On Thursday, March 16th, 2023, The IEEE AIUB Student Branch successfully organized the IEEE Student Professional Awareness Venture 6.0 at American International University-Bangladesh. The venture was technically supported by IEEE, IEEE Bangladesh Section, and IEEE Young Professionals Bangladesh and was sponsored and partnered by Catec, Kishwan Group, Talukdar Foods, and Doinik Amader Shomoi.
The major focus of the event was a series of professional and career-focused sessions centered on professional development. The daylong venture was inaugurated with an opening remark by Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur Rahman, Pro Vice Chancellor, AIUB who emphasized the advantages of these professional development activities. The first session of the venture titled “Impact of Renewable Energy on Climate Change” was led by Dr. Shameem Ahmad, Motivator, IEEE AIUB SB and Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB. He talked about how to develop a sustainable future, the goals to raise awareness to contribute to the C02 emission zero targets, and how everyone is involved in research work. Another session titled “The Future of Work: Embracing Technological Disruptions & Developing In-Demand Skills” was conducted by Dr. M. Tanseer Ali, SAC, IEEE BDS ExCom 2 and Associate Professor & Special Assistant, Capstone Project, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB. The third session was conducted by Dr. Celia Shahnaz, 2023 Global IEEE WIE Chair, professor BUET, Member IEEE New initiative and History Committee, IEEE EAB FRC. She conversed about WIE and engineering scope for female students. She discussed research work, innovation, collaboration, and sharing.
After the lunch break, the fourth session of the venture, entitled ‘ Engineers Career Potentials and Readiness’, was conducted by Muhammad Abdul Bari, Head of IT (Associate Director), Brac Enterprises. He demonstrated how to look for the right career path and highlighted how to be prepared and the readiness for the job market. The last session was entitled “Ins and Outs of Entrepreneurship”, conducted by Ghulam Sumdany Don, Chief Inspirational Officer at Don Sumdany Facilitation; Managing Director at DS Education, Ikigai HR Services, & LoveGen Bangladesh. The session focused on the important aspects of a person’s mental health, growth, persistence & patience, adaptability, willingness to act and fixed mindset in a professional’s life. After that, Prof. Dr. A.B.M Siddique Hossain, Advisor, IEEE AIUB SB; Dean, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB, gave his remarks where he thanked the participants for their patience, the ambassadors and the speakers for their tremendous effort to make the event successful. Dr. Md. Raju Ahmed, Dean, Faculty of Engineering; Director of IQAC, DUET; Vice-Chair (Activity), IEEE Bangladesh Section; Life Fellow IEB, Member IEEE, gave the closing remarks for the session. The Venture ended with a cultural program performed by AIUB Performing Arts Club, a thanksgiving ceremony, and a group photo session of the speakers, guests, faculty members, organizing team, and participants. 120+ participants from several universities around the nation participated in this mega flagship event.
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