AIUB GADUATE TRACER STUDY

AS OF SUMMER 2016 -17 Version 3

Prepared By: Office of Placement and Alumni In Collaboration with the Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

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MESSAGE

Tracking where the graduates or alumni of AIUB is a strategy that generate vital information useful for management, faculty, students and employers. The use of a survey questionnaire to gather essential information about the graduates is an effective tool in analyzing higher education and work, employment and career, the character of work and the required competencies. One of the questions asked of the graduates is whether they have gained the knowledge and skills necessary for fulfilling their personal objectives. The attempt of AIUB to undertake this activity through an open cohort because of the difficulty to cluster the graduates by academic year could still provide data and information which can be utilized for the purpose of curriculum development and reform or actions to address the areas identified in the survey for improvement. The findings are indicative of taking appropriate measures so that the linkage between the university and the employment sector can be made closer. On the other hand the employer can be informed of what the graduates can do in terms of the cognitive knowledge and psychomotor skills so that there will be harmonious consistency in meeting both needs and requirements. Aware of the situation, the university like AIUB can restructure its curriculum to make it responsive and relevant to benefit both the graduates and the employers avoiding the degree of mismatch currently existing in the world of work. The number of graduates who left the portals of AIUB is within accountable although it is revealed in the study that some of them have left the country for better and greener opportunities. This is the reason why the study did not set any timeline but rather continuing until a good number of them again can be captured for the survey.

It is the intention, therefore, of this report after a continuous tracking of the graduates through an electronic survey to inform the concerned stakeholders to enable each interested party to take appropriate action. The pioneering effort of the Office of Placement and Alumni (OPA) in collaboration with the IQAC both of this university hopefully will go a long way to create new dimensions in improving, expanding and enriching academic programs, policies and interventions by way also of anticipating development taking place in the industry brought about by the emerging advancement of technology.

Dr. Carmen Z. Lamagna Vice Chancellor

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1 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ...... 2 2. Objectives ...... 2 3. AIUB Alumni and Employment ...... 2 4. Statistical Research ...... 3 4.1 Distribution of respondents ...... 3 I. Academic Program covered by the study ...... 3 II. Respondents by level ...... 3 III. Respondents by Area of Specialization ...... 4 IV. Marital Status of the respondents ...... 4 V. Job with respective to the courses taken in AIUB ...... 4 VI. Skills preferred by employer...... 5 VII. Job obtained by alumni ...... 5 4.2 Alumni Status ...... 5 4.3. Employment by Sector ...... 6 4.4. Designation Category ...... 6 4.5 Suggestions from Alumni ...... 7 5 Tracer Report Review ...... 7 6 What do our graduates say? ...... 8 7 What do our employers say? ...... 8 8 So, how has this corporate networking helped in the University’s student enrolment? ...... 8

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turned into basis for more viable reforms initiated by the curriculum planners and 1. Introduction development managers addressing primarily the gaps between what it is and what should One vital source of information for planning be. Positive outcomes and success stories can and development of the curriculum and serve as marketing tools about the university improvement of services of the universities is to be able to admit more students and build the tracer study. The study provides relevant stronger trust from the stakeholders. data and information to the university management particularly to the Deans and 2. Objectives Department Heads responding to the emerging areas for improvement. This is a This tracer study is aimed at keeping track the tool to analyze the relationship between the status of graduates of the American university and the present work of the International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) graduate in terms of matching the supply and after they have graduated from their the demands of job providers. The end is to respective programs. Specifically, it find out whether the graduates have gained endeavours to: knowledge and skills necessary for fulfilling . Assess how the education process their personal objectives. The essential have influenced the present career of question is where are the graduates now? the graduates From this general question, basic data and . Determine the relevance of the information about the graduate can be asked learning experiences of the graduates in the tracer study questionnaire such as: in the performance of their level of graduation, year of graduation, employment tasks degree earned or completed, major area of . Identify gaps between the specialization, employment status, type of educational process and the employer, sector, mode of getting the job, requirements of the employer’s preference, suggestions/ employers/corporate/organizations recommendations and others. It is in terms of knowledge, skills or qualitatively important to know how the competencies, attitudes, technology knowledge and skills acquired are being trends and other job related demands utilized by the graduates in their work or or requirements elsewhere. The study can also identify . Find out job priorities of the priority areas for improvement or enrichment graduates and the employers in the essential components of the university . Generate suggestions on how to such as curriculum and instruction, faculty strengthen university-industry development, student services, research, partnership support service , facilities and management . Derive empirical basis for reforms of so that appropriate funding and resources can the curriculum and instruction, be allocated by the management. The study management process, career also provides rich information about the development, services and facilities whereabouts of the graduates which might improvements, and many other help to broaden perspectives among relevant courses of action. management, faculty, students, the employers and other interested stakeholders. 3. AIUB Alumni and Employment It enables to gain an insight into the course of studies and the connections between Established linkages between universities studying and the graduates’ career status. and the country's corporate sector are While there is difficulty in locating the essential to ensure jobs and placements for graduates, the convenience of having it the students and alumni. Such linkages are posted in the website of the university allows common, thus that all major universities the graduates to spend some-time to fill-in the establish ongoing connections with leading questionnaire and send or submit it also corporate houses. through the system. The findings can be

