Taskforce to be formed to develop Bangladesh’s semiconductor sector

A excessive-degree taskforce will likely be formed to spearhead the yell of Bangladesh’s semiconductor sector, focusing on attempting out, meeting, and enhancing chip develop capabilities.

This can work with the Bangladesh Investment Pattern Authority (Bida) to develop a roadmap for sectoral yell.

The choice used to be adopted for the length of a stakeholder meeting titled “Semiconductors – A Unique Frontier for the Bangladesh Economic system and Employment,” held at Bida headquarters within the capital nowadays (18 December).

The meeting used to be chaired by M Siraz Uddin Miah, predominant secretary to the manager adviser.

At the meeting, Siraz Uddin said, “We’re forming a taskforce with representatives from alternate, academia, the diaspora, and govt to name boundaries and suggest actionable alternatives. I beg stakeholders to leverage Bida as a one-discontinuance platform to align govt insurance policies and priorities.”

M Siraz Uddin Miah, predominant secretary to chief adviser, speaks at an event in Dhaka on 18 December. Photo: Courtesy

M Siraz Uddin Miah, predominant secretary to chief adviser, speaks at an event in Dhaka on 18 December. Photo: Courtesy

Mashuque Rahman, founding father of Inexperienced Quest, delivered the keynote presentation, highlighting priority areas contained within the semiconductor tag chain and ideas for yell.

Ashik Chowdhury, executive chairman of Bida and Beza, said, “Bangladesh for the time being generates approximately $6 million annually from semiconductor actions, essentially by built-in circuit develop companies.”

“Nonetheless, the downstream stages of packaging, meeting, and attempting out provide immediate alternatives for expansion. In step with nowadays’s [yesterday’s] discussions, our next steps will focal level on protection constructing, promotion, and capacity constructing,” he added.

Mohammed Enayetur Rahman, founder and CEO of ULKASEMI, a Silicon Valley-essentially essentially based semiconductor develop companies company, stressed the importance of good training.

He said, “Besides updating our college curricula, now we contain to beef up our form of teaching and guarantee our faculty students are taking the files home. We’re sharp to have interaction extra with college college students to lend a hand them perceive the job description.”

For the duration of the meeting, key ideas for the field’ constructing incorporated guaranteeing psychological property (IP) protections, introducing semiconductor-centered applications in decide universities, introducing shared coaching companies, and spirited non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) for world promotion.

High-degree participants on the meeting incorporated ICT Secretary Shish Haider Chowdhury, Militia Institute of Science and Skills (MIST) Commandant Maj Gen Md Nasim Parvez, and representatives from PrimeSilicon Skills, Tahoe Communications, Neural Semiconductors Restricted, Haison Worldwide Restricted, Built-in Pattern Foundation (IDF), BRAC University, and Southeast University.