Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) has announced its fourth edition of ‘BASIS Outsourcing Award’ for the year 2014.
Addressing a press conference in the city yesterday, BASIS president Shameem Ahsan formally announced the award, which will be distributed among 100 participants in four categories on 8 March.
It will be an award to recognize the outstanding performance of the organisations and individuals in the field of outsourcing in software and IT-related services, said BASIS president.
The registration form is now available now at http://outsourcingaward.basis.org.bd/ till February 14. The award has been categorised in four sections-outsourcing organisations, individual freelancers, district wise freelancers and female freelancers.
“Our outsourcing firms earn at least US$200 to $250m annually but most of the earnings come in no-formal ways, which is not reflected in the statistics,” he said.
“If we can bring all the income from this sector in a formal way, it will help improve our image in ICT sector globally,” he also added.
Under such a circumstance, BASIS has started the process for honouring the individuals and the firms for their outstanding performance in the field of outsourcing of software and IT services, which will encourage them to further explore the field, claimed BASIS leaders.
Leaders of the BASIS also expressed their optimism that ICT sector could contribute to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by at least 1% only if the government can introduce one more crore internet users annually.
BASIS board director and Chairman of the jury board AKM Fahim Mashroor said, “Officially we have earned $102m last fiscal year, but I am sure that this figure must be double and we can earn $1bn within the next five years if we can honor our outsourcing unsung heroes.”
BASIS has decided to award one person from each 64 districts of the country with this award. This move is taken to encourage everyone in the country in the field of outsourcing.
In the individual freelancer category, there are 18 awards in six different sub-categories: web application development and programming, mobile application development, SEO and online marketing, web design, graphic design, and online blogging and content development.
