Pre Feasibility Study Report For IT Park at KUET,

December 2016

Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority Information & Communication Technology Division ICT Tower, Agargaon, . www.bhtpa.gov.bd

Executive Summary

To achieve sustainable development goal and become middle income country by 2021 and developed country by 2041, the present Govt. has declared Digital “Vision 2021” on 12th December 2008. The main objectives of Digital Bangladesh are to create Employement Opportunities, conducive business environment and Socio Economic development. To improve the economic condition and increase employment opportuniies IT/ITES is now thrust sector. The demand of IT/IT enabled services is increasing throughout the world and the investors around the world needs a competitive cost of production. Bangladesh has a sizeable unemployed and educated young population with low labour cost of production which can be utilized in this sector with proper training and guidance. GOB needs to create skilled manpower through developing world-class business environment conducive business environment for IT/ITES to attract potential foreign and local entrepreneurs for investing in Bangladesh. There is also an advantage of time zone. Bangladesh labour force can do the work ordered from Western countries overnight and have the job done before business hours begin the next day.

Bangladesh has one of the most attractive population demography in the world –relatively high young population base as over 34% are in age group of 15-34 years ; which is favorable for IT-BPO industry. Analyst projections reveal that this number is further slated to go up. This corresponds to a young working population of over 53 million people- large enough to man the fledging IT /ITES industry for years while keeping the costs low. For creating employment opportunity in the IT sector it was felt necessary to develop infrastructures which will create an environment for innovative companies and increase foreign and local investment.

By this time more than 1400 software and IT companies have been registered. Through this IT companies approximately $800 are exporting to outside the country. The freelancers activities and number of freelancer are gradually increasing effectively and efficiently. They are working with local and foreign clients. There are more than 10,000 freelancer working in Bangladesh but they are not registered (source BASIS) therefore their income are not penetrating in total revenue. However, they can contribute to develop socio econoic condition.

Chapter 01:

Background

Background Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority:

The Government of Bangladesh has declared Vision 2021 with a target to make Bangladesh as a middle income country using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and develop favorable business environment for innovative companies. Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority is the official body of Bangladesh government to boost up Hi-Tech industries in Bangladesh .To fasten up the economic development of the country, Bangladesh Hi-Tech park Authority (BHTPA) was established in 2010 by an act under ICT Division.The purpose of the act is to the establishedment of the Bangladesh HI-Tech Park Authority to make provision for the establishment and expansion of Hi–Tech industry for creation, management, operation and development of Hi-Tech Park throughout the country. It is an autonomous body comprising 76 personnel; Managing Director (MD) is the chief Executive of the Authority. There is an Executive Committee (EC) headed by the State Minister of ICT Division for posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministry to look after the day to day policy matter of the Authority. Inspite of that, a Governing Board, headed by the Honorable Prime Miniser is also overviews, the overall policy matters of the Authority.

The first state level Hi-Tech park named Bangabandhu Hi-Tech is being developed by Public Private Partnership (PPP) model, a project name Support to Development of Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park (other hi-tech park) Project which is funded by world bank to provide all basic infrastructure at kalialoir Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City. Apart from this Sheikh Hasina Software Technology Park, , Janata Tower Software Technology Park, Electronic City, Mohakhali IT Park, Barendra Silicon City, 12 IT Parks in different

Districts & Divisions, 8 Sheikh kamal IT Training and Incubation Center are the milestone for developing IT/ITES sectors.

12 IT Parks Project

Bangladesh govt. has decided to establish 12 IT Parks in 12 districts and divisions to create facilities for IT Professionals. There are lot of prestigious educational institute and IT companies outside of Dhaka city. The students who pass out from those institute maximum of them become unemployed due to scarcity of vacant job, therefore there socially unaccepted, and budded to the nation. The propose IT parks will be milestone for creating employment opportunity skill development and develop socio economic condition. In that park provision will be made for start-up companies and mentoring and guidance facilities will be given to them and facility will be create for new entrepreneur.

Location of the project:

SL No Division District 1 2 3 4 1 Dhaka Gopalgonj Sadar 2 Dhaka Sadar 3 Dhaka Jamalpur Sadar 4 Dhaka Dhaka Keraniganj 5 Sadar South 6 Chittagong Chittagong Bandar 7 Chittagong Cox's bazar Ramu 8 Rangpur Rangpur Sadar 9 Rajshahi Natore Singra 10 Sylhet Sylhet Companiganj 11 Barisal Sadar 12 Khulna Khulna KUET

Pre Feasibility study Committee:

Feasibility study in one of the prior condition of any project when the budget of that project will be more than 25 crore.

