Published Date

19

January 2011
Wednesday

AIUB student’s achievement to be the Finalist of Nokia Oviggata, 2010

AIUB student’s achievement to be the Finalist of Nokia Oviggata, 2010

AIUB student’s achievement to be the Finalist of Nokia Oviggata, 2010

Nokia has introduced a new initiative titled Oviggota to help university students gain valuable work experience and training to help improve their employment prospects and career opportunities. The contest was started in September with 800 students of all Universities in Bangladesh. Finally the Final Gala Round of the competition held at January 16, 2011 in Spectra Convension Center, Gulshan 1, where Hazra Sabbir Hossain and S. M. Aminur Rahman from Accounting and Finance Department were honored to be in the 15 Finalist among all students. The top executives of multinational corporations and the media persons were present in the pomp ceremony. The aim of the campaign of Nokia is to gather the top minds from both public and private universities and train them through extensive development workshops and motivational speeches for a taste of the corporate world. From 800 contestants thirty teams were selected initially. Thirty teams, each consisting of three members, participated in the case competition; 15 of the “brightest and best-equipped” participants were selected for the gala event. Abu Daud Khan, the country manager of Nokia Emerging Asia, handed over crests and Nokia C3 to all the finalists at the closing event.