Leadership

Mr. SAJEEB WAZED
Adviser to Honorable Prime minister of ICT Affairs
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, is a ICT Consultant and political campaigner. He is the son of Sheikh Hasina, the Honorable Prime Minister, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, and the eldest grandson...
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Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak, MP
Hon'ble State Minister | ICT Division
Zunaid Ahmed Palak was born on 17 May 1980 Singra under Natore dristrict. Mr. Faiz Uddin Ahmed and Ms. Zamila Ahmed are his parents. His father was an active political activist being inspired by the ideology of Bangaba...
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Mr. N M Zeaul Alam PAA
Senior Secretary | ICT Division
Mr. N M Zeaul Alam PAA is, at present, the Senior Secretary of Information and Communication Technology Division. He is the immediate past Secretary, Coordination & Reform of the Cabinet Division. Before that, he was the Director-General of th...
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Mr. Ranajit Kumar
Executive Director | BCC
I am fortunate to have a very strong team of highly skilled professionals who support me to carry forward the mission of BCC. We have gone through a serious transf...
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Mr. Md. Altaf Hossain
Project Director | iDEA
Mr. Md. Altaf Hossain is leading the Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) project of Bangladesh Computer Council under the ICT Division as Project Director (Joint Secretary). He is wor...
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Expert Team

R H M Alaol Kabir
Senior Consultant: Research & Innovation Specialist (Team Leader)
Mobile: 01810096510
Email: alaol.kabir@idea.gov.bd
Short Bio:
Mr. R H M Alaol Kabir is a career bureaucrat who belongs to 29th BCS Administration Cadre. He joined iDEA project in the position of Research and Innovation Specialist (Team Leader) in October 2019.
Before joining the iDEA project Mr. Kabir served in different capacities at several government institutions. His immediate past posting was at the Cabinet Division where he oversaw the preparation, monitoring, and evaluation of the Annual Performance Agreement (APA) of different ministries. Before that Mr. Kabir was posted at the Office of the Refugee, Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC), Cox’s bazar. He also served as AC land of Barura upazila, Cumilla; Assistant Secretary of ICT Division; and Assistant Commissioner & Executive Magistrate of Madaripur.
Mr. Kabir did MSc in Economics from the University of Yok, UK. He obtained his BSc (Engg) and MS (Engg) in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Chittagong. Mr. Kabir secured Masters in Information Technology from IIT, University of Dhaka. He did MSS in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Dhaka. Before that, he obtained LL.B. and LL.M. respectively from the National University Bangladesh and ASA University of Bangladesh. Apart from this Mr. Kabir did a post-graduate diploma in International Relations and Journalism respectively from the University of Dhaka and National University Bangladesh.
Mr. Kabir is ‘Stanford Certified Project Manager’, ‘Oracle 9i Certified Professional’ and ‘Red Hat Certified Engineer’. He obtained training on ‘ICT Policymaking’ from USTTI, USA; ‘National Cyber Security Policy: Balancing Risk and Innovation’ from Microsoft Corporation, USA; ‘US Cybersecurity Coordination’ from Department of Homeland Security, USA; ‘Cybersecurity Concepts, Mechanisms, Management, Policy and Applications from IBM, USA; ‘Policy Analysis’ from National University of Singapore (NUS); ‘Procurement and Development’ from International Training Centre, ILO, Turin, Italy; ‘Information Security Policy’ from Korea Internet Security Agency (KISA), ‘Financial Management’ from Finance Division, Bangladesh; ‘Public Procurement Rules and Act’ from CPTU, Bangladesh.
Mr. Kabir has a keen interest in research. His research interests include Government Reform Initiatives, Public Policy, Bioinformatics and Biometrics. He has several research publications in different conferences and Journals where key research publications are available at Springer and IEEE.

Md. Mofaqkhayrul Islam Mim
Officer | Assistant Programmer (Web Admin)
Mobile: 01810096505
Email: mofaqkhayrul.islam@idea.gov.bd
Mr. Mofaqkhayrul Islam Mim is a Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) graduate from Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU), Dinajpur. He joined in Innovation Design & Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) project on December 12th, 2019. He started his career as a software engineer at Enet Technology Limited in 2016. After that, he joined as a project coordinator for the Leveraging ICT Project in 2017. In 2019, he also worked as an assistant programmer on the Parliament ICT Project. This project has been developed to digitalize the Bangladesh National Parliament activities. His total experience is 4.5 years in several government projects. Currently, he is pursuing his MSCSE at BRAC University. His research interests are in machine learning and big data. He is passionate about research. He has a research paper that was published at a conference and is available in IEEE.
Background
Venture capital investments spur innovation, create employment, and make a significant contribution to economic growth. With our population growing, globalization rapidly changing the international business climate, and sometimes making it uncertain, a culture of innovation can provide its own energy for Bangladesh by affording us opportunities for our young entrepreneurs. Where done correctly, the impact of government intervention in fostering an innovation economy has successfully created venture capital ecosystems in many countries. The government of Bangladesh hopes to replicate similar success by founding Startup Bangladesh that will catapult its young generation of entrepreneurs to the next level who can accelerate the pace of innovation and lead the economy to a self-sustained path to growth. With this in mind Startup Bangladesh aims to pursue the following goals:
» Create an accelerator and its accompanying ecosystem of entrepreneurs, investors, mentors, advisors to promote Bangladesh as a global hub for tech entrepreneurship.
» Actively collaborate with entrepreneurs, industry, academia, financial institutions, and government to stimulate innovation.
» Create the appropriate business, operational and regulatory frameworks to support bold dreams.
Mission & Vission
Create a national entrepreneurship platform to enable Bangladesh to innovate faster, create new opportunities, develop technical skills, and help realize the vision of Digital Bangladesh.
Through iDEA (Innovation Design & Entrepreneurship Academy) create an Accelerator and its accompanying ecosystem. Offer mentoring, funding, co-working spaces, marketing, and legal support to selected startup entrepreneurs to help realize their visions. Create Industry/Academia/Government partnerships to stimulate innovation, sustain transformational efforts. Promote Bangladesh as a global hub for novel startups, and create the appropriate regulatory framework to support bold dreams.
Through iDEA Accelerator, the government will nurture innovative ideas in the areas of Education, Agriculture, Health, Financial Services, eCommerce, eGovernance, Environment, Transport, and Infrastructure. Evaluate concepts based on potential impact, execution strategy, and public benefit.
Startup Bangladesh – Your Vision, Our Future
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