Smart entrepreneurs will be main force of smart economy: Palak

State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak said that smart economy will be the main driving force of the economy of Smart Bangladesh. The backbone of a smart economy will be our smart entrepreneurs.

He said these things in the speech of the chief guest at the seminar titled "Smart Entrepreneur: Smart Bangladesh" organized jointly by the ICT Department and Idea Foundation at the Bangladesh Computer Council Auditorium in Agargaon on Wednesday (April 5).

Palak said, there are currently 2,500 startups in the country. Who created 15 lakh jobs. Our goal is to promote 5 thousand more startups in the IT sector of the country by 2025, through which 3 million jobs will be created and by 2041 the contribution of this service sector to GDP will be 20 percent.

The state minister said, we give special importance to these three issues of capital, technology and training in creating entrepreneurs. Apart from this, the entrepreneurs with excellent business model, viable product and photo type will be given non-repayable funds of one lakh-10 lakh from the ICT department.

Pointing out that smart entrepreneurs take risks, Palak said, "We are a nation of bold, innovative, creative, hardworking, talented and not afraid to take risks."

The state minister said, our goal is to create an alterpreneurial supply chain in Bangladesh. By changing the mindset of job seekers, creating a mindset of job creators, smart economy will develop by 2041. Smart Employment Festival will be conducted in every Madrasa providing training to 50 lakh students of Aliya and Qaumi Madrasas.

He also said that Tk 50 lakh will be distributed among the affected entrepreneurs of Bangabazar.

Idea Foundation Chairperson Kazi M. Under the chairmanship of Aminul Islam, the secretary of the ICT department also spoke. Samsul Arefin, Additional Secretary of ICT Department Mohammad Naveed Shafiullah, Former Senior Secretary Shahidul Haque, Former Secretary Kamrun Nahar, Project Director of A2I. Dewan Muhammad Humayun Kabir, A2I Policy Advisor Anir Chaudhuri, Start-Up Bangladesh Limited Managing Director Sami Ahmed, Digicon Technologies Ltd. Wahid Sharif, Managing Director and Bakko President, Cynthia Akhtar Liza, Founder of Leading Light (Training Institute) Narayanganj.

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