edotco Group is organizing the first Infrastructure Design Competition in Asia in collaboration with the University Community Transformation Centre of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) to nurture innovation within the student community.
The telecommunications infrastructure services company said the international competition under the theme of “Infrastructure for Tomorrow: Designing the Future”, is expected to attract more than 100 entries from top engineering universities across 16 Asian countries.
Registration for the competition opens from October 14 to 24, 2021.
edotco Group chief executive officer Adlan Tajudin said the company acknowledges the importance of nurturing innovation and cultivating the importance of sustainability amongst the youth.
“Through this competition, we aim to spearhead innovation while upskilling youths across Asia. It is a part of edotco’s ongoing efforts on fostering a future-ready workforce that is capable of building next-generation technologies for the telecommunications industry.
“Education institutions play an important role in shaping future telecommunication talents, and we are delighted to work with UKM on creating this platform for skills development. We look forward to involving these university students in our efforts of developing a sustainable and efficient future, and we are excited to see the creative ideas that are about to come,” he said.
The competition is open to Year 3, Year 4, and postgraduate engineering students who are currently studying in universities based in the 16 Asian countries – Malaysia, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Japan, Korea and China.
The competition was piloted in Bangladesh last year to nurture talents within the student community in the country and successfully garnered a total of 28 contestants from 7 teams.
Adlan said the competition is edotco’s annual commitment to provide aspiring youths with a platform to engage with experienced leaders, gain industry knowledge and attain technology exposure while applying their skills to create innovative solutions.
“The technical focus of the competition brings together innovation, cost efficiency, feasibility and functionality, and environment-friendly solutions,” he added.
UKM is edotco’s academia partner in organizing and leading the university-student engagement initiatives. Both parties will join hands in the industry-academia mentorship sessions to coach and mentor participants throughout the competition process to ensure the outcomes align with the judging expectations.
To participate, students must form teams of two to four participants consisting of at least 1 student from the civil engineering major. Upon successful registration, teams will be required to design a tower and foundation that fits the next generation of telecommunication infrastructure criteria based on the given Technical Framework.
Over a period of 65 days, edotco and Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment of UKM will conduct mentorship sessions to coach participants on their projects and proposals.
The Top 5 entries will be selected for a presentation to the panel of judges, consisting of experts from edotco, the industry and academicians from UKM, at the virtual Grand Finale that will take place in March 2022.
A total of 3 winners with innovative ideas will win cash prizes totalling up to USD 5,000.
For more information about the Infrastructure Design Competition or to register, visit: https://uctc.ukm.my/news/edotco-infrastructure-design-competition/.
