Joy to receive ICT Dev Award in US

The award will be conferred on September 19. The World Organization of Governance and Competitiveness, Plan Trifinio, Global Fashion for Development and School of Business of the University of New Haven, Connecticut in USA will jointly organise the ceremony. This would be in recognition of his tremendous contribution to the people of Bangladesh through the implementation of ‘Digital Bangladesh’ initiive as well as his outstanding leadership and commitment towards ICT and Competitiveness as a tool for Sustainable Development, according to website of Bangladesh Awami League. Introduced this year, the award will be given regularly on an annual basis. The award would be handed over to Sajeeb Wazed by eminent actor Robert Davi at a high-level reception in support of the First Anniversary of the Adoption of the UN SDGs and the Importance of ICT and Competitiveness as a tool for Sustainable Development. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as well as ministers and high-level political leaders from Bangladesh and other countries, UN senior officials, heads of International Organizations, Ambassadors, private sector and civil society leaders and celebrities are likely to attend the occasion. Sajeeb Wazed was the first Bangladeshi to be selected as a Young Global Leader for the year 2007 as an Information Technology (IT) specialist by the World Economic Forum.