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This is the third in a series of articles written 4. Statistical Research jointly by the Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) and the Office of Since 2012, AIUB had undergone some Placement & Alumni (OPA), narrating how transformative changes for a better the AIUB, has over the years evolved into a understanding though a process called “The major resource base for companies to hire Tracer Study” that helped to trace the status from. Most of the data presented here have of our Alumni and the corporate sectors. The been collected from the "Tracer Study" study further assists in getting feedback questionnaire posted on the web for the regarding the type of work, further study and alumni to complete. The tracer study is other activities the students are involved in aimed at keeping track of the status of AIUB after they graduate. It can be classified as a graduates after they have graduated from non-intimidating survey environment that their respective programs. This is a best suits the privacy needs of the survey retrospective analysis of samples in-order to respondent. Respondents are more likely to evaluate long term impact of intervention provide open and honest feedback in a more program on employment and other related private survey method. It is seen that the effects on the graduates. This helps to identify University strategy works best at its simple areas of improvement of academic programs list of key priorities. the university is offering, to match the employers’ requirements. 4.1 Distribution of respondents

In order to take the process of bridge building This survey is open to all graduates who have between AIUB and the country’s corporate attended convocation, which can be sector, as well as to liaise with its alumni, the analyzed to create data that assist to uncover university established the OPA in 1999. In the answers and develop sensible decisions the early days, it was mostly a handful of based on the analyzed results. This valuable students, mainly from the Faculty of Business feedback is the baseline to measure and Administration who started looking for establish a benchmark to compare results internships in different companies of the over time. The data below pertains to draw country. Remaining faithful to the values, the conclusions of the number of respondents university continued to build and strengthen and responses from the alumni. the relationship with the corporate sector. Since then, over the past decade and a half, I. Academic Program covered by students from the different academic faculties the study and departments of AIUB have been working Evaluating the recent Tracer Study (Date: across the corporate spectrum of the country. 06/07/2017), the figure below shows the Starting off as interns, many of them have percentage of the number of respondents by now progressed to full time employment in academic program as of Summer 2016-2017. these companies. Today, many in turn, ensure jobs and placements for the new Table 1: Percentage of Academic Program covered by the study graduates. Academic Program Percentage The University has created wide reaching Faculty of Business Administration 60.96 linkages with the major employers in Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 3.97 Bangladesh. Signing of Memoranda of Faculty of Engineering 24.9 Understanding (MOU) with some of the Faculty of Science & Information Technology 10.17 major employers, holding corporate sessions, job fairs etc. have all provided a platform for II. Respondents by level developing the meaningful network that AIUB now enjoys. AIUB now has its The university comprises of under-graduate students and alumni in full time employment degrees such as Bachelors of Business in about 700 companies. Administration, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, BA English and many more. Graduate degrees include Master of Business Administration, Master of Public Health, 3 | P a g e

