Professor J R Choudhury, VC BU received the BCS Gold medal for his distinctive contributions towards the development of ICT on July 27, 2005. The other individual awardees are Dr Muhammad Yunus, Abdul Matin Patwari, Dr M Kaikobad and Dr Jafar lqbal, while the institutions are Board of Investment, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Bangladesh Association of Software Industries and Services, Bangladesh Computer Samity and Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh. Professor Iajuddin Ahmed, Hon'ble President of Bangladesh attended the function as the Chief Guest and distributed the awards. ICT Minister Abdul Moyeen Khan, Post and Telecommunications Minister Aminul Haque, Advisor to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and Executive Chairman of the Board of Investment Mahmudur Rahman and BCS Secretary General Jafrin Hossain were also present on the occasion and addressed the audience.