Delegation from American Centre calls on UGC Chairman

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A four-member delegation from American Centre, embassy of the United States of America, called on UGC Chairman Prof Abdul Mannan at the latter’s office in city on Monday.
Ann Barrows McConnell, public affairs officer, director, The American Center in Dhaka led the delegation.
Other members of the delegation included George Mesthos, Cultural Affairs Officer, Shaheen Khan, Fullbright Programs and Tysir Chowdhury, Education USA Adviser, the American Centre, Embassy of the United States of America, Dhaka.
Ann Barrows McConnell said that more and more academic and research collaboration between the higher educational institutions of Bangladesh and those of USA need to be established for internationalization of higher education.
The UGC chairman briefed the delegation about the role and functions of the UGC.
He said that University Grants Commission of Bangladesh has been working with a number of components including Academic Innovation Fund , Bangladesh Research and Education Network (BdREN), Quality Assurance Cell, UGC Digital Library, Accreditation Council and Cross Border Higher Education (CBHE) for quality enhancement of higher education.
UGC members Prof Dr Mohammad Yousuf Ali Mollah, Prof Dr Dil Afroza Begum, Prof Dr Md Akhtar Hossain, Prof Dr M Shah Nowaz Ali and UGC secretary Dr Md Khaled, among others, were present on the occasion.

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