The new year begins with Junior Chamber International (JCI) Bangladesh inaugurating its new chapter - 'JCI Dhaka Ace.’
The inauguration ceremony and the first General Members' Meeting of JCI Dhaka Ace were held on 19th February 2022, at BUET Graduate Club in Banani, Dhaka, where the newly appointed board members were sworn in and the action plan for 2022 was discussed.
Niaz Morshed Elite, National President of Junior Chamber International (JCI) Bangladesh and Executive Director of Digital Financial System 'Nagad,' Fatima Akter Naz, Chairperson of the Bangladesh Development Council, and national officers of JCI Bangladesh attended the ceremony, along with all the other dignitaries.
A thirteen-member executive committee was introduced in the meeting where Fahim Ahmed was appointed as the Local President of the chapter.
In addition to that, Zafir Shafiee Chowdhury was appointed as Local Executive Vice President, Sinan Arefeen as Local Vice President, Sayed Rizban Hussain as Local Secretary General, Barrister Tazeen Nuwari Anwar as Local General Legal Counsel, Tabassum Zaman as Local Treasurer, Nowab Md. Aminul Haq as Local Training Commissioner, Syed Mehedi Al Reza, Nur-E-Zaman Ayshik and Jubaer Talukder as Local Directors, and Abid Ashraf, Shoaib Bin Noor and Saraf Anjum Disha as Local Committee Chairpersons in the committee.
Local President Fahim Ahmed said, "Our chapter's aim is to create impact, and in order to achieve that, we will focus on human resource development and economic growth."
Meanwhile, the National President of JCI Bangladesh, Niaz Morshed Elite, said, "There is no alternative to networking for personal development or social development and JCI is working as a great platform for networking in the national and international arena."
JCI Dhaka Ace is a combination of versatile members from different sectors that include corporate professionals, entrepreneurs, marketers, financial advisors, HR leaders, legal professionals, technologists and professionals from development organisations.
They believe that by implementing a year-long plan of action and collaborating, they will be able to empower the youth through human resource development, create professional networking and improve societal and economic growth through SDG initiatives.
The upcoming projects of JCI Dhaka Ace are empowering the transgender communities, connecting the unique abilities of especially abled people to generate value chain, developing skills for unemployed youth for freelancing, IT training for rural youths and giving farmers training for high-value food production.
Junior Chamber International (JCI) is a non-profit organisation for the youth aged 18 to 40 and is headquartered in St Louis, Missouri, US. It has activities in more than 120 countries, with over two lakh members across the globe.
Any interested young professionals or students can apply to join by messaging JCI Dhaka Ace's professional Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/jcidhakaace/