The budget of 12 IT parks project is more than 25 crore therefore it is necessary to conduct feasibility study.

But due to time and budget constraint a decision has been taken from ICT Division to form a committee for Pre Feasibility study. The committee formation is given below:

SL Committee Detail Designatio No n 1. Managing Director, Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority. Convenor 2. of Engineering & Technology Member 3. Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division Member (IMED) 4. Local Government & Engineering Division (LGED) Member 5. Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) Member 6. Department of Environment Member 7. Eng. Mohammod Atiqul , Assistant Engineer (civil) Member Secrecatry

Roles of Committee

a) Collection the information of present infrastructure of industrial Zone, Entrepreneur, availability of skilled manpower, market demand, communication system, condition of electricity, gas, water, fiber optical connectivity, telephone system etc and justify whether it will be feasible or not for development of IT Parks.

b) Physical verification and inspection of the proposed land by the Committee. Position of the land ownership condition surrounding area, mouja map, market demand, lay out of the proposed land, surrounding infrastructure communication system present position and availability of gas, electricity connection etc are observed and provide suggestion.

c) Committee will discuss with local administration, local elite persons, concern district office personnel’s, all the representative of different related organization, local chairman, media partners and prepare feasibility study of the proposed land.

d) Other related matters

Procedure of pre feasibility study:

Pre feasibility study committee inspected the primarily selected land and discussed with Assistant Commissioner (Land), Surveyor and kanongo. Additional Deputy Commissiner (ADC) and other elected political persons were present.

Collected all necessary data and information from primary and secondary sources, thread bear discussion with all stack holders, compare with of the projects and programs.

Brief Scope of work and Approach

I. A seminar was conducted at the conference room of Deputy Commissiner (DC) office, Khulna with the presence of Local Administrative Representative of chamber of commerce, Representative of different bodies, BTCL, BTRC, Representative of REB, Pollybiddut office, Student and Professor of KUET, Local leaders of IT companies and media. II. Managing Director Hosne Ara Begum ndc of Hi-Tech Park Authority and her team visited proposed land of KUET on 16th November 2016. Vice Chancellor and faculty members were present.

III. Meeting with KUET Vice Chancellor and all the faculty Deen, head of the departments and all the members discussed about the importance of IT park, which is embedded the gap between academia and IT Industry.

IV. Committee inspected physical condition of the land, landscape, location, types and condition of soil, surrounding infrastructure, present position of road, rail, air connection, gas, water, internet connectivity of KUET. Committee Analyzed market situation, no of departments no of students, demand of students in IT/ITES sectors.

V. BHTPA team met with other related Authorities for understanding the potential outlook of the project particularly on the preferences of the client in terms of IT Park, layout and development model. Team also reviewed various reports, data, maps and collected information for comparative information about international best practices in developing similar type of projects in other countries.

Limitation of Pre Feasibility Studies:

Committee has completed this pre feasibility study with their regular duties. Therefore they could not provide full concentration to prepare this report. There were other official important task and circumstances so the committee failed to finish this feasibility study within stipulated time. Data and information were collected from KUET and other offices and so many of times committee depended on secondary sources and documents. Apart from this all the committee members did not manage their time properly to contribute their valuable ideas/comments which were so many of times create obstacle to come to a conclusion. Technical person and architect were absent in this team. So, critical analysis of market survey, drawing design could not included in this study report. However, all the committee members were cordial and co operative to fulfill the objectives of this study and they critically analyzed, direct and indirect sources which is obtain from the proposed site and completed the study report

Second Chapter:

Khulna Division, Bangladesh

Khulna Division is located in the south- western part of Bangladesh. It is bordered by to the north, The Bay of to the south, Dhaka and to the east and the (Indian state) to the west. The region also includes a number of islands of the . The previous name of the region was “Jalalabad”. Khulna was the first subdivision of joint Bengal during the Period. Khulna is one of the districts that was included with the current name in joint Bengal province. is formed in 1882. At the time of Partition in 1947, Khulna was the 3rd largest district and now it is the 4Th largest district of Bangladesh. Independent Bangladesh was established in 16 December 1971, but Khulna was under the control of Pakistani Army. The Pakistani Army surrendered in the Circuit House ground on 17 December and Khulna got her Independence. Khulna Municipality was established in 1984 and upgraded into City Corporation in 1990. The world largest forest Sundarban is located in the greater Khulna region. The second largest sea port of Bangladesh named Mongla sea port located in Khulna division 38 Km away from Khulna . Khulna is strongly connected by highways and a railway links to Northern Bangladesh and the capital city Dhaka along with other parts of the whole country. There is no international airport in Khulna division but now Jessore is a busy local airport of the division. Once, Khulna was the lifeblood of formerly for its jute industries. There are three universities named , Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) and in the region. There are 10 districts in Khulna division. The major of Khulna division are Khulna, Jessore, , Bagerhat, etc. The total area of the division is 22,284.22 Sq Kilometers.

