The day for Apps
EATL- Prothom Alo holds daylong app development Bootcamp yesterday
One of the largest app boot camp for making mobile application, organised by EATL and Prothom Alo, was held on November 12th, 2016 at Mirpur Indoor Stadium, Dhaka. This boot camp was mainly for the tech savvy app-enthusiast youth of the country.
Students & professionals from different institutions joined this daylong skill development boot camp to enhance their knowledge and skills of different components of app development.
This program was segmented into nine sessions. Android app life cycle, game designing, UX UI, app backend, app monetization and Android push notification were some of the main topics of discussion in the sessions.
M A Mubin Khan, Managing Director, EATL; said this Boot Camp is going to be a platform for the youths to enhance their technological skills. He also informed that, this is going to be a unique opportunity for the participants to resolve any kind of app related queries from the mentors.
At the final event, only a few selected candidates will be given the opportunity to present their ideas to a panel of distinguished judges on 25th and 26th of this month.
Architect Yeafesh Osman, MP, Minister of Science & Technology, along with other distinguished guests including Dr. AK Abdul Momen, ex-Bangladeshi Ambassador & Permanent Representative to the UN; Mr. Shyam Sunder Sikder, Secretary, ICT Division; Professor Dr. M. Kaykobad, Department of CSE, BUET; Dr. Mokhlesur Rahman, World Bank Bangladesh; Mr. Mustafa Jabbar, President, BASIS were present at the opening session.
This year, EATL went to hundreds of campuses to run their activation program. The result of the activation campaign was phenomenal! 700+ ideas were submitted, of which 500 ideas were primarily selected on 24th September, 2016.
The wining idea will be receiving BDT 10,00,000/- and a trophy. Not only that, the wining app in every segment will receive BDT 200,000/-
Prothom Alo is the "Title Partner"; World Bank is the "Lead Sponsor", The ICT Division is the "Strategic Partner", Channel I is the "Media Partner" of this mega event.