Master of Engineering in Electrical IV. Marital Status of the Engineering and others. The Tracer study has Respondents further been evaluated in terms of The study can further be used to evaluate the distribution of respondents by undergraduate Marital Status of the respondents: and graduate level. It is seen that majority of the respondents are under Faculty of Table 4:Marital Status of the Respondents Business Administration for undergraduate Marital Status Percentage and graduate level. The figure below shows Married 23.7 the percentage of respondents for the Single 73.86 departments by levels. Legally Separated 0.2 Table 2: Distribution of Respondents by level Divorced 0.1 (Undergraduate and graduate) Widower 0.14 Undergraduate Percentage Graduate Percentage Others 1.98 BA English/MMC 0.98 MDS 0.17 BSS Economics 3.16 MPH 3.37 V. Job with respect to the courses LL.B 0 MBA 78.95 taken in AIUB BBA 50.98 EMBA 5.89 EEE 32 MTEL 5.05 The job market is fierce, competition has COE 0.28 MEEE 0.67 never been greater and it's important to grab BArch 0.63 MSCS 5.89 every opportunity for competitive advantage BSc - CIS / CS / and stay one step ahead. Completing a degree CSE / CSSE / SE 11.95 course is a significant undertaking. The study helps to identify priority areas for

III. Respondents by Area of Table 6: Job Related to Course taken in Specialization AIUB Response Percentage The data below shows the percentage of the Yes 53.27 distribution of respondents by Area of No 16.12 Specialization. Others (No Response) 30.61

such as the course curriculum. On evaluating Table 3: Distribution of Respondents by Major/ Area of Specialization the responses, it is seen that over half of the respondents agree to the courses being in line

Major Percentage Table 7: Courses relevant to present job English 1.09 Mass Communication & Media Arts 0.15 Course Percentage Advertising 0.2 Accounting 15.8 Public Health 0.79 Finance 4.82 Accounting & Finance 30.1 English 7.09 Marketing 13 Management 4.17 Management 0.4 Human Resource Management 4.51 Operations Management 3.42 Marketing 5.9 International Business 0.99 Operations Management 2.38 Investment Management 0.05 Management Information System 1.14 Tourism and Hospitality Management 0.4 Tourism and Hospitality Management 0 Human Resource Management 9.52 Law 0 Management Information System 1.09 Arts & Social Science 0.35 Agribusiness 0 Economics 0.25 Economics 0.5 Web Designing/Programming 3.13 Others (Information Security, Networking etc) 38.2 Computer Science related course 6.55 Architecture & Engineering 4.27 Others ( EEE, AUTOCAD, CCNA etc) 39.6

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with their respective job. This is further figures below represent the mode of job evaluated to identify the percentage of obtained by the alumni. respondents who find the specific courses Table 9: Mode of Job obtained by alumni taken in AIUB to be relevant and useful to their present job. Mode of Job Obtained Percentage Personal application 41.1 By referral of OPA 1.64 VI. Skills Preferred by Employers By referral of alumni 1.24 While each employer is looking for a unique By referral of a friend/ relative 12.4 set of skills from jobseekers for each job Walk in applicant 5.16 opening, certain skills and values are nearly Others 38.4 universally sought by hiring managers. While technical skills will always be important, soft 4.2 Alumni Status skills have become equally important with Looking into the facts and figures over the technical skills in employment today. The years, the university had initiated with 28 data below shows the percentage of Business students employed in 20 respondents in response to the skills preferred companies. Today, the university looks at by the employer. 698 employers, i.e. companies where our alumni are employed. Names of the Table 8: Skills Preferred by Employers companies are given at the end of this write Skills Percentage up as Annexure. Given below is the data Computer 42.1 pertaining to the alumni employment Accounting 4.02 position. Since this is an on-going process, Finance 1.84 data can change from time to time. It appears Marketing 5.65 that 28% of the graduates are still Human Resource Management 2.68 unemployed. This scenario is much better Oral and Written English 1.69 compared to the national norm of about 50% Conduct Research 1.09 unemployment as reported in the national media. These figures bear testament to the Design and Conduct Training Program 0.79 fact that the University's academic curricula Business Planning 1.44 in particular and its service delivery in Others ( CCNA, power station etc) 38.7 general, have indeed gained wide spread VII. Job Obtained by Alumni acceptability amongst the top companies of the country. Networking is the process of connecting with Table 5: Alumni Status people in various jobs and career fields of interest to the alumni. It is an opportunity to gain information to help focus on career Employed 59% plans, and make contacts to aid one in job On Higher Study 8% search. Networking is considered as a Self-Employed 5% tremendous resource for students. The Unemployed 28%

The reasons for un-employment has further been analyzed from the tracer study, shown below

1% 3% 5% 12% Distance from Home Inappropriate educational background 57% 22% Lack of Endorsement Lack of Institutional Linkage Low salary

Figure 1

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4.3. Employment by Sector

The study further shows that the highest percentage of our alumni have been traced working in the IT and Telecommunication sectors; with the lowest percentage working for airlines and sports. The bar chart below shows the sectors where the graduates are presently employed, at the time of the preparation of this report.

