The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Limited in Bangladesh and BRAC Business School of BRAC University jointly organised the finale and award-giving ceremony of the “Business Case Competition 2021”.
Three teams from Bangladesh were selected as the Gold, Silver and Bronze award winners from a group of six finalist teams. A total of sixty teams from thirty universities in the country participated virtually this year in the wider competition, according to a press release.
The qualifying teams consisted of university students from the leading universities of Bangladesh. The finalist teams received a business case challenge on ‘Climate Change’ and a few short hours later presented their solutions and recommendations to a panel of judges.
State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Bangladesh Md Mahbub ur Rahman and BRAC University’s Treasurer Mohammad Mahboob Rahman addressed the award-giving ceremony.
The judging panel included Derek Griffiths, Head of Trade & Investment, Bangladesh, Department for International Trade, British High Commission, Dhaka, Asif Saleh, Executive Director, BRAC, Simeen Rahman - Group CEO - Transcom Group and Kevin Green, Country Head of Wholesale Banking, HSBC Bangladesh.
According to the press release, this initiative is part of HSBC’s flagship Future Skills activity in Asia Pacific, and aims to enhance university students' business skills and broaden their global perspectives by taking their education out of the classroom and into a live competition format.
The Gold, Silver and Bronze team will receive team development fund of BDT 200,000; BDT 100,000 and BDT 50,000 respectively.
In addition to Bangladesh, the following HSBC markets in the Asia Pacific region are also conducting local business case competitions: Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Mainland China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Mauritius. Winning team from Bangladesh will participate in the regional finale hosted by Hong Kong, where participants from different countries will participate.