DU EES Faculty to organise environmental seminar

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DU Correspondent :
Dhaka University (DU) Earth and Environmental Science Faculty (EESF), Yunan University of China and Confucius Institute of DU are going to jointly organize a two day-long environmental seminar from Friday (September 28).
The inaugural session of the seminar title “China, South and Southeast Asian Conference on Environmental and Ecological Risk Management” will hold on Friday afternoon at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Building auditorium.
DU Vic-Chancellor Prof Akhtaruzzaman will present as the chief guest in the seminar, while Ambassador of China in Bangladesh Zhang Zuo, DU Pro-VC (Academy) Prof Nasreen Ahmad will present as special guest. Dean of Earth and Environmental Science Prof Maksud Kamal will chair the function.
After the inaugural session a technical session will be held. Prof Maksud Kamal on Wednesday said at a meet the press programme that a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) will be signed between DU and Yunan University in the conference, under which students of DU will get opportunities to take higher study in China with scholarship. Prof Kamal also said, Yunan University has higher quality research. As a result of the MoU, there will be an opportunity to create world class research between DU and Yunan University.
Sixteen foreign expert delegates will participate in the seminar. Of them six delegates from Yunan University of China, four delegates from Chinese Academy of Science, one delegate from Institute of Care-Life China, two delegates from Tribhuvan university and two delegates from University of Mandele Myanmar.  
Dhaka University and other 33organizations expert delegates will also participate in the conference, where 35 research papers will be presented.
On Saturday (September 29), the two day-long conference will conclude by holding technical session.
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