Training Institutes for the Mid-Level Training Program is as follows:

1. BASIS Institute of Technology & Management (BITM)

2. Bdjobs Training Institute

3. IBCS PRIMAX Software (Bangladesh) Ltd

4. Creative IT Limited

5. Leads Technology Limited

6. MARS Solution

7. Digital Support

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8. Academy of Management Science

9. The TME Management Edge

The training for mid-level managers/professionals under Mid-Level Program has been

completed in the last financial year (2013-14). The summary of the program is as follows:

No of training institute: 9

No of participants trained up: 1052

Taka disbursed to the training institute: 164 lakh

8.8 Training on Cloud Computing:

Cloud Computing Strategy & Solution Training Course was organized by BHTPA held

on 7-8 February 2015 at BCC Lab. The total 20 mid-level IT Managers/Professionals from

various IT/ITES companies successfully completed the training titled “Cloud Computing – Let‟s

Build the Cloud Solution and Know What Is” consisting of 12 modules. The training was

conducted by cloud computing expert Mr. Mohammad Zaman, also founder of Cloud Camp

Bangladesh. As an international cloud computing expert, he shared his knowledge and

experiences with the participants by which they had been benefited regarding modern

technology.

Cloud computing training at BCC lab.

8.9 Training of CSE Graduates on JAVA at Infosys, India:

The Government had received an offer from Infosys Technologies Limited, India to train

100 Bangladeshi Computer Science Engineer or IT graduates and faculty for IT on Software

engineering during the visit of Secretary, ICT Division to Mumbai India at NASSCOM

Leadership Summit in 2013. The training would be held in the Infosys state-of-art training

center in Mysore and Infosys would cover the tuition fees and accommodation for the

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candidates as a goodwill gesture to Bangladesh. The other

expenses would be borne by the project.

The candidates after training at Infosys would easily

find acceptance from the IT/ITES industry for employment or

could become entrepreneurs. The 12 weeks duration for JAVA

Training would be of stringent global standards. Ten faculties

from different universities could participate in the program.

The offer from Infosys to train candidates and faculty in the

Software Engineering training program would significantly

complement the skills development component of the Private

Sector Development Support Project (PSDSP).

Applications were invited from interested CSE and IT Graduates by publishing

advertisement in two national dailies namely the Daily Star and The Daily Ittefaq as well as

website of BHTPA. There were 302 applicants submitted their applications to the project office.

Through a long selection process, 10 faculties and 90 students were finally selected from where

98 applicants visited to Infosys Mysore Campus for JAVA training. The training was held from

12 January, 2015 to 24 March, 2015 and they successfully completed the training. This training

definitely enhance the professional capacity of our graduates and re-inforce the cooperation

between the IT/ITES industry in Bangldesh with that of India.

Closing ceremony of training program in Infosys campus, Mysore, India.

8.10 Hi-Tech Park/ Special Economic Zone Management Training for Public Officials:

This project had organized 5 days training for the government officials and stakeholders

on Hi-Tech Park/ Special Economic Zone Management with an objective to make them

understand various issues related with setting up and development of IT parks and its operation

and maintenance.

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The training was held from 22-25 June, 2015 in BCC lab where 20 participants from

different ministries took part in the training. The two trainers were hired from India who are

renowned resource person of the concerned field.

Hi-Tech Park/ Special Economic Zone Management Training at BCC Lab

9. Workshop/Seminar

A workshop on Preferential Package (incentives, allowance and facilitation) was

organized on 2 February, 2015 at La-Vinci hotel, Dhaka. Objective of this workshop with

stakeholders in government and industry was to discuss on incentives, other allowance and

facilitation that BHTPA is proposing for developers of Hi-Tech Parks, Property Management

Company (PMC) of Hi-Tech Parks and IT/ITES/Hi-Tech companies occupying the space

getting developed, to avail as investor. Representatives from different organization both public

and private and development partner participated in the workshop.