Employers of our Alumni (Sector-wise) 160

140

120 100 80 60 40 20 0

Figure 2

From this obtaining scenario, some interventions need to be done. There is a need to further orient the students on the prospect of other professionals to allow the students with wider understanding and appreciation of the jobs available in the market. There is a need to provide the students with broad landscape of the business sector and identify the preferred skills in the market. Opportunities and prospect should be made open to them.

4.4. Designation Category

Evaluating the recent tracer study by designation category, it is seen that 6% of our graduates are top level managers, 31% are first line managers, 21% are mid levels, 42% are non managerial. Therefore, more than 50% of the graduates are now occupying in general and managerial positions, which is a good career status indicator.

Top level Manager 42% 31% First Line Manager Mid Level Manager 21% Non Managerial

Figure 3

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4.5 Suggestions from Alumni

With respect to the questionnaire, the respondents are open to giving feedback on the skills and knowledge that are required in their job but have not learnt in the university. Some of the common major drawbacks pointed out are addition of more practical based courses and use of updated software’s. The survey is further open to suggestions from the alumni to propose for the improvement of the academic course offerings of the university. Top suggestions included international course curriculum to be in line with the corporate practice and including long-term courses with respect to engineering. Suggestions have been proposed for the improvement of internship and placement programs of the university. This included more of research based reports than affiliation reports, more sessions for facing interviews, equal priority to all departments, stronger linkage to industries and available databases for easy access to companies. Graduates suggest alumni re-union to be held every year to strengthen the relationship between alumni and AIUB.

5 Tracer Report Review

The tracer report is updated every semester. The bar chart below gives a pictorial overview of this and how the number of employers has progressively increased over the years.

Total Companies 720 700 680 660 640

TotalCompanies 620 600 Fall 2015 Spring 2016 Summer 2016 Fall 2016 Spring 2017 Summer 2017 Semester

Figure 4 On merging the figures of the past 2 years (Refer to Fig 5), it is seen that the percentage of employment has remained relatively consistent over the period.

70 60 50 % Employed 40 % Self Employed % Higher Study 30 % Un-employed 20 10 0 Fall 2015 Spring 2016 Summer 2016 Fall 2016 Spring 2017 Summer 2017

Figure 5

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AIUB has been successful in bridging the gap development activities like cultural, sports, between employers and the graduates. To aid social or community engagement activities. the recruitment, application, and networking The conduct of seminars, workshops and process, the university organizes internship talk-shows has been a great source of clinic and different corporate presentations valuable knowledge as these come from over the semesters. AIUB further organizes practitioners and authorities in the private Job Fairs at the end of every year providing business sectors. students and alumni a unique opportunity to meet with the country’s leading companies 7 What do our employers say? thus, gaining access to a large number of choices in a one-stop shop environment. Evaluations go both ways. Just as students AIUB has been successful in bringing are welcome to suggest on improvements together over 90 companies in the past few within the University, AIUB also encourages annual job fairs thus, leading to a significant the employers of its alumni to comment on increase in the number of employers and its academic as well as the non-academic employment each year. Moreover, the aspects. Feedback received have mostly been frequent visits to companies and very encouraging of the various steps taken establishments provided the students first by the University in attaining international hand developments and access to job market. accreditation, regular revision of its curricula to include suggestions from the employers 6 What do our graduates say? and the way AIUB has developed meaningful linkages with the corporate Alumni are ambassadors of their alma mater sector. They have also given high marks to and they are vital for the process of AIUB alumni’s professionalism and developing ties with the corporate sector. adaptability. Both in the tracer study as well as in different conversations/ discussions with the 8 So, how has this corporate University, the graduates have shared their networking helped in the most rewarding experiences. They have spoken highly of the one-on-one personal University’s student enrolment? As a spin off from this networking between AIUB and attention received in AIUB, giving them a the employers, we now have a good number of students sense of security. They further mentioned from the corporate sector, especially in our Executive about the University’s culture of working MBA (EMBA) program. Number of registered students hand-in-hand with the students, thereby in EMBA over the past 3 semesters is given below: preparing them for the professional world. They also talked about various career Table 9: Number of EMBA registered students grooming sessions that are held regularly at Summer 2016-2017 118 AIUB. Spring 2016-2017 105