Population

Total population of the division is 1,56,87,759 (male-78,42,533 and female- 78,45,226) which is 9.80% of the total population of Bangladesh. Average sex ratio of the division is 100:100 and annual growth rate is 0.64%. The average population density in Khulna division is 704/Sq Km. Among the population 22,92,000 live in urban area, 530,121 live in other urban area and 1,28,65,638 people live in rural area. The average literacy rate of the division is 53.20% (Male- 55.70% and female- 50.70%). Average school attendance rate is 56.80% for 5 to 24 years old. The average urbanization rate of the division is 17.99%. There are 10 districts of Khulna division.

Per Upazila population & Education:

Name of Metropolitan Population Literacy rate (%) thana and GO code Kotwali 250651 72.86 108317 71.30 Khalishpur 235018 73.72 Daulatpur 118380 66.85 Sonadanga 172079 68.91 Koyra 192534 44.46 Dumuria 279862 48.66 Terokhada 110628 45.06 Dacope 157489 49.34 Dighalia 120782 55.15 Paikgachha 248112 45.84 Phultala 76941 57.97 Batiaghata 140574 52.97 Rupsa 167604 54.68

Geography

Khulna is the 3rd largest city after Dhaka and Chittagong. Khulna is located in south-western Bangladesh at 22°49′0″N 89°33′0″E, on the banks of the Rupsha and . It covers a total area of 59.57 km2, while the district itself is about 4394.46 km2. It lies south of Jessore and Narail, East of Satkhira, West of Bagerhatand North of the Bay of Bengal. It is part of the largest delta in the world. In the southern part of the delta lies the Sundarban, the world's largest mangrove forest. The city of Khulna is in the northern part of the district, and is mainly an expansion of trade centres close to the Rupsha and Bhairab rivers.

Climate:

Khulna is humid during summer and pleasant in winter. Khulna has an annual average temperature of 26.3 °C (79.3 °F) and monthly means varying between 12.4 °C (54.3 °F) in January and 34.3 °C (93.7 °F) in May. Annual average rainfall of Khulna is 1,809.4 millimetres (71.24 in). Approximately 87% of the annual average rainfall occurs between May and October.

Demographics:

As of the 2011 census, the population of the city is at 1.4 million. The city, in combination with localities forming the wider metropolitan area, is home to an estimated 1.44 million as of 2007. Density of population is about 19,000 per km. The average literacy rate of the division is 53.20% The literacy rate among the urban people of Khulna is 59.1%, which is higher than the national average of 56.5%.

Most of the people in Khulna are the Bengali people, as is the case in most of Bangladesh. The long-standing inhabitants of the city are known as Khulnaia and they have a distinctive dialect. Apart from them, the city population is composed of people from the neighbouring districts and from the greater Barisal & Faridpur regions of Bangladesh. Many people from greater Noakhali region also resides in the city. Khulna also have a significant number of Bihari population.

Most residents of Khulna speak Bengali, the national language. Many distinctive and regional languages are also spoken. English is understood by a large segment of the population, especially for business purposes. There is a minority Urdu-speaking population, who are descendants of displaced Muslims from eastern India during 1947 and sought refuge in East Pakistan.

Economy:

Khulna is the third largest economic centre in Bangladesh. It is situated north of the and has various heavy and light industries. The major sectors are jute, chemicals, fish and seafood packaging, food processing, sugar mills, power generation and shipbuilding. The region has an Export Processing Zone which has attracted substantial foreign investment. The city is home to the corporate branch offices of numerous national companies, including among others, M. M. Ispahani Limited, Beximco, James Finlay Bangladesh, Summit Power and the Abul Khair Group. Some of the largest companies based in the city include Khulna , Bangladesh Oxygen, Platinum Jubilee Mills, Star Jute Mills and the Khulna Oxygen Company.