Day long workshop n preferential package for investor in La Vinci hotel, Dhaka

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10. Investor Meet & Exposure Visit

10.1 Visit to Kolkata, India:

A delegation consists of (1) Mr. Abdul Latif Siddiqi, Honourable Minister, Ministry of

Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology (2) Mr. Md. Nazrul Islam Khan,

Secretary, ICT Division (3) Mr. Md S M Ashraful Islam, Executive Director, Bangladesh

Computer Council (4) Ms Hosne Ara Begum ndc, Managing Director, BHTPA (5) Mr. Shyama

Prasad Bepari, Joint Secretary (Plan & Dev), ICT Division (6) Mr. A.N.M Safiqul Islam, Project

Director, SDKHTP Project (7) Mr. Mizanoor Rahman Khan, PO to Minister, Ministry of Posts,

Telecommunications and Information Technology (8) Mr. Mohammad Saifur Rahman,

Assistant Director, IMED and (9) Mr. Md. Aktar Hossain, Assistant Chief, ICT Division

attended in the “13th

ICT East” held on 7-8 August 2014 at ITC Sonar, Kolkata. The delegation

visited program on Hi-Tech Parks/Software Technology Park in Kolkata and Bangalore from 9-

11 August, 2014.

Industry representative participating in the discussion at Bengal Club, Kolkata

Seminar and stall of BHTPA in 13th ICT East

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10.2 Visit to China:

An exposure visit was organized by the project for the Government of Bangladesh

Delegation to China from 18-22 August, 2014. The delegation was comprised of (1) Ms Hosne

Ara Begum, ndc, Managing Director, BHTPA (2) Dr. Raquib Ahsan, Professor, Civil

Engineering Department, BUET (3) Mr. Uttam Kumar Karmakar, Deputy Manager, PPP Office

(4) Ms. Kamrun Nahar, Deputy Chief, ICT Division (5) Mr. Md. Azizul Islam, Deputy Project

Director, SDKHTP Project (6) Ms Masuma Akter, Senior Assistant Chief, ICT Division and (7)

Mr. S M Al-Mamun, Assistant Maintenance Engineer, BHTPA. The delegation visited Yantai

Zhilian Kechuang Science Park and different Hi-Tech Parks in China. The objective of the team

was to attract investment in Kaliakoir and other Hi-Tech Parks in Bangladesh.

China science park visited by Bangladeshi delegates.

10.3 Visit to Malaysia:

An exposure visit was organized by the project for the Government of Bangladesh

Delegation to Malaysia from 18-22 August, 2014. The delegation was comprised of (1) Mr.

Imran Ahmed, MP, Parliamentary Standing Committee, Ministry of PT & IT. (2) Mr. Sharif

Ahmed, MP, Bangladesh National Parliament (3) Mr. Kamal Uddin Ahmed, Additional

Secretary, ICT Division (4) Mr. Ali Asraf Dewan, Assistant Chief Architect, Department of

Architecture (5) ANM Safiqul Islam, Project Director, SDKHTP Project (6) Mr. Habibur

Rahman, UNO, Kaliakoir and (7) Mr. Md. Abdul Bari, PS to Minister, ICT Division. The

delegation visited different Hi-Tech Parks in Malaysia. The objective of the team was to attract

investment in Kaliakoir and other Hi-Tech Parks in Bangladesh.

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Honorable State Minister, ICT Division along with Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee for

Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and others officials in TPM, Malaysia

10.4 Visit to Infosys, India:

A delegation consists of (1) Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak, MP, Hon‟ble State Minister,

ICT Division (2) Mr. S. M. Ashraful Islam, Executive Director, BCC (3) Mr. Susanta Kumar

Saha, Joint Secretary, ICT Division (4) A N M Safiqul Islam, Project Director, SDKHTP

Project (4) Mr. AHM Jahangir, Deputy Chief, ERD (5) Ms. Rumana Khorshed, Assistant

Director, SDKHTP Project and (6) Mr. Fokhruz Zaman, Consultant, LICT Project visited India

in the closing ceremony of the training of CSE graduates held at Infosys Technology Ltd

Campus in Mysore from 21-25 March 2015. The delegation also visited Accenture‟s campus

and meet with the high official at the Accenture and NASCOM. The delegation met with Mr.

Binod Hampapur Rangadore, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Infosys, India.

That visit provided an opportunity to explore further avenue of mutual cooperation,

mobilize investment and share international best practices for the sake of the promotion of

IT/ITES industry in Bangladesh.

Hon’be State Minister, ICT Division is in Infosys Campus, Mysore with Bangladesh delegation

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A delegation led by Honorable State Minister visits Infosys campus, Bangalore, India

Hon’ble State Minister ICT Division met Minister of Education, Culture, Sports,

Science and Technology during his visit in Japan

Bangladesh booth in ICT fair in Japan on 13-15 May 2015

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