Islamic University of Technology (Bangladesh) Team CO2 Killers from Islamic University of Technology-IUT, OIC Became the IdeaBuzz Champions.

The World Bank to commemorate its 50-year-long partnership with Bangladesh launched a youth competition titled ‘Ideabuzz Championship’ for university students where groups of students must come up with innovative solutions to address the threat of climate change.

​Team CO2 Killers​ (​Sumaieta Tasnim​ – 180021101, ​Md.ehsanul Haque​ – 180021124, ​Irina Anjum Pranti ​- 180021137) from Islamic University of Technology-IUT, OIC became the #IdeaBuzz Champions.

The IdeaBuzz Championship prize-giving ceremony was held on October 31, 2022. Chief Guest Hon. Planning Minister M. A. Mannan MP along with Dandan Chen, World Bank Acting Country Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan; and John Roome, South Asia Regional Director for the World Bank’s Sustainable Development Practice handed over the awards to the winners.

The 1st and 2nd runner ups were The Samaritans from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and Team Go Grey from the Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka respectively. All three teams had their own unique solution on how #Bangladesh can achieve climate-smart growth benefitting all.