The Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business Administration, organized a workshop on February 15, 2024 [Thursday] for the major students of Accounting Information System (AIS) course from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. The objective of this workshop was to understand the importance the MS Excel in AIS. The key speaker of the session was Mr. Shah Alam MCT, MOS. Mr. Shah Alam is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and Microsoft Certified MS Excel Specialist. He is the founder and Chief Training Officer of Dikkha: Training and Consultancy. He has almost eleven years corporate experience at Lanka Bangla Finance Ltd and IDLC Finance Ltd. During the workshop, Mr. Shah Alam showed different modules like creation of accounts, excel table, creating pivotal table, journal, ledger, trial balance and financial statements. Students also practiced in the computer lab during the workshop and learned how to use MS Excel in preparing different reports. The objective of this workshop is harmoniously aligned with the Sustainable Development Goal of ensuring quality education (SDG 4).

This seminar was arranged by Mr. Niaz Mohammad ACMA, Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting. Dr. Mohammad Faridul Alam, Associate Professor, Department of Accounting and Director (MBA & EMBA program) discussed the significance of MS Excel for generating management reports and delivered the vote of thanks with closing remarks. The session was very interactive and ended with providing a token of appreciation to the distinguished speaker.