EO-GSEA 2020 inauguration ceremony held

Business Desk :
The Bangladesh chapter of the global Entrepreneurs’ Organization, EO Bangladesh is going to host its flagship program EO GSEA (Global Student Entrepreneur Awards) Bangladesh, 2020-21. EO Bangladesh launched its GSEA virtually for the very first time recently. State Minister for Youth and Sports Md. Zahid Ahsan Russel, MP was present as chief guest and Rajnikanth Rajagopal, EO Coimbatore and GSEA Expert of EO Global was the guest of honour of the event.
GSEA Chair Tanvir Khan addressed the event and said, “EO facilitates top global entrepreneurs with skill development trainings, executive learning events, networking opportunities and advisory programs; and GSEA is the flagship event of EO globally. So the GSEA event is held globally in each of the countries every year and the winner of the GSEA nationally goes into international level. The winners get a lot of exposures not only in terms of money but also networking opportunities as well.”
Zareen Mahmud Hosein, President of EO Bangladesh said, “EO member organizations are some of the leading business houses in the country, and together we employ several hundred thousand people. Aligned with EO’s global commitment, EO Bangladesh is also committed to promote young entrepreneurs from colleges and universities so they can generate employment and economic growth. In a country where a-third of the population is youth and unemployment is high, especially among the university graduates, we believe that we can make a difference with the GSEA initiative.”
“It is the resilience and pushing your boundaries, that’s what keeps an entrepreneur alive. And they have to keep learning on a daily basis. Idea is not the issue, it’s the resilience that the entrepreneurs are measured by. Failing is okay. One can allow themselves to fail but [they have to] have the entrepreneurship mindset to come back from the failure, rise back from the failure.”, said the Guest of Honour of the event Mr. Rajnikanth Rajagopal.
Chief Guest Md. Zahid Ahsan Russel, MP, State Minister for Youth and Sports officially declared the inauguration of GSEA 2020 and said, “I would like to congratulate the organizers, EO Bangladesh, for their quick adaptation to the “new normal” situation and for organizing EO-GSEA’s Opening Ceremony in Virtual manner this year. This pictures Bangladesh’s progress digitally and shows that we are on the right track on building a Digital Bangladesh dreamed by our Prime Minister.”
Prof. Dr. Charles C. Villanueva, Vice President Academics, Dean, Faculty of Business Administration, Director, IQAC, American International University-Bangladesh, Professor Imran Rahman, Special Advisor to the Board of Trustees & Dean, School of Business, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Prof. Sarwar Uddin Ahmed, Dean (Acting), School of Business and Entreneurship, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB); Ahmed Imtiaz Hassan, GSEA Co Chair, EO Bangladesh and Director, Aristopharma Ltd. and Naziba Naila Wafa, Winner GSEA 2018-19, BRAC Business – Resurgence were among the other participants and speakers of the event.
The registration for this year’s award is now open. Student Entrepreneurs can register to compete for the award with their projects till 15th October. The 5th GSEA 2020/21, Bangladesh winner will attend the GSEA Global Finals and compete against the top student entrepreneurs from around the world in the hopes of winning over US$ 40,000 in cash and donated prizes. Eligible studentpreneurs can register here – http://gsea.org/apply
 Strategic Partner of this event is Startup Bangladesh and others partners are ULAB, IUB, AIUB.
About GSEA
Although EO started arranging GSEA globally from the year 2002; EO Bangladesh started arranging GSEA from 2016 and this is its 5th season here in Bangladesh. In order to qualify for this award contest, an individual has to be a student and the owner of a for-profit/social enterprise structured (revenue generating) business which has been operating for at least six consecutive months.
In 2019, Abdullah Abyad Raied , a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, bested his competitors with his initiative, a Khamar-e business.
About the Entrepreneurs’ Organization
The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is a global business network of 14,000+ leading entrepreneurs in 193 chapters at 60 countries making changes in youth community worldwide, and EO Bangladesh is one of them. Since its inception in 1987, members of EO have been building a global network to serve the unique needs of the complete entrepreneur. As the world’s only peer-to-peer network exclusively for entrepreneurs, EO helps transform the lives of those who transform the world. The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) is the premium global competition for students who own and operate a business while attending college or university. It is an initiative of EO for transforming a studentpreneur to a complete entrepreneur by providing much-needed mentorship, recognition and connections.
To know more about EO visit www.gsea.org & www.facebook.com/eobangladesh/