2nd CFICC commences
For the second year in a row, Citi Foundation in cooperation with Development Research Network (D.Net) on Sunday called upon universities to create technological solutions for the financial sector under the programme - 'Citi Financial IT Case Competition'. For the top prize money of USD $5000, combined teams of business and IT students from different public and private universities will compete with their unique software and information system development for an ever demanding market for financial sectors. The competition will be held in three phases -- two preliminary rounds and a gala round. Each team should be comprised of five members -- a faculty member as the project manager, two students with IT background and two with business background. Interested teams have to register their names by April 15. They can log onto ficc.dnet.org.bd for details. Apart from the champions, first runner up team will be awarded USD $2000 and second runner up team will be awarded USD $1000. In 2009, at the first edition of the competition, a total of 54 teams from 20 universities and institutions took part while University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) won the title.
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