Bangladeshi tech entrepreneur Iqbal Ahmed Fakhrul Hasan is better-known for founding Divine IT Limited and developer of PrismERP, country's first web-based ERP.
He is a computer science graduate. Since the beginning of his studies in 1996, he has been familiarising himself with new technologies and has been involved in managing computer hardware, internet services, and consulting businesses. He has successfully automated large government and private organizations in the country with his own coded software.
Over the past 20 years, Divine IT has been managing businesses with customer satisfaction and success through advanced technology and innovation.
PrismERP is a flagship product of Divine IT Limited. Divine IT Limited is a software company certified with CMMI Level 3 and ISO’s.
Divine IT has received several awards in the IT sector, including the National Productivity Awards 2015, 2018, APTICA international Award 2017, and WITSA Global Excellence ICT Award 2020, and the Daily Star ICT Awards 2022 for 'ICT Solution Provider of the Year (Local Market).
As a major software development company in the country, Divine IT was awarded the status of 'Private Software Technology Park' by the Bangladesh government in 2018. Since 2005, the company has been working both locally and internationally. Currently, the company has 9 copyrighted products.
PrismERP by Divine IT is Bangladesh's first ERP software capable of managing and automating more than 40 types of business sectors. More than 400 businesses in Bangladesh are using PrismERP for their daily business management.
In international ERP solution competitions, PrismERP is a reliable and popular brand among domestic and foreign companies. Without any external funding, over the past 20 years, Iqbal Ahmed has tirelessly worked in the IT industry, overcoming various challenges, and strengthening his company.
Iqbal Ahmed Fakhrul Hasan is a candidate in the upcoming election of the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) for the term 2024-2026.
He has shared his plans for the formation of a Smart Bangladesh, the development of the local software industry, and the acquisition of significant amounts of government procurement.
Regarding the BASIS election, Iqbal Ahmed said that systematic management of the company and process-driven approaches has inspired him to take part in BASIS election to work for the advancement of the industry.
“I have faced and solved various problems and challenges as a software and tech entrepreneur. These solutions can save time and money, as well as overcome failures. With this hope and belief, I am participating in this year's BASIS election,” he said.
Iqbal Ahmed have worked for BASIS and the industry as a member of various committees and sub-committees, including access to finance, HR development, communication solutions, local market development and advisory standing committees.
The promising software entrepreneur has pledged to establish BASIS-affiliated export desks in many new countries in to achieve further revenue targets.
“There are lots of places in BASIS's secretariat that still need to be improved. BASIS is not having its own space. So his initiative will be to establish BASIS's own space by 2026, where it can be possible to make BITM training more effective,” added Ahmed.