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Five teams reach final round of Unilever BizMaestros 2018
Five teams of university students have reached the final round of Unilever BizMaestros 2018, the ninth edition of a business competition.
Published : 25 Oct 2018, 10:42 PM
Updated : 25 Oct 2018, 10:42 PM
The five teams are Good for Nothing from the business faculty and We Got This from IBA of the Dhaka University, Zenith from BRAC university, and Last Second and One Last Time from Bangladesh University of Professionals, Unilever Bangladesh said in a media release on Thursday.
They had to battle it out in three rounds from the beginning of the competition last month.
This year’s competition was constructed around the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP), UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Unilever’s purpose–driven brands, with the central theme being WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene), according to the release.
UNDP has collaborated with Unilever Bangladesh as the knowledge partner for the competition for the first time, the release said.
The final challenge for BizMaestros 2018 pertains crafting a business model innovation that will address the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene issues in urban slums using combined solutions from Unilever products and brands to drive both business and sustainability value over the coming decade.
The competitors will present their solutions to a panel of six leading experts from the industry - Kedar Lele, CEO & Managing Director, Unilever Bangladesh, Mia Seppo, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Bangladesh, Taqsem A. Khan, Managing Director and CEO, Dhaka WASA, Minhaj Chowdhury, CEO and Co-Founder of Drinkwell, Sonia Bashir Kabir, Managing Director, Microsoft Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan and Laos, and Asif Saleh, Senior Director of Strategy, Communications and Empowerment for BRAC and BRAC International.
The Grand Finale, which will be powered by Lever Ayush, is scheduled to be held on Nov 1, where the most deserving team will win the coveted title.
The winners will not only get to lift the BizMaestros Champions trophy but will also have the responsibility of championing Bangladesh in the global business competition - Unilever Future Leaders League.
Additionally, the winners will also get fast tracked into the final round of Unilever’s Management Trainee Program - Unilever Future Leaders Program and will also work with Unilever to help execute their winning ideas.
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