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CHITTAGONG, May 22: Premier Information Technology (IT) Institute will start its journey next month.

The institute has been set up under the auspices of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC), and management of Premier University (PU). Computer and Electrical Engineering Department of PU will play a vital role in the field of Information Technology (IT) of the country.

This was disclosed in a meeting of the PU Board held Thursday with president of the PU Board of Governors and CCC mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury in the chair.

City Mayor said, the IT institute which is capable of contributing a lot in the field of modern technology would provide the facilities on an intern course for the PU students and this organisation would obviously help address the deficiency in skill in the IT sector in Bangladesh. It would also create adequate employment facilities on IT and Electronics affairs.

PU Vice Chancellor Prof Anupam Sen, former VC of Chittagong University (CU) Prof Abdul Mannan, CU VC Prof Abu Yusuf Alam addressed in the meeting, among others.

The speakers in the meeting said, the above project was undertaken with a view to building "Digital Chittagong" and in continuation of that, Premier IT institute would form CCC 'E-Governance in the city, the CCC Mayor declared.