WUST Announces Full Scholarships for Space Exploration Olympiad Participants

Washington University of Science and Technology has announced full scholarships for students participating in the Space Exploration Olympiad. The Chancellor and Chairman of the University, Engineer Abubokor Hanip, declared that a total of 10 students, including 3 from the ages of 6 to 14 in 9 groups and 1 best champion, will receive full scholarships.

He came up with the announcement on Saturday (October 21), during the Crest and Certificate Award Ceremony for the Mission Controllers and Assistant Mission Controllers at the Karwan Bazar Vision 2021 Tower Software Technology Park Conference Room.

Engineer Hanip stated, "If the students of the Bangladesh Innovation Forum want to enroll in this university for bachelor's and master's degrees, they will be directly awarded a 50% scholarship."

Regarding the students' objectives, Hanip said, "There are many universities where only academic subjects are taught. But when it comes to working in the industry, skills are needed, experience is required. We prepare for jobs along with acquiring degrees, keeping these issues in mind."

Additionally, for IT training, the students of the Bangladesh Innovation Forum have been offered a 50% scholarship at the PeopleNTech Institute of IT.

The Chief Executive of the Bangladesh Innovation Forum, Ariful Islam Apu, awarded a commemorative plaque to Engineer Abubokor Hanip at the event.

Previously, as with the second time, on September 29-30, the largest 'Space Robotics Camp' in South Asia was organized at the American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) campus by the Bangladesh Innovation Forum and the Space Innovation Camp.

In this two-day event, 200 students aged 4-16 from Bangladesh participated, divided into 30 groups, creating approximately 30 robots on the space theme. These robots will be able to conduct various scientific experiments, especially on the planet Mars and the Moon. Among these were space junk collectors, carbon dioxide detectors, oxygen detectors, and methane detectors.