State Minister for Information Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak has called upon the winning teams participating in the first-ever Blockchain Olympiad to turn the problem into an opportunity with new innovations.

The state minister made the call in his keynote address at the 'Blockchain Olympiad Bangladesh 2020' program on digital platform on Sunday. The country will go a long way if they combine sophisticated technology like blockchain with their innovative and creative thinking and use it in various fields including agriculture, education, health.

He said that new innovations are born out of necessity. In Corona, we maintain social distance, but with intellectual innovation, we are closer to each other in the virtual world.

Habibullah N Karim, Coordinator, Blockchain Olympiad Bangladesh, declared 10 of the participants as winners. The winners were given a virtual check for the prize money.

The championship award was given in the name of the late National Professor Jamilur Reza Chowdhury, who was an advisor to Blockchain Olympiad Bangladesh. The winners will also be sponsored to participate in the Hong Kong Blockchain Olympiad.

Habibullah said a jury board evaluated 62 projects of 62 participating teams and declared 10 winners. The winning teams are: Hyperactive Orange, Team Lead Chain, Team Lead Chain, Tor, Web Three Dot One, Brogrammers, Aviato, DU Hyplerger, Cosmic Crew.

A 57-judge board submitted projects from participants in the Blockchain Olympiad in April. A video clip in memory of the late National Professor Jamilur Reza Chowdhury was shown at the start of the online awards ceremony. Comptroller and Auditor General Muslim Chowdhury, Information Technology Secretary M Ziaul Alam, Professor of Education. Zafar Iqbal, convener of Blockchain Olympiad Bangladesh and BUET Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. M Kaikobad and Coordinator Habibullah N Karim, BASIS President Almas Kabir, Hong Kong Blockchain Society President Dr. Lawrence Ma, MIT Professor Alan Alderman, Rezaul Karim of Bangladesh Computer Council spoke on the occasion.