Owners of semiconductor or microchip industries in Bangladesh have formed a new organisation, naming it the Bangladesh Semiconductor Industry Association (BSIA).
A nine-member committee has recently been formed through elections to lead the organisation.
For the 2024–2027 term, M A Jabbar, managing director (MD) of Neural Semiconductor Limited and DBL Group, has been elected as the president of the association.
M E Chowdhury Shameem, MD of MARS Solution Limited, has been elected as the senior vice president.
Additionally, Mizanur Mohammad Rahman, CEO of Teton Private Limited, has been elected as vice president (Administration), while Mojahedul Haque Abul Hasanat, chief technical officer of Dynamic Solution Innovators, has been elected as vice president (Finance).
The remaining five members of the committee are directors.
They include Alia Shafqat, MD and CEO of Taho Private Limited; Mohammad Alam, MD of MetroScientific; Munir Ahmed, director of iTest Bangladesh Limited; Kamrul Ahsan Dewanji, MD of Balu Technologies Limited; and Ashiqur Rahman Tanim, CEO of Think Global Limited.
Speaking about the newly formed association, the newly elected president of BSIA, M A Jabbar, said that the organisation aims to align local entrepreneurs with the growth of Bangladesh’s semiconductor industry and global technological trends.
BSIA will encourage innovation, growth, and collaboration within the country’s semiconductor sector, paving the way for Bangladesh to establish a competitive position in the global market, he added.
