Our Program
This initiative was started by Itbaan after being named an Inaugural Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholar. With a strong passion for entrepreneurship and giving back to the Bangladeshi community, Design for Bangladesh was born.
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Itbaan believes that this interdisciplinary version of design-thinking that also integrates programming and policy analysis is crucial because it will help students accomplish 2 crucial objectives in developing more human-centered solutions: understanding people better and harnessing the capabilities within computer programming to make more safe and accessible products. Itbaan is excited to lead Design for Bangladesh in order to inspire the next wave of leaders in Bangladesh and equip them with a toolkit they can use to change the world.
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Our Mission
is to equip and empower the next wave of leaders in Bangladesh with a robust and utilitarian toolkit in design-thinking, programming knowledge, and policy analysis.
Our Vision
is to inspire hope and confidence in young Bangladeshi students to become leaders with a conviction to solve society's most pressing issues.
Our Home
is Eastern University Dhaka, an amazing school that primarily serves students from low-income backgrounds.
Our Approach is Simple
instruction
We’ll teach students about the design-thinking process, programming tools, and policy analysis through weekly interactive lectures.
applied
learning
Students will be paired with a teaching fellow with whom together, they will build out and progress a novel idea to a social issue in Bangladesh
Mentorship
Students will have access to some of the industry’s most renowned professionals. They will also have access to mentorship through their Teaching Fellow and Itbaan for the rest of their lives.
Professional development
Students will engage some of the biggest names in product design and entrepreneurship, both from the U.S. and South Asia.
would not be possible without the support of incredible innovators at these organizations.
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