MA Akher, Director (Planning) of the Directorate of Youth Development of Ministry of Youth and Sports, Dr. Hamidul Haque Khan, Treasurer, Daffodil International University, Rtn. Mohammad Mashequr Rahman Khan, PHF, President of Bangladesh Society for Human Resource Management, Dr. Mohammad Nuruzzaman, Chief Executive Officer of Daffodil Family, Saif Hossain, Business Development Manager, (Southern Region)  of AHZ Associates and Dr. Tanir Abir, Director, Career Development Center at the inaugural session of the summit.

National HR Summit-2024 held today on 14 September 2024 (Saturday) at Daffodil International University based on the theme ‘Transformation of Bangladesh using Artificial Intelligence’. Career Development Center of Daffodil International University (DIU) organized the day long summit at International Conference Room of the university at Daffodil Smart City at Birulia, Savar Dhaka.  MA Akher, Director (Planning) of the Directorate of Youth Development of Ministry of Youth and Sports was present as the chief guest at the inaugural function of the summit. Dr. Md. Sabur Khan, President of Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh and Chairman of Board of Trustees of Daffodil International University virutally joined the inauguration session as guest of honour.. Dr. Hamidul Haque Khan, Treasurer, Daffodil International University presided over the summit.  Rtn. Mohammad Mashequr Rahman Khan, PHF, President of Bangladesh Society for Human Resource Management, Dr. Mohammad Nuruzzaman, Chief Executive Officer of Daffodil Family and  Saif Hossain, Business Development Manager, (Southern Region)  of AHZ Associates were present as a special guests at the program while Dr. Tanir Abir, Director, Career Development Center delivered the welcome address at the summit.

In the day-long summit, 5 career related sessions were held where country’s renowned corporate level top human resource professionals bridges industry-academia linkages. Session -1 was on Leading the Change: HR Strategies for Ethical AI and Explainable AI moderated by Professor Dr. Sheak Rashed Haider Noori, Head, CSE of DIU. Session 2 was HR Talk on Human-Machine Collaboration: Designing Workplaces moderated by Professor Dr. Liza Sharmin, Dean- FHSS of DIU. Session 3 was on "Envisioning the Future: HR Strategies for Building a Successful and Innovative Business in Bangladesh 2041" moderated by Prof. Dr. Masum Iqbal, Dean-FBE, DIU. Session 4 was on "Upskilling the Engineering Workforce: Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry" moderated by Professor Dr. M. Shamsul Alam, Dean, Faculty of Engineering of DIU and session 5 was on HR Talk on The Human Factor: Ensuring Employee Well-being and Ethical Considerations in AI-driven HR moderated by Professor Dr Md. Bellal Hossain, Dean, FHLS of DIU.

Professor Dr. S M Mahabub Ul Haque Mazumder, Acting Vice Chancellor of Daffodil International University was present as the chief guest at the closing ceremony of the summit where Md. Farhad Habib, Senior Manager, Corporate Sales, Singer Bangladesh Limited, Mr. Mostafa Habib Faisal, Business Development Manager (North), AHZ Associates and Dr. Mohammed Nadir Bin Ali, Registrar, DIU were present as the special guests.

Addressing as the chief guest MA Akher said, that there are many possibilities and opportunities to work with the youth in developing countries like Bangladesh, which will further enrich our national sector.

The current interim government under the leadership of Dr. Mohammad Yunus has taken various steps to utilize this young generation at the cost of Tk 3500 crore, so as to make them more skilled and job oriented. For this reason, special attention is being given to life-oriented skills, and it is planned to earn more foreign exchange by providing various types of free lancing IT training in 64 districts of the country, he added Dr. Md. Sabur Khan said, we will have to make the human resource department more up-to-date by using artificial intelligence (AI) of this modern age. In this regard we have to work collectively, so that our young generation is more motivated to use this modern technology appropriately. He also said that Daffodil International University (DIU) has been trying to create a link between industry and education curriculum for many years.

 

 

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