On August 7, 2022 Center for VLSI and Embedded Systems (CVES) of the Dr. Anwarul Abedin Institute of Innovation, AIUB organized a workshop titled “Prospects of VLSI Careers in Bangladesh” which was supported by AIUB Community of Engineering Students (ACES). The program started at 2:30 PM with 60 participants at the 3202 (Annex-3), AIUB.  The purpose of the workshop was to provide the students with a clear road map toward being a successful VLSI engineer specially at ULKASEMI.

The program started with the inauguration speech by Mr. Chowdhury Akram Hossain (Deputy Director, CVES & Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB) where the growing opportunities of large-scale integration sector and demands in Bangladesh were discussed. After that, Prof. DR. Mohammad Abdul Mannan (Director, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB) began his speech by outlining the lab facilities that AIUB provides. Later, Prof. DR. A.B.M Siddique hossain (Dean, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB) started his speech by complimenting the ULKASEMI engineers for their dedication and outstanding accomplishment in VLSI sector. After that, alumnus of Department of EEE, AIUB Mr. Fahim Rizwan (Engineer, IC Mask Design, ULKASEMI & Al) started the workshop by introducing other speakers. In addition, he gave a short overview over the workshop details and schedule. Then Mr. Pronob Sarker (Engineer, IC Mask Design, ULKASEMI) joined him and started the presentation about VLSI Industry growth and career scope at ULKASEMI. Following that alumna of Department of EEE, AIUB Ms. Moon Sadia Dipthee (Sr. Manager, IC Mask Design, ULKASEMI) discussed the basic knowledge requirement to apply as a VLSI engineer and encouraged the students to apply for ULKASEMI. After that, Ms.Devleena Gharami (Engineer, IC Mask Design, ULKASEMI) highlighted the VLSI virtual designing tools like Cadence, Mentor Graphics and Synopsys. And finally Mr.Abdullah Bin Sekander (Engineer, IC Mask Design, ULKASEMI) demonstrated and explained transistor circuits and highlighted the IC Layout design where he talked about the diffusion regions, polysilicon layers and metal interconnects layers. Afterwards, Mr. Fahim Rizwan elaborated the recruitment plan of ULKASEMI. Furthermore, a short pop quiz was taken for recruitment to ULKASEMI. At the end of the workshop, a short question and answer session was held where the speakers answered the queries raised by the participants.

Following that, Dr. Mohammad Nasir Uddin (Senior Associate Professor, Head [Graduate Program], Faculty of Engineering, AIUB) concluded the seminar by thanking the honorable speaker to conduct the session. The workshop was graced by the presence of Dr. Md. Jahid Hasan (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB).