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World Bank Delegates Visit the Innovation Hub at UIU
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- 12 February, 2025
United International University (UIU) proudly hosted a distinguished delegation from The World Bank on February 12, 2025 (Wednesday). The delegates visited the futuristic and state-of-the-art innovation hub of the university which sets an example to other University Innovation hubs around the country.
The delegation was led by Mr. Martin Raiser, Regional Vice President, South Asia Region (SAR), The World Bank & Ms. Gayle Martin, Country Director (Interim), Bangladesh and Bhutan, The World Bank. The delegation team also included Mr. Mathew A. Verghis, Regional Director, Prosperity Practice Group, Mr. Gabi George Afram, Finance, Competitiveness, and Investment (FCI), SAR, Mr. Souleymane Coulibaly, Country Lead Economist and Program Leader, Prosperity, Ms. Hosna Ferdous Sumi, Sr. Private Sector Specialist, FCI, SAR., Ms. Sophie Dong, Financial Sector Specialist, FCI, SAR, Ms. Georga Louise Mcnally, Jr. Professional Associate, SARVP Office, Ms. Mehrin A. Mahbub, Senior External Affairs Officer, The World Bank and Mr. Md Faruk Hossain, Program Associate, Prosperity.
During their short visit, the delegates joined in a discussion on the condition of tech entrepreneurship in Bangladesh, the prospect of research to commercialization endeavors and also met with the selected student team and mentors from Launchpad By UIHP@UIU - an innovation cohort for young start-ups. The program was chaired by Prof. Abdullah Al-Mamun, Director - Institute of Research, Innovation, Incubation & Commercialisation (IRIIC), UIU and the delegates were warmly welcomed by Prof. Dr. Abul Kashem Mia - Vice-Chancellor, UIU.
The Innovation Hub is run by Bangladesh Hi-tech Park Authority (BHTPA) under its University Innovation Hub Program (UIHP) to facilitate industry-academia collaboration on new ideas and new start-up ventures. UIU Innovation Hub is known as IRIIC - a flagship initiative where research engineers are working with projects like - Neuromarketing, Bangla Medical GPT, apps for Endometriosis screening, Breast Cancer Screening, Alzheimer's Screening etc.
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