19 universities sign for campus networking

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Campus Report :
Nineteen public universities of the country signed agreement with UGC for establishing campus networking at UGC auditorium on Wednesday. UGC Chairman Prof Abdul Mannan was present on the occasion as chief guest.
Dr Md. Mokhlesur Rahman, Senior Operations Officer, World Bank, Dhaka was present as special guest. UGC Member Prof Dr Md. Akhtar Hossain presided over the ceremony. Dr Gauranga Chandra Mohanta, ndc, Project Director, Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) delivered the welcome address. Dr Md. Khaled, Secretary, UGC and Vice-Chancellors of the concerned universities signed the agreement on behalf of their respective institutions.
UGC Chairman, in his speech said that campus networking is a must for teachers, students and researchers for access to world knowledge pool in the globalized and ever-changing world. In a knowledge-based society, high-speed internet connectivity is the prime need of the hour for creation of new knowledge and dissimination of it to the global community, he added.
UGC Members Prof Dr Dil Afroza Begum, Prof Dr M Shah Nowaz Ali, representatives from HEQEP, BdREN and high offcials of UGC, among others were present on the occasion.
The universities signed the agreement included Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, National University, Bangladesh Open University, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Jagannath University, Comilla University, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Jessore University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh University of Professionals, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Pabna Science and Technology University, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Barisal University and Bangladesh Textile University.
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