GPIT has signed a partnership with Microsoft Bangladesh to become sponsor of Microsoft Imagine Cup. Under the partnership, GPIT will be sponsoring the local Imagine Cup event. GPIT will also contribute the ticket for the champion team in Bangladesh to attend the worldwide finals in Sydney, Australia to represent Bangladesh and also cooperate to arrange the national finale event.
Microsoft Imagine Cup is the world's premier student technology competition which has been held every year for almost a decade. Over the years, the Imagine Cup has grown to be a truly global competition focused on finding solutions to real-world problems. Since 2003, over 1.4 million students have participated in the Imagine Cup with 358,000 students representing 183 countries and regions registering for the Imagine Cup 2012 competition.
Peter Anthony Dindial, chief executive officer, Birgit Holtskog, head of marketing, Asaduzzaman Sheikh, specialist, Mehedi Hasan Maruf, senior executive, brand from GPIT and from Microsoft Bangladesh K.M. Imran-Al-Amin, head of public sector, Atiqur Rahman, head of business development, Muhammed Asif, head of enterprise sales, Omi Azad, developer evangelist were present at the agreement signing programme.