Date: 2018-08-01
BDApps Innovation Hackathon 2018, a mega event organized by Robi Axiata Limited, was held on 20th and 21st July 2018 at the Rabi Corporate Office in Dhaka.
The whole contest was arranged under 4 categories - Education, Health, Agriculture and Lifestyle. Initially, 659 app developers in 228 teams submitted ideas, from which 120 were approved for competition, and only 14 teams were selected for the final round of the competition. Teams from renowned public and private universities of the country like BUET, JU, SUST, NSU, BRACU, AIUB, IIUC, etc. were among the competitors in the final round.
The team from Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, AUST Digital MCQ consisting of three members, MD Abdullah Al Nasim (team leader), Asif Imtiaz Shaafi and Fabliha Fairooz, all from 4th year 1st semester of CSE department, secured the CHAMPION position for their App Digital MCQ.
The Digital MCQ app developed by AUST students is targeted for various examination candidates, mainly the BCS candidates. The users will be benefited from this app as they can practice MCQ from it whenever they like and also can take live model tests along with all the participants.
A good number of senior officials of Robi Axiata Limited were present in the prize giving ceremony. Mr. Shihab Ahmad, Chief Digital Services Officer of Robi Axiata Limited announced the winners and distributed cash prizes among them as the Chief Guest of the ceremony.