AUST Innovation and Design Club organized a two-day-long National Event “ONE BANK Presents MINDSPARKS 24”

“ONE BANK presents MINDSPARKS 24 : An Inter University tech- Biz Competition”, the biggest Tech-Biz event, was held at the Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), organized by AUST Innovation & Design Club (AUSTIDC) with the goal to unify the talented minds of the country from diverse engineering and business departments through 8 exciting segments on the 14th and 15th December 2024. The last four editions of ‘MindSparks’ were arranged with the association with Celesta IIT Patna, IIT Roorkee, India and had a blast throughout the country. This time with new segments and exciting opportunities MindSparks had so much more. AUSTIDC has been arranging a huge number of workshops, sessions, and seminars with Inter-Competitions throughout the year to groom the students and MindSparks 24 was the biggest platform to flourish the technical skills and knowledge.

This grand national event comprised 8 segments with 1200+ participants from 47 universities and 8 colleges with prize money of over 2,50,000/– (2.5 Lac) BDT. The two-day-long event was inaugurated by Prof. Dr. Omar Farrok , the honorable President of AUSTIDC with over 1200 tech lovers and business maestros across the country. This fiesta included almost all the fields of engineering and business throughout its 8 segments- Robo Soccer, Project Showcasing , Techno CAD, Business Case, Truss Challenge, TEX Maestro , Ad Making, and Gaming, an exciting addition to the event, which was the first of its kind in our University.

Prof. Dr. Md Ashraful Hoque, the Vice Chancellor, delivering an enlightening speech as the chair of the Prize Giving Ceremony.

The two-day-long event ended with a grand prize-giving ceremony having our chair of the event Prof. Dr. Md Ashraful Hoque , Vice-Chancellor. Our Chief Guest was Munzur Mofiz who is the managing director of One Bank Limited. Our Special Guests were MR. Inzamum Ul Haq , Treasurer , Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Prof . Dr. Md. Ashrafur Rahman ,Proctor and Prof. Dr. Md. Shariful Islam , Advisor of Student’s Welfare.

The prize was handed over to the champion and runner-up teams for their outstanding performance in each segment for their talent, thinking, and technical skills. The participants were also awarded Certificates, Goodies, Foods, and Merchandise. For the first time , AUST IDC arranged to encourage Junior executive as “ The Best Junior Executive ‘’ by giving award through their dedication and activities.

Professor Dr. Md. Shariful Islam, Advisor of Students’ Welfare, delivering an insightful speech at the onset of the Prize Giving Ceremony. He extended his heartfelt appreciation to Mr. Md. Abir Hossain Nishan, the Vice President of AUSTIDC, and Puja Das Gupta, the General Secretary of AUSTIDC, for their significant contributions in ensuring the success of this event.

AUSTIDC is thankful to the honorable Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Md Ashraful Hoque and Prof. Dr. Omar Farrok (Professor ,Department of EEE, President of AUSTIDC), MR. Inzamum Ul Haq (Treasurer), Prof . Dr. Md. Ashrafur Rahman (Proctor) and Prof. Dr. Md. Shariful Islam (Advisor of Student’s Welfare) and all the supporting faculty members for assisting and supporting make the event a successful one. Our heart-whelmed gratitude goes to our Title Sponsor ONE BANK for adding extra colors to the event. Also heartiest gratitude to our Food Partner ‘Go Green’ and Beverage Partner ‘Frutika’, Radio Partner ‘Bangla Radio’, Media Partner ‘Samakal’ and Logistics Partner ‘Green Electronics’.

Our gratitude extends to all the participants, supporters, and partners for this successful event. Their unconditional support and dedication made this event successful and made it one of the biggest flagship events in the country.