IT Development of Bangladesh

Digital Bangladesh is a magnificent dream that is dreamt by the government and the educated class for the technological growth of Bangladesh. Digitalization has become a catchphrase in the new age of information technology. Every one can now learn in a moment what is happening in the furthest area of the world. The electronic transfer of information via the internet has formed a consistent earth of information. The utilize of information and communication technology has been playing very important role in the 21st century due to globalization and the administration is encouraged to adapting with the upcoming future.

Diagram of Digital Bangladesh

The democratic government has declared the ‘Vision 2021’ in the ballot vote manifesto which targets organization of an ingenious and up to date country by 2021 through effectual use of information and communication technology a ‘Digital Bangladesh’. ‘Digital Bangladesh’ does not only signify the wide use of computers. Perhaps it means the modern philosophy of efficient and useful use of technology in terms of implementing the promises in culture, job assignment, health, scarcity reduction etc. As a result, the administration underscores a changing approach, constructive thinking and pioneering ideas for the achievement of ‘Digital Bangladesh’. The philosophy of this vision comprises ensuring people’s democracy and rights, liability, transparency, establishing fairness and ensuring delivery of administration services in each door through most use of technology- with the final goal to improve the daily lifestyle of common citizens.

Government’s ‘Digital Bangladesh’ includes every one and does not distinguish people in terms of technology. For this reason, administration have emphasized on the four basics of ‘Digital Bangladesh Vision’ which are human source expansion, people participation, civil services and use of information technology in trade and commerce. Bangladesh is going to view digital year in 2011 to mark the trip to digital Bangladesh. The government has taken up a plan for setting up Union Information Centers in thousand unions in line with the vision to construct Digital Bangladesh by 2021. This programme is a greeting expansion towards attainment information technology amenities to the doorsteps of rural citizens. The rural community will easily get information about farming, health, education, marketing and employment from the Union Information Centers. The government has also enthused to devise new laws empowering an authority to set up six technical parks with the plan of establishing overseas investment in the information technology segment.

The Supreme Court of Bangladesh is going to be digitalized almost immediately. All cases related to information of the Supreme Court will be accessible in its website. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is also going to set up a technical monitoring system in the central control room to build contact with the on-duty police anywhere within the metropolitan region. Digitalization will mostly change banking and economic activities. International currency transfer and transaction of business has now become a subject of clicking the mouse of a computer. Several products such as software and TV programmes are also agreeable to digital broadcast. Every one will be able to buy and sell goods throughout the electronic screen if Bangladeshi’s can build a Digital Bangladesh. Certainly, encouraging growth towards digitalization of Bangladesh by 2021 can be achievable.

The determined vision for a Digital Bangladesh will stay a dream if the administration can’t equip the people with the technology wanted for establishing the digital era. But, the government of Bangladesh has a great chance for complete their vision. Every year approximately one thousand and two hundred graduates from different academic disciplines are awarded IT scholarship by IDB-BISEW IT Scholarship Project. The project so distant shaped 2,393 IT professionals through world class IT teaching while 4,178 were provided computer literacy. More than 830 organizations at home and abroad employed the graduates of this scheme. Growing population is one of the most important challenges for the developing countries like Bangladesh next to ensuring the benefits of financial enlargement for all its general public.

But, if they can twist the population into store then it can take action as a channel for a sustainable expansion. In this country, Information Technology (IT) sector has opened up a latest horizon to make use of huge population to foster the financial growth and at the same time information technology creates avenues to strengthen country’s place in the international area. According to Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), there is a vast demand for IT professionals in the state but unavailability of skilled persons hinders the enlargement of IT part. With the dream to produce accomplished workforce Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in relationship with the administration of Bangladesh runs a scholarship programme called “IDB-BISEW IT Scholarship”. The IT scholarship project is an educational and training network composed of approximately thirty IT training institutes, a full scale R&D cell dedicated to developing training-resource and curriculum and an administrative body to monitor the project progress.
The participants of the scholarship programme require undergoing a yearlong intensified preparation to get a diploma in IT. Through a rigorous assortment process the scheme recognize the candidates. Selected candidates then contribute in dissimilar courses at Training Service Provider. Accessible courses are database design and development, networking technologies, enterprise systems analysis and design, web performance solutions and implementations, computer assisted animation, architectural and civil CAD etc. Candidates also need to pass the vendor qualifications examination. Just Muslim students can get part in this yearlong teaching programme. The charge per student is around BDT 2 lakh and every learner also gets BDT 2,000 monthly financial inducement to boost their dedication. 

IT training institute of Bangladesh

But, each student needs to pass a monthly examination at project office to avail him of this advantage. Began in 2003, the scheme has finished thirteen rounds; training is in progress for the students from surrounding 14-16; selection method is going on for round 17 while application submission is ongoing for round 18. Submissions for IT scholarship are invited thrice a year during newspaper announcement and website. Submission forms are accessible at branches of Islamic Bank Bangladesh for a fee of BDT 100. Chief administrative executive, Islamic Development Bank-Bangladesh Islamic Solidarity Education Wakf (IDB-BISEW) said that, “The major aim of this plan is to facilitate poor youths of the society who have less option to build up a brilliant career. We select candidates who have even no skill in IT. Later than a one year training all these trainees turns into IT professionals and a lot of on completion of the training, are now working at dissimilar countrywide and multinational companies with standing”. He added, “We always uphold a secure association with the industry and redesign our set of courses according to the marketplace needs. Our attempt is not restricted to conduct training instead we always supply assistance to our trainees to find out the best corridor of career. We persistently attempt to endorse our students in dissimilar sectors and as a result our students get magnificent career opportunity just after the conclusion of yearlong training programme”.

Bangladesh is a country of 55,000 square miles with a huge population (160 millions). This sometimes seems as a burden. In reality this is not a load. We think this is a huge opportunity for us. This is gives the chance to construct our home grown manpower and make our manufacture more well-organized and easier. For this we need to use our manpower in a competent technique. That is why; we have to offer the training and possessions. In this global world, technology is the most excellent source.  So, there is no alternative to make our people familiar with technology and provide the information and teaching based on technology. To encourage these opportunity along with the people, we want engineers. They have to take part in role as entrepreneurs. Otherwise it is quite not possible to set up the technology based free enterprise, technical awareness etc. in the midst of the mass people. In this country it is consider that the engineers are the most important and mainly talented students of the country.

3G networking in Bangladesh

Here the students have to face a gigantic struggle to get chance in public engineering universities and the mass people have greatly respected to them. Sometime they are measured as the vision boys or girls of the mass community. With economic growth in the Bangladesh greater part of the natives have spread to world over for business, career and enlargement. With these global calls to Bangladesh has also seen a tremendous rising. Bangladesh is the rising and increasing nation in the South East Asian also known as People’s Republic of Bangladesh. This nation is bordered by India on its all borders and Burma on a little. On the south border there is Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh accurately means the country of Bengal as it was at first part of West Bengal basically. Though, with divider of Bengal and India in 1947 it become part of East Pakistan.

Finally, Bangladesh is glowing stabilized with 2G connectivity, with 3G connectivity is also gradually creation it system. One is able to make calls to the nation throughout mobiles, landlines and Internet. Using internet to make international calls is extremely well-liked among the natives residing across the world. It is the most profitable mode of staying linked.