​Bangladesh Women in Technology and Underprivileged Children's Educational Programs​

Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014, April 24

Bangladesh Women in Technology (BWIT) and Underprivileged Children's Educational Programs (UCEP) celebrated Girls in ICT Day in Bangladesh.

The event was held at UCEP Mirpur Technical School, Dhaka on Thursday 24 April 2014 with the participation of girl students. IT Journalists and IT entrepreneurs, IT professionals attended the event.

The Keynote address 'Underprivileged Girls in ICT' was given by Zaki Hasan Executive Director, UCEP. 

DELL Bangladesh donated two laptops under DELL Student Power program to UCEP during the event.  UCEP and BWIT is very happy and honoured to accept this kind gesture from Ms. Sonia Bashir Kabir, CEO/Country Manager, DELL and Vice President BWIT.

UCEP girl students shared their views on ICT with the guests.

Ms. Shahamin Shahadat Zaman, CEO, CSR Centre & Member, UCEP Association; Ms. Farzana Sultana, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Access to Information Program of UNDP and Bangladesh Govt.; Mr. Md. Julker Naim, Sr. Sector Specialist, BRAC Education Program; Mr. Bikash Chandra Sarkar, Deputy Head of Materials Development, English In Action; Ms. Shahida Begum, Program Director, Save the Children; and Mr. Muhammad Kawsar Uddin, Bangladesh ICT Journalists Forum spoke on this occasion.​​​