Transport:

Road, Rail and river transport are available in Khulna. There are several luxury and economy nationwide bus services available in Khulna. Most of them are private bus services. BRTC also operates Inter-district bus services from Khulna. Sonadanga Bus Terminal is the main bus terminal of Khulna. Major bus routes are: Khulna-Jessore-Dhaka, Khulna-Goplaganj-Dhaka, Khulna-

Jessore-Kushtia, Khulna-Satkhira, Khulna-Bagerhat, Khulna-Mongla, Khulna- Narail, Khulna-Barisal, Khulna-Rajshahi, Khulna-Faridpur, Khulna-, Khulna-Dhaka-Chittagong etc.

Khulna Railway Station is the main railway station in the city. operates Express trains between Khulna-Dhaka, Khulna-Rajshahi, Khulna-Saidpur & Khulna-. And mail trains between Khulna- Parbatipur, Khulna-Chapainawabganj & Khulna-Goalanda.

Jessore Airport, located 71 km north of Khulna city centre, is the only airport in the region. , and have regular flights between Jessore and Dhaka. And those airlines have direct AC bus services from the airport to Khulna.

Several passenger launches and cargo services are operated from BIWTA Launch Terminal, Khulna. There is a rocket service from Khulna- Dhaka, which is not running currently.

Education:

Khulna has many prestigious educational institutions. Govt. Brajalal College is the oldest institution of higher education in the city, founded in 1902. Khulna University is the only public University in Bangladesh where student politics is strictly prohibited. Also, there is an engineering University Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET) and a medical college Khulna Medical College(KMC). There are also some famous educational institutions like Azam Khan Govt. Commerce College, Khulna Govt. Women's College, Govt.M.M City College, Govt. Laboratory High School, Khulna Zila School, Govt. Coronation Girls School etc.

Beside these there is 01 teachers' training college, 01 regional public administration training institute, 01 polytechnic institute, 01 vocational institute, 01 homoeopathic college and 01 social welfare training centre. Khulna is under the Jessore Education Board. This board varies the SSC and HSC standard.

Tourism:

Sundarbans : In the south-western part of Bangladesh, in the district of greater Khulna, lies the (world's largest mangrove forest), the home of royal . It is a virgin forest which until recently owed nothing to human endeavour and yet nature has laid it out with as much care as a planned pleasure ground. For miles and miles, the lofty treetops form an unbroken

canopy, while nearer the ground, works of high and ebb-tide marked on the soil and tree trunks and the many varieties of the natural mangrove forest have much to offer to an inquisitive visitor. The Sundarbans is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Rabindra Complex: Rabindra Complex is located in Dakkhindihi village, 19 km from Khulna city. It was the residence of 's father-in-law; Beni Madhab Roy Chowdhury. Tagore visited this place several times in his life. Recently it has been declared as a protected archaeological site by Department of Archaeology of Bangladesh.

Agro Products:

Paddy, Jute, Pulse, Sesame, Jack fruit, Mango, Banana, Oilseed, Betel Nut, Coconut etc

Main Rivers

Pashur, Vodrah, Voyrob, Roupsha, Kazibacher, Kapothkua, Attari, Saulmari and Sutorkhali.

Khulna Division at a Glance:

SL. 1 Establishment of District 1882 2 Area 4394.46 Sqm 3 Population 23,34,285 (Sensus-2001) 1. Male: 51.87% 2. Female: 48.13% 3. Muslim: 73.49% 4. Hindu: 25.74% 5. Christian: 0.67% 6. Buddist: 0.04% 7. Others: 0.06% 4 Density of population 537 Per Sqm 5 Upazilla 09 (Rupsa, Taro Khada, Degolia, Dumoria, Fultola, Batiaghata, Paikgacha, Dakop, Koira. 6 Number of Thana 05 7 Upazilla Land office 09 8 Union 68 9 Hat- Bazar 198

SL. 10 Mohalla 188 11 Municipality 02 12 Number of Muja 747 13 Pond 619 14 Number of Village 1106 15 Education Rate Total- 43.09% Femal-34.06%, Male-52%, Main Forest, Sundorbahan-166814 Hector, 16 Main Rivers Pashur, Vodrah, Voyrob, Roupsha, Kazibacher, Kapothkua, Attari, Saulmari and Sutorkhali. at a glance 1 Municipality Announcement 12 December, 1984 2 City Corporation 06 August, 1990 Announcement 3 Upgrade to municipal 12 December, 1994 Corporation 4 Area 45.65 Skm 5 Ward 31 6 Muja 16 7 Number of Thana 68 8 Metro Police Station 5 9 Population 1. 15,00,000 2. Male: 52.79% 3. Female: 47.21% 4. Density: 67,994 Per 5. Education Rate: 59.1% Educational Institute 1 Primary School 625 2 NGO School 199 3 Non Gov. Primary School 79 4 Madrasha 205 5 Junior Secondary School 107 6 Gov.Secondary School 09 7 Non Gov.Secondary School 248 8 Gov. College 05 9 Non Gov. College 42 10 Community Primary School 34 11 Satellite Primary School 63 12 Homeopathic 01 Medical College

