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The Final Round and Prize Giving Ceremony of DEVTHON 5.0 was held on 23 December 2024 at Shadhinota Auditorium of BUP.
‘DEVTHON 5.0’ was organized by BUP Development Leaders’ Club under the supervision of the Department of Development Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
The competition was designed to inspire students to think creatively and participate in Bangladesh's sustainable development, according to a press statement.
In the three-day-long programme, there were five segments namely International Interdisciplinary Conference, Case Competition, Short Documentary Competition, Career Expo and DevTalk.
In the case competition segment, team 'Doh Mahino Mein Paisa Double' from North South University became champion, team 'Rotten Mars' from Bangladesh University of Professionals became 1st runners-up and team 'The Pitchers' from Islamic University of Technology became 2nd runners-up.
In the Short Documentary Competition, team 'Slytherin', team 'Yet Another Bizcomp Team (YABT) ' and team 'Lana' from Bangladesh University of Professionals, became 1st, 2nd, and 3rd position respectively.
In addition, team 'I-SignBerg' from University of Rajshahi received Special Mention Award.
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Ministry of Water Resources was present as the Chief Guest and distributed the prize among the winners. Major General Md Mahbub-ul Alam, BSP, ndc, afwc, psc, MPhil, PhD, Vice Chancellor, BUP was also present in the programme.
BUP officers, faculty members, students, and invited guests were also present in the programme.