EATL - Prothom Alo Apps Contest 2015

The largest mobile apps development contest of Bangladesh "EATL-Prothom Alo Apps Contest - 2015" was officially launched for the third time. The launching ceremony was held on 14th September, 2014 at Hotel Sonargoan, Dhaka. Mr. Nurul Islam Nahid, Honorable education minister of the Government of the Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh joined the occasion as Chief Guest. While Prof Dr. Jamilur Reza Choudhury, Vice Chancellor of University of Asia Pacific, Mr. Sunil Kanti Bose, Chairman of BTRC, Mr. Nazrul Islam Khan, Secretary of Information and Communication Technology Division, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunication and Information Technology and Mr. Allan Bonke, Chief Marketing Officer of Grameenphone Ltd were present in the inauguration ceremony as special guests. Among others, Mr. Abdul Qayyum, Associate editor, Editor of the Daily Prothom Alo, Mr. M A Mubin Khan, Managing director of EATL and Dr. Nizam Uddin Ahmed, CEO of EATL were present in the occasion.

"This contest will open the horizon of hope to the young generation of the country and it will create employment opportunities and finally innovative ideas will contribute in the development of the socio-economic sectors of the country." - stated Education Minister.

Prothom Alo is Grameenphone joined as the exclusive telecom partner. Channel I and ABC Radio are the media partners of this contest. This is the largest mobile apps development contest in Bangladesh mainly focused on innovative ideas. It is a Nine Month Youth Engagement program. The top 3 teams will have to prove their competency in different levels of app development throughout the competition who will be awarded BDT 10 lac, BDT 5 lac and BDT 2 lac, respectively. Top 10 teams will be awarded smartphones along with job opportunities in EATL.

This year the contest has been organized to be bigger than past two contests. Newer sessions and preparations have been included to make the contest more interesting and meaningful. The contest will begin with campus activations and concept note submissions. More campus activations and awareness programs will be conducted this year. The main part of the contest will begin with the submission of concept notes. The grand finale of this contest is scheduled to take place on March 28, 2015.

This is a momentous occasion for Bangladesh - Prothom Alo, the top Bengali newspaper of Bangladesh has joined with EATL for creating opportunities for searching our brightest talents and advancement of ICT in Development, Social and Business sectors. EATL and Prothom Alo signed an agreement for launching

Keynote Speakers:

• 1. Mr. Nurul Islam Nahid, MP, Honorable Minister, Ministry of Education
• 2. Prof. Dr. Jamilur Reza Choudhury, Vice Chancellor, University of Asia Pacific
• 3. Mr. Sunil Kanti Bose, Chairman, BTRC
• 4. Mr. Shyam Sundar Sikder, Secretary, ICT Division, MoPT&IT
• 5. Mr. Matiur Rahman, Editor, The Daily Prothom Alo
• 6. Dr. Mohammad Kaykobad, Professor, Department of CSE, BUET
• 7. Prof. Muhammed Zafor Iqbal, Writer, Columnist and Head, Dept. of EEE, SUST
• 8. Mr. Anisul Haque, journalist, Writer and Associate Editor, The Daily Prothom Alo
• 9. Mr. Shyama Prasad Bepari, Jt. Secretary, ICT Division, MoPT&IT and PD, NMATIADP
• 10. Mr. Ishtiaq Hussen Chowdhury, Director, Stakeholder Relations, Grameenphone Ltd.
• 11. Mr. M A Mubin Khan, Managing Director, EATL
• 12. Dr. Nizam Uddin Ahmed, CEO, EATL
• 13. Dr. Mokhlesur Rahman, Sr. Operations Officer, Edu. Planning and Mgt., World Bank

Selected 350 Apps Idea Presentation & Evaluation at NSU

Photographs of Apps Idea Presentation & Evaluation:

Photographs of Grooming Session:

Photographs of Final Presentation:

Photographs of Grand Finale:

The Top 10 Team Members

SL.	Name of Apps And Team	Name of Team Members	Logo
1.	Rickshaw Racing Asgardian	Ferdous Bin Ali,Riyadh Zonayed,Aniruddha Prithul,Parichay Mandal (Khulna University (KU))
2.	Safety Ensured Vikings Reincarnated	Md. Al-Zihad ,Saad Ahmed Akash (University of Dhaka (DU))
3.	Exploring Bangladesh Team 'JHOR'	Md. Mohshi Masnad (Aurko),Md. Nafiz Hasan Khan (Tomal),Md. Shihabuzzaman (shihab),Md. Shihab Hasan (Shanto), (Islamic University of Technology )
4.	INFERNAL CRUSADE Antiviral Studios	Shahriar Priom ,Ujjwal Kumar Gupta, American International University ( AIUB ),ULAB
5.	Prathomik Shikkha Android Developers	Shahriar Priom ,Ujjwal Kumar Gupta
6.	Burst Your Enemy The A Solders	Abu Naser Md. Nafew ,Rifat Haque Amit,Sheikh Akib Shahriyar,Mohaimin Billah Khulna University of Engineering Technology (KUET)
7.	CATCH THE HINT Durbin	Md. Waheduzzaman ,Al Noman,Amal BRAC University,University of Asia Pacifc (UAP)
8.	Money Calculator Break	Ferdous Salehin ,Md. Jahangir Alam,Krisno Paul Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University (HSTU)
9.	Fingo NATA ENTERTAINMENT	Diponkor Talukdar American International University Bangladesh (AIUB)
10.	Child Vaccine Team Smile	Kazi Imdadul Huq ,Oporajita Poly American International University Bangladesh (AIUB)
Special App.	Dr Hulu's Lab Angry Coders	M. Sabbir Ahmed ,Md. Farhad ALam Bhuiyan,Rakibul Islam Magic Kids TV, Texelr, Silicon Orchard Ltd.