SL. 13 Polytechnic College 01 14 Teachers Training College 01 15 Gov. Medical College 01 16 University College 01 17 Khulna University of 01 Engineering and Technology 18 University of Khulna 01 Health Service 1 Medical College and Hospital 01 2 Zilla Sodor Hospital 01 3 UP Health Complex 09 4 Virus Diseases Hospital 01 5 Deptharia Hospital 01 6 Christan Missionary Hospital 01 7 Non Gov. Hospital 01 8 TV Hospital 01 9 Copilmoni Railway Hospital 01 10 Zilla Hospital 01 11 Police Hospital 01 Communication 1 Railway 36 Km 2 Concrete Road 400 Km 3 Semi Concrete Road 430 Km 4 Dirt Road 3575 Km 5 Waterway 47 nm Fisheries, Dairies & Poultries Shirmp Ghera 3309 Dairy Firm 498 Poultry 447 Hatchery 348 Cultural Institute 1 Club 345 2 Public Library 05 Museum 01 Drama Stage 05 Cinema Hall 21 Drama Group 100 Magician Institute 03 Literature Society 15 Cultural Agency 20 Religious Institutie

SL. Masque 1500 Plate 04 Temple 646 Pagoda 22 Pilgrimage 03 Asylum 01 Main Occupation Agriculture 25.11% Fisherman 1.66 Agricultural worker 11.3 Day Labour 7.15 Industry 16.38 Export-Import 4.09 Construction 1.53 Employee 18.93 Others 12.22 Monument & Sculpture Liberation war sculpture 01 (Bir ) Monument 05 Mass grave 03

Khulna District Map:

Office:

There are many Govt. & non Govt. offices and organizations at distinct & Upazila level which are continuously working for development and keep law and order situation in a peaceful. Department of Social Welfare. Health Development Department of youth development. Department of Agriculture, Water development Board, LGED, Post and Telecom Division, Cooperative department, Fisheries office, BASIS, Power development Board and all other offices have their own mandate to develop their own area according to Government rules and regulations.

Gas Connection:

There are no gas connection in Khulna region. LP gas is being used for household purpose Some large industries are there but they use coal and oil.

Electricity

Electricity is one of the essential ingredients for Socio Economic Development. The demand of electricity is increasing tremendously day by day throughout the country due to various Socio activities and expansion of industries. In Khulna REB & Pallibudut are working simultaneously.

Third Chapter:

ICT Policy

The Govt. of Bangladesh has approved the first ICT Policy in 2002. The policy was Poorly implemented that the policy was revised in 2009 with the promise to start as a strategic action plan in line with the proposal digital Bangladesh.

The primary objective of the revised ICT policy is to address issues related to 1) Social equity 2) productivity 3) Integrity 4) Education & Research 5) Employment generation 6) Strengthening export 7) Support ICTs 8) Health care 9) Environment, Climate & Disaster management 10) Universal accesses.

The ICT policy document is structured according to a hierarchical piramid with a single vision, 10 broad objective, 56 strategic themes and 306 action items. to implement digital Bangladesh vision all the organization of ICT division should be strength than, provide support to infrastructure development, proper attention to technical assistance and capacity building. Taking into consideration various issues nedded to ICT policy, The government of Bangladesh gave educated emphasis for the a) Development of ICT infrastructure and B) Development of human resource along with other associated issue. Present infrastructure services for the ICT sector in bangaldesh is given bellow

Broadband

In March 2009 the government of Bangladesh approved a Broadband Policy under this policy, the government ensures internet connectivity to optimize the use of information and communication technology. The government also has a plan to extend telephone and internet connectivity at reduced charges to disadvantaged communities in Bangladesh. Besides this the Broadband policy also emphasizes affordable and advanced broadband services to create an enabling environment for investment in content development and the use of open source software.

To increase connectivity to the information highway, there is an initiative in place to connect Bangladesh with the second Cable Network and thus reduces broadband costs considerably.

