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Comilla University(CoU) hosted Realme present ‘Hult Prize on-campus 2024' grand finale at Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD).
The competition started at 10 AM at the Mainamati Auditorium, BARD on Friday (16 February).
The 10 teams competed in the grand finale were Dynamic Marketers, Team Kargsmarine, Team Amoeba, Team Kacchi, Team Shotoranji, Team Spark Blaze, Team Entropology, Team Orbit, Team Apexali Innovators and Team Pioneer. The winner is Team Kargsmarine, 1st runner-up is Team Pioneer and second was Team Kacchi. These three will get 15, 10 and 5 thousand taka prize money as honorary.
The panel of judges for the final round included prominent figures like Abul Kalam Hasan Tagar,(Founder & Chairman, Halima Group), Sakif Amzad Al Haque ( Digital Media Planning & Strategy manager at PRAN-RFL Group), Tanmoy Das (Head of Marketing, Abdul Monem Beverages LTD), Tarif Mohammed Khan (Brand Marketing, Business Strategy and Communications Expert), Yasin Shohag (Head-Strategic Business Partner, Commercial, Coca-Cola).
Visionary leaders such as Sazzad Ahsan, Co-Host of 2 Cents Podcast, also the Founder & Lead Consultant of Brandmark Consultancy, along with NEEL NAFIS, renowned content creator and freelancer, Forbes 30 Under 30 awardee SHAH RAFAYAT CHOWDHURY and prominent filmmaker REDWAN RONI spoke at the event as a distinguished guest. They delivered their own insights and suggestions upon the queries raised by young hopeful student entrepreneurs, encouraging the students to utilise the presented ideas to develop innovative startups.
A spectacular cultural performance by singer and songwriter Shuvro was also arranged after the Prize-giving Ceremony.
The winning teams received the prestigious 30 thousand prize money as Hult Prize on campus round finalists.
Furthermore, 'Realme' was the title sponsor for this year's Hult Prize at CoU 2024. The Hult Prize competition at CoU on campus round was organised under the lead of Campus Director Sumaiya Kabir, with the guidance and leadership of the advisors Mohammad Abdul Majed Patwari, Mohammad Zahid Hasan and more.
"This is the culmination of so much hard work by so many aspiring student entrepreneurs among us who are working to drive social change," said Sumaiya Kabir, expressing their gratitude to all the supporters for enabling the first-ever offline Hult Prize endeavour being arranged in Comilla University campus.
This on-campus program witnessed the participation of 221 teams. In completion of a three-round journey that started with registration on December 10. Ultimately leading 10 teams to the grand finale to pitch their socially benefitting ventures to a distinguished judging panel to win a place at the Regional Summits. The final 29 contestants reached the competition having beaten almost 600 students in the game.
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