Published on 12:00 AM, November 20, 2019

Woori Idea Fest 2019 opens for 8 universities

AFM Aowrangazab, business administration faculty dean at Chittagong University, and Shamsul Arefin, head of HR and administration at Woori Bank Bangladesh, launch the second edition of Woori Idea Fest 2019 at the varsity on Sunday. Photo: Woori Bank Bangladesh

Woori Bank Bangladesh has recently launched a second edition of inter-university idea contest Woori Idea Fest 2019 at the University of Chittagong.

With The Daily Star and Banik Barta as media partners, the competition aims to provide students of eight universities an opportunity to share ideas for the business world in context to local and global markets.

Students of the host university, the University of Dhaka, Jahangirnagar University, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Brac University, North South University, East West University and Independent University, Bangladesh will be able to take part.

Ideas can be sent to wooriideafest@gmail.com till December 3 following registration at www.wooriideafest.com, the bank said in a statement yesterday.

The winner and first and second runners-up will get Tk 1,00,000, Tk 50,000 and Tk 20,000 respectively while the top 100 participants one year’s free subscription of The Daily Star.

AFM Aowrangazab, business administration faculty dean, and Shamsul Arefin, the bank’s head of HR and administration, also opened a registration booth for the competition.