Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Dhaka University’s team ‘Van Gogh’ bagged the first prize of Battle of Minds 2015, says a press release yesterday.
The annual competition is a prestigious event of British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) for recruitment of talented individuals in the industry.
‘Desert Fox’ from Islamic University of Technology (IUT) became the first runner up while IBA, University of Dhaka’s another team `Dabom!’ bagged the second runner up award.
BATB managing director Shehzad Munim, BATB board member and secretary of ministry of industries Md. Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, board member and additional secretary of ministry of finance Jalal Ahmed, Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industries president Syed Nasim Manzur, Editor of the Dhaka Tribune Zafar Sobhan presented the crests to the winning teams at a city hotel.
Sanjir Ali, award winning student from IBA, said, “The contest raised self-confidence to make a place in the corporate world. We solved various business cases and challenges throughout the competition.
“This experience will help us prove ourselves as robust and qualified for upcoming corporate job market with more competence and enthusiasm after completing education.”