NSU Showcases Innovation at AI, IoT, and Robotics Day 2025

North South University (NSU) celebrated a major day of new ideas and discovery. It hosted the AI, IoT, and Robotics Day 2025 on Saturday, November 8, 2025, at the NSU Campus. The School of Engineering and Physical Sciences (SEPS) organized the event. It brought together teachers, researchers, students, and industry leaders. They explored how new technologies are shaping the future of the country.

The opening ceremony started with a welcome speech by Professor Dr. Shazzad Hosain, Dean of SEPS. Then Professor Dr. Abdur Rob Khan, Pro Vice-Chancellor of NSU, officially opened the event. The main speech was given by Mr. Manjur Mahmud, President of Datasoft Systems. He spoke on “Building the Future Workforce: An AI-First Curriculum Model for University Industry Sandboxes in Smart Bangladesh.”

A lively panel discussion followed. The topic was “Transforming Bangladesh’s Technology Procurement Policy to Foster Local Value Addition through Industry and University Collaboration.” The special guest was Mr. Benajir Ahmed, Founder Life Member of NSU. Other panel members included Mr. Hasibur Rashid, CEO of Intercloud Ltd.; Mr. Mohammad Nahidul Karim from the Ministry of ICT; Mr. Mohammad Tawrit, CEO of BdREN; Mr. Safwat Ahmed from Selise Digital Platforms; and Dr. M. Rokonuzzaman, Professor at NSU. Professor Dr. Abdul Hannan Chowdhury, Vice-Chancellor of NSU, led the session. He stressed the need for teamwork between schools and businesses to build lasting technology growth in Bangladesh. Many teachers, research helpers, and lab students joined in. They took part in talks about creating a future driven by technology in Bangladesh.

The main attraction was an exhibition. It showed the latest creations from NSU’s top research labs. These included MILAB and Apurba–NSU R&D Lab, NSU Intelligent Robotics Lab (NIRO), MESIL, TriModal AI Lab, BioData AI Lab, Big-Matrix Lab, QuICK, Optimization of Large Robotic Systems Group, and Team X. Visitors saw live displays of AI systems for health care, smart robots, learning models that use many types of data, and smart automation tools.

All day, teachers and students talked with guests. They gave live demos. This showed NSU’s growing power in practical research and work across different fields. The excitement on campus pointed out the university’s key role. It is helping Bangladesh move forward in technology and compete with the world.

AI, IoT, and Robotics Day 2025 proved NSU’s promise to build a culture of new ideas, top research, and teamwork. This helps the next group of engineers and researchers create the technology future of Bangladesh.