ICMAB and Robi to collaborate on digital innovation

Dhaka, 8August 2019: Robi and ICMAB have signed a MoU with a view to collaborate for enhancing the knowledge and skills of students of ICMAB in the latest digital technologies. Robi’s Chief Enterprise Business officer, Mr. Md. Adil Hossain and ICMAB’s Director, Mr. Nazmus Salehin recently signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organizations at the Robi Corporate office located in Gulshan. Robi’s Managing Director and CEO, Mr. Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, ICMAB’s President Mr. M. Abul Kalam Mazumdar FCMA, Vice President Mr. Arif Khan FCMA, Council Member Mr. Mohammed Salim FCMA, along with high officials from Robi and ICMAB were present on the occasion.

Under the agreement, Robi will set up a state-of-the-art ‘Innovation Lab’ in the ICMAB campus. Key focus of the Lab will be to introduce the latest developments in data analytics, block chain, Internet of Things (IoT) technologies for the students of ICMAB. Besides, the Lab will facilitate the students to come up with innovative digital business ideas to address the problems faced by the companies. In order to make the best use of the lab facilities, ICMAB has decided to recognize the time spent by the students for learning, project or research work in connection to the usage of the lab facilities as credit hours. Students successfully completing the assigned tasks from this lab will be given professional certificates. In addition to the setting up of the innovation lab, Robi and ICMAB will explore ways of introducing digital solution to modernize the Institute.