Honorable Vice Chancellor Carman Z. Lamagna  inaugurated Biz-tech Challenge 2017 at AIUB organized by Department of MIS on 16 March 2017. “Using Information system to automate business” was the theme of the program. 150 college students from 17 colleges and around 300 AIUB students participated in number of activities such as Intra College Poster Presentations, digital poster contest in social media, PowerPoint presentation on new innovative business ideas, and ICT quiz contest. A seminar was held on opportunities for MIS graduates in Telecom industry. M. Manzur Rahman, Country Head - Digital Services at Robi Axiata Limited was the guest speaker of the seminar. Head of Department of MIS, Dr. Khandaker Tabin Hassan, The AIUB Pro-Vice Chancellor Dr. Charles C. Villanueva and Vice President and Head of M-Money at Robi Axiata Limited Dewan Nazmul Hasan, Director, MBA program of AIUB, Professor Dr. Nisar Ahmed, Director, I.T. Operations AIUB, Mr. Danilo G. Morgia and other esteemed AIUB faculties Mr. Arnob Zahid, Nazia farhana, Mehzab Nahid, Golam Morshed, Mahmudul Islam Shawon along with the current BBA students made the program embellished. The event was concluded by a enchanting cultural program.  

The aspiration of this festival was to orient the students to the current practices and opportunities in Digital marketing, information system, business application and many other contemporary ideas; where Robi Axiata Limited’s contribution as sponsor was very influential for the successful execution of the event. For nationwide coverage, Channel I and City FM 96.00 were at the event as media and radio partner respectively.