Empowering Female STEM Graduates 
The Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) had an exceptional day on March 1st, 2025, as it hosted the Grand Finale of SheSTEM Presents EngiBiz 2025, organized by the MIST Career Club (MCC). Held at MISTโs Multipurpose Hall, this inaugural inter-university engineering business case competition brought together 93 teams from 20 universities nationwide, marking a watershed moment for industry-academia collaboration in Bangladesh.
The competition, designed to fuse engineering prowess with business strategy, kicked off on 14 January 2025 with 340 members, including significant female members. Teams were tasked with conceptualising an AI-driven Personal Concierge Service for Sheba.xyz, a challenge that saw 84 submissions in the Preliminary Round. Judged by 12 industry experts on innovation, feasibility, and presentation, 34 teams advanced to the semifinals. Here, 29 teams crafted Online Video Commercials (OVCs) evaluated for creativity, social media engagement, and technical clarity, narrowing the field to 8 finalists.
Presided over by Col Sarker Md Iqbal Hossain, psc, Director of Student Welfare, and graced by Chief Guest Major General Md Nasim Parvez, BSP, Commandant of MIST, the finale showcased high-stakes pitches from the top 8 teams. Each delivered an 8-minute business pitch followed by a 10-minute Q&A, presenting prototypes focused on scalability, market impact, and AI-driven solutions. Projects ranged from budget-friendly medical apps with AI life assistants to personalized service optimization platforms, all judged by luminaries like:
- ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ง โ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ, ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ;
- ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ณ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ โ ๐๐ณ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ญ;
- ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ข โ ๐๐๐, ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ซ@๐๐จ๐ฆ๐;
- ๐๐๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฆ โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ญ;
- ๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ณ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง โ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฌ;
- ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ง โ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐, ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐
Adnan Imtiaz Halim, CEO of Sheba.xyz remarked, โSTEM students of Bangladesh, irrespective of their genders, should take the lead of unicorn companies to lead Bangladesh 2.0 to a stronger ecosystemโ. Among the winning teams, the Champion were the Team Market Blitzers, 1st Runner-up: Team No Surprises and 2nd Runner-up: The Gear Shifters. Two of the winning teams were from the Islamic University of Technology and the other from the Military Institute of Science and Technology.
EngiBiz 2025, title-sponsored by SheSTEM with support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, was bolstered by partners like Sheba.xyz (Strategic Partner). The event underscored MISTโs and SheSTEMโs commitment to nurturing tech-driven entrepreneurs, offering participants unparalleled exposure to industry leaders and real-world challenges.
By bridging engineering innovation with business acumen, EngiBiz 2025 not only highlighted AIโs transformative potential but also set a precedent for future academic-industrial synergy. As awards were bestowed for excellence in innovation, the event closed with a resounding message: Bangladeshโs youth are ready to lead the charge in solving global challenges, one algorithm at a time.
