EATL Prothom-Alo Apps Contest 2016 to kick start from tomorrow
EATL Prothom-Alo Apps Contest 2016 – Season 4 is back for its fourth installment. On 24 May, Tuesday, from 4PM to 6PM, the contest season 4 will be officially launched by the honourable education minister Mr. Nurul Islam Nahid MP. As special guests, Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak, MP, State Minister, ICT Division, Mr. Qimiao Fan, the Country Director of World Bank for Bangladesh, Bhutan-Nepal-South Asia and Benoît-Pierre Laramée, the High Commissioner of the High Commission of Canada will be present at the event. World Bank joined the platform as the Lead Sponsor.
For the last 3 consecutive years EATL & Prothom-Alo has been jointly organising this 'EATL Prothom-Alo Apps Contest', becoming the nation's single largest apps development contest and every year the platform has got bigger.
The contest is open for Android, iOS and Windows platforms, there are 12 prizes with BDT. 18 lakh cash prizes, smartphones and business mentorship for the winning team members. The last day of idea submission is 31st August 2016. During the idea submission phase the platform will visit most of the universities, institutes of Bangladesh for campus activation. After that the platform will conduct boot camp, first presentation round, regional grooming, final technical evaluation and promotion phase - which will gradually lead to the grand finale.
The grand prize is BDT 10 lakh with business entrepreneurship offer for the winning team. This year the contest has 3 different sectors and winner will be declared from each category. The category champions will be getting BDT 2 lakh and 2nd, 3rd teams will be getting smartphones. There's also BDT 1 lakh prize money for one Windows and iOS category teams
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