Microsoft has announced the top teams from the Southeast Asia (SEA) New Market Competition of Imagine Cup 2022, the company’s flagship technology challenge for students and young innovators.
Bangladeshi teams “Code_Cracker19” from Daffodil International University and “TeamHeimerdinger” from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology were included in the top 12 performers.
The 2022 SEA New Markets Regional Competition saw over 100 team entries from student
innovators across the region competing to solve global challenges across four categories: Earth, Education, Health, and Lifestyle.
From the Bangladeshi teams, “Code_Cracker19” from Daffodil International University and “TeamHeimerdinger” from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology were included in the top 12 performers.
Imagine Cup is Microsoft’s global student technology competition designed to empower students to apply cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics to solve some of the world’s most critical social and sustainability problems.
This year, participants from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Laos, Sri Lanka were eligible to apply for the SEA New Markets Regional Finals.
“Microsoft’s Imagine Cup aims to empower student developers around the globe to develop the next great technology solutions,” said Md Yousup Faruqu, Managing Director of Microsoft Bangladesh.
“We understand that today’s students are tomorrow’s entrepreneurs. We want to invest in whatever we can to help them improve their future. Congratulations to all our Regional Finalists for their incredible projects and hard work.”
Top 12 teams of the SEA Markets regional finals will receive $500 worth of Azure grant and access to a pool of mentors to develop their solution further to increase the marketability of their products supporting it to enter respective industries as a startup.
Top team of each category (four teams) of the SEA New Markets regional finals will receive $1000 cash prize, $1000 Azure grant, assigned mentor along with a guaranteed spot at the World Finals.
The World Champion will win $100,000, a Microsoft Azure grant, and a mentoring session with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
More than 2 million competitors from 163 countries have signed up for Microsoft’s global student technology competition to build something that matters to them, make a difference in their communities, and innovate for impact over the past 20 years.