National Connectivity

The State owned telecommunications company BTCL has the largest network in the country. It has multiple licenses from BTRC, which include (a) PSTN, (b) NTTN,(c)IGW,(d)ICX(e) IIG and(f)ISP. These allow it to provide wide array of telecommunication services throughout the country , specifically voice and data. Recently the government has issued nationwide telecommunications transmission Network (NTTN) license to two private companies along with the BTCL. Fiber @Home and summit communications limited are the only private operators with NTTN license. It allows them to develop and operate a nationwide optical fiber based transmission backbone facilitating a common connectivity platform. Both the operators have connectivity with the international internet gateways (IIGS). The sole business of the NTTN license holders is to carry voice, data, and videos of access network service (ANS) operators and public agencies. The big ANS operators of Bangladesh are mobile phone companies. The other ANS operators are ISP, BWA, IIG, IGW, ICX, ITC, cable TV operators and government entities.

Mobile Phone

The mobile phone has revolutionized the Telecommunication Industry in Bangladesh. Six mobile phone companies (including one public) are currently in operation. Multinational mobile phone companies are providing private sector telecommunication infrastructure in Bangladesh. The present number of mobile phone subscriber as of March 2013 is 9.99 cr and internet user is 3.4 cr (Source BTRC). The internet density have been increased to 19.9% (Budget Speech 2013).

The consumer mobile charges have been decreased drastically in recent years, primarily because of competition between the mobile pone companies.

There CSE, EEE, TEL Departments are there and a huge number of students are passing out from those department and they need to to be absorbed in job market. IT parks will open up new arena for the fresh graduates and this IT Park will bridge the gap between academia and IT/ITES sector

IT/ITES Seminar at Khulna, DC Offcie

Proposed Land of Khula IT Park at KUET

Fourth Chapter:

Objective of the IT Park

The objective of the II Park project is to establish knowledge based industries throughout the country, particularly related to Software and IT Enable Services, thereby contributing to the nation economy and helping to achieve the goals of Vision 2021: Digital Bangladesh. The Government of Bangladesh intends to create basic infrastructure for establishing the IT Park in 12 district/regional level. Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority has declared to establish an IT Park at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) to bridge the gap between academia and IT industry. KUET has given 8 acres of land for developing an IT Park where students of KUET will have access to explore their innovation idea and become new entrepreneur. This land will be used to develop a world class business environment, conducive for IT/ITES industry. This IT Park will attract investments from both foreign and local entrepreneurs.

The specific objectives of the project are:

To promote balanced development of ICT Industries in Southern region of the country

To create basic infrastructure for the establishment of IT Park/STP at Khulna University of Engineering Technology (KUET).

To construct two Multi Tenant Buildings (MTB) and other utilities services at the allocated land for creating ready infrastructure for the KUET Students and others IT Companies.

To create a conducive environment to attract foreign companies for establishing and operating Software and ITES industry in Bangladesh;

To create employment opportunities for the ICT professionals;

To develop skill manpower for IT/ITES sector

To create employment generation.

The proposed ICT villages when implemented will ensure the following facilities:

I. Single window service II. Strong Customer base III. 24/7 technical support IV. Qualified manpower V. Competitive pricing VI. Tie up with major telecom partners VII. Service of International standards VIII. Inclusion of service for new entrepreneurs including the freelance workers. IX. Strong and low cost internet connectivity. X. Office space for software developer call centers.

The Project site:

The propose site is located in Khulna district. And distance between Dhaka to Khulana is app. 300 km. This is well connected with air, bus as well as rail. The propose site located at Taligati mouja and this area under the city corporation. The site is about 10km away from DC office, 8 km from central bus station and 45 km from Jessore air port. Jessore to Khulna is road connection. Khulna University is 20 km away from KUET and 5 km away from Khulna Medical University. The owner of the proposed land is Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET) and total land area is 8 acre. KUET is one of the renowned Engineering University in Bangladesh and there are CSE, EEE, ETE, architecture faculties from where a significant number of IT graduate are passing out every year. The 52 Syndicate meeting has approved for using the land for IT Park and there is an MoU between KUET and BHTPA.

The proposed site for the development of KUET IT Park is located at:

J.L 01 Dag No RS 3370 Mouza Teligati Khotiyan RS 04 Thana Dowlatpur Upazila Dhigoliya District Khulna

The project land is bounded by the land as mentioned below: On North: Residential Area of KUET. On South: TT Collage & Higher Secondary Training Collage. On East: KUET Campus. On West: Bear land.

The proposed site is a plain land and having a nice pond which is 3 acres, but there is a 3 storey staff quarter inside the rest 5 acres therefore useable land is only 4 acres. The staff quarter is an obstacle for establishing IT Park. Because for KUET site demanded that the staff quarter should be replace form existing site to another site of University. For this resettlement extra land is needed from KUET and a budget is also essential for construction of new staff quarter.

