Smart City Initiatives-BD starts in Dhaka

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Bangladesh Section, has organised a two-day event titled "Smart City Initiatives-Bangladesh" which began at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) in the capital on Tuesday, reports UNB.
The "Campaign for Smart City in Bangladesh" is an ongoing initiative which was launched by IEEE Bangladesh Section at the beginning of 2019. The slogan for the campaign is "Smart thinking and smart technology for achieving a smart city for Bangladesh."
IEEE is the world's largest association of technical professionals with more than 4,23,000 members in over 160 countries around the world. IEB, the support partner of the "Smart City Initiatives- Bangladesh", is the most prestigious National Professional Organisation of the country.
C. N. Raghupathi, Senior Vice President cum India Business Head of Infosys; Dr Saifur Rahman, Professor, Department of ECE, Virginia Tech, USA; Dr Vincenzo Piuri, Professor, Department of Informatics, Universita' DegliStudi di Milano, Milan, Italy; Dr Ramakrishna Kappagantu, IEEE PES Governing Board MAL, IEEE MGA Board Member, and IEEE Smart Cities Steering Committee Member; Dr R. Nagaraja, MD-PRDC and PES India Council Chair, will be present at the event as the keynote speakers.
Dr Shaikh Fattah, Prof, Department of EEE and Director, Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering (INPE) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and Dr Celia Shahnaz, Chair, IEEE Bangladesh Section, and Prof, Department of EEE, BUET will present the road map for the campaign.
A K M Mostafa Kamal, Executive Director (Procurement), DESCO and Bazlul Munir, Chief Engineer, PGCB, will also be present at the event to share their vision about the implementation of smart city in the country.