Some also added that the quality of education Fall 2016-2017 104 they received at AIUB and the atmosphere for learning has been of great assistance in To conclude, AIUB and the corporate sector their professional career. Small student-to- of Bangladesh are playing a vital role for teacher ratio allowed for more personalized providing students of this university, with a learning based on the needs of the student, firm footing in today’s business world. All showing interest in each student's potential this has been possible because of the various career path and helped direct them in the way improvement interventions carried out by the they should go, both professionally and academically. University. International and national accreditation of the different academic The graduates further added that the programs has all taken the university’s academic or curricular program of the curriculum to internationally recognized university afforded the students to widen its standards. This in-turn has increased the total knowledge not only in the specific course number of students enrolled. AIUB has they are taking but also in other related 8 | P a g e progressed by leaps and bounds both as an institution and the programs it delivers to the students. It upholds its high standards and inculcates the same in its students, so that when they graduate they gain recognition and acclaim in the academia, society and industry. The list of different companies with whom the graduates have made affiliations in terms of employment and placement is herewith included. It is interesting to note that these companies/organizations represent the various sectors of business and industry in Bangladesh.

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ANNEXURE Names of Companies employing AIUB alumni

AIRLINES . AALTO UNIVERSITY . BEST AVIATION LIMITED . ACADEMIES AUSTRALASIA . BIMAN BANGLADESH AIRLINES . ACHARYA INSTITUTES . NOVOAIR LIMITED . ACADEMIA . SINGAPORE AIRLINES . AMERICAN INTERNATIONA UNIVERSITY - . UNITED AIRWAYS BD LTD BANGLADESH . US-BANGLA AIRLINES . ASA UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH . ATISH DIPANKAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE BANK & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND TECHNOLOGY . AL ARAFAH ISLAMI BANK LTD. . BANGLADESH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL . AND COLLEGE . BANK ASIA . BANGLADESH INTERNATIONAL TUTORIAL . BASIC BANK LIMITED . BANGLADESH TECHNICAL EDUCATION . BANK OF MONTREAL BOARD, DHAKA . BRAC BANK LIMITED . BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY . CITIBANK N.A. . BARIDHARA SCHOLARS' INSTITUTION . COMMERCIAL BANK OF CEYLON PLC . BGMEA UNIVERSITY OF FASHION AND . LIMITED TECHNOLOGY . LIMITED . BRAC UNIVERSITY . EASTERN BANK LIMITED . BRITISH COUNCIL . FIRST SECURITY ISLAMI BANK LTD, . CARL VON OSSIETZKY UNIVERSITY . H&B DEVELOPMENT BANK . CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY . . CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT . HSBC ACCOUNTANTS . ICB ISLAMIC BANK LIMITED . CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY . IFIC BANK LTD. . DAFFODIL INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY . INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS . DHAKA INTERNATINAL UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH . DHAKA UNIVERSITY . LTD. . DREXEL UNIVERSITY . LIMITED . EAST WEST UNIVERSITY . LIMITED . FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY . MUTUAL TRUST BANK LTD . GREEN UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH . . GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY - . NCC BANK SECURITIES AND FINANCIAL AHMEDABAD SERVICES LTD. . HAJI ASHRAF ALI HIGH SCHOOL . NRB BANK LIMITED . ICMAB- THE INSTITUTE OF COST AND . NRB GLOBAL BANK LIMITED MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS OF . PRIME BANK INVESTMENT LTD. BANGLADESH . . INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION . PROBASHI KALLYAN BANK . INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY . LTD. MALAYSIA . RABOBANK INTERNATIONAL . INTERNATIONAL TURKISH HOPE SCHOOL . RBC ROYAL BANK . INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF . SHAHJALAL ISLAMI BANK LIMITED BUSINESS AGRICULTURE AND . SOCIAL ISLAMI BANK LIMITED TECHNOLOGY . LIMITED . IWATE UNIVERSITY . . JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN . BANK . JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY . STATE BANK OF INDIA . JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY . LTD. . JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY - . THE DHAKA MERCANTILE CO-OPERATIVE BANGLADESH BANK LTD. . JUVENILE ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL . THE FARMERS BANK LTD . LEARNING FOR LIFE . THE . MAPLE LEAF INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL . TRUST BANK LTD . MARIE-CURIE INITIAL TRAINING . LIMITED NETWORK . UNITED COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED . MASTERMIND SCHOOL . . METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY . NEW BLOWN, AN INT'L SCHOOL EDUCATION & RESEARCH . NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY . DHAKA UNIVERSITY . NORTHERN UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH . AALBORG UNIVERSITY . RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY . RMIT UNIVERSITY . UGC-UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION . ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA . NATIONAL SECURITY INTELLIGENCE (NSI) . SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY . SAMSUNG R&D INSTITUTE BANGLADESH LOCAL AND GROUP OF COMPANIES/INDUSTRIES LTD. (SRBD) . SRIZON ENTERPRISE . SCHOLARS' SCHOOL AND COLLEGE . ABDUL MONEM LTD. . EUROPEAN STANDARD SCHOOL . ACI LIMITED . SCHOLASTICA SCHOOL . ACI LOGISTICS LTD. . SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & . ADITYA BIRLA GROUP TECHNOLOGY . AG AGRO INDUSTRIES LTD . SHANTO MARIAM UNIVERSITY OF . ANANTA GROUP CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY . ARMANA GROUP . SHIRONAMHIN & THE PEOPLE'S . ASROTEX GROUP UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH . BASHUNDHARA FOOD & BEVERAGE . SINGAPORE-MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH INDUSTRIES LTD. AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE . BEXIMCO . SIR JOHN WILSON SCHOOL . BSRM GROUP . SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY . CONCORD GROUP . STAMFORD COLLEGE . CONFIDENCE GROUP . SUNBEAMS . CORONA GROUP . SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL . DBL GROUP . TAYLOR'S UNIVERSITY . DEKKO GROUP . TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY DARMSTADT . DIRD GROUP . THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED . DK GROUP ACCOUNTANTS OF BANGLADESH. . DOMINAGE GROUP . THE PEOPLES UNIVERSITY OF . ENA GROUP BANGLADESH . EURO FOODS GROUP BD . THE PETROLEUM INSTITUTE . FU-WANG CERAMIC INDUSTRY LIMITED . TU-CHEMNITZ . GEMCON GROUP . UNITED INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY . GOLDEN HARVEST AGRO INDUSTRY (UIU) LIMITED . UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA . IFAD GROUP . UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY . JMI GROUP . UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA . KALLOL GROUP . UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND . KARNAPHULI GROUP OF COMPANIES TECHNOLOGY CHITTAGONG . M&J GROUP . UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ASIA . M.M. ISPAHANI LTD. . UODA- UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT . MATADOR GROUP. ALTERNATIVE . MD. R.K. SAHA AGRO BASIS IND. . SAIFURS . MEGHNA GROUP OF INDUSTIRES . UTTARA UNIVERSITY . MGH GROUP . WORLD UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH . MIR GROUP (WUB) . MOHAMMADI PIPE INDUSTRY