Khulna University of Engineering & Technology

Faculty of Civil Engineering Number of Department 8

. Department of Civil Engineering . Department of Urban and Regional Planning . Department of Building Engineering & Construction Management . Department of Architecture . Department of Mathematics . Department of Chemistry . Department of Physics . Department of Humanities

Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Number of Department 5

. Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering . Department of Computer Science & Engineering . Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering . Department of Biomedical Engineering . Department of Material Science & Engineering

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Number of Department 5

. Department of Mechanical Engineering . Department of Industrial Engineering and Management . Department of Leather Engineering . Department of Textile Engineering . Department of Energy Science and Engineering

Khulna University of Engineering & Technology(KUET)

KUET Main Gate

KUET CSE Department

Market survey:

To find out the market demand and industry trend of the ICT industry for the development of KUET IT park, there was a seminar arranged by BHTPA at khulna DC office. Where participants put their valuable opinion and show their willingness to establish an IT Park at KUET. The participant give their valuable comment that KUET will be the best place for IT Park because all possible infrastructure and connectivity are available there.

Also another meeting was held at KUET VC office and all Deans, Registers, Professors were present and they opined their fruitful suggestions for the placement of IT Park. They are giving this land free of cost only groom ups their student carrier. They only demanded some lab facilities like as Robotic Lab, Big Data Lab, and Animation Lab etc to their respective faculties.

In Khulna, there are significant number of IT/ITES company and training institute and they are doing following business:

1. Software development and services 2. Business process Outsourcing 3. ICT Training 4. Hardware Sales and Services and 5. Other.

According to the discussion, KUET wanted to provide 8 acres of land to BHTPA for establishing Khulna IT Park and provide necessary available technical support for facilitating the establishment of the park.

BHTPA will develop necessary infrastructure and physical facilities on said land to establish an IT park, create opportunities for research and innovation among faculties & students of the university. BHTPA will support establishing strong linkage between the academia and IT and ITES industries.

List of Private IT Institute in Khulna Distinct:

SL Name of IT Institute & Address Business Category Manpower 1 Name: LA Conoljis Software Firm (CC Camera) 4 Address: House# 431, Road#22, & Computer Seller Nirala Khulna 2 Name: Impress IT Solution Software Development & 12 Address: 3 Abu Khan lane, Hazi Networking Mohosin Road, Khulna 3 Name: Khulna IT Park Software Development & IT 10 Address: 243, Khanjahan Ali Road, Training Centre Khulna 4 Name: e-TryBiz Software Development/ 12 Address: Eaden Plaza, Shibbari Mor Networking & Computer Khulna, Training Centre 5 Name: Bangladesh Computer & Software Development & IT 13 Technical Institute Training Centre Address: 80/1, TutuPara, Kabarkhana Road, Khulna 6 Name: NICL Dream Software Development & IT 11 Address: 10 Sher-e Bangla Road, Training Centre Moylapota, Khulna 7 Name: W3 Engineers Software Development & IT 110 Address: 181 Khan-A Sobur Road, Training Centre Toimur Centre, Shibbari, Khulna. 8 Name: Elance Software Development & IT 9 Address: Nirala, Khulna Training Centre 9 Name: Make it Possible Software Development/ 7 Address: Boyra, Khulna Networking & Computer Training Centre 10 Name: Pranon Pvt. Ltd. Software Development & IT 9 Address: Nirala, Khulna Training Centre 11 Name: AB Coder Software Development & IT 6 Address: 6, Sonadanga, Khulna Training Centre

The Main Components of the proposed Park

1. Construction of 7 Storied Steel Structure Building (MTB) with 15 storey Foundation in each floor 20,000 Sft.

2. Construction of 3 Storey Steel Structure Canteen Cum Amphitheatre building Construction of Boundary Wall, Gate and Internal walkway

3. Construction of Approach/Internal Road

4. Incorporate Cineplex Complex in one floor of Canteen cum Amphitheatre. 5. Establish a lab in KUET. 6. Construction of Sewerage/compound drain 7. Site Improvement 8. Landscaping 9. Supply, Installation and commissioning electric sub-station 10. Supply, Installation and commissioning Generator for power backup 11. Supply and Installation of Fiber Optic Connectivity with redundant Connectivity and telephony main line from the main Internet backbone

Basic ICT Skill Deveolopment Project:

The objective of the project is to bridging the gap of ICT professional in the fielf level till the permanent structure of ICT professional in district and upazila level.

