Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) of American International University-Bangladesh has organised Anwarul Abedin Lecture Series on a Journey towards Smart Bangladesh.

The seminar was held at the AIUB auditorium under the initiative of Bangladesh Government (LGRD) on October 1.

The seminar started with a welcome speech by the member of the Board of Trustees of the AIUB Carmen Z. Lamagna.

Tazul Islam, Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives addressed the programme as the chief guest.

Prof Syed Ferhat Anwar, former director, IBA, University of Dhaka, Arfan Ali, chairman, Zaytoon Business Solutions, Taimur Rahman, chief Corporate & Regulatory Affairs Officer (CCRAO), Corporate & Regulatory Affairs, Banglalink and Prof Abdur Rahman, Pro Vice Chancellor of American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) also spoke at the programme.

The seminar emphasised the significance of building on the foundation of the Digital Bangladesh initiative, Smart Bangladesh envisioning the development of smart cities, smart agriculture, smart healthcare, smart education, smart energy, smart governance and smart institutions with the ultimate goal of creating a more prosperous, equitable, and sustainable future.

At the end of the event, the resource speakers were presented with crests and gifts from AIUB as a gesture of gratitude for their valuable contributions of knowledge. 

Then the session was concluded by giving a vote of thanks to the Chief Guest, resource persons and organisers, delivered by Associate Dean, Faculty of Business Administration, AIUB Prof Farheen Hasan.

Faculty of Business Administration, AIUB expressed their gratitude to the AIUB management for their invaluable cooperation in ensuring the success of the event.