Achia Khaleda Nila has completed her BSc. in Computer Science & Engineering from United International University, (UIU) and her M.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering from Daffodil International University respectively. She is the founder of Women In Digital - Empowerment through Technology. A computer engineer who has been working in the IT industry for 15 years.

She is the founder of Women In Digital - Empowerment through Technology. A computer engineer who has been working in the IT industry for 15 years. She was involved with organizations such as Dell, Microsoft, HP, Epson, Colgate, HillsPet, J&J, HTC, HSBC, Vodafone, Sony, Unilever, Betfair and Nokia, etc. As a local product, she successfully launched Maya Apa Mobile application. Her expatriates are IT product development (like, web, mobile app and game) and Product management, project management, team lead etc.

She was the first person in Bangladesh who was selected as an international IT expert for the International Telecommunication Union. She has joined the Women Who Code as a Country Director. She has arranged the “National Hackathon for Women” for the first time in Bangladesh, even in South Asia and so many tech competitions for women. Her organization runs an accelerator program for women named “Digital Innovation Challenge for Women (DICFW)” In 2019, she was selected for the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) in the U.S. In 2020 she also received an Acumen fellowship.

Some awards and achievements:

South Asia Connecting Startup within Top 7 Bangladesh, Nepal and Srilanka and Myanmar. SPRING Accelerator, within Top 10 startup between Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan and Myanmar. International Women Vandor exhibition 2017 at Istanbul, Tarky to represent Bangladesh (full funded by the Netherland

Government)(NTF Project)

ICT trade fair 2016 at Srilanka, to represent Bangladesh (full funded by Netherland Government) (NTF Project)

Best Entrepreneur of the year 2017 for Women in Digital (Young)

'Best Startup' in Inspiring Women Award 2017 from Bangladesh Brand Forum BRAC Manthan Award 2016 for Women in Digital (South Asia)

Spark Entrepreneur of the year 2016 for Women in Digital (Australia)

Best Business model Award 2016 (German)

Manthan Award 2015 for Women in Digital (South Asia)

National Hackathon 2016 (Award received as a mentor/ judge)

National Mobile Application Awareness & Capacity Building Program (National Hackathon 2014) (Award received as a mentor/ judge)

International Young Entrepreneurs’ Summit women 2014 conference at Nepal (To Represent Bangladesh) Manthan Award 2014 for Maya ( I was the lead product manager) (South Asia)

Received an award from e-commerce fair 2014 from computer Jogut GDG DevFest Dhaka 2013 (MIST / UIU) (“UXD mentor for Mobile app development” )

IT Innovation Search Program 2012 (BASIS) (“Project: Design and Development of the online library for Visually Impaired), 3rd position

Explore Fashion Talent 2007 (National Award in Fashion), 2007 and Many more!