The Dhaka University authorities have chalked out elaborate programmes on the occasion of the university’s founding centenary and golden juvenile of the county’s great Liberation War.
With the theme “Achieving sustainable goals and building a university suitable for fourth industrial revolution and creating skilled human resources”, the centenary celebration focuses on three basic things – improving quality of education and development of overall environment, basic practical research and publications, and strengthening the field of international cooperation.
The programmes include formulating master plan for ensuring quality education and expanding the area of research, publishing two fundamental books, modernizing the laboratories, organizing national and international seminars and conferences, setting up an centenary monument, issuing special souvenir, organising essay writing competition on “Dhaka University at centenary: achievements and expectations”, arranging cultural programmes, photography competition and publishing of poetry.
The information was reveled on the fifth instant at a press conference at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban on the campus with DU Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Md. Akhtaruzzaman in the chair.
DU Pro-VC (Admin) Professor Dr Muhammad Samad, DU Pro-VC (Academic) Dr ASM Maksud Kamal, teachers and officials were present at the press conference, among others.
President M Abdul Hamid, also the Chancellor of the university, will inaugurate the grand inaugural ceremony of the centenary celebration, to be held on July 01, 2021 on the campus.
The two fundamental books are ‘History of Dhaka University’ written by Prof Dr. Ratan Lal Chakraborty and The Role of Dhaka University in making and shaping Bangladesh’ by Dr. Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury.
Six international seminars on different topics, with well-established alumni of the university, noted educationists and researcher from home and abroad will be arranged and it is expected that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also a former student of the university, will inaugurate the seminars on January 21 next year.
Besides, an international conference containing seven different seminars will be held in London from July12 to14, 2021 with an aim to develop alumni’s views on higher education in Bangladesh and to develop collaborative agreements and relationships with eminent scholars, researchers and various European universities, especially of the United Kingdom (UK).
Princes Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise has been invited to inaugurate the conference as special Guest.
