Dhaka Bureau: Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), the national trade organization of the country’s software and information technology services sector, celebrated ‘BASIS Sandhya’ for the first time. The cover of Basis magazine ‘Smart Bangladesh’ was unveiled in the event. This event was organized in a restaurant in the capital last Saturday (November 12) evening.
BASIS’s former president and Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Mustafa Jabbar, former presidents Sarwar Alam and Habibullah N Karim, founding members Atiq-e Rabbani and Shafqat Haider were present at the BASIS evening moderated by BASIS President Russell T Ahmed. Also BASIS Vice President (Administration) Abu Daud Khan, Director AKM Ahmedul Islam Babu, Mushfiqur Rahman, Tanveer Hossain Khan, Advisory Standing Committee Chairman M Rashidul Hasan were present on the stage. May be an image of 13 people and people standing
Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar said, “I am here today not as a minister, but as a former president of BASIS. In September 1997, just a few of us founded BASIS and formed the first committee of BASIS through spontaneous elections. As such, Basis has already completed 25 years of age. BASIS started its journey with only 18 charter member institutions, but now the number of members is around 2500. The basis was established so that the domestic software gets acceptance by the government and private institutions of the country, so that our software can make its own place in the country and abroad. I think the objective of establishing BASIS has been achieved today.”
Regarding the launch of BASIS monthly magazine ‘Smart Bangladesh’ he said, I congratulate the BASIS leaders especially the current president Russell T Ahmed for taking the initiative to publish an excellent magazine called ‘Smart Bangladesh’. He called upon BASIS members to create new innovative information technology products and services to fulfill the dream of building a ‘Smart Bangladesh’ by the year 2041 announced by the Honorable Prime Minister.
BASIS President Russell T Ahmed thanked all the BASIS members present including former president, founding members, former executive committee members. He highlighted the context and future plans of Smart Bangladesh magazine every month. Besides, on 21 January 2023, BASIS announced to organize an annual banquet at Suvarnagram with its members.
Gathering together in a convivial atmosphere with BASIS members, BASIS evenings are enjoyed by all with stories, chats, songs and dinner. In addition to the members of the former executive committee, representatives of more than four hundred member organizations of BASIS participated in the event. It should be noted that Star Computer Systems Limited and Seva.XYZ supported the event.
