Ariful Hasan
Ariful Hasan, Independent Director of eGeneration Limited, is the Crew Chief, Space Innovation Camp; Founder of Bangladesh Innovation Forum; Convener, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), CEO, e-Soft & Doctorsbd.com; Former Country Director, Space Apps Next Gen; former convener of BASIS Students’ Forum and Former Director of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS).
As the CEO of e-Soft, he played a significant role to develop gradually into a leading Web-Based Solution firm in Bangladesh and the Founder of doctorsbd.com, First Health and Medical based web portal in Bangladesh. His company has been focusing on Local and International Web and E-commerce Development. He achieved a 7 times Award for Best Science Project, organized by the Ministry of Science Information and Communication Technology, also he achieved 32 awards for attending various “Science and IT Fair”. He regularly participates in seminars, conferences, and meetings.
He is now working for “Bangladesh Innovation Forum” To ensure the progress of Bangladesh and the youth through the innovative thinking of young innovators as the Founder of this forum. Recently Mr. Hasan completed First Astronauts Training from US Space and Rocket Center, Hustvell, Alabama, USA.
He participated in international conferences and Exhibitions as BASIS Delegation in India, Turkey, Sweden, Netherlands and Denmark, Korea, Japan, USA. He has led IT, industry teams, to negotiate on behalf of IT business houses with different departments of government and development partners. He was Organizing Member: BASIS Softexpo 2011,2012, Convener: BASIS IT Innovation Search (Abiskarer Khoje), 2012, Convener: PR and Media, BASIS Softexpo, 2011,2012,2014, Director BASIS (2014-16). He was 3 Times Country Lead (Bangladesh) of World Largest Scientific Hackathon “NASA Space Apps Challenge” Organize by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Mr. Ariful participates 52 times in Local and International IT & Science Fair, Hackathon, Startup, Idea competition as JUDGE. He is also the convener of the country’s first space innovation summit and Mentors and Selection Committee Member of the innovation & Fellowship Fund under the Ministry of ICT.