The specific objectives of the project are:

a) To develop ICT skilled efficient human resources for fulfilling the target of the Government Vision 2021: Digital Bangladesh.”

b) To transfer ICT based skill especially computer related skill to the grass root level.

c) To arrange special training for teachers of the district/upazila level educational institutions on Computer Studies.

d) To provide ICT training to Govt. officials and upzila/union e-Centre operators for the expansion of ICT Literacy.

e) To develop human resources for increasing management efficiency through the proper use of information & Communication Technology.

f) To establish local Cyber Centre through providing Internet Connectivity in the selected institution. g) To promote and inspire computer education in SSC & HSC level by providing computer facilities; h) To enter into fast growing world ICT market by exporting skilled ICT manpower and gain comparative advantage; i) To determine the Standards and specification for Computer and ICT Training at the grass root level.

List of final Course Name as per the decision taken in the meeting held on 08.11.16

Part A : Soft & Communication Skill (Mandatory)

1 Computer Fundamental (Windows, MS Office), Graphics Design, Browsing, Mobile Maintenance & Troubleshooting Part B : Core Skill 1 Web Design & Development 2 Mobile Apps Development 3 Web Application Development 4 Graphics Design & Multimedia 5 Network & Server Administration 6 Internet of Things (IoT) 7 Data Science 8 Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Part-C : Advance Skill 1 Project Management 2 SAP 3 Oracle EBS 4 Software Quality Assurance & Testing 5 Information Security & Auditing

Incentive offered by BHTPA

. 10 Year tax Holiday applicable from the date of commercial opererations . Exemption of income Tax for Expatriate professionals . 10 years accelerated Depreciation permissible . Exemption from import Duties for construction material/eqpt software/hardware/vehicles . Exemption from import duties on machinery used for maintenance . 100% exemption of taxes for all Exports . Full repatriation of Dividends/Profits & Capital permissible . 100% equity (Ownership) is allowed for FDI companies . No cap on FDI limits . Hi-Tech park will be treated as custom Bonded Area . Human Resources training /development will be undertaken for the industry in the Hi-Tech Park to get right –skilled manpower at the Hi- Tech Park . Hi-Tech Park Authority shall be the single Window agency

Committee’s Opinions:

To analyze overall situation, observe the location committee on find out the pre feasibility study committee opined that KUET IT Park at Daulatpur Thana, dhigoliya Upazila under Khulna division will act the bridge between academia and business comminute.

1. The proposed land is inside the KUET which is the prime location of Khulna it is 5 km away form rail way station.

2. Khulna University of Engineering Technology is one of the largest university of Bangladesh and all infrastructure facilities with high speed internet connectivity and electricity connectivity are available and students can frequently use this facilities.

3. The proposed area is very much resourceful because raw material are available there student of CSE, EEE, ETE of KUET can take part there need base training and become entrepreneur. There are sufficient colleges and some private (Public Universities are nearby. Therefore this park will give them opportunities for employment.

4. At present the land is only 8 acre where 3 acre is surrounded by a pond. So extension may needed in near future. But the scope is limited because surrounding area is belong at KUET and the land are uses for there other purpose.

5. Inside the area there is a three storied staff quarter. The quarter needs to be transferred to other side of the proposed land and in this project no budget for this resettlement. This project is funded by Indian Credit line and in DPR no scope has be mention for this resettlement.

6. There will not be any adverse impact of environment if any IT Park establish at KUET. The area is normal, no big plantation surrounding the area and the pond needs not to be fill up.

7. No many irreversible impacts are expected from the project. Environmental impacts are low compared to other infrastructure project. before construct Environmental hazards like air and noise pollutions traffic congestion etc should be cleared from Department of Environment.

8. IT is necessary to create awareness among the general public about the ICT Park specially its futures and facilities.

Recommendations:

The location of the proposed site is very much suitable and lucrative is and in valuable condition to analyze all facts and finger position of land availability of resources. All the members of the committee come to the point that KIET will be the vary much fusible for establishing IT Park.

(Engr. Mohammad Atiqul Islam) (Engr. Mohammad Zakir Hossain) Assistant Engineer (Civil) Senior Assistant Engineer Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority. LGED and and

Member Secrecatry Member

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(Engr. Fakhar Uddin Al Helal) Syed Nazmul Ahsan Systems Analyst Director (ECC) BCC Department of Environment and and Member Member Pre Feasibility study Committee Pre Feasibility study Committee

(Mohammad Saifur Rahaman) (Hosne Ara Begum, ndc) Assistant Director Managing Director IMED Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority and And

Member Convenor

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