LTD. . IIM- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT . MOUSUMI INDUSTRIES LTD. . CENTRAL WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY . MY FOODS LIMITED GOVERNMENT . NAHEE ALUMINUM COMPOSITE PANEL . BANGLADESH ARMY LTD. . BANGLADESH POWER DEVELOPMENT . NATURAL GROUP BOARD . NEW ASIA GROUP . BANGLADESH SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE . NITOL MOTORS LTD COMMISSION . NITOL NILOY GROUP . CSD, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE . NORWEST INDUSTRIES LIMITED . DIFE, MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND . OMICON GROUP EMPLOYMENT . PADMA GROUP OF CONVERTERS LTD . GOVERNMENT SERVICES . PALMAL GROUP . GOVT.OF PEOPLE REPUBLICAN . PARTEX FURNITURE INDUSTRIES LIMITED BANGLADEDH . PARTEX STAR GROUP . HEALTH MINISTRY SRILANKA . PLUTINUM GROUP . MINISTRY OF FINANCE . PME GROUP . MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY . PRAN-RFL GROUP WELFARE, BANGLADESH . PRINCE GROUP . PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE . R.K. SAHA AGRO BASIS IND. . SAIDABAD WATER TREATMENT PLANT . RAHIMAFROOZ BD, LTD. PHASE2 . RANGS MOTORS LTD. . THE CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT UNION . RMM GROUP OF INDUSTRIES LEAGUE OF BANGLADESH (CCULB) . RUPAYAN GROUP . SAFIZ GROUP . CITYCELL . SECUREX (PVT.) LTD. . CODENOVO PRIVATE LIMITED . SHARP GROUP . COMPUTER SOURCE LIMITED . SHAWNIRVAR GROUP . CONIO INNOVATIONS PTY . SHUN SHING EDIBLE OIL LTD. . CONTROLNETWORK . SHUN SHING GROUP . CREATIVE IT LTD. . SIGMA GROUP . CRYSTAL FUTURE VENTURE LTD. . SIKDER GROUP . DATA EDGE LIMITED . SINHA LIMITED . DATAPATH LTD. . SINHA-MEDLAR GROUP. . DCASTALIA . SQUARE CONSUMER PRODUCTS LTD. . DESME BANGLADESH . STAR CERAMICS LTD . DHAKACOM LIMITED . STARPOINT GROUP . DIGICON TECHNOLOGIES LTD. . SUPER STAR GROUP . DIVINE IT LIMITED . SUPERSTAR ELECTRINICS LTD. . DNS SOFTWARE LTD. . THE RANI RE-ROLLING MILLS LTD . DREAMS COME TRUE IT LTD. . TRANSCOM LTD . EASTCOMPEACE SMARTCARD (BD) LTD. . TRIANGLES GROUP . EDOTCO BANGLADESH COMPANY LIMITED . C.P. BANGLADESH CO,. LTD. A SUBSIDIARY OF ROBI AXIATA . URMI GROUP . ERICSSON BANGLADESH LTD . UTAH GROUP . ESCENIC ASIA LIMITED . VENTURE GROUP (TECHNO VENTURE . EVOLYSIS LTD LTD.) . FAIR&APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY . VIYELLATEX GROUP . FAST REACT SYSTEMS LTD . PROBASHI PALLI GROUP . FIBER@HOME LTD. . FERNAS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC. . FRANCE TELECOM - ORANGE . BAY RUBBER LTD. . FRENCLUB MOBILE LIMITED . BSRM STEELS LIMITED . GLOBAL SOFTWARE ARCHITECTS . M.N. MALLICK & COMPANY . GLOBAL VOICE TELECOM LIMITED . GRAMEEN INTEL SOCIAL BUSINESS LTD. IT & TELECOM . GRAMEEN PHONE LIMITED . 3S NETWORK BD . GRAMEENPHONE IT LIMITED . K. KHAN TELECOM LTD. . GRAPHICPEOPLE|SOFTWAREPEOPLE . PBTL- PACIFIC BANGLADESH TELECOM . GREENTECH CARBON SOLUTIONS LTD. LTD . HRC TECHNOLOGIES LTD. . AAMRA NETWORK LIMITED . HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES LTD . AAMRA TECHNOLOGIES . IBCS-PRIMAX (SOFTWARE)LTD. . ACCENTURE . IBM . ADN TELECOM . IMAM NETWORK LTD . ADVANCE ERP . IMPULSE(BD) LTD. . AIRTEL BANGLADESH LIMITED . INFO LINK . ALACATEL-LUCENT BANGLADESH . INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS . ALTERNATE ACCESS BD LTD TECHNOLOGY . APLOMBTECH BD . INFORMATION SOLUTIONS LIMITED (ISL) . APURBA TECHNOLOGIES INC. . INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY . ASBD SOFT CONSULTANTS LIMITED . AUGERE WIRELESS BROADBAND . IXORA SOLUTION LTD. BANGLADESH LTD. (QUBEE) . JIJOTY (BD) INC. . AVATAR SYSTEMS LTD. . KAY TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD. . G. INTARECTIVE LTD. . KAZI IT . BANGLADESH ASSOCIATION OF SOFTWARE . LEADS CORPORATION LIMITED & INFORMATION SERVICES . LEVEL3 CARRIER LIMITED . BANGLADESH INTERNET PRESS LTD. . LINK 3 TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (BIPL) . 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