A three-day IT fair titled 'Brac Bank IT Fair-2006' begins at University of Information Technology and Sciences (UITS) at Gulshan in Dhaka today.
The Software Development Club and Digital Design and Development Club of UITS are jointly organising the fair with the theme-- "Towards IT-driven Society".
Science and ICT Minister Abdul Moyeen Khan is scheduled to inaugurate the fair, sponsored by Brac Bank.
The main objectives of the fair are to promote ICT (information and communications technology) as a potential development tool and make a common platform for the IT professionals, students and academics, organisers said announcing the fair schedule at a press conference yesterday.
They said the fair will give an opportunity to young programmers and software developers to exhibit their talents.
Dr A Majeed Khan, vice-chancellor of UITS, Sanjay Kumar Roy, lecturer of Department of Information Technology, Dr Hafizur Rahman, director of School of Computer Science and Engineering of UITS, and Sarder Akhter Hamed and Wasi SM Khan, officials of Brac Bank, were present at the conference.
Seminars, and IT quiz will also be held on the sidelines of the fair.
PHP Group and Rangs Motors are the co-sponsors of the fair while Channel i, the Jugantor and The Independent are the media partners.
